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The Iron Ambition training floor in Laguna Hills

About the studio

Two coaches, one room, and a reason for it.

Iron Ambition is a private training and recovery studio on Cabot Road in Laguna Hills. It is deliberately small, and it is not going to get bigger.

Why it exists

It started with watching it go the other way.

Austin started Iron Ambition after watching an unhealthy lifestyle take its toll inside his own family. He is direct about why the studio is set up the way it is: he would rather help someone take control of their health before it is too late than sell them a membership they will not use.

Every hour on the calendar has a coach attached to it, because training alone and slightly wrong is how people spend a year and end up where they started.

The recovery room came next, for the same reason. Telling people that sleep and recovery matter, then handing them a list of places across town to go and do it, was never going to work. So it is in the building.

The two who coach you

You keep the same coach.

The person who wrote your program is the person who runs your session, every session. That is the whole reason there are two of us and not twelve.

Austin, owner and personal trainer at Iron Ambition Training, seated on a bench on the studio floor

Austin

Owner & Personal Trainer

More than twelve years coaching, specializing in functional training and practical fitness. He cuts the noise and works on what actually moves for the person in front of him.

He works mostly with people who want to be able to do things in twenty years that they can do now: carry, climb, travel, keep up. The program is built backwards from that.

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Rachael, personal trainer and online fitness coach at Iron Ambition Training, on the studio floor

Rachael

Personal Trainer & Online Fitness Coach

A Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology and over six years of training experience, coaching both in person at the studio and online for people out of the area.

She works with busy professionals, gym beginners and long-time lifters on strength, body composition and confidence. The method is hybrid training, balanced nutrition and a routine that survives a real schedule rather than an imaginary one.

Common questions

What people ask about the studio.

Who owns Iron Ambition?
Austin, who also coaches. He has more than twelve years of experience, specializing in functional training and practical fitness. He started the studio after watching an unhealthy lifestyle take its toll inside his own family, which is why every hour here has a coach attached to it.
What qualifications do the coaches have?
Austin has over twelve years coaching, working mainly on functional training and everyday movement. Rachael holds a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and has more than six years of training experience, in person and online. Those two people coach every session at the studio.
Will I work with the same coach every time?
Yes. There are two coaches, so the person who wrote your program is the person who runs your session. Your history, your injuries and the week you have had are already in the room.
Is the studio suitable for older adults?
Yes. It was built for individuals of every age working on overall health and everyday functional movement, rather than for people who already lift. A good deal of the coaching here is aimed at what someone wants to still be doing in twenty years: carrying, climbing, traveling, keeping up.
How do I get in the door?
Every entry point is 1:1, small-group or a booked recovery session. That is what keeps the floor quiet and the room available at the time you booked it. Austin would rather help someone take control of their health than sell them a membership they leave unused.

Meet them first

Meet them before you decide anything.

The consult is twenty minutes and costs nothing. If the studio is not the right fit for what you are after, they will tell you. That is cheaper for everyone than finding out in month three.

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