The Gold Medal Bodies Team

Remember when you had to pick teams for dodge­ball in school?

We do, and it was never pretty. You’d want to choose your friends, but you knew that, in the end, you needed the strongest and mean­est play­ers on your team if you wanted to survive until the end of recess. Luckily for us, we have stronger friends now.

When we decided to come together and create Gold Medal Bodies, we imme­di­ately real­ized that our combined skills, knowl­edge, strengths, and expe­ri­ence were nearly compa­ra­ble with those of the A-Team, making us a possi­ble threat to that group in terms of merchan­dis­ing and future TV/movie appearances.

Before intro­duc­ing the indi­vid­ual members, please allow us to assure anyone read­ing this who happens to have ties to the A-Team that we have no inten­tion of launch­ing a line of action figures or video games. Though we are currently in nego­ti­a­tions regard­ing a talk show and an endorse­ment of a popu­lar fast food chain, we will bow out of those projects should they inter­fere with any prior A-Team commer­cial interests.

Ryan Hurst

Ryan is the mythic hero of the GMB epic saga. As Program Director, it’s his job to person­ally develop and test each of our programs before releas­ing them into the wild. One of the fore­most experts in the world of strength and move­ment, Ryan makes sure that every­thing we do puts health first and gets results.

GMB all comes down to this for me: I want to be able to do what I want, where I want, and whenever I want without fear of injury.  This means training cool skills that make me strong physically and mentally for my family, friends, and loved ones.  Is there anything else?

Background/Credentials: Holds black belts in Kendo, Judo, and Shorinji Kempo and prac­ticed 10 years as a compet­i­tive gymnast. Former Education Director for RMAX/CST.

Favorite Beer: Boxed wine

Favorite TV Shows: Burn Notice, Hee Haw

Andy Fossett

Andy’s our Executive Director and also works as chief engi­neer and strate­gist to keep the GMB wheels turn­ing and pointed in the right direc­tion. He not only loves it when a plan comes together, but pities the fool when it doesn’t.

We need more strong people in this world, but strength shouldn't have to be serious all the time. I want to make real strength available to real people with less hype and more doing cool stuff. GMB is a training curriculum and an attitude I believe can transform bodies and lives.

Background/Credentials: Former profes­sional educa­tor and funki­est bass player in Atlanta. Has taught thou­sands of martial artists on four conti­nents. Internet Ninja.

Favorite Beer: Maui Brewing Company CoCoNut Porter

Favorite Song: Take a Letter, Maria (Yes, really)

Jarlo Ilano

As Product Manager, Jarlo is respon­si­ble for rein­ing Andy and Ryan in when they start getting too many crazy ideas. His back­ground in phys­i­cal ther­apy and coach­ing bring an extra layer of prac­ti­cal­ity to GMB programs and meth­ods. He’s also the guy you’ll talk to about setting up seminars.

The GMB approach inspires me, because after all these years of training for so many different goals, the one goal that has always remained is being strong and conditioned for all the activities I do with friends and family.

Background/Credentials: Physical ther­a­pist (MPT) since 1998 and board certi­fied ortho­pe­dic clin­i­cal special­ist (OCS) with the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. Extensive post­grad­u­ate train­ing in neck and back reha­bil­i­ta­tion.  JKD Unlimited/MMA Instructor, Battlefield Kali Stick and Knife Instructor.

Favorite Beer: Guinness

Favorite Sport: Wrestling with his twin boys

Support Staff

Despite our A-Team-like skills, we can’t do it all. Luckily, we don’t have to.

Amber Mira

In order to prevent Gold Medal Bodes from being a total sausage party, we added Amber to round out the team in early 2011. She’s your first point of contact with emails and tech­ni­cal or service issues.

Iron Man had Pepper Potts - GMB has me. I'm the behind-the-scenes, assistant to the chief, manage-the-details lady, and I also make sure everyone leaves with warm and fuzzy feelings. I like that GMB focuses on building strength incrementally using simple tools and easy-to-follow guidance that I can work on at home, making strength and flexibility more attainable goals.

Background: A Hawaii native and animal lover, Amber has done almost every­thing: photog­ra­phy, publish­ing, design, and prob­a­bly more stuff she hasn’t both­ered telling us about yet. Most impor­tantly, she’s awesome.

Favorite bever­age: Coconut water or mimosas

Favorite guilty plea­sure: Hulu or Netflix marathons after a season has finished. Her latest obses­sion? Mad Men

GMB Monkey

The GMB Monkey repre­sents the spirit of daily prac­tice and genuine fun. He’s a leader in his tribe and an inspi­ra­tion to monkeys and humans alike. Unfortunately, he also smells like a monkey, but he’s a lot of fun at parties, so we let his hygiene issues slide.

I like bananas a lot. And swinging from trees. GMB gives me a lot of bananas, and I like meeting all the cool people that train with them.

Background: Grew up in the jungle (which explains his table manners) but gave up the trees in search of a steady paycheck and better beer selec­tion in the big city. Met up with Ryan while visit­ing rela­tives in Japan and knew he’d found his call­ing after Ryan beat him in a pull-up compe­ti­tion at the local play­ground. He joined our staff that very day.

Favorite bever­age: coffee (seri­ously, monkeys love coffee)

Favorite movie: Every Which Way But Loose

GMB Trainers

Gold Medal Bodies also supports a grow­ing team of GMB Trainers who we endorse to teach GMB meth­ods and tech­niques at local work­shops and private sessions. Find out more about our autho­rized GMB Trainers.

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