About

I'm not selling you a fantasy.

I'm living the same work I'm asking you to do.

Northlake Natural Health — personal trainer in Greater New Orleans

Why I Do This

I'm 57 years old. Father of five, with three kids still at home — including a 9-year-old. I'm not coaching you from a place of theory. I'm coaching you from a place of survival, failure, and hard-won recovery, and a desire to be a force in not only my children's lives, but my future grandchildren's live as well.

Heart attack at 42. NAFLD — non-alcoholic fatty liver disease — so a doctor once casually telling me I'd likely need a liver transplant by the age I am now. A broken back. Blown ACLs and MCLs, multiple times, across 20 years of martial arts. I've been the guy the medical system had treated and streeted and never attempted to actually solve any problems for.

I take zero prescription medications. My knees are strong and stable. My back is a work in progress — always will be — but it's strong because of what I do, not in spite of it. My heart is good. My liver has been clean for over a decade. The NAFLD that was supposed to define the rest of my life is gone.

What changed? I stopped outsourcing the leadership of my own health. Once I took ownership — really took it — everything changed. That's what I want to help you do.

Healthspan. Not Longevity.

You'll hear a lot about longevity right now. Living to 100. Biohacking your way to immortality. That's not what I'm selling, and frankly, it's not what most men actually want.

What men want — what I want — is to be capable. Present. Strong enough to get on the floor with a 9-year-old and get back up. To walk into retirement and actually enjoy it, instead of managing a growing list of prescriptions and limitations.

Healthspan is the quality of the years you have. I'm not interested in adding years to your life if those years are spent tired, medicated, and on the sidelines of your own family. I'm interested in making the years you have count.

Zero prescription medications.

At 57, after a heart attack, NAFLD, a broken back, and multiple knee surgeries. Not luck. Not genetics. Knowledge and consistency.

Personal trainer coaching client on proper form

The I.T. Guy Who Coaches Differently

I've spent my career in Information Technology. I know what a business model built on dependency looks like — and I've deliberately built the opposite.

Most fitness coaching is designed to keep you coming back. Hooks, contracts, the quiet implication that you'll fall apart without your coach. That's not coaching. That's a subscription service dressed up as health.

My model is simple: I'm here to accelerate what took me decades and a lot of pain to learn. I give you the knowledge, the programming, and the nutritional foundation — and then I train you to not need me. No contracts. No manufactured dependency. Just results you own.

Sound Familiar?

If you're heading into your 50s or 60s and you're already dealing with some version of this list — you found the right guy.

On several prescription medications and not sure how you got here

Low testosterone, low energy, low motivation

Carrying weight you can't seem to shake no matter what you try

Can't picture a retirement that actually gets better — not worse

Want to be present and capable for your kids, your grandkids, your life

You don't need to have it figured out. You just need to show up for one conversation.

Certifications & Training

Summa Cum Laude

Menno Henselmans Personal Trainer Course

The most rigorous evidence-based personal training certification available. Covers biomechanics, hypertrophy science, programming, and individualized coaching methodology. Completed with highest honors.

National Academy of Sports Medicine

NASM Certified Personal Trainer

Industry-standard certification covering the Optimum Performance Training model, corrective exercise, and functional movement assessment.

Nutrition Coach

Precision Nutrition Level 1

Comprehensive nutrition coaching certification built on behavioral science and whole-foods principles. Covers macronutrient optimization, habit-based coaching, and real-world meal planning.

Let's meet.

It's only a conversation.

No hard sell. No pressure. I'll even give you some advice to walk away with — whether you hire me or not. That's how confident I am that what I know can help you.

Northlake Natural Health and Fitness

Strength, conditioning, and nutrition coaching for men after 50. Built on knowledge, not motivation.

Location

St. Tammany Parish
Greater New Orleans, Louisiana

Local clients only.
6–8 clients at a time.

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"You don't need motivation. You need knowledge."