Our Mission
We believe that strength is MORE THAN lifting weights; it’s about building resilience, confidence, and health that lasts a lifetime.
Who We Help
We work with everyday men & women who want to:
Learn and advance their technique and skill for lifting weights
Learn how to balance nutrition without restriction of foods
Build muscle, strength, or lose fat sustainably
Feel confident and empowered in their bodies and health
Balance the gym and meals with life (ie: work, travel, family, friends)
Learn to implement healthy fitness habits over quick fixes (ie: supplements, detoxes, extreme diets)
Balancing your goals and your needs. This may include a focus towards resistance training, cardio, mobility, and/or corrective exercise
Incorporating the seven fundamental movement patterns in your training (if not already included in daily life), to ensure balanced and healthy joints
Progressive overload to ensure safe and steady progress for your fitness goals
In our coaching and Programming, We prioritize:
About Us
We specialize in helping adults build functional strength and fitness skills — to feel healthier, stronger, and more resilient in life. Our true passion comes from a place of fitness being a tool for self care. While its empowering to build muscle and see changes in our body, we want you to see and experience fitness beyond just the aesthetics.
Meet BRYAN PADUA
NASM CPT. NASM CES. Biology Degree. Physical & Occupational Therapy Assistant. 5+ years experience (CPT since 2020).
My passion for fitness began in childhood, inspired by my father's dedication to bodybuilding. Growing up, I stayed active by participating in sports such as baseball, football, and lacrosse. A lower back injury in college sparked my interest in rehabilitation, leading me to work in physical and occupational therapy and eventually pursue a career as a trainer.
I have experience working with a wide range of individuals, from adolescents to older adults and from complete beginners to Division 1 athletes. As a competitive powerlifter, I’ve developed a deep appreciation for strength training and the empowerment it brings.
My goal is to help you build good habits and develop a mindset that promotes a healthy relationship with fitness. I strive to help you see fitness as a lifelong tool for feeling good, improving your overall well-being, and increasing your longevity.
Meet LEXES O’HARA
NASM CPT. NASM CES. NASM FNS. NASM PES. NASM BHS. 10+ years experience (CPT since 2014).
I got started with fitness because of my struggles with depression and anxiety. That said — through fitness, I’ve improved my mental health and I’ve worsened it. Early on, I developed my consistency with working out because this is when I experienced improvements in how I felt in my brain.
As time went on though, I became more competitive and began my first NPC bodybuilding prep. This lead to such extreme diet restriction that I developed binge eating disorder. I opened and finished an entire jar of peanut butter before stepping on stage. That’s where I was at with my mental health.
Fitness is meant to be healthy and it should be balanced — but oftentimes the fitness industry promotes “all or nothing” mindsets in training and nutrition — and this can set us back further in the long run. We’re here to help you get away from the quick fixes so that you can achieve sustainable results and feel EMPOWERED AF while you do it!!
Get to know us better:
Getting Started
Before you get started with us, we assess where you’re at with your current fitness level.
Regardless of what your goal is (building muscle, strength, fat loss, etc) — we’ll make sure that your foundation for health is a priority first and foremost. This includes assessing posture and prioritizing aspects like corrective exercise before jumping into more complex workouts and movements that your body isn’t prepared for. Many individuals in today’s society struggle with injuries, postural issues, and sedentary lifestyles — we prioritize building up and maintaining your foundation first.