Meet the Owner
Hello! I am Garrett Steffen - Danville native, Iron Horse Fitness and Sports Performance Owner, and Bay Area firefighter.
I struggled with athletics while growing up here. I was never the tallest or the fastest or the strongest. I didn't even know where to start when I daydreamed about the athlete I wanted to become.
All I knew were the facts: I was not making any of the teams I was trying out for, I was not seeing any improvement from the sports practices I was attending, and I lacked confidence in myself.
The work I started to put in while training at Iron Horse Fitness eleven years ago changed everything for me, though. When I walked into this gym, towards the end of my middle school career, fitness and sports became my forever focus.
With the help of the metal and iron that surrounds you here as well as the health/fitness research I started to obsess over daily, by the time I entered highschool, I was a dual-sport athlete. In addition to playing football, I was on the Varsity lacrosse team all four years, won the North Coast Championship, was a two-time EBAL and an All-American player. The July following my sophomore year of high school, I committed and received a scholarship to play Division 1 Lacrosse on the east coast. Talk about experiencing a 180 after not making the local youth football team just a couple years prior.
I also attended Chapman University, continuing to play lacrosse at the club level and graduated in 2021. Outside of lacrosse, I trained Jiu Jitsu and endurance sports which led me to racing in my first ultramarathon. I competed and placed 15th overall in the Kodiak 50 mile Ultramarathon (Big Bear, CA) a week after my 21st birthday. I ran for over 12 hours and 30 minutes through the mountains of California, quickly climbing up and down and up again with elevations ranging from 6,000 to 10,000 ft that day. I loved every step of it.
Since I walked in these gym doors over a decade ago, I have remained in constant pursuit of reaching my potential, relentlessly pushing myself physically and mentally. I cannot wait to help you do the same, whatever your goals may be.
Garrett’s Relevant Certifications
National Academy of Sports medicine certified personal trainer
National Academy of Sports medicine certified nutrition coach
Certified in Integrated Movement Science
Certified Holistic Lifestyle Coaching
Certified in mediation and conflict resolution
Incident command systems 100, 200, 700, 800
Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Adult cardiac life support
International trauma life support
Certified in Scientific Stretching
Certified in Scientific Shoulder Training
Certified Scientific Core Conditioning
Certified in Scientific Back Training
Certified in Program Design
Certified in Advanced Program Design
Certified in Primal Pattern Movements
Certified in Primal Pattern Eating
Certified in Holistic Health and Performance for Women
Licensed Paramedic