SIMON OTERO

Growing up, Simon ran track but found a love for bodybuilding and lifting in college. After studying social work in college, he worked directly under Anthony "Coach T" Trujillo of Zia Strength Systems, a well known coach who worked directly with Louie Simmons and Westside Barbell for over a decade. While working with Coach T, Simon learned and developed his training philosophies by adapting the Conjugate Principles. During that time, Simon trained some of the biggest names in the YouTube fitness industry, including Bart Kwan of Barbell Brigade, Christian Guzman of Alphalete, Maxx Chewning of Sour Strips, and Russel "RusSwole" Orhii of The Better Brand. He not only coached some of the most notable names but was coached by and worked with others like Sean Noriega and Joey Flexx. Around the same time, he was featured on multiple popular podcasts produced by Jim McD, Silent Mike, and Omar Isuf. Today, he is the strength and conditioning coach of Dark Haven Studio and has broken into the film industry by working with actors such as Jesse Garcia from Flamin' Hot, Shelley Hennig from the Global #1 Netflix series, Obliterated, and Teen Wolf, and YouTube personality and film maker Matt Page, also known as "Master Ken".