Hey guys, I'm Dan,

I developed a passion for fitness and nutrition at a very early age.  I was the guy in high school bringing rusty chains from my dad's farm into the local gym so I could do accommodating resistance bench press at the gym.  This was all because I read an article from Louie Simmons from West Side Barbell about how great they were for building your bench press.

I was also the guy making salmon and olive oil milkshakes back in the day to eat enough calories to build maximum muscle (I "enjoyed" many of these shakes at 2am nightly).  It really didn't matter how gross the eating was, I was willing to try it.

I'd also recruit all of my friends to train at my parent's farm in Southern NJ where we'd do German Volume Training for squats in the middle of summer inside of a greenhouse. (Don't ask us why we didn't move the rack outside) 

You name it, I've tried it, and really loved every minute of it.  

Naturally after college, I began work as a personal trainer and strength and conditioning coach.  One thing I found frequently was that most of my clients were dealing with some sort of pain problem or injury.  I'd naturally refer them to a local physical therapist who would promptly tell me, "of course your client got hurt, they shouldn't be performing deadlifts".

This didn't make too much sense to me.  How could every aspect of weight training be bad for you?  Surely this wasn't true...

After hearing this one too many times from other physical therapists who really didn't look like they've ever lifted a single weight in their life I decided I needed to investigate for myself.  I wanted to be able to help my patients get out of pain and be able to exercise in a way that promoted health and not injury.    

Since then I've devoted my entire life towards helping folks gets out of pain and back to training.  I've gotten my doctorate in physical therapy and combine my knowledge about fitness with therapy to help people every day get out of pain and back to training.   Over time, I've also been able to teach thousands of other coaches and clinicians how to do the same.

Hopefully I can help you out as well!

- Dan