My name is Jared, Owner and Founder of Foundation Fitness, where we believe that investing in yourself and your health is the key to happier,  more fulfilling life. Our mission is to inspire and motivate people just like myself to start their journey towards a healthier lifestyle starting with your FOUNDATION.  With our guidance, training, knowledge and support, we are confident that you can achieve your long-term health and fitness goals.

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How was Foundation Fitness and Nutrition born?

After almost 20 years in heavy civil construction, working as a Laborer, at a young age, my body was growing tired. I was feeling the unavoidable side effect of the construction industry; the aches, the pains, lack of energy, and the long hours away from my family. I had gone from being in my mid-twenties chasing a dream of being a body builder, to being run down, and broken in only a few short years. I had given up on fitness all together; and frankly had given up on myself as well. I feared  that the choices I made were going to define the rest of my life. 

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My journey took an unexpected detour. My cousin Joe, who had just been in a motorcycle crash, told me that if he had not started focusing on his fitness prior to the crash, he believed he would not have survived. Trying to get into better shape had literally saved his life. Joe asked me to join him in his recovery, and training. I was very reluctant at first, but eventually I found myself back in the gym training with a renewed sense of purpose. Within a few short weeks I began feeling a lot better. The aches, and pains had started away and I had more energy. Joe was healing, and getting stronger every day, and so was I. 

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After a few months of feeling like I was my youthful self again, I was faced with a choice;  go back to laboring on the night shifts, and accept the deterioration of my body, OR find a way to turn my passion for fitness into a new journey.

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 After months of consistent hard work at the gym, I knew this was my calling. I knew deep down that not only did I want to continue this journey I was on, but also I wanted to find a way share it with as many people as I could.  It was a feeling of purpose, like I was finally walking the path that had been laid out before me. This is my passion.

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I was inspired once I saw firsthand what physical fitness could do to fix not only my own body, but my cousin Joe’s as well. We are two living testimonies of how fitness and nutrition could change your life in so many ways. I decided to study to become a certified personal trainer and nutrition coach.

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Feeling the need to honor my faith, which is what led me down this path, I knew the name of this company was important. It needed to be something that everyone could connect with; not just people who were fit or nutrition buffs. I know many people that have reservations about starting a fitness journey or program simply because of stigmas associated with it. I want to find a way to bridge that gap.

Just like many stories of faith that have found a way to touch countless lives, I needed a name that would embody the principles, and beliefs that led me to where I am right now.
 

What is something that can relate to every single person starting to build, or rebuild their life? I kept asking myself, “what’s important to me?”. 

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My family, my faith, my friends, and my health. What are these things? My FOUNDATION! The structure that everything else is built off of.  When the Foundation for everything we do in life is strong, nothing can topple the structure built on top. 

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Foundation Fitness and Nutrition was born from my love for my family and wanting to be the rock, the foundation that keeps them safe, happy, and healthy. It was born from following my heart,  and listening to that small voice that had been trying to guide me all along. Once I stopped long enough to listen,  I found something powerful, and I want to share that with as many people as I can.  Every single person deserves the chance to be a better version of themselves.  Every person can build a FOUNDATION that will withstand the test of time. This is my journey, I look forward to sharing it with you, and I hope I can help YOU start your journey as well.