Introducing the Vault Health & Fitness Team

I loved Target. I loved the culture, I loved the way we treated our team members, I loved the experience we created for our guests. I moved to Perrysburg, Ohio in 2014, from Howell, Michigan, to take on a struggling store with a broken culture and processes. We started from scratch with new leaders that believed in the vision for the future of our team and our store.

Late in 2015, two major life events happened – after nearly a decade of my life largely being controlled by alcohol, I removed it from my life. I’ll celebrate my 5th year of sobriety on 10/31/2020. A few weeks later I was invited to a local church. I was captivated by the pastor and the message he shared. I gave my heart and life to Christ shortly after.

The summer of 2016 should’ve been a relaxing season – I was surrounded by great leaders, our teams were bought into our vision, our guests were amongst the happiest in the entire country, we were setting records with our metrics…but something was missing.

After searching my heart, I concluded the ultimate impact I was making through my role wasn’t as fulfilling as it once had been. I wanted to impact lives in a deeper, longer lasting way. I felt my best physically, mentally, and emotionally when I was consistent with my workouts and nutrition. I felt even better when I had set goals, created an intentional plan, executed the plan over an extended period of time and reached the goals. I wanted others to experience what I experienced through training and nutrition. I wanted those closest to me to have an improved quality of life by improving their health, through fitness.

I started an online training and nutrition coaching business that year. As more clients experienced more success, their friends and family would ask what they had done to transform their body and, in many ways, their life – which lead to more referrals and more growth.

As I spent more energy and time working with clients I became more fulfilled and felt my time at Target was nearing its final season. Early in 2018, after a long relationship ended, I was ready to leave Ohio. I interviewed with 1st Phorm, a supplement company in St Louis, Missouri that I had worked with since 2015, for a full time coaching position. I packed my apartment in Perrysburg. I flew to St. Louis, the interview went well. I had prayed for peace and clarity. Coming from a large immigrant family, the thought of starting a new journey halfway across the country, with the intention of meeting my wife, raising my future children and building my life in St. Louis was an important decision.

God gave me a clear answer – don’t go. Stay in Ohio and wait. I was obedient to what was put in my heart. Less than a month later, I had a discussion with a gym that had started in my hometown in Michigan. I was interested in helping build their systems and provide leadership to their franchise locations, but that wasn’t on their radar at the time. The only opportunity was opening my own location.

Although I had always been an athlete and loved working out, I never wanted to own a gym.

I spent several weeks in prayer – and received so much peace and clarity that I knew God had put Vault in my path. I felt the calling to stay in Perrysburg and use this platform as a way to breathe kindness, love, and support into the lives of everyone who would walk through our doors.

I set the goal of leaving Target by the end of June 2019, over a year away. Vault Health & Fitness opened 9/28/2018 with the mission to create the best community and deliver the best results in northwest Ohio.

With an incredible team of coaches that share my vision as well as my core values of empathy, humility, kindness, relationship building, and work ethic we’ve positively impacted hundreds of lives and built a truly special community. We’re blessed to share the journey of life with our members and their families.

I left Target in June 2019, thankful for the countless wonderful people that came into my life through that adventure, as well as the leadership and business lessons I learned along the way. My online coaching business has been integrated with our coaching services we provide at Vault. I also own a gym in Cincinnati, Ohio – Delhi Fitness Club which opened in December 2018. I live in Perrysburg, Ohio and look forward to raising my future family in this community where I’m surrounded by so many incredible people that love and support me.