I am married to my wife Hannah. We have known each other since we were 15, and have been together for 6.5 years. She teaches 4th grade. We've got our dog Coco (that we may love more than each other) and my mom lives with us in a shop we converted into a small in-law suite. We are 27 years old, and are working towards starting our family, with the goal of Hannah being able to stay at home to raise the kids. I was born in Texas, lived there for 8 years, then moved to Colorado for 3 years, and have been in Washington since. I started at Augusta before P4P or the franchise existing in spring 2019 as a field tech, two years in the field before I thought about owning a location. I lived out of a van subsisting on energy drinks, ramen and canned beans, saving up to start my own location. During covid, when the gym shut down and I couldn't shower most days. I started my location in 2021 through the 3F program and ran it profitably for four years. A couple years ago Mike asked me to take the role of Owner Success Manager for the franchise. I sold my location about a year in to the new role, because I wanted to be fully in on helping our owners. Today I support our franchise owners across 200+ locations, I'm still regional manager for our Bellingham location, and my job is to build coaching systems and support that lead to owner success. I believe leadership is the root of everything, and business is a game of mastering your own mind. I am motivated by helping/seeing others succeed, and find it very important to manage myself physically and mentally well so I can show up at my best for others. Some of my hobbies include gardening, hiking, biking, working out, any board sport, and anything else involving being outside in nature. I'm happy to be part of this group, and very excited about the focus on health as the foundation of everything.

I have been blessed with having a workout program and tracking my nutrients engrained as a habit from an early age. I have been working out and tracking since I was 15. These habits have served me well and lifting is what first gave me confidence as a teenager. I can definitely tell the difference in my ability to handle stress if I have been inconsistent with my workouts. What did I learn from the video: 1.) there are 24” from my mouth to the table. 2.) I have been on “maintenance” level activity for about 3 years and only weight training 3 days a week. Listening to the video reminded me that just because I do not care to gain any more muscle, the hard activity is still important and will most definitely have a positive impact on my week. I am excited to be challenged to add daily hard workouts and see the difference.

In my 20s, I was highly active—running marathons and playing sports. However, when I turned 30, I got married & my focus shifted toward being a provider; I was balancing a full-time job while launching my business. Over the last 5+ years, the business has required less physical labor from me, and I’ve watched my weight creep up. In December 2025, having never lifted weights before, I decided to start training to get stronger and feel better. Since then, I’ve been pushing toward benching 300 lbs on my 45th birthday (in 8 days), and I’m hopeful I’ll hit it. Once that's locked in, my next phase is dropping 30 pounds of fat while maintaining muscle. I’ve had a solid 3-day workout routine since December, but I'm bumping up the frequency for this month (and possibly longer term). The course was a great reminder of just how much nutrition affects how we feel. I’m also looking forward to using the app—travel usually throws me off my workout game and leaves me guessing what to do, so this will eliminate any excuses. I am committing to the MacroFactor challenge, though for personal reasons, I will be skipping my Sunday workouts.