Built for Adults 35+
Train Hard.Live More.
Two coaches. One system. Real results for real life.
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Built for Adults 35+
Two coaches. One system. Real results for real life.
Find My Starting Point →
Who This Is For
Career, family, obligations — and fitness keeps falling to the bottom of the list. You need a program that fits your actual life, not an idealized version of it.
You know what to do. You just need accountability, structure, and a coach who stays in your corner even when life gets in the way.
Metabolism, hormones, energy, recovery — your 30s and 40s hit different. You need coaching that understands that and works with it, not against it.
The Team
Real Lyfe Fitness was built specifically for adults 35+ who are ready to stop guessing and start living. Carl and Ashley bring decades of combined experience — and the shared reality of living this every single day.
Carl has been coaching adults for over 15 years — and the proof isn't just in the results, it's in who stays. Across his in-person and online clients, more than 85% are still training after six months, because the program is built around real life, not ideal conditions. Triple-certified through ISSA as a Personal Trainer, Nutritional Coach, and Tactical Conditioning Specialist — and a BJJ black belt — Carl has trained first responders, fighters, and everyday adults who needed a coach who understood pressure, discipline, and what it takes to show up when life gets hard.
He's earned a particular reputation coaching women through the realities of training after 35 — the hormonal shifts, the changes in recovery, the pull of always putting everyone else first — and he pushes men just as hard toward strength, capability, and staying ready for real life. Not by accident. The approach works for people with real careers, real families, and zero patience for programs that don't fit their lives.
Underneath all of it is one throughline: get stronger. Strength is what reshapes your body composition — but more than that, it's what keeps you mobile, capable, and independent as the years add up. The goal was never just to look better in the mirror. It's to move well, keep up with the life you actually want to live, and still be strong long after the age most people start slowing down.
She's Not on the Other Side of the Journey. She's On It With You.
Ashley is your mindset and accountability coach — and she's living this right alongside you. She coaches the parts most programs skip: the mental game, the scheduling, the showing up when life gets loud, and how to actually get stronger and leaner while navigating the realities women face — shifting hormones, changing recovery, and a life that always seems to put everyone else first.
She still leads major construction builds as a project manager — running teams, timelines, and competing priorities at the highest level. That's not a footnote; it's proof, in real time. She's carrying a demanding career and a full life and making real progress with her health — and she'll show you how to do the same.
She's the layer that makes the program stick: check-ins, scheduling, community, and the honest voice of someone who's in it with you — never talking at you from the far side of a transformation. When your schedule makes fitness feel impossible, Ashley is the one who shows you how it actually fits.
Choose Your Path
Two ways in: train it yourself with Real Vault, or put a coach in your corner. Both built for adults 35+ — no cookie-cutter plans.
Full, unlimited access to the entire Real Lyfe workout library — an ever-growing vault built for everyone from day-one beginners to people who train regularly. Yours anytime, anywhere.
All the tools. None of the hand-holding. You run the show.
Fully individualized 1:1 coaching — your training and nutrition built around your real life and adjusted as it changes. Daily check-ins, direct messaging any time, and a weekly video call so nothing slips. Carl and Ashley in your corner, start to finish.
The complete Real Lyfe experience — everything we know about coaching adults 35+, in one place.
The Path
Take the quiz or book a free intro call. We learn your goals, your schedule, your body, and what’s tripped you up before — then build around your real life.
Custom training and nutrition, mapped to the equipment and time you actually have. No guessing, no cookie-cutter templates — just your first week, ready to go.
Daily check-ins, direct messaging, and a weekly video call. We adjust as life happens — a busy week, a tweaked back, a plateau — so you keep moving instead of starting over.
Strength builds, habits stick, and the work starts showing. This is where “starting over” finally ends — and staying strong becomes the norm.
Your Coaching, In Your Pocket
The app isn’t the coaching — we are. It’s how your plan, your check-ins, and your progress live in one place, so you always know exactly what to do next.
Your custom program, scheduled and ready — every set, rep, and video demo, for home or gym.
Log food, hit your macros, and see it all on one dashboard — no separate apps to juggle.
Track every lift and watch the numbers climb. Progress you can see is progress that sticks.
Weight, strength, and habits over time — the proof the work is working.
Client Results
Carl is an incredible trainer who has made such an impact on my life and the lives of my two girls. He's knowledgeable, encouraging, and patient, and he truly cares about us becoming stronger and healthier — not just physically, but mentally. Since we started working with him, all three of us have gained confidence, energy, and motivation, and fitness has become an important part of our lives. I'm so grateful for everything he's done for our family.
Carl and the Real Lyfe app changed my body. I put on about 20 lbs, got stronger, and still stayed lean and beach-ready. It was work — but it absolutely worked.
I started with no balance, no muscle tone, zero strength. Carl said 'no problem at all' — and meant it. Through dark humor and banter that will never see the light of day, I never quit showing up and he never quit believing in me. Eventually I felt obligated to become the person he believed in. I'm truly happy, and I love the new me — I love my muscles, I love flexing and buying cute new outfits to show off just a little. Running multiple businesses means health has to be a priority; we get through the scheduling barriers and crush goals together. He has helped me change my life, and I'm forever grateful. It's Real Lyfe — and truly real life.
As a mother and an athlete, I have to really balance my life and make the most of my time to train. With Real Lyfe and Carl, I'm making it all work — getting results on the greens and the courts, and feeling and looking like I did in my 20s.
I am a stay-at-home mom with no time to go to the gym consistently. Carl and the app gave me home and gym workouts, tracked my calories, and helped me lose 45 lbs. I love them!
I get pushed to become better every week. I love the challenge, I love the results. I'm more fit and ready for anything now, in my 50s, than I was years ago. We train to attack our workouts — then use that same mindset to offset the challenges of running businesses and staying sharp.
Real Coaching — Real Commitment
Our coaching programs aren't for everyone — and we mean that as a compliment. We work with people who are serious about change, not just curious about it.
You're ready to do the work — not just talk about it
You've started over enough times and you're done with that cycle
You want a real relationship with a coach — not a faceless app
You're willing to be honest — with us and with yourself — about what's been holding you back
You want sustainable results built around your real life — not a 30 day crash
You're ready to commit — to yourself, to the process, and to showing up
You're looking for a quick fix or a magic number on the scale
You're not willing to examine the habits and mindset that got you here
You want someone to hand you a plan and then leave you alone
You think 30 days is enough time to undo years of patterns
You're not ready to be challenged — physically or mentally
You want someone to just tell you what you want to hear
Not Sure Where to Start?
That's okay — that's exactly what the quiz is for. Answer 7 quick questions and we'll tell you exactly where we'd start you, self-guided or coached. Takes about 60 seconds.
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Not sure where you'd fit — or stuck on something with training, nutrition, or getting started again after years off? Send it over. A real coach reads every message and gets back to you. No sales pitch, no pressure.
We answer fitness and nutrition questions — not medical advice. For health conditions, always work with your doctor.
Why Real Lyfe
Home, hotel, or gym — your programming works with the equipment you actually have. No excuses, no barriers. Just work that fits your life.
Check-ins, direct messaging, and coaches who are paying attention. This isn't a cookie-cutter app — it's a real relationship with people who care about your results.
Fitness, nutrition, mindset, and lifestyle — all connected. We coach the whole person, not just the workout. Because real results come from real change.
Real Talk
No fluff. No gimmicks. Just real advice on fitness, nutrition, mindset, and life — from two coaches who live it every day.
A great hair day, a humid morning, and a spiral that lasted days. Ashley gets honest about body image, the mean-girl voice in her own head, and 8 tools she uses to reframe self-worth in her 40s.
Most guys think they're still ready for anything. Most guys are wrong. An honest, no-BS look at what really happens to your strength, power, and conditioning after 35 — and how to take it back.
Ashley wears three fitness trackers. They all say something different on the same day. What she's learned about data overload, the anxiety of the daily score, and why your body knows more than any algorithm.
Everyone asks how Carl and Ashley stay consistent with fitness while running a life together. The answer might surprise you.
Full blog launching soon — more articles on the way
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Pick your program, commit to one month, and find out what happens when the plan actually fits your life.
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