North Central Phoenix Spotlight | Underground Fitness

I’m a native Phoenician, and I grew up in the North Central area. I have lived in and around Sunnyslope most of my life and still do today. My wife and I even got married behind Sunnyslope Mountain. We have no children, but we do have a Pitbull Terrier that was a rescue, a hedgehog, and a Leopard gecko!

I was drawn to a career in fitness through a mix personal passions and professional interests. I started working on getting into better shape in my early twenties to overcome poor habits. Shortly after, I began working in adult education as a GED tutor. Over time, I realized that I was good at helping people transform into better versions of themselves, and I decided to combine my passion for exercise and self-improvement with the skills I learned teaching into a career!

Underground Fitness has been in business about 10 years.

COVID changed a lot for us. Gyms were closed more than once in 2020. As a result, we had to grow and get better at helping people who were no longer directly in front of us anymore. We moved into accountability coaching full-force and developed our 63 Day Transformation Program. Through the program, we are able to help clients develop their Perfect Day: a scheduled, measured way of tracking their goal drivers in real time every day. With this method, I’m able to help UF clients stay on track and make the behavioral changes necessary to bring about permanent and sustainable changes 24 hours a day – even if they’re away from the gym. We’ve utilized this tool along with virtual workout sessions through Zoom during most of the pandemic, and it got great results. Now, we are combining it with in person work, and the results have been astounding. We’re helping men and women lose weight permanently. The results earned from participating in this type of program have spoken for themselves, and I think it was critical to our ability to survive as a business through 2020 and bounce back.

 

Currently, we’re still following all CDC guidelines and recommendations for safe operation. Underground Fitness is committed to the health and safety of our clients. If there’s a chance it will help, we’re doing it.