

At 16, I weighed 235 lbs. I remember looking in the mirror and not recognizing the person looking back.
It felt like living behind a glass wall, watching everyone else move with energy and confidence while I just felt… incapable.

Then I walked into a local boxing club. I didn’t go there to become a fighter. I went there to find myself.
Over the next 12 months, I fell in love with the process and lost 75 lbs. It taught me something I still coach today: lasting results don’t come from willpower. They come from a better system.
I even had my first amateur fight, and won. So I guess you could say I retired undefeated. 😉

A few years later, I was working at a Porsche dealership, detailing cars and driving clients to and from their appointments. By then, I’d gone from the overweight kid to someone who loved training. The job was fine, but fitness was where my heart was.
On those drives, I noticed a pattern. My clients were winning in business, but their health was quietly slipping away. Many admitted they’d let it slide to get where they were, and asked how I stayed in shape.

So I left the dealership to become a personal trainer. I wanted to help the people who were winning everywhere except their health.
But on the gym floor, I quickly learned a hard truth. I’d see clients for an hour, then they’d walk back out into packed calendars, client dinners, and work trips. One hour in the gym can’t compete with the other 23. One busy week, and they’d lose all their momentum.
I knew there had to be a better way. So while still training clients full-time, I went back to school and earned my BSc. (Hons.) in Sport & Exercise Science.

Then life got busy, fast. During my degree, my wife and I started our family. Between training clients, studying, and being a new dad, I was suddenly the busy professional.
I didn’t have two hours for the gym anymore. I had to find what actually worked in the time I had.
Around the same time, I started volunteering with the Saskatchewan Firefighters Calendar. The firefighters I got in shape for the photo shoot lived all across the province, so I built an online system to coach them.
They got better results than my in-person clients.
For the first time, I wasn’t just coaching a workout. I was coaching the other 23 hours. That system became Peak Physiques.

I’ve been the overweight kid who didn’t recognize himself in the mirror. I’ve been the trainer watching clients lose momentum the moment they left the gym. And today, I’m a husband, a dad of two boys, and a business owner with a packed calendar of my own.
So I know you shouldn’t have to choose between a successful career and a body you feel good in. If you’ve worked this hard to build your life, you deserve the energy and confidence to enjoy it.
If you’re winning at work but struggling with your health, I know exactly where you are. I’ve helped hundreds of busy professionals get back on track, and I’d love to help you too.
A year from now, you’ll either be starting over again, or looking back on the year it finally stuck.

