Everything In Between - Origins
The Bible says, in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies".
In 2015, Michael along with his cousin, Matt, were attending a small church just outside of Boston, MA. As a mechanism for developing community, their church hosted what was known as small groups and they did so in a way that is recognized as the free-market system. Ultimately all this means is that if you are interested in, or passionate about a particular topic, experience or activity, you are free to host a group centered around that idea. The purpose is to develop relationships, build community, find like-minded and like-hearted individuals to do life with. Sounds pretty awesome if you asked me.
Now Matt and Michael were both decorated athletes that loved the gym and were serious about their health and fitness. At the time, Michael ran a private Strength and Conditioning facility in the Metrowest of Massachusetts in a small town called Holliston. They decided what better way to build relationships and develop community than to host a weekly workout. They paired this with a post workout, Bible study and it was a massive hit. Folks from all over came by to check it out. They would run group workouts to foster trust, accountability, relationship building, and more, then study the Bible together and discuss topics of personal and spiritual development, followed by some variation of food - whether it was going out to brunch as a group or bringing healthy snacks for a quick pick me up after a long morning. This group ran consistently for the next 4 years, and so began the evolution of what is the version of EIB that you see today, a men’s health and fitness service - dedicated to optimizing the human experience from a “more than fitness” perspective.
Fast forward to 2019 and Everything In Between teamed up with the Crossfit entity, Faith Rx’D. Little to their knowledge, there was already someone out there running a very similar model. Becky and Jim Conzelman launched Faith Rx’D in Denver on January of 2014. Faith Rx’D today exists to serve and strengthen the fitness community to live for Christ and share His love. This partnership looked like teaming up with Boston Chaplains, Clif and Nicole Newton to increase the local impact and better serve the community.
COVID struck in March of 2020, and just like much of the world, events were forced to either shut down or move to virtual. Zoom became EIB’s best friend as events persisted and technology was leveraged for the greater good. Within this time, Michael began to see the gaps in both the fitness industry as well as within ministry. What originated as a vision to develop a physical location to house Everything In Between, began to evolve to a more comprehensive iteration to reach further and dig deeper. With over a decade of experience in the fitness industry, and ample experience within ministry, Michael recognized the need for support of a different style. One where fitness was not limited to the four walls of the gym, nutrition was not limited to the kitchen, mental health breakthrough was not limited to the practices of therapy, medicine was not limited to the practices of the hospital, spiritual formation was not limited to the four walls of a church and deep health was accessible for all, no matter where they were in the Country. Now I am not a Doctor, nor a Therapist, and I am certainly not discrediting an appropriate time and a place for each of these above disciplines - there 100% is, and I advocate for each in their own right. But what I am saying is that in my experience, I have discovered a more fluid, comprehensive approach to health and personal development that is not limited to the traditional practices mentioned above, and I intend to share with the masses.
This is the ethos that Everything In Between was built on. An approach to wellness that is outside of the traditional, or standard method, with a hope for deep health and healing.
Everything In Between was officially founded by Michael and his business partner, Antonio, as an LLC in January of 2021 after our team recognized the need for this above mentioned holistic support, optimizing human performance, experiencing Super Wellness and achieving what we call, “Deep Health”.
We are now, a fully remote, faith-based, men’s health and fitness coaching service dedicated to helping men optimize their health and life through the lens of exercise and nutrition science, mental performance, behavior change, biblical based philosophy and teachings, community building, relationship and more.
Michael, alongside his wife, Melissa, a Certified Health Education Specialist and Nutrition Practitioner, with her Master’s in Health Promotion, now head up the organization together, and needless to say, are excited to serve your health and fitness needs!
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