Ryan is openly endorsed as the “go to fitness expert” in San Luis Obispo County. He has been sought after to present his innovative fitness, wellness, and rehabilitation topics to many large organizations in San Luis Obispo County, like PG&E, Morris & Garritano, The Family Care Network, French Hospital, Cal Trans, The Department of Social Services, Exchange Club, Rotary Club and Kiwana’s.

Ryan’s client list reads as a “Who’s-Who” of leading local as well as professional athletes, leading business professionals, and good ol’ “regular Joe’s” (like he claims to be himself). And since starting his career in 1996 and launching Athlon in 2003 one could easily say that Ryan’s fitness and performance services has improved the lives of literally thousands of San Luis Obispo County residents.

Ryan started Athlon because it was the obvious progression of his passion to help people look, feel, and perform at their best. A black-belt in Karate, he competed as a kickboxer achieving a ranking of #3 in North America by the International Kickboxing Federation. He’s always loved competing and maintaining optimum fitness levels and loves helping others achieve their “elite” self too.

He was raised on a farm here in California where the hard physical labor made him strong and athletic, and the typically long, farmer-life days developed his “hard-headed” work ethic. He is a “never-say-die” kind of person and you’ll often find him working hard here at Athlon (either in the facility with a client or construction project, or in his office researching new fitness programs). He endeavors to be an innovator in the fitness and performance industry and make an impact on the lives of San Luis Obispo County residents.

Bottom line: he’s helped thousands of people improve their lives through better fitness and performance – and he can help you too.

After graduating from Cal Poly in 2000, Andy’s passion for sports and helping others led him to a career in personal training in Los Angeles. While there, he took up cycling and triathlon training, eventually competing in both half and full Ironman distance triathlons (Wildflower Half Ironman 2006 + 2011, Ironman New Zealand 2007).

In 2009, he returned to Cal Poly to pursue a Masters degree in Kinesiology and to coach collegiate athletes. He worked as an assistant strength and conditioning coach in the Cal Poly weight room as well as an assistant coach for the track and field team for 6 years. He also spent 6 years coaching football at Mission Prep High School.

Andy has a passion for coaching human athletic movement and enjoys seeing his athletes achieve their goals. He has a diverse background as a competitor and coach in multiple sports, including football, track and field, cycling, triathlons, and backcountry skiing. He believes in educating his clients on how to train effectively and safely so that they have the physical tools for a lifetime of health and performance.

Octavio, aka “Oak,” grew up in Santa Maria very active in sports and fitness. As a boy, he played soccer (his first love), ran track & field, and ran cross-country. In high school, he added football and wrestling to his sports repertoire, but still excelled in track & field. He qualified for CIF championships running the 400-meter race and ultimately finished 2^nd in the league.

After high school, he continued his education (and passion for athletics) at Allan Hancock College (AHC) where he competed in football, and track & field. Unfortunately, injuries ended his athletic career at AHC, but inspired a passion in him to help others avoid injury. So he transferred to California State University, Sacramento (Sac State) to pursue a degree in Kinesiology.

While at Sac State, he co-founded a new fitness program in partnership with the community that gave Kinesiology students a chance for hands on experience in fitness, and community members a chance for fitness coaching they might not otherwise receive. Upon completing his Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology (Exercise Science), he became the first person in his family to graduate college.

Octavio has worked with a wide range of individuals and is well rounded in his fitness and performance experience. He has a passion to help everyone optimize fitness, performance, and wellness to live a strong, loving life. We couldn’t be happier to have him on the Athlon team!

Jesus grew up just around the corner from Athlon in San Miguel. Like many of us he had an active youth: volleyball, football, basketball, etc. But he also had a strong drive for helping others. He volunteered in many community-based charity organizations such as: after school programs, the food bank, park and beach clean-ups, and at Twin Cities Community Hospital. He even won awards for his dedication to volunteering!

With such a strong drive to help others, and a love of activity and sports, it was clear that Jesus should pursue a career in personal training. However, along his journey, twice he found himself struggling with gaining too much weight–even though he was pursuing a career in fitness! This helped him to see just how challenging it really is to stay fit and keep your weight down in today’s society, and thus has helped him in his career of helping others with fitness and performance.

Like others struggling with weight gain, Jesus has had to figure out how to make big changes in behavior—once as a college student with plenty of time and determination to make changes, and another time as a working parent, low on time and high on stress! In both of these periods, he prevailed and won the battle to change his ways and become lean and healthy. The deep problem solving and innovation that was involved in these lifestyle changes is what Jesus wants to bring to others struggling with it.

Andrew was born in San Mateo, CA, then migrated to the beautiful Central Coast in 2005, settling in Paso Robles. In high school he played football, baseball, and track and field, (and began his journey into fitness and performance here at Athlon as youth athlete in our programs!). After a couple years, he put his focus on football, which led to a collegiate football career at Brown University.

While playing football at Brown he realized that he actually loved the developmental side of training for football more than he loved the sport itself. He really took to the intensity of weight room training and achieving strength goals. Nevertheless, he endeavored in the business program and graduated from Brown University in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in Business, Entrepreneurship, and Organizational Studies.

Andrew came back to California and worked for various tech companies in the Bay Area doing price analysis, but he also increased his focus on his newfound love, powerlifting. He trained at the legendary Boss Barbell Club in Mountain View and studied under world record powerlifters Dan Green, Andrew Herbert, and Kristy Hawkins. He progressed quickly in powerlifting competitions achieving current bests of a 600 lb. squat, 385 lb. bench press, and 611 lb. deadlift.

During this time, training in the gym was going great. But his work life was not. He was not fulfilled at work like he was when helping clients at the gym. He started spending more work time thinking about training than he did his actual work… So, when Covid hit, he took the opportunity to work remotely in Paso Robles and simultaneously chase a career in personal training. His days became filled with joy and passion and he finally felt fulfilled.

After training clients on his own for two years, Andrew joined the Athlon team to expand his training skills and the number of lives he could affect. Andrew is incredibly driven in his own training, is constantly learning more to better himself, and looks to extend his passion to the athletes he works with at Athlon to help them create the strongest versions of themselves.