"Working with Mitch has been a life changing experience. Mitch has developed a robust methodology that is easily customizable to help his clients reach their goals. The great value in Mitch is that he gives you everything to succeed and will help make changes maintainable so they are the new normal. His medical background and persistent striving for self improvement make him a great coach for helping people reach their health and athletic goals. He sincerely wants to help and has helped me immensely. Mitch doesn’t keep secrets and is happy to share his wealth of knowledge.

I was physically a wreck when I started working with Mitch. Keeping a small business going during covid was stressful and led to me really neglecting my health and stress eating. I had put on a lot of weight and was exhausted every day when I got home. Just getting on the ground to play with my daughter was painful. My body did not want to move, if I even had enough energy. In addition I had two major injuries that were plaguing me physically and mentally. I have had multiple injuries to my neck over the past 10 years and no longer felt comfortable practicing brazilian jiu jitsu or anything strenuous. At any point I could get a flair up that could be one night to 6 months of pain or worse.

The other injury was a pectoralis major tendon tear that was surgically repaired years after the injury. Although I diligently did all the rehab post surgery it was woefully insufficient. Between Mitch’s mobility methodology and strengthening routines I am no longer afraid to practice a full schedule of BJJ. If I feel a tweak in my neck I simply mobilize and am able to train that day. And I experience few if any training incidents that flair it up at all because of the additional muscle and strength I have added. My neck felt like a ticking time bomb while training BJJ, every eight classes I’d have an issue.

In the last 8 months I have had 1 flair up from sleeping in a weird position, which was resolved that day by mobilizing and I was able to train BJJ. I am for the first time in 10 years able to train BJJ without feeling like I am one move away from significant lingering discomfort, a glass cannon. The added strength and mobility has been a nice addition to my jiu jitsu as well. Training with Mitch has made me see how woefully inadequate my rehab post my pectoral repair surgery was. Basically my PT got me moving my arm with near full range of motion and that was it, no strength development. I had no confidence in my ability to develop strength in my pec, especially after 2 years of living with it torn and just having it surgically attached. To my shock (and horror) Mitch told me bench press was going to be a significant part of our routine.

We started with reduced range and with 85 lbs. With Mitch’s cautious guidance we pushed well beyond what I thought was physically possible, but also dealt with the emotional baggage of such a severe injury. 3 or 4 months into working with Mitch I did 135 lbs on bench for a rep! I simply didn’t think moving that much weight in bench press was possible for me, and that if I did I would reinjure myself. But through consistent work and a safe schedule of progressive overload, it was achieved very safely and comfortably. That was a huge moment for me. Now I am repping 165 lbs with full range of motion!

I grew up surfing and playing water sports. After the pec tear, swimming was very uncomfortable and I no longer felt comfortable enough to swim in the ocean. This new strength has come with the added bonus of my arm no longer feeling like it is going to fall off when swimming. Another ability I thought was gone that I have gotten back since working with Mitch. Looking forward to getting back in salty water soon. Mitch has helped me improve many aspects of life: diet, consistency in working out, enjoyable workouts, sleep improvements, motivation, mobility and range of motion. I am much more optimized than before I was working with him. Your path can be as simple or complex as you want with Mitch, but great results will follow if you do the work. I have no discomfort and plenty of energy to play with my children and can practice BJJ again, for that I am eternally grateful."