Lifeup Health Coaching, Health Coach Los Angeles - Los Angeles, California

Carlos Mercado

If you want a trainer who truly listens to your goals and crafts a tailored plan for your fitness success, your search ends here! Derek kickstarted my fitness journey with his fitness expertise and motivating support that inspired me to keep going. He made the experience enjoyable and informative. Not only does he guide you through every exercise, but he also prioritizes your safety and proper form. He’s an excellent trainer who holds you accountable, all while showing that he genuinely cares about your fitness success and health. Investing your time with him is absolutely worthwhile.

Joe Petrillo

Before starting the 100-day challenge with Derek at LifeUP, I was very resistant to movement and struggled to find consistency in my wellness routine. I would maybe workout 1x per week. I thought my main goal was just to lose body fat—which I did, keeping over 10 pounds off—but the real miracle has been the shift in my mental health and overall well-being.

Through Derek’s guidance, I now find joy in moving six times a week, something I never thought possible. The challenge also pushed me to go 100 days alcohol-free, and as a result, I’m experiencing more energy, focus, and drive than ever before. My confidence in life has grown tremendously which has positively impacted my business and personal relationships.

Derek is not just a trainer—he’s a coach who deeply cares about his clients and genuinely wants to see them live the life of their dreams. I highly recommend LifeUP for anyone looking to transform both their body and mind.

Nick Vachon

Lifeup has completely reshaped my training routines and my health habits. If you are looking for personalized training routines and motivation to reach your goals, Lifeup is the place to go. Since being a part of Lifeup, I have significantly improved weak areas of my training and my diet, reduced or eliminated pain from nagging injuries, and accomplished goals that I did not believe were possible for me.

In my most recent experience with Lifeup, I participated in a 100 day challenge. The challenge was simple and very effective. I simply chose two goals, and if I met those goals each day, I checked them off on a spreadsheet. Nothing more. With some friendly reminders to keep up with my goals, I stayed motivated to get the 2 checks everyday. At the end, I was able to accomplish 2 goals that I probably would not have without this simple competition. What was my prize at the end? Easy. The satisfaction of reaching a goal. Not giving up and still losing can be more gratifying than being handed the win.

Thank you Lifeup for getting me on the right path to better overall health and wellness. I look forward to the next improvement to myself.

Arthur L Ross

The “You Can Do It” 100 day challenge was exciting and truly challenging for me. I discovered that I am inconsistent with my daily eating schedule even when I try to plan it. But it became possible to aim towards achieving one of the two goals daily and do my best to acquire the second when possible as often as possible. It’s a fine dance but keeping myself aware of my goals for myself has become the main achievement and process in which I strive for daily. No I am not perfect but day by day I can keep focusing on what one thing I can do consistently to achieve a goal. Soon I will be stacking these goals! Thank you for this…

Nicholas Shiner

Derek is the best. He pushed me to want better for myself and help me attain it. His personality makes you feel like a champ when training and his caring nature makes you feels cared for when your at the gym or not. 10s across the board Derek, you’re a star.

Nicole Sela

Joslyn is amazing! She meets you where you are and tailors every move in every workout to me specifically! She also holds me accountable outside of sessions and has incredible insight on nutrition. She is all-encompassing when it comes to fitness!! When we switched to virtual workouts I never missed a beat, she made it all work seamlessly!! She is positive, flexible, encouraging and a true fitness expert!

Chantelle

I started working with Derek after he began offering sessions through my company. After an indulgent summer and holiday season, complete with my first year as a football season ticket holder, I was feeling unhealthy, out of shape, and truly unhappy with myself. I've always been athletic and fit, and in the past I felt I knew enough to keep myself balanced but it was obvious I was not managing well alone (and with age O_O).

I finally reached out for a 1:1 consultation to learn what his coaching services were all about. He was very clear on his process, gave me options, and never made me feel pressured. I decided to sign up for monthly health coaching, virtual training sessions, and some initial gut and vitamin tests to get a baseline of my health.

The health coaching was immensely helpful for several reasons:
- He gave me a simple framework to follow and strategies to keep myself accountable
- Derek is your cheerleader. He doesn't "scold" you - however he does whatever he can to help you stay accountable, plan and avoid excuse-making in the first place, or talk through what you're struggling with (example: if he knows you have an event or a vacation coming up, he will suggest ways to manage while still allowing yourself to enjoy life).

He has coached me through frequent special events, TRAVELING and dealing with disrupted routines, tailgating strategies, a very stressful cross-country move, my obsession with eating out... pretty much anything life can throw at you! He is empathetic and attentive to both your physical and mental needs.

Some of the personal, lifelong skills I learned from Derek include - creating my "CEO schedule" where I make sure to plan my eating times and workouts;
- meal planning, composition, and EASILY determining my fruit and veggie servings using my hands;
- learning which foods are best for me;
- making better-ish decisions when eating out 😛
- the importance and POWER of those damn steps!
- I've also found several products through Derek to help supplement my nutrition that I have genuinely grown to love and are now a part of my daily life.

Lastly, getting my workouts from Derek every week has been one of the best things for me. This is one area that A) I don't have time to do on my own, and B) did not understand how to do on my own. Before Derek I did the most random weight training imaginable (which wasn't consistent). Now I am so much more confident in the gym. Even though we are totally virtual, he spent time gauging where I was physically through facetime sessions and learning what my literal pain points/limitations were. He listens to your comments on each workout and continues to adjust as needed.

4 months after I started with Derek, I saw physical changes in my body that I hadn't ever seen in my adult life (see photo of my progression). My family, friends, and even strangers commented on my physique (which Derek will encourage you to document and put in a jar of "awesome")! Yes, it took discipline, but Derek always made it feel achievable.

While life continues to ebb and flow, and sometimes I am more or less focused on my health goals, I feel much more in control by being equipped and educated, and much more prepared to integrate lifelong practices to avoid getting too far off track again. Most importantly, I SEE it's possible to make the changes I want through the fundamentals of focused diet and exercise because of him!

Navaris Darson

I loved working with Derek! I'm in great shape, but I HATE working out. I got to a point where I wanted to take my fitness to the next level, but I wasn't sure how. Then, I met Derek on a yoga retreat, and I knew that I wanted to work with him. Working with Derek, I actually started to look forward to my workouts. The exercises were challenging but not impossible, and his personality made it fun, and I always felt encouraged and supported. I learned so much while working out with him, and there was never any judgement. I also loved that in addition to helping me move forward with my workout goals, his metric system also helped me to manage my nutrition and career goals as well. I highly recommend Derek and his LifeUp Health Coaching program!