Meet your coach.
His focus is to help you become a better you.
Michael was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was his own personal struggles in his young adult life, and then mastery of them, that led him into the field of motivational and fitness coaching.
Michael was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was his own personal struggles in his young adult life, and then mastery of them, that led him into the field of motivational and fitness coaching.
As a teenager Michael joined the work force as a laborer in the construction field and quickly moved from laborer to carpenter to foremen to running Mandarich Construction as a foundation specialist. As Michael enjoyed building thats not where he stayed. Among many other adventures, professionally and personally Michael was led into the field of helping others.
Michael graduated from and completed an addiction studies program at Bethany College. Ran SLE’s (sober living environment) and worked in the addiction field for close to ten years. Michael is a former lead ropes course instructor, and built and ran the health & wellness department at CRC Health Group in Scotts Valley. He started his private coaching practice in 2007.
Through the years as a drug and alcohol addiction counselor and fitness trainer, he developed his own practice and unique style of one-to- one support as a Motivational Life Coach and Personal Trainer. That then morphed into being Co-owner at Scotts Valley Gym. He is now owner and CEO of Scotts Valley Gym and has his personal practice as a Life Coach.
He successfully raised a daughter as a single parent and is now raising a second child with his amazing wife Karen. He still loves to build and spends his past time always building something on their home in Santa Cruz. His focus is to create a community of health, and fitness and help You create a better YOU!!