Master Level Muscle Activation Techniques™ Specialist And Master Personal Trainer

How We Started & Why

Kevin started his personal training career, in 2006, as a way to bridge a gap between house flips (in a rocky real estate market). It wasn't long after that he found his passion – helping people.

Having been a wrestler in high school, working out and taking care of his body was nothing new to Kevin. So combined with an interest in science – specifically physiology and health – becoming a personal trainer was a natural fit.

Within a few months of becoming a personal trainer at one of the largest box gym chains at the time, Kevin excelled to lead the club in sales and sold personal training sessions. Although it was an impressive accomplishment, his success also exposed one of the greatest flaws in the personal training world: good sales people - that know nothing about the body - can easily and legally work with an array of people. Yes, Kevin was one of those trainers and it did not become apparent to him until about 3 months into working at LFF.

He had sold a package to a young lady that was experiencing extreme back pain. She was desperate and had exhausted just about every modality and technique out there with little to no change in pain level. Personal training was one of her last options prior to surgery.

After 3 weeks of stretching and strengthening the areas in her body Kevin believed would heal her, nothing had changed. Not a thing! No increase in range of motion, no decrease in pain, and no increase in strength. Kevin was at a loss and reached out to a fellow trainer for guidance.

HE SUGGESTED MUSCLE ACTIVATION TECHNIQUES™. KEVIN HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT BUT WAS INTRIGUED WITH THE LITTLE THE TRAINER TOLD HIM TO LEARN MORE. KEVIN JOINED HIS CLIENT FOR HER FIRST SESSION OF MAT, AND WHAT HE WOULD SEE WOULD CHANGE HIS LIFE FOR THE BETTER.

Within 30 minutes of assessing and treating muscles for weakness - not tightness, but weakness - his client's pain was gone. Now this was pain that had her in tears 75% of the day… and it was gone! 

Kevin immediately got his hands on as much information as possible regarding the mechanics of how MAT®works, and he was hooked. No longer would he be a trainer that just over-promised what he could deliver, but instead a trainer that understood the science and the mechanics behind each and everything he did with his clients.

Within 3 months of that experience, Kevin enrolled in the Muscle Activation Techniques Specialist program a year long program that would give Kevin the basic training to become an MAT Specialist. Prior to beginning, he also completed four rather intensive courses to prepare him for what he would learn in the MAT Specialist Program. He completed and got certified as an MAT Jumpstart specialist and completed the series of RTS, Resistance Training Specialist, programs offered at that time.

Within 3 years from becoming a MAT® Kevin tested out to become a Master Level Specialist and one of only a handful of  instructor of Greg Roskopf's Muscle Activation Techniques JumpStart Program.