As a young man, I was poor and obese. I had low self-esteem and sucked at anything athletic.

Most of the men in my family were diabetic with a history of cardiac diseases, and I was following the same path.

After years of childhood obesity, I asked my 14 year older brother for help. We put an old bench and some weights in my small bedroom and it instantly sparked my passion for fitness.

I lost 40lbs in 16 weeks, went back to high school that year unrecognizable and even though I was skinny fat, finally had the confidence to get my first girlfriend.

I truly fell in love with the weight room and wanted to become a Personal Trainer but felt it would lead to financial hardship because times were different back then, the internet was just starting out and I'd recently moved out on my own at the young age of 13.

In 2007, I suffered a serious back injury. I was diagnosed with herniated discs and developed an irregular scoliosis curvature.

My life as I knew it came to a halt and I was no longer able to live without excruciating pain. At one point I thought I would never be pain free or capable again.

I refused to become addicted to narcotics and lived in excruciating pain daily!

In 2015 I suffered a near fatal head injury that had me airlifted to the hospital for life saving brain surgery while I was still working in the restaurant industry in various roles including management.

In 2016, after limping for years and recovering from my head injury, I took matters into my own hands!

I fulfilled my teenage dream by becoming a Personal Trainer and rehabilitated my back myself, becoming strong enough to Deadlift 465lbs and Squat 405lbs before creating my first flagship program The Fast Fat Loss Method.

I was quickly recognized as a Top Trainer with the largest fitness brand in Canada.

I won numerous awards including Top PT in the country, Top 10 multiple times, as well as 1st and 2nd place in my region on the way to becoming The First and Only level 5 Trainer in Peterborough.

All of this was accomplished by maintaining high service standards that held my clients accountable while delivering results, and prioritizing my education on things like rehab/bio mechanics and performance programming before I shifted my focus to transformations when I opened Tom The Trainer Fitness Ltd. in 2019.