The Trainers
Our certified, professional trainers have the experience, education and personal commitment that is necessary to help you achieve your fitness goals.
Jon Speakman
In 1995, Jon Speakman was 20 pounds overweight, smoked a pack of Marlboro Lights a day, and would choose a rum and Coke over a bottled water without hesitation. Today, Jon is 40 pounds lighter, has been a non-smoker for 10 years, exercises everyday and can often be found with a bottle of water in one hand and an iPhone in the other. He is a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association and a certified personal trainer with the American Council on Exercise. Since beginning his personal training company in 2004, Jon has worked with a wide-variety of clientele, but focuses primarily on middle-aged men and women that would like to make the same positive changes to their health that he did over 10 years ago. He has been featured in the Austin American Statesman for his Whole Foods cooking classes and, in 2008, Jon opened Human Machine Athletic Club, an elite athletic training facility in Lakeway, Texas.
Click here to read more about Jon Speakman, founder of
Human Machine
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Diane Vives
Diane Vives is a NSCA certified Strength
and Conditioning coach and one of the fitness
industry’s leading authorities on sports-specific
and functional training programs. She has
received both a Masters of Science and
Bachelors degree in Exercise Science.
Over the past eight years, Diane has worked
shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the industry’s
biggest names and most respected authorities
like Juan Carlos Santana, Michael Boyle and
Gary Gray. She helped to influence the future
direction of the fitness industry when she served
on the Board of Directors of the National Strength
and Conditioning Association, one of the nation’s
most respected strength and conditioning
organizations. Diane has authored and produced
educational DVDs, books, and provides expert
opinions for national magazines, regional newspapers and television news.
Currently, Diane is a personal trainer and focuses on both sports-specific training and general fitness. She also lectures and conducts workshops at both national and international fitness conferences that wish to learn more about sports-specific and functional training strategies. Diane is currently a member of the Under Armour Performance Training Advisory Council.
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Patrick Mercer
Pat Mercer is an ISSA certified Personal Trainer and received his bachelor's degree in Kinesiology from Concordia University in Austin, Texas. As a member of Concordia University's Tornadoes baseball team, Pat learned the importance of training
for speed, agility, quickness, and strength,
which attributed to his success on the baseball field. In 2008, all his hard work paid off when he was chosen as the American
Southwest Conference Second Team
Outfielder. Before coming to Austin, Pat was
a Personal Trainer at the Heat Fitness and
Athletics in Victoria, Texas. Under the
supervision of former LSU football player
Nic Green, he learned many of the functional
training methods that he now incorporates into
his clients’ workouts.
Recently, Pat served as an intern for CATZ Training, where he continued to increase his knowledge of group training, sport-specific movements and injury prevention.
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