Climbing Performance Coach/Personal Trainer

Marcel is a C4HP certified rock climbing and strength coach that has worked with people of all ages and experience, from beginners to national level athletes.

In college he picked up powerlifting as a more asthma friendly form of exercise than previous sports, and fell in love with progressions in his strength and technique on the big lifts.

After graduating college from Temple University, Marcel pursued rock climbing and achieved a quick progression to double digit bouldering, which he credits to his background in training. He started working as a private coach and assistant head coach for the competition team at his local gym, Reach.

His goal as a coach is to keep training fun, but effective, focusing on fitness as a lifetime journey. He believes that if you enjoy training and tracking progress, it's very easy to stay motivated long term.