I was a competitive athlete growing up — Flag Football at age six, then Basketball, Baseball, Wrestling, and Football. After high school, shoulder injuries and depression sidelined. I was dead in the water.

A friend who worked at Gold's Gym pushed me to talk to a  PT manager named Kenyonn. That conversation changed everything. I started working there as a personal trainer and quickly realized how much I could already help people change their lives, even with the limited knowledge I had from years in sports.

For seven years I was a weight mover — focused on pushing heavy numbers and building big arms. Then at 27, I stepped on stage at the NPC Indianapolis Championships. The judges didn't care how much weight I lifted. They only cared about how my muscles looked. That realization hit me hard.

I remember thinking "If just lifting my arm and contracting my side delt is what will make it grow, then that's exactly what I'll do."

That moment shifted my entire approach to training.

I grew more in the next year than I had in the previous seven combined. I became obsessed with understanding why muscle actually grows. I studied the best hypertrophy coaches in the game — Ben Pakulski, Joe Bennett, Charles Poliquin — and read dense kinesiology and biomechanics textbooks from pioneers like Doug Brignole. Every piece of knowledge confirmed what my body already knew through years of disciplined practice and muscle connection.

That's the difference between me and most trainers. I didn't get a degree in exercise science. I got a PhD in obsession — 20+ years of competition, relentless pursuit, and deep understanding of how muscles actually grow. And I use that knowledge to help everyone from athletes to business owners to people reclaiming their bodies transform themselves.

Better Than Before isn't theory. It's what I've lived.