Our vision is to provide cutting edge NO EXCUSES strength and fitness training that is challenging, results driven, and effective in helping both adults and youth achieve their health, fitness, and/or sports performance goals.
We are a faith-based Christian organization and believe in training the whole person: body, mind, and spirit in order to be truly successful in life. We believe in drawing strength from the Lord because we believe that “We can do all things through Christ which strengthens us.” Philippians 4:13.
We have a Go Hard or Go Home mentality about training because we believe that hard work, commitment, and discipline ALWAYS pays off. The word Verus is Latin, which means “TRUTH.” We believe in the TRUTH of the word of God and being true to the temple (our body) that He has given to us as a gift. Be true to your body, or it will be false to you.
Coach Calvin brings over 12 years of training experience in the areas of sports medicine, strength and condit ioning, personal training and nutrition. He completed his undergraduate studies at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA where he receive a Bachelors of Science in Athletic Training with a minor in Psychology and became a Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC). He then attended Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA to pursue graduate studies in Sports Medicine. It was in his 1st year at GSU that Coach Calvin became a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). While at GSU, Coach Calvin worked as a graduate assistant in their athletics department and as a personal trainer at Peachtree Center Athletic Club in downtown Atlanta. He then moved back to his hometown of New Orleans where he became the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach and Assistant Athletic Trainer at the University of New Orleans. There, he trained elite Division IA student athletes in all sports until Hurricanes Katrina and Rita rerouted his plans at the beginning of his fourth season at UNO and landed him in Marble Falls, TX where he landed a position as Fitness Manager at Horseshoe Bay Resort in Horseshoe Bay, TX.
Over the years, Coach Calvin has worked with athletes and personal training clients of all ages, experience, and fitness levels and from every sport. Coach Calvin knows that success begins with your dedication, commitment, sacrifice, and the frequency and quality of training. Growing up as a “shrimp”, standing only 4 foot 7 inches and 82 pounds as a freshman in high school, Coach Calvin has always had to run faster, react quicker, jump higher, and work harder than his bigger opponents in order to compete in athletics. This drive provided him an opportunity to be the captain of if his high school tennis team and later a self-proclaimed “intramural legend” in both football and basketball in undergraduate and graduate schools. During his first year of college, the “late bloomer” discovered the benifits of strength training on athletic performance by putting on 50 lbs in a year and a half of training hard. This drive created a passion to motivate athletes and other individuals to succeed and realize their dreams through means of sports medicine, strength & conditioning, coaching, rehab and teaching. Coach Calvin’s motto is GO HARD or GO HOME!!! and he demands discipline and hard work from each client day in and day out.
Coach Calvin is proud of being a man of faith. God is first and foremost in his life, and proclaims to live a life of victory in the Lord, Jesus Christ. His favorite scripture “Philippians 4:13 ~ “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,” is his proclamation on life and exudes into his training philosophy and mentorship. He has been married for 8 years to his best friend and love of his life Courtnaye, who is his backbone in life and administrator for Verus Strength & Fitness. Together, they share 3 beautiful athletic children.
