MY STORY · STILL BEING WRITTEN
My life has moved through art, injury, fatherhood, fitness, business, and bodybuilding. The details changed. The pattern stayed the same: when one version of the future disappeared, I found a way to create another.
WHERE IT STARTED
I was the kid who drew constantly, collected baseball cards, sold lemonade and bracelets, and imagined a future as a cartoonist, illustrator, graphic artist, or actor.
I was born at Stanford with a serious liver disorder, and doctors told my family I might not survive infancy. I did. Years later, I was diagnosed with hereditary hemochromatosis. Health has never been something I could treat as automatic.
I grew up in San Carlos and later Redwood City. My parents divorced when I was 10. My mom worked multiple jobs to raise my sister and me, while my relationship with my dad was inconsistent. I learned to be resourceful early—but I also reached a point where the future I imagined stopped feeling available to me.
Then, at 15, a motorcycle accident nearly killed me. I broke my femur and severed the main artery in my leg. I spent about a year unable to walk. When the rod in my leg later became infected and had to be removed, I went through another long recovery. Two separate years of my life were spent learning how to stand, move, and trust my body again.
THE TURNING POINT
My twenties were messy. I worked different jobs, chased creative ideas, and tried to figure out how to support the life I wanted. Marrying Chrissy and becoming a father changed the stakes. Jack, Logan, and Lucy gave me more than responsibility. They gave me a reason to keep becoming someone capable of building a better future.
THE REBUILDS
By 2012, I was working hard to provide for my family, but I had stopped taking care of myself. I reached 220 pounds and barely recognized the person I had become. I didn’t need another quick fix. I needed a different way of living.
In 2013, a boot-camp coaching job pulled me into strength and conditioning. Obstacle-course racing made training feel adventurous and alive. In 2017, I opened ObstaCourse Fitness in Redwood City—a gym built around challenge, community, and helping people discover that they were capable of more.
When COVID shut down the normal way we operated, I created BodyShock workouts every day to keep people moving from home. The business had to adapt, and so did I. Learning nutrition on a deeper level changed my own body and eventually brought an old dream back into view.
In 2022, I hired my first bodybuilding coach and entered Men’s Physique. I didn’t start by winning. I learned, improved, and kept showing up. In 2025, I won Masters 45+ and Open Class D at the Samson “Ace of Stage.” Now I’m chasing the next goal: earning my IFBB Pro Card.
WHAT IT ALL MEANS
I love ambitious goals, but I don’t want success that costs me the people or experiences I am doing all of this for. Watching Jack and Logan play football, supporting Lucy at her dance performances, traveling with Chrissy, being near the water, and laughing with my family are not distractions from the mission. They are the reason for it.
I’m still building OCF. I’m still creating. I’m still competing. I’m still learning how to turn ideas into something real. I share the process because I know what it feels like to stop believing there is a path forward.
My mission is to help people understand what actually works, see more possibility in themselves, and move from “I can’t” toward “I can.” I want the things I build to make people stronger, more confident, more capable—and more willing to create a life that feels like their own.
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