MacFitt · Austin Personal Trainer
I'm an Austin personal trainer, NASM-certified coach, and founder of MacFitt. For over 10 years I've helped people build strength, lose fat, gain confidence, and create lasting transformations.
My Story
I was not always the confident trainer people see today. I started as a skinny, shy kid — quiet in class, unsure of myself, and far from the athletic mold. The gym was not a hobby at first. It was an experiment. Then it became an anchor.
As I built muscle, something shifted beyond the mirror. Training gave me structure, discipline, and a confidence that spilled into every part of my life. Lifting was never just about looking better. It was about becoming someone I respected when I walked into a room.
While still in high school, I helped my best friend Gray completely transform his body. Workouts, nutrition, consistency — the same fundamentals I was learning myself. When Gray said it changed his life, I felt something click. Helping someone else grow was more rewarding than any personal PR.
More friends started asking for workout plans, nutrition guidance, and coaching. What began as informal help turned into a calling. I pursued professional certifications, refined my approach, and committed to coaching full time.
More than a decade later, I've helped hundreds of people transform — in person at my Austin private gym and online through Built For Life. Every client story traces back to that same realization: real coaching changes lives, not just bodies.
My mission is simple: help people become healthier, stronger, and more confident — with training and nutrition they can actually sustain.
Founder · MacFitt
I'm a NASM-certified personal trainer serving Austin, TX with private in-person and online coaching.
The Moment Everything Changed
Before I earned certifications, built MacFitt, or coached hundreds of clients, I helped my best friend, Gray.
In high school, Gray was skinny, lacked confidence, and wanted to change. I started writing his workouts, helping with nutrition, and training alongside him every week.
Watching his body transform was incredible—but what stayed with me wasn't the physical change.
It was seeing his confidence grow. The way he carried himself. The way he talked about his future.
For the first time, I realized fitness could change far more than someone's appearance.
That experience made one thing clear: helping other people transform their lives was more fulfilling than any personal achievement I could accomplish in the gym.
That realization led me to earn multiple certifications, spend years coaching clients, and eventually build MacFitt with one mission: helping people become stronger, healthier, and more confident for life.
First coaching client
Gray's transformation showed me coaching changes lives—not just bodies.
The experience that led me to pursue certifications, coach professionally, and eventually build MacFitt.
Personal Experience
I've personally walked both major transformation paths — building muscle from a skinny starting point and leaning out after years of carrying extra body fat. That experience shapes how I coach muscle-building and fat-loss clients today.
Building muscle from nothing
I started as a skinny, quiet teenager with no athletic background. Through years of consistent lifting, progressive overload, and learning what actually drives muscle growth — not shortcuts or hype — I built a physique that changed how I carried myself. That first transformation taught me that consistency beats perfection, and that the gym builds confidence as much as muscle.
Rebuilding discipline years later
Years into my coaching career, life during COVID disrupted my own routines. I gained body fat, lost structure, and had to practice what I preach — dialing in nutrition without extreme dieting, rebuilding training habits, and getting lean again without burning out. That experience deepened my empathy for clients navigating busy seasons, stress, and real-life setbacks.
Coaching Philosophy
Every MacFitt program is built on principles I learned through my own transformations and refined across hundreds of client journeys in Austin and online.
Resistance training is the foundation — for fat loss, muscle building, confidence, and long-term health. Cardio supports the plan; it does not replace it.
No rigid meal plans that fall apart at an Austin food truck. Sustainable targets, protein priorities, and strategies for restaurants, travel, and busy weeks.
Motivation fades. Check-ins, programming adjustments, and someone in your corner keep you moving when life gets loud.
Missed a session? Ate off-plan? We adjust and continue. Transformation is built from accumulated good weeks — not one flawless month.
Results you can maintain matter more than a dramatic before-and-after you cannot hold. Habits, not hacks.
You should understand why your program works — so you can train intelligently for years, not just while you are paying a coach.
Who I Help
I work with adults across Austin and online who want structured coaching — not another generic program that ignores their life.
Executives, founders, and commuters who need efficient sessions and flexible nutrition — not a two-hour gym ritual.
Adults learning to lift with proper form, structure, and confidence in a private environment.
Strength, muscle building, fat loss, and body recomposition with programming built for your frame and goals.
Strength-first coaching for fat loss, muscle tone, and confidence — without crash diets or punishment workouts.
Sustainable deficits, resistance training to preserve muscle, and nutrition that survives Austin's food scene.
Progressive overload, recovery, and protein targets for clients who want to add real size and strength.
Lose fat and build muscle simultaneously with integrated training and nutrition coaching.
Restarting after kids, injury, or a long break — with patience, safety, and a realistic timeline.
Remote coaching through Built For Life for travelers, relocators, and anyone who prefers training on their schedule.
In-person coaching at Tiger ATX Training — private, appointment-only, and designed for focused one-on-one work.
Why MacFitt
MacFittis not a big-box gym membership or a one-size-fits-all boot camp. It's my private coaching practice — built around personalized programming, honest communication, and results you can sustain.
Explore Austin personal training →Every plan is written for your body, schedule, and goals — never a recycled template from last week's client.
Train at Tiger ATX Training with no crowds, no waiting for racks, and full attention every session.
Integrated eating strategies that complement your training — not a separate upsell or shake pitch.
Check-ins, messaging access, and honest feedback between sessions so progress does not stall when motivation dips.
You learn why your program works — building skills you keep long after coaching ends.
Direct access to me. Questions get answered. Programs get adjusted. No hand-offs to junior coaches.
Hundreds of transformations I've helped clients build on habits they can maintain. View client results.
Experience & Certifications
I bring more than a decade of hands-on coaching, professional certifications, and real transformation experience — both personal and client-driven — to every MacFitt program.
10+
Years Coaching
I've helped hundreds of clients transform through in-person Austin coaching and online programs through Built For Life.
The Journey
Skinny Teenager
Shy kid with little confidence and no training background
Built First Transformation
I discovered the gym and rebuilt myself through consistency
Helped Gray Transform
Coached my best friend — the moment coaching clicked
Earned Certifications
Pursued NASM-CPT and professional nutrition coaching credentials
Started Coaching Professionally
Turned a passion for helping others into a full-time career
10+ Years Coaching
Hundreds of in-person and online client transformations
Founded MacFitt & Built For Life
Premium Austin coaching and remote programs under one brand
Your Turn
Book a free 30-minute consultation with me. No pressure — just an honest conversation about your goals and whether MacFitt is the right fit.