Sarah came to us with already many years of lifting experience. But her main issue was losing this unwanted fat she gained from being pregnant. Not only could she not get it off, she kept putting on more fat slowly but once we got her on a consistent training schedule and a flexible diet that allowed her to take care of her family and still reach her nutrition goals. She then was able to actually go into a bodybuilding show prep and competed in a bodybuilding show! From post-partum to bodybuilding competitor.. No goal is too far and that is what we prove on EmbraceTheJourney

I learned so much from training with Ian even as someone who’s been exercising most of my life all be it mostly lower-body as I’m a speed skater. I’ve always either way overdone my training or way undertrained. Never being really consistent or seeing the physical changes I’d hoped to see. This was the first time I’d ever followed a training regiment where I’d track not only my exercises but also my weights and set out to be consistent for months and months. I found that stinking to a routine for weeks and giving the body time to adapt and progress was crucial to my growth. The accountability was key. I found that recording and submitting everything to Ian kept me extremely consistent rarely ever missing a day and seeing my progress in the app was very motivating. Seeing how at first I’d struggle to make the reps and sometimes need to drop the weight but as the weeks go by I’d end up lifting heavier and lasting longer was huge for me. Nutrition was something I’d never put much effort into aside from a shake here and there but Ian taught me so much about how critical nutrition is to transforming the body. I’m so grateful I trusted Ian to take me through this whole process and prep me for summer shredding. It was all around a great experience that I will remember fondly!

I’ve been working with Ian for almost a year now and i have loved every program! I am down almost 40 pounds already. Ian customizes meal and workout plans to make sure you will truly enjoy your programs which helped me to stay consistent with it. This has been the only “weight loss”program that has worked for me. He breaks everything down so simple. Ian has been AMAZING to work with and I’m SO excited to continue on my journey of self improvement and i hope you decide to start yours today!! Thank you Ian for all your hard work and belief you pour into all of your clients :)

I learned a lot about nutrition. It introduced me to macros and I was taught I can eat all my favorite foods without binging. My favorite part is having someone that can help me with accountability. The program is set where you can hold yourself accountable by tracking your meals and crossing off exercises. But having someone to check up on you on your goals and being honest about how you feel with your progress is great. Ian is someone who is unbias and came into each check-in with great details and notes on how to improve. I would absolutely join the program again!! Ian is an amazing coach and very helpful. He takes pride in his work and is there to help everyone out. He was flexible to accommodate the program to my specific needs. I would 100% recommend this to anyone. No matter your background, Ian has a plan for you.

My journey started when I stepped on the scale / looked in the mirror and didn’t like what I saw. At 5’10” I wasn’t comfortable with myself being 239 lbs and set up some calls with trainers I followed on Instagram. I really clicked with Ian and decided to fully commit to his program. For 6 months I dedicated myself to learn and do as much as possible. He taught me how to eat and put me on a custom exercise program. I dropped 44 lbs while packing on some serous muscle. I completely changed my body and am still using what I learned from EmbraceTheJourney in my daily life with continued progress. Since starting with Ian, I’ve won back to back National Gay Basketball Association championships with the Southern Kentucky Magic (IG: @sokymagic) and was named the 2022 Gay Softball World Series MVP. 100% would recommend this program if you’re serious about making a change.

Adam joined EmbraceTheJourney with the sole purpose of getting on track with his nutrition and training while keeping up with his 2 jobs, family and life in general. We have done just that by teaching him how to track foods as well as meal prep to allow flexibility no matter how busy he is and tied in a custom workout program to adhere to his crazy schedule! Doing this has allowed him to get into the best shape he has been in a very long time as well as continue to stay consistent! It’s been an amazing experience coaching him and watching not only his physical changes but also mental toughness change.

Dominic joined the program with struggling with previous plans and also being military (Thank you for your service by the way) it made it difficult in the past for him to stay on track. So what we did was take into account his current lifestyle and what he had access too foodwise and created a gameplan to create consistency. Because consistency creates results and that is exactly what we did! This transformation only took 4 months and he not only looked better but felt so much better.

Hunter came to me struggling with body image and consistency due to his crazy work schedule (blue collar work which can be brutal). So instead of starting him off with a crazy workout regimen and a crazy amount of cardio we started with the basics of committing to the gym 3x a week and learning more about how to track food and incorporate food he had quick access too. With these baby steps we built consistency and quickly began to see fat loss with just a minimal amount of work! Remember its not how much you do its how consistent you can be.