Strength & Fitness
Build strength, improve body composition, move better, and feel more capable.
Strength Endurance Performance
Get strong.
Get lean.
Keep your life.
Personalized strength, running, and endurance coaching built around your goals, your schedule, and real life—with the structure and accountability to keep progressing.
Local to Houston? Free consultation + complimentary fitness assessment at Illuminate Heights. Ask for Manny.
Built for real people
Who I coach
You don’t have to be an elite athlete to train like one. Whether you’re getting back into fitness, chasing your first race, preparing for HYROX, or simply want to become stronger and healthier, we’ll build the plan around you.
Running & Endurance
From your first 5K to half marathons, marathons, and endurance development.
HYROX Performance
Running, strength, stations, pacing, and race-specific preparation.
Busy Professionals
Structured training that works around your career, family, travel, and real life.
Not sure where to start?Come talk to me
Online coaching
Coaching built
around you.
No generic programs. Your training is built around your goals, current fitness, schedule, and the life you actually live.
YOUR COACHING CAN FOCUS ON
Strength & Body Composition · HYROX Training · Running 5K through Marathon · Endurance Performance · Hybrid Training · General Fitness
What’s included
Personalized programming
Progress tracking
Weekly email accountability
Training adjustments
Direct coach support
Performance review
One 30-minute phone call every month
Apply for online coachingLocal to Houston? Come talk to me — ask for MannyTRAIN FOR
PERFORMANCE.
TRAIN FOR LIFE.
PERFORMANCE.
TRAIN FOR LIFE.
Meet your coach
I don’t just coach it.
I’ve lived it.
I’m Manny, a personal trainer and Strength & Conditioning Coach with 13 years of training experience and 7 years specializing in strength and conditioning.
My background started in high school and collegiate track & field. I’ve completed 7+ marathons, including a sub-4-hour marathon, and competed in back-to-back HYROX events.
I’ve also rebuilt my own body through injuries. That shaped an approach centered on mechanics, strength, movement, endurance, and longevity—not just finish times.
13Years training
7Years S&C coaching
7+Marathons
2×HYROX
Coaching in action
The work speaks.
Real coaching. Hands-on instruction. Accountability, athlete development, and a community that shows up.
The process
More than a workout plan.
Your program isn’t written once and forgotten. We assess, build, track, communicate, and adjust based on how you’re actually progressing.
Assess
We start with your goals, training history, current fitness, schedule, previous injuries, and what you want to accomplish.
Build your plan
I create your individualized program around strength, body composition, running, HYROX, endurance—or a combination.
Train & track
We track completed workouts, performance, running data, recovery, progress, and how your body responds.
Weekly accountability
You report what’s working, what’s difficult, and changes in your schedule or recovery so I can adjust when needed.
Monthly coach call
We use one 30-minute call each month to review progress, answer questions, and set priorities for the next phase.
Adjust & progress
Your program evolves with your performance, feedback, recovery, schedule, and goals.
The goal isn’t just to follow a program.
It’s to understand your body, become a better athlete, and build fitness you can maintain for life.
Apply for online coaching
HYROX · Running · Endurance
Run stronger.
Get stronger.
Perform better.
Your engine matters. Your strength matters. And how well your body moves under fatigue matters.
HYROX
Running efficiency · Strength · Sled work · Stations · Work capacity · Pacing · Race strategy
Running & endurance
Running mechanics · Zone 2 · Speed · Threshold · Race preparation · Strength · Recovery
Hybrid training
Build strength and endurance intelligently so one doesn’t constantly interfere with the other.
Online coaching application
Your goals.
Your plan.
Your next move.
You don’t need to have everything figured out. Tell me where you are now, where you want to go, and what you’ve been struggling with.
Direct and private.
Your application will be reviewed by Manny and used only to discuss your coaching next step.
Houston, Texas
Come talk
to me.
Prefer to meet face-to-face? Come by Illuminate Heights and ask for Manny.
We’ll sit down for a free consultation and complimentary fitness assessment so we can determine the best direction for you.
Come in — ask for MannyNo pressure. No obligation. Just come in and let’s talk about your goals.Questions, answered
Frequently asked.
Do I need to already be in shape before starting?
No. Your program starts from your current fitness level and progresses from there.
Is online coaching only for HYROX athletes or runners?
No. I coach strength, body composition, general fitness, running, endurance, HYROX, and hybrid athletes.
How does online coaching accountability work?
You’ll have a weekly email check-in so I can review your training, progress, recovery, and any issues that need attention.
Do I get to speak with Manny?
Yes. Online coaching includes one 30-minute phone call each month to review progress, discuss training, and establish priorities.
What happens if my schedule changes?
Your program is designed around real life. When work, travel, recovery, or other circumstances affect training, we adjust accordingly.
Can I meet Manny before deciding?
Yes. Come to Illuminate Heights at 630 W Sixth St in Houston and ask for Manny for a free consultation and complimentary fitness assessment.