Hi, I'm Joshua. Most coaches give you a program. I give you a mirror.
The people I work with aren't short on motivation. They just haven't had someone in their corner who can talk about movement, mindset, food and life in the same breath, and make it all feel connected instead of overwhelming.
I make the complex simple. I make the hard things feel like play. Not a fitness plan: a life that fits who you actually are.
How I got here
Growing up, health was always a struggle for me. By fifth grade I weighed 235 pounds. I got made fun of, and I didn't feel at home in my own body. I wanted someone to show me how to eat better, or just move with me. I looked for help from every angle I could think of. No one around me knew how to give it.
So I set out to figure it out myself. Atkins, when it was everywhere. Then paleo. Then vegetarian. In my twenties, CrossFit. Every time, I went hard and fast, and every time it worked, for a few weeks. Then I'd get hurt, or I couldn't face eating that way one more day, and I'd slide back into my old habits, deeper than before. I crashed and burned more times than I can count.
The change didn't come from a better diet. It came when I stopped trying to go fast and started planning for the long run. I learned to strengthen my hips, shoulders and lower back so I could keep training for years. I learned to put my health on the calendar, build routines, and do small things consistently. For the first time, it held up on a hard week. That's when I understood: consistency is what makes results.
That's what Excavation is. We dig down to what's true for you: what gives you joy, what matters most, who you want to be. Then we build the routines that let you live it. Since 2020 I've coached more than 100 people, and every one of them reminds me a little of that fifth grader looking for someone in his corner. Now I get to be that person.
You know yourself. I know systems. Together we build something that actually runs.
I don't tell you what to do. Think of me as a project manager for your health: you make the decisions, and I keep the plan organized, scheduled and moving.
Your body is the starting point
Movement is assessed first. Your program works around your body, not a body I imagined.
Systems replace willpower
Decisions made ahead of time, routines anchored to your day, friction removed.
One coach who knows you
I remember what you said last session. The relationship is the product, not the app.
The plan changes with your life
New job, new baby, bad week. We adjust in real time, not with a modified template.
Capable people who keep having to start over
Disciplined everywhere else
You run a team, a household, a calendar. Then the evenings and the busy seasons hit, and your health is the first thing to slide. You need fewer decisions, not more motivation.
More capable than you believe
Somewhere along the way you picked up a story about your limits, or you're coming back after time away or an old injury and aren't sure you're doing it right. Your body can do more than that story says, and we'll prove it.
Trained across movement, nutrition and behavior change
Coaching since 2020 · More than 100 people coached
Precision Nutrition Level 2 Master Coach
Nutrition and behavior-change coaching
NASM Certified Personal Trainer
National Academy of Sports Medicine
NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist
Finding and fixing movement imbalances
NASM Certified Nutrition Coach
National Academy of Sports Medicine
Functional Movement Screen certified
A standard movement assessment
CorePower Yoga 200-hour
Yoga Alliance registered training
"The goal is a body you forget to worry about."
Excavation Health Coaching · Portland, Oregon · coaching virtually across the U.S.
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