Let's put it this way: I thought I knew how to work out and get in shape until I met Matt Pack.  Soon after my first conversation with Matt, I realized that I had a lot to learn.  Here I was, a young, lean guy thinking that the key to physical fitness was bodybuilding-style training that would allow me to look like the guys on the covers of the fitness magazines.  While I was dedicated to working out at least five days a week, I focused my training on isolation excercises that made me feel "pumped" but never improved my strength or overall physical fitness.  In other words, if the Matt Pack's knowledge of training were a book, I'd only read the equivalent of chapter one. 

Thanks to Matt, I learned that there was a whole lot more to strength and conditioning.  With his help, I was able to make massive gains in strength as we began training squats, dead lifts, bench, militaries and Olympic lifts.  Before I met Matt, I barely even knew what Power or Olympic lifts were, let alone how to perform them.  After I gained confidence in those lifts, Matt encouraged me to harness my intense training style and apply it to not only strength training but to conditioning, agility and nutrition. Over the years, I have been able to master the lifts mentioned above and have also broadened my horizons with Matt's guidance to now include Strongman-style training, Crossfit conditioning and even some fight training.  I owe nearly all meaningful things that I have learned about physical fitness to Matt Pack.   Anything I've learned about physical training is either directly attributable to Matt or was recommended to me by him.

During my sophomore season I suffered 2 major ankle sprains, I had no energy and my explosiveness and confidence were nowhere to be found. I was honestly a shell of my former self… I needed help and fast!
Matt Pack came highly recommended to me from T-nations Eric Cressey and I began training with the summer of 2008. After just 2 months with Matt, I went from a weak 6’5 192 pound boy to a 205 pound man with no change in my bodyfat %… I’m stronger than ever and I can honestly say that I am more explosive than I’ve been in my life! I can now dunk flat footed with no steps! My confidence is soaring and I can’t wait to show the new me this upcoming season.
Matt’s wide array of training modalities includes power-lifting, strongman techniques, kettlebell work, complexes and let’s not forget the nutrition and mobility work that we incorporated. I recommend Matt Pack’s training system to anyone looking to put on slabs of muscle mass, increase athletic performance or anyone simply wanting to look and feel better.

Ryan F.
Rollins College Basketball

“I recommend Matt Pack to anyone looking to put on slabs of muscle mass”