Charlie Kiziah is the owner of Ultimate Athletix llc, He is a certified personal trainer through the International Sports Science Association with over 15,000 hours of personal training experience. Since 2005 Charlie has been a strength and conditioning consultant to high school, collegiate and semi-professional athletes.As a former competitive powerlifter Charlie was a national bench-press champion, a 4 time state champion, ranked 1st in the nation 2 years in a row, setting 1 National record, 2 American records and 14 State records that still stand to date. Charlie started mentoring under his first strength coach in 1994. Needless to say, this is beyond his passion...this is his lifes work.
Josh Miller is a strength coach specializing in the training of athletes and lifters. He is a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, and a competitive powerlifter. With an over 800lb raw squat, over 700lb raw deadlift, and over a 400lb raw bench press, while maintaining the power to perform 50 inch box jumps at 270lbs, Josh leaves no stones unturned when it comes to maximizing human performance and optimizing the human body. Josh's passion for Strength and Conditioning began in 6th grade, as he became fascinated with the science of how the body worked, and of how it could be naturally manipulated by the understanding of physiology. He began training at 12, and competing at 14. Josh attributes the largest part of his growth as a coach to his time at UNC. He began as an intern, and eventually became the Manager of Strength and Conditioning for UNC Women's Basketball. Throughout his time at UNC he worked extensively with both the UNC Women's Basketball team and UNC Men's Lacrosse team. After UNC, Josh spent some time training a variety of clientele, primarily professional and high school athletes, at Iron Pit Gym, the premiere private Football Strength and Conditioning Facility in the RDU area of North Carolina. After moving back to his home town to be closer to family, he is now available for training at Ultimate Athletix in Granite Falls! While Josh specializes in training elite athletes, he also has extensive experience with lifters and general fitness clients. With over 12 years of athletic experience, 4 years of formal education, and 4 years of coaching experience, Josh is the man to see if you are serious about taking your performance to the next level.
Jeremy Pitts was born and raised here in Lenoir, North Carolina. Growing up he was short and chubby. However he aspired to look like Frank Zane or Arnold. Jeremy got involved in strength training 20+ years ago as soon as he could afford his own gym membership. Immediately he fell in love with the iron from the first pump that he got. Through the past several years he has learned to apply differenttechniques to obtain the results that people want to see in their physique. Jeremy and his wife Kim, through trial and error, have made adjustments to her training regimen to produce a competitive physique on her quest to become an IFBB Pro Bodybuilder in the Women's Physique Division.
" My goal is to help my clients realize the true potential that they have inside and show them that body transformations really do happen if you eat clean and train hard consistently. I currently own and operate Down South Muscle where I offer training and nutrition programs as well as an online fitness apparel store."