Zach’s Bio

Credentials:

• Certified Personal Trainer, American College of Sports Medicine
• Fitness & Sports Nutrition Specialist, National Academy of Fitness & Sports Nutrition
• Level 1 BioSignature Practitioner, Poliquin International Certification Program
• Youth Fitness Specialist Level 1, International Youth Conditioning Association
• CPR/AED, American Red Cross
• Registered member, United States Powerlifting Federation
• 1st Degree Red Belt, American Tang Soo Do Karate Institute and World Tang Soo Do Association
• B.A. in Marketing, University of Iowa
• Contributing author to Elite Fitness Systems

Specialties:

• Powerlifting
• Rotator cuff rehabilitation/prehabilitation
• Lower back rehabilitation/prehabilitation
• Prenatal/postnatal
• Mixed martial arts training

Background:

• Personal trainer and strength coach since 2003
• 8 years of martial arts training, including 3 years on the world-ranked Dubuque Karate Club Demonstration Team

I began strength training in 1997, when I was a freshman in high school. The first day of weight training, everybody had to take a bench press test, and I was the only person in the entire class that couldn’t complete a single rep with an empty 45-lb bar, including the women in the class. Since then I have completely engrossed myself in strength-training culture, and have put on over 80lbs of mostly muscle since that first day in weight training class. I have been lucky enough to take what started as a hobby and turn it into a successful career. I’m a big believer that many common injuries, aches and pains that sedentary people experience can be solved with simply increasing overall body strength.