I grew up on a dairy farm in Mauston, WI. As far back as I can remember, I have spent as much time as possible playing sports, hunting, fishing and just being outdoors. Playing inside, watching TV or movies just never interested me. To this day, I can’t stay awake through an entire movie.

I have always loved fitness, and have been training on a regular basis since grade school. As a child, I remember doing bicep curls with milk jugs filled with water and pullups on the monkey bars. I couldn’t wait to start high school, mainly because they had a weight room.

After high school, I decided to join the Army National Guard, to help pay for college. I then studied pre-med and business, while wrestling and playing football at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse.

Over the years, I have always trained and ate the way I was taught to be the smartest and healthiest. Sadly, so much of what I was taught, and so much of what is still taught today, is completely wrong. My sports career was cut short due to injuries that required three knee surgeries. I believe 100% that my injuries were because I was training/eating the wrong way.

I then went to Palmer Chiropractic College for my doctorate degree. I spent 3 ½ years traveling the country, playing rugby injury free! It was at Palmer that I learned the value of “functional training.” I furthered my education, becoming a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and a State Certified Nutrition Counselor. After 9 years of college and a lifetime of looking for the answers to maximizing health, I have found them.

I still remember people telling me in my 20’s, “wait until you hit 30, you won’t feel the same.” They were right, I feel so much better in my 30’s then I ever have before, because I am now living the right way. It has become my life mission to lead by example and teach people how they can reach and maintain their maximum health potential.

I decided to open Eupraxia with that mission in mind. I will teach every person the best way to train for functional health. I will teach you the way humans are genetically designed to eat, through not only common sense, but the best science on the planet.

I will ALWAYS practice what I preach and will continue to live the way I teach. I will never sell or promote any product or program unless it is something I would do myself. I will never close my mind or stop learning. I consider every person at Eupraxia a part of a family who is there to encourage and push each other to reach their goals. Thank you for being a part of our family!

UPDATE: Since originally writing the above snippet I am in my 40’s and feeling great (although with less hair). And the family has gotten 3 kiddos bigger! Eupraxia has grown to 10 locations with more on the way and our success stories are too many to count! Hopefully time slows down so the next 10 year update doesn’t come so fast!