I'm Camilo. Helping people is a leader's duty.
I'm a personal trainer and bodybuilder in Reno, Nevada. I work with adults who want to change their lifestyle to improve themselves — and I do it without imaginary goals, fake timers, or any of the gym-bro theater you have probably already seen.
Three chapters. One decision.
Before this
I was a full-time forklift driver and an anthropology student. Two jobs, one major, a body that worked hard for money and a brain that worked hard for grades. I had not yet figured out that the thing I actually wanted to do with my life was right under both of them — coaching people through the hardest, slowest, most rewarding work there is.
The decision
A month before I sat down to build Vanguard, I dropped out of anthropology school. Not because I hated it — I actually love it, it stays as a hobby for life — but because I had become honest enough to admit it was not the career that was going to use the most of me. The most of me belonged to the gym floor. To the eight a.m. session where somebody finally understood what their hip was doing. To the text on a Sunday saying 'I did the thing.' That is the work I am built for.
The transformation that confirmed it
I had a client a few weeks in. Mentality completely different from when he walked in. The way he moved when he lifted had changed — not just the weights, the actual quality. The way somebody moves is the most honest tell of how they are feeling about themselves. When his movement changed, I knew I had picked the right job. I have not looked back.
Strong mind. Strong body. In that order.
Most coaching starts with a program and hopes the head catches up. I start with the head. Specifically, with the psychology of control — the ability to choose the next correct move even after a missed one. Almost nobody was taught that skill. Almost everybody needs it before any physical program is going to stick.
From there we layer in real training, real nutrition, and real timelines that match the body in front of me. Eight to twelve weeks for visible results, not seven days. No imaginary goals. No countdown timer on the homepage. The work is the work, and it is honest about how long the work takes.
The line I will not cross.
If you have been burned before, it was almost certainly by one of these. Vanguard does not do any of them. Ever.
- ✕Imaginary goals that are way too far from reality
- ✕Fake short-term countdown timers
- ✕30-day shred promises that nobody can keep
- ✕Programs that punish honesty about sleep, energy, or stress
- ✕Coaches who let ego replace coaching
Briefly, on the record.
- 2026Founded Vanguard Fitness & Mindset, Reno NV
- 2026Dedicated full-time to in-person training and online coaching
- 2025Built early client roster while finishing anthropology studies
- OngoingActive bodybuilder — training the work I prescribe
I speak three languages. Working on the fourth.
Coaching translates across more than one language for me — literally. If you are more comfortable in Spanish, we can run the whole engagement in Spanish. If you are bilingual and you process the hard stuff better in your first language, that is the room we will use.
Ready to start the climb together?
Tell me where you actually are. We will figure out the route from there.
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