Today we’d like to introduce you to Lauren Patey.
Hi Lauren, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
My name is Lauren Patey and I am a certified personal trainer and nutritionist. I became a personal trainer as a result of a nerve injury I sustained in 2017 as a bodybuilder. Once I got to the root cause of my nerve issue and discovered it was a structural issue, my left femur is shorter than my right, I corrected the issue and returned to the gym.
I decided to finally become a personal trainer full time and went back to school to leave private security to be a real hero! I consider myself and my specialty to be a structural trainer. I have helped hundreds of people of all demographics with an assortment of structural issues from 2019, when I became a trainer with NASM, to this present day.
In 2021, I gained more knowledge in my field and acquired a Nutritionist certification, also with NASM. It has broadened my knowledge and experience to further assist more people with their personal goals from weight loss and disease to bodybuilding and behavioural change.
I started my career in my hometown of Tucson, Arizona and I have recently relocated to Jacksonville, Florida in March of 2025. I chose Jax, because I was stationed here in the US Navy 25 years ago from 2000-2003 on the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67).
Jacksonville offers a great fitness scene with people of all types that show great enthusiasm for health and wellness and I am proud to be back here to make an everlasting positive impact on the Jacksonville community!
Moreover, I grew tired of the desolate desert and wanted to be a trainer on the beach! I enjoy the water very much and the cooler climate and I have started paddleboarding as a new personal hobby, which is very fun and adventurous!
I enjoy the success I have endured as an entreprenuer. Emancipating myself from the workforce and creating my own business with a service for the community is the best move I have ever made as an independent woman.
Plans for the future include opening my own trainer’s gym in Jax for other trainer’s to have a place to run their personal training businesses. I was a part of a gym like that in Tucson and it offers great opportunities for both trainer and client.
I look forward to many successful and fulfilling years here in Jacksonville as a dedicated member of this beautiful community! Let’s Gooo!
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
It has not been a smooth road to have reached this point. It has been an arduous journey to get to where I am today. I never had any plans on staying in Tucson, AZ. Every move of every year I lived there was to get closer and closer to finally putting that horrible city in my rearview.
The fitness scene is bleak in Tucson, people start training only to quit not long thereafter. Tucson is cheap and no one has any money. I have been hurt, lied to, stolen from and schemed when I only wanted to help people and do something positive for the community.
As I got closer to leaving to come to Jax in 2024, I sued someone that stole $15,000 dollars from me and lost in court. I got in a bad car accident and lost my cool show car that I had for 10 years, all while I was fervently studying every day for my recertification exam, working in the gym and living with my Mom for three months so I could drive her truck clear across town every day.
Talk about stressed out!
But, the bad news slowly turned into good news with faith and dedication and I passed my exam, I became a disabled veteran and received funds that took place of the money stolen from me. I won my car accident claim and got paid from that and soon I was on my way across the country in a Budget truck with my sweet 17 year old cat Boo and all my stuff!
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I am an Independent Certified personal fitness trainer and nutritionist. I specialize in structural discrepancies, weight loss, bodybuilding and behavioural change.
I am well-known for my extensive knowledge and education. I am most proud of the large amount of people I have helped to change their lives. I’m a life changer! I became a trainer to be a hero and I am proud to be one!
What sets me a part from other trainers is that I care about what I do, I care about my clients and their goals! I make sure what I learn in my continuing education goes directly into my business and to my clients!
How can people work with you, collaborate with you or support you?
I enjoy collaborating with other members of the fitness community, like gym owners or those that market for health and wellness. Also, I do collaborate with local health and wellness centers and clinics so they can have a reliable professional to refer their clients to when in need of my service. I am always interested in further collaborations that involve the community and would benefit from my involvement or my service.
Pricing:
- $65 per session
- Monthly Discount packages available
- $150 nutrition counseling
- Student discounts for colleges and universities
Contact Info:
- Website: https://Leanmachinetraining.com
- Instagram: @leanmachinetraining
