Trainers & Coaches

Jon Sheppard, AKA Sheppy (Owner/Coach)

Jonathan (Sheppy) Sheppard has been helping people reach their fitness goals for over 10 years. Jon began his career as a commercial diver/underwater welder and moved from there to Hyperbaric Medicine, which has recently emerged as a highly regarded training aid in the sports and performance industry.

Jon has been a sports enthusiast and athlete for his entire life and started sharing his knowledge and experience for free as a hobby to anyone who wanted to learn. As his client’s results began speaking for themselves, a business providing valuable services was born.

Jon is a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT), a Fitness Specialist (FS), an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), and a Certified Hyperbaric Technologist (CHT). Jon has won multiple strongman competitions and has competed in marathons and endurance events— but his personal goals are focused on physique, strength, and health.

Drew, AKA Drew Baby

Andrew’s sole purpose in life is to help people discover and unleash their Inner Badass. Andrew (Drew) is a Marine Corps veteran who served in 3 combat tours to Iraq. Drew helped to ensure unit readiness by making sure his team was in top physical condition. Drew also helped fellow Marines who were not within the Corps’ height/weight standards (believe it or not, not all Marines look like John Cena and The Rock) to lose weight and improve their Physical Fitness Test score.

After being discharged from the Marine Corps, Drew continued to study Exercise Science and eventually became a National Academy of Sports Medicine Certified Personal Trainer, as well as a Precision Nutrition Coach. Armed with academic knowledge, years of experience, and otherworldly good looks, Drew aims to unleash the Warrior that lies dormant in most!

In addition to working with Armed Forces personnel in combat readiness, Drew has helped high school athletes get college athletic scholarships; he has helped an NFL player post-injury; Drew helped a bride lose weight for her wedding; he has helped busy fathers shed the dreaded “Dad Bod”; and he’s helped an elderly nurse recover from “frozen shoulder”.

Whether you’re looking to gain strength and athleticism, or just a bigger butt, Drew will help you achieve your goals.

Emily Real

Emily is a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) and an ergonomic occupational therapist with several focuses such as mobility, weight loss, post- and pre-surgical patients, senior strength; and conditioning, endurance, and strength training.

Emily has been an avid weightlifter for over 10 years and has a passion for a variety of activities such as rock climbing, yoga, running, and strength training. She believes that fitness should be a lifelong commitment and should be a top priority.

Emilie’s goal as a trainer is to achieve your fitness goal and keep you moving, pushing you onto new horizons, and adapting exercises based on each individual.

Josh Patrick

Josh is your classic example of a “gymaholic.” He started in high school playing both football and track, where he excelled in both sports. Josh has been training his friends and family for several years, and decided that he wants to continue to help people achieve their goals in fitness.

Josh graduated from Liberty University with his Bachelor’s in Health Science and is constantly furthering his education to be a better trainer for his clients. When Josh is not in the gym training his clients, he is either on prep for his next body-building show or out serving his country as a medic in the army.

Josh has been competing at the national level of competitive cheerleading for several years. Josh is a firm believer that ¨most people fail not because of lack of desire, but because of lack of commitment. ¨ Sometimes, all it takes is taking the first step.

Mike

Mike was born and raised in Southern California.
His career as a personal trainer began in 2002.
He has trained and managed multiple gyms around California and spent 6 years in Oaxaca, Mexico as an owner of a group fitness and personal training studio.

Mike pays attention to the details and is always 100% focused on your workouts. His goal is to make each workout as efficient as he can to get the best results possible. He has extensive experience training people of all ages and fitness levels. He looks at each client as an individual and designs each workout to fit their goals and needs.

Mike specializes in fat loss, building muscle, mobility, and core conditioning. He loves to see how fitness can make a huge positive impact on his clients lives in and outside of the gym.

Matt, AKA the “Gym Batman”

Matt has been a personal trainer since 2001, and has been able to work with many people, from children working on becoming better athletes to adults as old as 95. Along the way, he has been able to help many people with mild to serious physical limitations.

In 2003, he started working as a strength & conditioning coach for young athletes, specializing with figure skaters. Matt has worked with athletes of many different sports, believing that a training program— when properly done— builds not just stability and strength, but confidence and character as well.

Alex

Alex graduated from UCI with a B.A. in Business Administration, and has always had a passion for athletic training and all things fitness. Alex is a National Academy of Sports Medicine (CPR/AED) Certified Personal Trainer with over 10 years of Bodybuilding, Powerlifting and Weightlifting training experience and an extensive sports background (Football, Basketball, Wrestling, and Plyometrics to name a few). Muscle Building, Strength Training, Athletic Training, Body Recomposition and Fat Loss are his specialties, and no matter your goals, he can get to you there!

Viv

Viv graduated from UCI with a B.S. in Biology and is a National Academy of Sports Medicine (CPR/AED) Certified Personal Trainer with 4+ years of experience in strength and conditioning, bodybuilding, and cardiovascular training. Her goal as a trainer is to help you achieve your goals and help you learn and understand more about fitness and your own body!

Tristan

Tristan is a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and a strength coach. He has worked with many athletes of all ages and helped push them to the next level in their game. While his experience with athletes is deep, so is his experience in helping anyone achieve their athletic goals. Tristan played baseball through college and started weight lifting when he was in 8th grade. From a young age, he knew that weight lifting was essential to pushing as far as he could go as an athlete. From the time he was finished with his playing career, he knew he wanted to help anyone he could get closer to their athletic dreams. Whether you are an athlete looking to get to the next level, a parent trying to get back to moving like an athlete, or just looking to get strong and back in shape, Tristan has the tools to get you there.

Harry

Harry is an American Council of Exercise certified trainer, he has experience with multiple training modalities including, powerlifting, hypertrophy, and cardiovascular training. He began his own training journey in 2019 and became a coach in 2021 after falling in love with the process. Harry is motivated and determined to have his clients succeed in the goals that they set, as well as teaching the fundamentals of strength and hypertrophy training. Whether it is weight loss, muscle gain, or both! Harry has the skills and knowledge to ensure success.