Like many athletes, GW's fitness journey began in high school, where, as an all-rounder, he excelled in basketball, football, and wrestling. However, unlike many high school athletes, GW’s journey did not end with graduation. In fact, it reached new heights when he was crowned the undefeated WKA Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion at 205lbs. Fueled by his success GW has dedicated his life to showing others, particularly low-income families in the Tri-state, New Jersey, and New York neighborhoods where he spent much of his childhood, how enriching fitness and sports can be.

GW's first steps into coaching started in 2013 as an aerobics instructor for a small non-profit group in Newark NJ co-founded by Rutgers University. Using techniques learned from his own childhood boxing coach, Harold “Shadow” Knight — former co-trainer of world champion boxer Lenox Lewis — and Nasir Muhammed of D.O.R.C.A. Boxing Academy, GW became a Certified Personal Trainer at the renowned My Training Gym in Morristown, NJ. Known for specializing in children’s fitness as well as transforming adult stamina and physiques through intense boot camps and lifestyle changes, GW was promoted through the ranks becoming the Head Trainer just 4 years after his apprenticeship. GW instilled his own love of fitness and boxing to clients of all ages, which he matched with a dedication to his profession.

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While coaching others, GW also pursued his own interests in various forms of martial arts combat such as Kenpo, Muay-Thai, Grappling, Boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Krav-Maga while competing competitively and mastering his own personalized style of training in the process.