Taylor Ramsdell grew up in Missouri, where he played competitive sports throughout his childhood. During high school, Taylor was Captain of his football team, and was voted “Most Inspirational Player “by his peers.  After high school graduation, Taylor chose to stay close to home, and walk on as a “redshirt” freshman to the Division 1-AA football team at Missouri State University (SMSU at the time).  In the beginning of his freshman year of college, Taylor came to the conclusion that his focus was no longer on football. He decided to transfer to Arizona State University for his sophomore year.

While going to college in Arizona, Taylor began his professional fitness training. In 2003, he became certified through the National Academy of Sports Medicine and began training clients in the gyms of their own apartment complexes.  He then began training at some larger, franchised gyms in Scottsdale, (Pure Fitness and LA Fitness).

In the summer of 2004, he received his Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Arizona State University.  He graduated Magna Cum Laude, with a GPA of 3.7.

Needing a change of pace, Taylor then moved to Kansas City, where he chose to work in construction for a year while deciding his next move. At the end of this year, Taylor wondered if a career as an attorney was in his future.  He began law school, but he struggled to find the same passion for the study of law that he had felt during his other pursuits in life.  It was then that Taylor decided to get back into fitness. He moved back to Missouri, and trained at an elite private training studio for a year.

It was at this point that “life” itself demanded some attention - sending Taylor to Minnesota, where he spent a couple of years strenuously focusing on his own life path; striving to learn much more about himself, and intentionally choosing the route he would take from this point. It was this hiatus from everyone and everything that Taylor needed to discover and to understand his true purpose – helping others.  It was obvious to Taylor how he should do this.  Bringing his methods of fitness into the lives of others had always been where Taylor had excelled, and had also been the one thing that Taylor had always been most passionate about. He was clearly reminded of this passion after training at a fitness center (Athletic Performance Inc.) in Minnesota.  It got his blood pumping again for the industry.  His eyes were opened.

He moved to Los Angeles in January of 2009, and began training clients out of the backyard of his rented guesthouse. He then found a small studio to rent for a few hours a day, and continued to build his clientele.  After only a few months of continuous word-of-mouth advertising from his extremely happy clients, he stumbled across the building that is now Chain Fitness, and jumped on it.  He turned that building into his dream studio. He made it just what he believed a private training studio should be.

Taylor’s hope is to be able to touch the lives of many; his passion is to bring them to that “next level” of their whole selves, surprising them by revealing how much they can actually achieve.  Taylor is committed to excellence and to helping people surpass their goals. This commitment is easily felt by anyone who trains with him. Regardless if they have NEVER been inside a SINGLE gym, or if they are training at a professional level of athletics… Taylor Ramsdell can, will, and DOES take his clients beyond their goals.

Taylor sees success in his clients before they do… but seeing people surprise themselves is one of his favorite parts of the job. The feeling of successfully surpassing goals that were once seen as impossible… is felt not only by the client… but is also felt tremendously by Taylor Ramsdell. It is Taylor’s passion to see others succeed, and Taylor’s success directly mirrors the success of his clients.

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