I was the skinny kid growing up. In high school I was 6’1” and weighed 145 pounds. I struggled for years to get leaner, build muscle, feel better, and increase mobility.

I got stronger throughout college, building up to 185 lbs., but I eventually stagnated. I had tightness and stiffness throughout my body. I thought that was the sacrifice in order to get stronger and put on muscle.

Then I found a new model after college.

The old model focused on lifting weights for 2-3 hours a day, 6 days a week. Doing mobility work because I was constantly stiff and tight. I was endlessly weighing every gram of food I ate and counting calories. I was finding all the magic supplements that promised to solve all my problems. I spent thousands of dollars on courses and programs.

Then I found Postural Restoration Institute (PRI) and further down the road, Bill Hartman, an Indiana Physical Therapist who further developed a new lens to look at the body through. That started to change how I viewed movement, exercise selection, and the true customization of programming. From then on, my body has changed how it looks and feels. I don’t have any aches and pains despite training hard in the gym. I have the greatest mobility I’ve ever had as well as am the strongest I’ve ever been.