Meet Coach Matt

I arrived in AustiI was born and raised in the great city of Austin, TX. Eventhough technically I grew up in Cedar Park, it’s close enough!

Playing sports and being athletic has always been a big part of my life. As a kid, I played football and basketball. By age 12 I made the switch to hockey and it was hockey 24/7 after that.

As the years went on, playing sports became less important and being an “adult” was taking over. Spoiler alert – I didn’t quite make it to the NHL. I started to notice my fitness and overall health declining. Years of sitting at a desk lead to back problems, lack of energy, and I felt like I was losing my athleticism. And that began my journey to CrossFit.

It actually started with studying nutrition. Our bodies function better, meaning less chronic pain/illnesses, better digestion, and overall improved health when fed a whole food diet. After studying “functional” nutrition, that led me to functional fitness.

I never really knew what I wanted to do when I “grew up” but after starting CrossFit in 2012, coaching seemed to be my calling. I had a passion for my own health and fitness and I wanted to share that passion with others.

Along with being a CF-L2 trainer, I’ve taken the CrossFit gymnastics and advanced gymnastics trainers course, USA weightlifting level 1, and personal training certification. I also have two years experience working as a physical therapy technician, and was accepted to the physical therapist assistant program at ACC. I continuing studying the world of physical therapy as one of my passions is to help people overcome injury and help with move pain free with full range of motion.

I’m extremely excited to be back working with a great team at CFRR and helping everyone with their health and fitness journey!

n in the spring of 1982…though, it was through the miracle of birth, and not a caravan coming from California like most, I was actually born here!

Ever since I was a kid I was always interested in sports. I started playing organized football and basketball at age 8, but by the time I got to middle school and realized everyone was much larger than me, I switched to hockey. The years after high school I started to notice a decline in my health and fitness. I went from playing hockey 5-7 days a week to maybe once a week.

After dealing with a back issue and asthma, I decided to make a change. I started researching nutrition and holistic healing and slowly switched to foods that we were intended to eat – organic produce, pasture raised meats, whole foods. My asthma went away and my overall health improved. And while researching nutrition, I came across functional fitness, i.e. CrossFit.

I started going to community workouts in 2011 and signed up at an affiliate in 2012. I was working at Dell at the time but it was never a “career” for me. I knew I wanted to help others with their health and fitness. In April 2013, I passed the CrossFit level 1 cert and began coaching. My biggest focused with clients is helping them with their nutrition and developing good movement patterns to build their foundation.

My education in health and fitness hasn’t stopped with the CFL-1. In order to become a better coach to help others, I’ve taken the CrossFit Gymnastics level 1 and CF Advanced Gymnastics trainer’s course, USA Weightlifting coach’s course, NCFS (personal trainer’s cert), and as of September 2017, Precision Nutrition level 1, certified in Exercise Nutrition.

I’m looking forward to being apart of the community and helping you all become junior gymnasts! Just remember, there is no deadline, this is a lifestyle.