Alan's journey in the world of health and performance has been a long and winding one. It began at age 15 as a weight loss campaign, and has undergone many evolutions over the 20+ years since then. 

Battling injuries through a 10 year competitive powerlifting stint taught Alan a lot about how training can make or break your body, depending on how you do it. Recurring issues with his hips and lower back also lead him to seek help overseas with multiple trips to the USA and Russia, which influenced much of his current training philosophy.

While powerlifting was a great teacher, Alan grew frustrated with the one dimensional nature of the sport and sought to become more well rounded as an athlete. The next decade was spent exploring gymnastics, martial arts and competitive athletics, with an eventual return to the strength game through the sport of Strongman.

An eternal student, Alan has committed himself to the lifetime journey of education. With both teaching and learning being such great passions of his, he’s not happy unless he is doing both.