Coach CJ has spent his life in the game. He played collegiate football at Fort Hays State University in Kansas as a defensive back, then competed in arena football and earned tryouts with professional teams before turning his focus to the next generation of athletes.

He founded Game Ready Fitness on a simple belief: "the goal isn't to chase faster 40 times or sell vertical-jump gimmicks. It's to build better athletes, and better people." Game Ready is kids-only by design. Coach CJ and his team use strength and performance training as a language to teach young athletes how to commit to a plan, push through the hard parts, and come out stronger for it.

That mission runs deeper than sports. Coach CJ also serves his community as a local firefighter, and his vision for Game Ready is the same on and off the field: develop leaders. If the gym never produces a pro athlete but helps raise the next teacher, business owner, or fire chief, he counts that as a win.

A husband and father rooted in the Thornton community, Coach CJ built Game Ready around three values he won't compromise on: always seek improvement, always develop leaders, always build quality relationships.