Andrew Heaton

Experience

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  LA Fitness

  Dec 2007 - Jul 2011

  Health Coach, Personal Trainer

  Thrived in a fast-paced environment providing clients one on one health coaching and fitness coaching to help them overcome their chronic health conditions and alleviate acute/chronic pain. Diligently built and maintained a case load of 80 clients. Received a promotion as recognition for providing leadership to new personal trainers on how to improve their coaching and program design skills to increase employee retention within the company.

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  University of Minnesota

  Aug 2010 - Aug 2011

  Strength And Conditioning Coach

  -Setup and maintained the 10,000 sq ft weight room daily for what each group of athletes needed to do that day so they could efficiently get their programs done and completed in a timely manner. -Attended weekly roundtable discussions with Cal Dietz (National keynote speaker, nominated for strength & conditioning coach of the year multiple times, and recognized for many contributions to the industry) about how to design unrivaled resistance training and conditioning programs that produce unbelievable results.-Coached 40+ athletes at a time, from all 24 intercollegiate athletic teams, AHL, USHL, and NHL, along with demonstrating proper execution of their warm up, olympic lifts, power lifts, sport specific exercises, and aerobic/anaerobic conditioning workouts. Show less

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  University of North Dakota

  Aug 2011 - Aug 2012

  -Assisted the 2 other strength and conditioning coaches with the implementation of the sport specific training that the track & field and cross country teams were doing to improve their performance.-Thrived in a fast paced and understaffed environment leading entire teams of athletes through their structured strength & conditioning workouts workouts producing phenomenal improvements in the fitness qualities they were developing.-Coached incoming freshman football athletes through my personal progression of how to olympic lift so they train with the rest of the football team as soon as possible. Show less

  • Strength And Conditioning Coach

    Aug 2011 - Aug 2012

  • Graduate Assistant

    Aug 2011 - May 2012
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  Eastview Senior High School

  Jun 2013 - Nov 2013

  Strength And Conditioning Coach

  -Created and personally coached all 9-12th grade athletes through new speed, plyometric, and strength programs that resulted in 40-60lb strength gains and a 650% improvement in repeat power outputs. -Designed enjoyable and effective agility, coordination, and strength programs for 5th-8th grade athletes in the community giving them a fun experience of what strength & conditioning is all about and its vast benefits. -Taught incoming freshman how to safely olympic lift resulting in them not only learning how to olympic lift in 8 weeks but to have better technique than most of the 11th and 12th graders. Show less

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  Skybound Fitness

  Jan 2014 - Jun 2014

  Health Coach, Trainer

  Performed in person group health coaching sessions with six members helping them implement strategies to make behavior changes that resulted in all of them meeting their wellness goals. Motivated and supported members through text message, email, and other forms of written communication helping them stay on track to achieve their health goals. Used strategic planning to provide live, full body kettlebell workouts that combines strength training with endurance training helping the members lose weight, get stronger, and look more defined. Show less

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  Trans4orm Studios

  May 2014 - Dec 2014

  Health Coach, Trainer

  Coordinated and lead a studio weight loss challenge to inspire members to make healthier lifestyle habits that are effortlessly sustainable resulting in every member exceeding their weight loss expectations. Built and maintained a positive relationship with members by staying late, listening to all of their questions, and demonstrating my expertise by educating them, shattering myths, and providing them with health coaching support to implement better nutrition, supplement, and lifestyle strategies. Assisted in the studio’s daily operations, maintenance, along with answering customer service calls in a positive and caring manner. Show less

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  Sealed Mindset

  Sept 2014 - Nov 2015

  Health Coach, Strength and Conditioning Specialist

  Assessed how a member functionally moves and created customized exercise programs that significantly improved or eliminated chronic pain, flexibility, strength, energy, and sleep in 8 weeks. Coached 35 members through my masters thesis mixed martial arts strength & conditioning programs resulting in a 98% increase in muscular endurance, and a 27% increase in strength after 8 weeks. Developed spreadsheets to track the resistance training and aerobic conditioning performance metrics tested for every program in my masters thesis.Provided members with 1:1 health education on nutritional, recovery, and lifestyle topics from my masters thesis and helped them implement them into their life resulting in weight loss, rapid muscle recovery, improved sleep, and more energy. Show less

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  Life Strength Fitness

  Nov 2015 - now

  Small Business Owner, Health Coach, Strength & Conditioning Specialist

  Graduated more than 100 clients who are corporate business professionals/executives/small business owners/retirees who successfully overcame their chronic health conditions, sleep issues, improved targeted fitness qualities, and and got their bodies functioning optimally so they can always do the things they enjoy in life. Wear all of the hats to run this business, along with steadily managing a 12-20 coaching client caseload in person/virtually.Co-created their completely customized health and lifestyle coaching programs using the 80 holistic educational lessons (nutrition, supplementation, sleep optimization, lifestyle/environment manipulation, physical activity, exercise, and stress reduction), lifestyle skills, resources, and progress trackers, that I developed, so that their programs include everything they want and need to feel competent and confident to overcome their chronic health conditions, achieve the goals they set, and coached them through all appointment types (intake, goal setting, program co-creation, lifestyle coaching sessions, and graduating the client) logging 392 sessions.These customized health and lifestyle coaching programs have helped 33 clients achieve their goals of losing 20+ pounds of body fat, lose 10+ inches, dropped 39 points off of their blood pressure, reduced average glucose by 32%, alleviate joint/muscle pain, alleviate bloating/constipation/diarrhea, fall asleep in under 15 minutes, stay asleep all night long, get 1.5 hours of deep/REM sleep, increased their energy/motivation by 91%, significantly lower their stroke/heart attack risk, and significantly reduce their stress levels.Executed more than 9541 in person/virtual aerobic fitness, functional movement, strength/performance testing, and personal training sessions to help over 80 fitness clients improve their physical performance, add muscle, alleviate acute/chronic pain, improve aerobic performance, and cardiovascular health. Show less

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  Strive Well-Being Inc.

  Feb 2024 - now

  Created research supported powerpoint presentations on targeted health topics (heart health, sleep quantity/quality optimization, deliberate cold exposure, how to reduce eye strain, get the optimal amounts of physical activity/exercise, and overcome an anterior pelvic tilt) that have educated, inspired, and empowered 134 employees with Nuvation Bio, American Red Cross, San Diego County, and the Family Health Centers of San Diego to improve their health.Presented engaging powerpoint presentations virtually educating, inspiring, and empowering the attendees to improve their health. Show less Conducted 42 sessions (progressing through the frameworks of a consultation, goal setting, intake, program co-creation, and all health coaching sessions) with 7 clients who were medical health professionals/professors/advisors/dean of students who were struggling with extra weight, prediabetes, type II diabetes, bloated, low energy, insomnia, fragmented sleep, and chronic pain.Co-created completely customized 4-5 week holistic health and lifestyle coaching programs with each client in the areas they felt would help them/excited to pursue (nutrition, supplementation, sleep optimization, lifestyle/environment manipulation, physical activity, exercise, stress reduction, lifestyle skills, resources, and progress trackers).Their customized health and lifestyle coaching programs have resulted in my clients feeling empowered to achieve their goals of losing body fat, lose inches, adding pounds of muscle, lower their blood pressure, lower their resting/average glucose levels, lower their a1c, feel less bloated, have more energy/motivation, wake up less times per night, sleep more hours per night, eliminate their knee pain, and reduce their overall stress.Provided daily, prompt, email support to my clients helping them find local body composition testing resources, answer lingering questions they have from their educational lessons, and make scheduling their next health coaching session easier.Executed virtual functional movement tests to get to the root cause of unknown chronic hip, knee, and foot pain. Provided them with an understandable report of what's going on, optimal range of motion targets for each joint, what muscles need strengthening or more mobility. Then created individualized corrective exercise programs with video resources to gain more mobility and reduce joint pain. Show less

  • Virtual Health Talk Specialist

    May 2024 - now

  • Health Coach

    Feb 2024 - now