Do you want help figuring out where to start your coaching journey that's specific to your goals, factors in where you're at now, and will actually help you achieve how you'd like to look, feel, and function?
Since 2007 I have coached and empowered 330+ clients who finally lost their stubborn body fat, overcame many chronic health conditions, sleep issues, chronic pain, and now they look amazing, feel healthy, are stronger, more mobile, and in the best aerobic shape of their life.
I have a masters degree in kinesiology specializing in Holistic Health and Human Performance from the University of Minnesota.
I have acquired the most elite certifications in the health and fitness coaching fields becoming a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach and a Strength & Conditioning Specialist with additional certifications in nutrition, reflexive performance reset, heart rate variability analysis, kettlebell lifting, and personal training.
Real Client Outcomes (Turn your phone sideways to read)
Women
When I met Kelly she was 1 week out of surgery after her 2nd shoulder injury olympic lifting.
She started out with my Functional movement and muscle firing test to reveal all of her muscles that aren't firing at all/properly, are too weak, and are too tight.
She enrolled in remote personal training, and after 1 year and 3 months has achieved 15 short term goals helping her achieve her long term goal of being able to do olympic lifting exercise variations again.
Kelly left me a 5 star google review that says:
“I started with Andrew after a devastating shoulder injury and then surgeries. My range of motion was about 6 inches in any direction and had lost all my muscle on one side after being a competitive weightlifter. I was in pain all the time. I also had a lot of other issues from not being able to lift for a long time in my legs etc. He helped me slowly and safely meet goals, build back my muscle and range of motion with evaluations followed by personalized spreadsheets. He answers my relatively infrequent questions quickly. I think he truly understands how to rehabilitate people with complicated injuries vs a random other trainer you'll get by Googling. I can now at least overhead squat an empty barbell which sounds "meh" for an Olympic lifter, but my scapula wouldn't even fire when I started etc etc and could only hold items at my side. Would recommend after injuries for sure! I wish I would have found Andrew while I was still Olympic lifting to fix likely muscle imbalances before I hurt myself, at least for a consult.”
When I met Ella she was struggling to lose the additional body fat she put on during her pregnancy and reclaim the strength she lost.
She started out with strength, muscular endurance, and muscle firing testing along with a baseline body composition test to see where she was at and so we could co-design a safe and effective programs.
After 6 months of small group personal training 2 days per week, quarterly body fat testing with follow up health & lifestyle coaching, Ella has achieved 10 short term goals to date helping her look, perform, and feel amazing again.
Short Term Goals Achieved:
Lost 18.2 lbs (started at 137.2)
Eliminated 6.24% of her body fat (started at 29.23%)
Trimmed 18” off across her entire body.
Be able to do 60 push ups on my knees (started at 20)
Be able to do 76 sit ups (started at 30)
Be able to do 28 lat pull downs with 50 lbs (started at 21 with 40lbs)
Be able to do 157 bodyweight squats (started at 83)
Ella’s 5 star google review states:
“I have been training with Andrew for a few months now, and I cannot say enough positive things about working with him. I appreciate that he listens and takes time understanding my goals, strengths, and limitations. The personalized plan that he created felt like a true collaboration and that increased my sense of accountability. The program is both challenging and achievable, motivating me to do my best and push my limits where I could.
I am pleased to be on this fitness journey with Andrew. The progress I have made so far has exceeded my expectations. I feel that I am getting stronger each day, and it is also definitely a confidence booster when wins, no matter how small are celebrated.
I highly recommend!”
When I met Kristine she was experiencing weekly headaches and migraines that would result in her spending the rest of the day in a dark room missing out on time with her husband and son.
She started out with a functional movement test to figure out the root cause of these migraines. She enrolled in 1 on 1 personal training doing corrective strength training/muscle relaxation exercises at the gym 2 days per week, and her home stretches program 3 days per week.
After 12 months achieved 16 short term goals that helped her completely eliminate her migraines allowing her to go on walks around the lake and skiing with her family.
Long Term Goals Achieved
No more migraines or headaches weekly causing me to miss out on the rest of the day with my family
Increase my strength so I can lift my 5 year old son above my head and carry him on my hip without it inducing a migraine
The ability to do 1 pullup with no assistance (started at 65lbs of vertical pulling strength)
Be able to do a 15 minute water ski run pulled at 30 mph
Squat 1.2x her body weight (current max = 160lbs)
Can do 70 push ups (started at 35)
Can do 102 sit ups (started at 80)
Can do 284 body weight squats
Short Term Goals Achieved
Increase my torso rotation to 90 degrees (started at 45 deg)
The height of your arm and leg are the same in a prone cobra CL (started at 12” gap)
Getting your piriformis to 85 deg ext rotation and 120 deg flexion (started at 45 deg and 90 deg)
Get my shoulder blades to move downward 1.5” (started not moving) and lay flat
Lower my resting heart rate to 58 in 2 months (started at 76)
Increasing my foot strength from 20lbs to 190lbs allowing me to squat to parallel
Increasing my ab stabilizer strength doing 100lbs x 15 sec. (started at body weight)
Get 7 hours of sleep per night (started at 6hr 39 min) (Achieved 10/31/25)
Hip flexors are now relaxed vs lifting up 1” off the ground (Achieved 10/31/25)
Upper groin is no longer tight (Achieved 10/31/25)
Back Squat 160 (started at 125)
Bulgarian Squat 110 (started at 75)
Bench Press 115 (started at 90)
BB BO Row 115 (started at 95)
When I met Angie she had suffered 2 knee injuries during the London marathon. Even after physical therapy wasn’t able to run for 9 months and was thinking she might have to stop for life. We started out with a functional movement test and discovered what led her to her injuries and what needed to be strengthened, stretched, and what muscles needed to reset to fire properly again.
After 3 months of corrective exercise, muscle resets, and small group personal training she has achieved 9 goals, and can run again pain free, and is prepping for Grandmas marathon in the summer.
Long Term Goals Achieved
1. Be able to run free of knee pain
Short Term Goals Achieved
1. Your glute med fires again
2. Your torso can handle a 30 sec plank (Now can hold 110 lbs)
3. Hamstrings have 90 degrees of mobility
4. Piriformis flexibility is now at 120 deg flexion/80 deg external rotation(started at 110 degrees/45 deg)
5. Your arches, 2nd-5th toes, and calves are now loose
6. Your shoulder blades no longer wing backwards negatively impacting your posture
7. Your shoulder no longer experiences pain in the front that radiates down the side of your arm when you reach behind and up your spine
8. Your hip can abduct the optimal 50 degrees with no discomfort
Angie’s 5 star Google Review:
“Andrew Heaton of Life Strength Fitness has been the answer to my long-term and short-term goals to keep training and running marathons at my age of 56! I really thought I had to hang it up after doing my last marathon with a torn meniscus and stress fracture under my knee cap brought on by my own doing of running without comprehensive strength training & specific stretching.
He has enlightened me to strength and stretching regimens that are now affording me pain-free and noninjury producing training to continue with my fitness goals of not only completing marathons but keeping me running at paces that I had thought were no longer possible for me!”
Men
When I met Andrew he had been struggling for nearly a decade to lose weight, dreaded how he looked in virtual or in person work meetings, and was fed up with all of his running, lifting weights, and yoga not helping him experience any measurable fat loss.
He started out with an aerobic fitness test to discover that he had been running at too high of heart rates, what heart rate to stay in to optimize fat loss, and he enrolled in the Fat Loss Fundamentals Program.
In only 2 months into the program he dropped his blood pressure by 42 points, lost 17 lbs, 5% of his body fat, helping him fit into his fancy work suits, feels healthy again, and most important now feels confident in his appearance every day.
Andrew published a 5 start google review that says:
“My experience with Andrew has been amazing. He has coached me using a clear, step-by-step actionable plan, and tools and tips to help me set clear attainable goals, understand the impact of my actions and track new habits. His coaching style is highly motivating and non-judgmental, making me very comfortable about discussing sometimes sensitive topics. I've been pleasantly surprised how holistic the coaching is, moving from nutrition changes to sleep habits to stress management, and how making improvements allows me to work with my body to see big results. And the results so far: after two months my body fat has reduced by 5%! I would totally recommend Andrew to anyone looking to make a meaningful sustainable improvement to their health”
When I met Tim he was suffering from persistent knee pain, frozen shoulder, and low back pain after a few crossfit injuries.
He thought these problems were just part of getting old, you just learn to live with it, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
After 5 months of small group personal training he was able to squat, touch his toes, shoulders move/feel great again, and now at the age of 76 doesn’t have to work around sore knees when working on his race car, and can wash and wax his yacht all by himself.
Long Term Goals Achieved (Trained from 2011 - 2026)
1. Eliminated my persistent knee pain going up stairs or ladders doing home/cabin projects
2. Can carry 75lbs in a bucket up a flight of stairs
3. Eliminated my frozen shoulder
4. Eliminated my low back pain getting up off the ground
5. Dead lift 225 lbs (where it used to be prior to covid gym closures)
6. Bench press 165 lbs (where it used to be prior to covid gym closures)
Tim’s 5 Star Google Review:
Andrew brings a high level of professionalism to fitness and personal health coaching industry.
Have been with Andrew for many years now and can only say that his programs that he provides is the best opportunities for any individual to thrive.
When I met my client Brock he initially just wanted to have a trainer that he could have sessions on the calendar with so that he would actually show up and just do something for a workout. We dove a lot deeper in his goal setting session and discovered that having more strength and muscular endurance so he could lift his son over his head, make water skiing and backcountry skiing easier, and just feel healthier every day was most important to him.
After 2 years of monthly body fat testing/health & lifestyle coaching, and 1 on 1 personal training 3x per week he has achieved 12 goals to date making lifting his son up over his head a piece of cake, skiing so much more enjoyable, and he’s very proud of his accomplishments.
1. Back squat 275 lbs (Started at 185 lbs)
2. Bench press 305 lbs (Started at 195 lbs)
3. Increase pull up strength to doing 13 pull ups (Started at 1.5” band for 10 reps)
4. Increase push ups to 65 (started at 18)
5. Increase sit ups to 115 (started at 36)
6. Increase body weight squats to 270 (started at 80)
7. Do repeat sled sprints with 175 lbs for 12 sec sprints for 10 reps (Started at 50 lbs for 6 reps)
8. Increase pull up strength to do 1 pull up with no assistance. Currently can do 13.
9. Trimmed off 7.3% (17.7 lbs) of body fat
10. Lost 13" head to toe now requiring an entire new wardrobe.
11. Added 12 lbs of muscle
12. Lowered his blood pressure 28 points down to 120/80, (starting at 143/85 blood pressure)
Brock’s 5 star google review:
“I've used many trainers over the years and Andrew is by far the best. He tracks everything and politely pushes you to do better. I have made more progress in three months with Andrew than I've ever made with another trainer, combined.”
When I met Nathan he only could stand 20 minutes at work, and then would have to sit the rest of the day, because his knees hurt so bad. After completing his functional movement test he enrolled in 1 on 1 personal training, and after 10 weeks he achieved 13 short term goals, eliminating his debilitating knee pain.
1. Get my piriformis flexibility to 120 degrees (started at 80 degrees)
2. Get my heel 2” away from 90 degrees on a str leg raise (started at 15” away)
3. Get my calves to 70 degrees flexibility (started at 90 degrees)
4. Be able to abduct my hip to 50 degrees with no lower groin tension (started at 3 out of 10 tension)
5. Be able to open up my hip with my knees bent down to 2” from the floor (started at 4.5”)
6. Got my shoulder blades to lay flat vs wing backwards
7. My shoulder blades to depress 1” (started with 0” of movement)
8. Get rotator cuff internal rotation flexibility to 7 o clock (started at 6 o clock)
9. Get my shoulder extension mobility to parallel (started 4” below)
10. 90 degree torso rotation mobility (started at 70 degrees)
11. Be able to lift my leg up in the air so my heel is at 90 degrees (Started: Right heel was 15” away, left heel was 12” away)
12. Increase strength of all Ab exercises by 25%
13. Increase strength of all Lower back exercises by 25%
Long Term Goals Achieved
Leg pressing 3.5x his body weight (current max 700 lbs)
My client David, who just retired, has been living with bone on bone in his hip for over 10 years. We’ve strengthened his stomach, back, legs, and feet muscles and tendons to compensate for the lack of cartilage he has.
After just 1 year of small group corrective exercise he’s gone from doing body weight on a variety of core strengthening exercises that support his hip up to 500+ lbs on them.
This has helped boost his strength on tons of other exercises, extend the lifespan of his degrading hip, and most importantly allowed him to keep up, pain free on 12 mile long hikes in the black hills with his 20 year old boys.
Long Term Goals Achieved:
Lifting 500+ pounds on a plate squat iso and calf raise iso
Back Squat my body weight on the bar
Bench Press my body weight on the bar
Dead lift my body weight on the bar
55 Push Ups
130 Sit Ups
9 Pull Ups
110 squats
Short Term Goals Achieved:
Get piriformis hip flexion to 120 degrees (started at 100 degrees)
Eliminate upper groin tension
Abduct my hip 50 degrees with no pain
Get your hip flexors to lay flat on the floor
Current Back Squat max = 220 lbs
Current Bench Press max = 215 lbs
Current Dead Lift max = 275 lbs
Get rid of posterior pelvic tilt
Get glutes firing with no hamstring or QL compensation
Get piriformis hip ext rot to 80 degrees (started at 45 degrees)
David’s 5 Star Google Review:
I’ve had Andrew as my trainer for six years. He is very knowledgeable and has helped me to build and maintain a high level of strength and fitness through customized training programs. He maximizes the one hour sessions and keeps me from injury. I’ve followed his advice in getting a heart rate monitor and app which helps keep me in the optimal training range during sessions. As a long-time member I recommend Andrew for anyone to achieve their strength, fitness, and health goals.
Before I enrolled in the fat loss fundamentals program I did weight watchers, counted points, but never eliminated the bad food. Between the program and my coaching sessions, I’ve finally eliminated the bad foods in my life, and know how to screen ingredient labels. In just 3 weeks I went from having stage 1 hypertension to below normal blood pressure, dropped 13 lbs., lost 5% body fat, my back and arms leaned out, and I lost 4 inches. This program has helped me build confidence in myself to carry on.
Jeff’s 5 Star Google Review:
I am impressed by the completeness of the system generated here. Gone are the days of random grab bag workouts at box gyms or boxes. Each day is targeted to you. Then week over week is targeted to your goals and your strengths. At the end of several weeks, you're tested, and improvement noted. This moves the weights you do. Likewise, range of motion and injuries are accounted for with other exercises to repair and correct. Diet, sleep, macro-nutrients, fasting, even how you shower are all taken into account and best practices are recommended in the Warrior Diet. Also train Aerobic threshold, or whatever. If you need it trained, Andrew can tailor a program to you. Online or in person. In person at the gym, people are friendly and supportive. Everyone shares the gear, and everyone is on their tailored individual programs. It literally blew my mind how much better this is than any other gym or trainer experience out there.
When I met Chad he was struggling to lose weight simply by eating healthier, whole food meals.
He started out with an aerobic fitness test to discover his optimal fat burning heart rate to remove the guesswork of how hard to exercise to lose weight and upgrade his fat burning capabilities.
After 2 months of doing 1 on 1 personal training, cardiac output runs, and cardiac power intervals at his optimal fat burning heart rate, he lost 10 lbs.
I recently graduated my client Jose who enrolled in the fat loss fundamentals program. He came to me very concerned about his blood pressure and all the extra weight he put on over the past couple years. He put a lot of effort into learning new knowledge, lifestyle skills, acquiring additional resources, creating action steps in his 1 on 1 coaching sessions, and starting medication. In just 4 weeks all of this helped him lose 18lbs., drop 19 points off his blood pressure into the excellent range, trim 7.5” off all over his body, and give him the peace of mind that he will be there for his family and enjoy life with them for many years to come.
Jose’s 5 Star Google Review:
Working with Andrew has been life changing for me. I came to Andrew about a year ago with all sorts of weaknesses and issues. After a year, I've dropped nearly 20 pounds and, more importantly, gained significant strength.
Andrew is extremely dedicated to your personal growth and is meticulous in creating a personal training plan. I've particularly enjoyed his data-driven approach to tracking my progress. We do baseline assessments and then follow-up assessments.
I was never much of a gym-rat and have always avoided intense gyms. Andrew has provided me a safe space to get my workouts in and plenty of encouragement to get through my workouts.
I couldn't recommend Andrew enough.
There is so much information and so many unsupported claims out there on health matters. Andrew is very well trained in looking at research studies and creating actionable ways to implement the information. The fat loss fundamentals program comprehensively covers nutrition, physical activity, and sleep. I enjoyed learning something new every day of the week, and was able to call or email Andrew with questions. This was extremely valuable for me. Even at 76 years old I was able to lose 7lbs., drop my blood pressure by 23 points, lost 7.5 inches.
5 Star Google Review:
I have just completed the Fat Loss Fundamentals program which covers nutrition, exercise and sleep. Each day you get a thought provoking and very specific and actionable program based on Andrew's many years of study in these fields. In addition you can talk to or email Andrew with any questions. This is extremely important. At 76 years old I am already realizing real, measurable benefits. There is so much information and so many unsupported claims out there on health matters. Andrew is very well trained in looking at research studies and finding the flaws in them. Andrew is also the most physically fit person I have ever met. He incorporates everything he teaches into his own life. You will be happy you met him and listened to what he has to say.
My client reached out for fitness coaching support because he was dealing with dull and stabbing shoulder, bicep, forearm pain that would lead to tingly fingers and neck pain throughout his work day. He also had suffered a hamstring injury working out on his own, which lead to groin and hip flexor pain, and his feet and ankles would swell up after hiking or walking his dog.
After 1 year of corrective exercise and 1 on 1 personal training he has achieved 14 goals correcting all of his body discomfort, doesn’t have to worry about future injuries at the gym, his body now functions and feels great throughout the work day, and in his free time can enjoy hiking, play pickle ball, and walking his dog.
1. Eliminate stabbing shoulder, bicep, and forearm pain
2. Get my groin to feel good
3. Get tight hip flexors to feel good
4. Get 26.5" more hamstring mobility
5. Get my painful feet and ankles to go away
6. Get my neck to feel better
7. Get my shoulder blades to move down 1-2"
8. Get the big toe ROM to 70-75 deg
9. Get 4" more knee flexibility to a 0" gap
10. Left shoulder needed the following:
5” more extension mobility and flexibility
15 degrees more external rotation mobility
11. Right shoulder needs the following:
5” more extension mobility and flexibility
15 degrees more external rotation mobility
12. Get my piriformis flexibility to 90 deg ext rotation, 120 deg flexion with light tension
13. Gained 3" more hip mobility and now can squat to parallel
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