Certified Personal Trainer, Boot Camp, Sports Performance, and Obstacle Course Racing Coach
Yancy Culp, an ACE (American Council on Exercise) Certified Personal Trainer, is dedicated to empowering clients to fuel their bodies and minds with fitness, in and around the Austin area as well as programming for athletes all over the country. He works with clients of all fitness levels in private, small group, and large group sessions. No matter what your goals or level of fitness, Yancy leaves no one unchallenged and no one left behind.. Yancy is a Spartan SGX Certified Coach & SPARQ certified Combine Instructor.
If you are looking to improve your level of fitness, health, and lifestyle through exercise, Yancy has programs designed for you. He specializes in utilizing a wide variety of exercise methods and teaching clients how to enjoy exercise and the wonderful rewards that come from a consistent program. Yancy has an online training program and provides programming for numerous elite Obstacle Course Race (OCR) athletes from all over the country and he also coaches OCR training locally in Cedar Park. Yancy has provided Sports Performance Training for the Cedar Park Timberwolves Football Team and other team sports for seven years.
Yancy’s passion for fitness began in high school, where he actively participated in football, track & field, power lifting, and cross country. Yancy was a four-year letterman in Track & Field and state medalist at the Texas State Track Meet, three-year letterman and two-way starter on the football field, competed in the State Cross Country Meet, and was a Texoma Powerlifting Champion his senior year of high school.
Yancy competed at the collegiate level in cross country and track & field at the University of North Texas. He then enlisted in the US Navy and his passion for physical fitness continued as he trained fellow service members during preparation for physical readiness tests.
After leaving the Navy, Yancy played one season of Semi-Professional Football for the San Diego North County Cheetahs.
Currently Yancy is an elite Obstacle Course Racing athlete who races all over the country and has numerous podium and top 10 finishes. On the extreme (some would call crazy) side of fitness, in 2013 he completed a 72 hour Spartan Death Race, he’s won Joe Decker’s 12 hour event called “The Suck” in 2013 & 2014, and he’s a 3 time Spartan Ultra Beast finisher. At 42 years of age he competes in Track & Field at the Masters level. He has great range and is competitive in all distances between 100m – 5K.