Training hard is a big part of getting in shape, but training smart will help you get the most out of your effort. And knowing how to optimize your workouts and nutritional needs is key to getting results.

That’s why UTC is excited to offer the services of Rudy Baptista, professional strength and conditioning coach, and owner of www.lifechangeronline.com. Rudy can help you develop a program that will take a comprehensive approach to exercise – from weights, cardio and more – to eating right to give your body the nutrition to create results. Whether you want to lose weight, add mass, or train for specific needs, Rudy combines expertise and a personalized approach to help you make it happen.

Some people think fitness is a superficial, one dimensional change,” said Baptista. “But your health and fitness impacts everything around you! Those who are disciplined and yet realize that they don’t know it all, and need help to get to where they want to be, will transfer that same credo to all aspects of their life and succeed on all fronts-business, family, everything.”

Baptista added his greatest satisfaction is “helping my clients in a positive way through training, getting them back on course in their lives and putting the swagger back in their stride!”

He’s out to change lives through his passion for positive health.

Baptista’s strategy for success begins with his perspectives about coaching. An athlete his whole life, who competed in both football and wrestling, he watched the impact his coaches had on his accomplishments on the field and mat.

“I’ve always been interested in how they nurtured and pushed me to excellence. They brought out the best in me in and made me better each day,” he said.

Originally, this “Life Changer” thought he’d pursue a career in athletic coaching but soon found satisfaction as a personal trainer in a job at a well-known, international gym. Baptista found his calling.

“I enjoyed having a coach, and seeing the impact they made on my life and on other lives,” he said. “I decided to be the coach that changed lives through overall fitness.”

Baptista’s “Before and Afters” are proof his determination to help people is working.

“Most people don’t have the benefit of having had a really great and motivational coach in their lives like an athlete,” he added. “I want to be that coach for them!”

Before embarking on his own business, Baptista honed his training skills for over a decade as a personal training manager at the aforementioned facility. He also studied business courses to sharpen his enterprise chops. Baptista trains everyone from professional athletes to corporate professionals to moms wanting to get into great shape.