

I was 350 pounds. I had built a wealth management firm to $1.4 billion. And I couldn't walk up a flight of stairs without losing my breath.
I was hiding in my success — using achievement to avoid looking at what was happening in my body. It wasn't a willpower problem.
It was a truth problem.
Then I lost everything, the firm, the money, the identity I'd built around all of it. And for the first time, I had nothing left to hide behind.
That's when the real work began. More than 145 pounds later, I'm preparing for my first men's physique competition.
Not because I needed to prove something, but because I finally became honest about the man I wanted to be.
I built this program because I needed it and it didn't exist. This is the work that changed my body by first changing the man inside it.
- Adam Nugent, Founder, Burn Up
The Mirror: You avoid it. You catch a glimpse of yourself in a window and you don't
recognize the man staring back. You buy expensive clothes to hide a body you're ashamed of.
The Bedroom: Your wife reaches for you, but you pull away. You feel self-conscious. The intimacy is gone because you don't feel like a man in your own body.
The Boardroom: You're supposed to be the leader, the operator, the one in control.
But you're out of breath walking up a flight of stairs. You feel like a hypocrite.
The Kitchen: You eat in secret. The late-night binges, the fast food in the car, the extra drink (or three) to numb the stress. Food isn't fuel; it's a drug.
The Mind: The inner critic is relentless. "You're lazy." "You're a fraud." "You have no
discipline." You can build a multi-million dollar company, but you can't control what you
put in your mouth.




THIS IS FOR YOU IF
THIS IS NOT FOR YOU IF
As of 2025 approached I was down around 40lbs and I came across Adam Nugent with Burn UP Fitness and saw his transformation story. Our stories started out very much the same way.
With Adam's coaching, I have been able to get the proper nutrition, workout plan, and accountability partner to get to where I'm at today and I am confident I will get to were I still want to get.

Your body is the foundation of your power.
Reclaim it – and everything else aligns.
This is where you earn the one thing money can't buy:
the respect of the man in the mirror.
You get to work with someone who knows exactly where you are, because I've been there.
And I know the way out.
If you're ready to stop feeling like a fraud in your own body and start leading from strength,
book your free coaching call.

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