When it was finally time to hang up my cleats, retire from my football career and take the next step in my personal and professional life, I have to admit I was lost. My main goal since I was five years old was to become a professional athlete. Once that was accomplished, I realized I hadn’t really thought about what to do next.

Fortunately, my friends and family were constantly reminding me to follow my passions, because at 25 years old I knew exactly what my passions were (he said sarcastically). As time went on, I noticed I had spent most of my free time looking into nutrition, exercise, hormones, circadian rhythms, and evolutionary biology. After several thousand hours of research, it was clear I was passionate about health, nutrition and the pursuit of an optimal lifestyle.

I ventured into the world of fitness consulting, optimistic and full of enthusiasm only to discover most of my clients would not share these characteristics. After more than five years coaching clients in the San Francisco Bay Area, it became clear that I was fighting an uphill battle. I was trying to treat symptoms from the ground up, rather than addressing the real cause of the issue from the top down. At Five to Flow, I am excited to help people like my former clients by influencing companies at the highest levels to take a step closer to an optimal and balanced lifestyle without compromising performance.