Hi, I’m Coach Jess.
Now the part that might surprise you:
I am a complete and unapologetic fantasy nerd.
Fourth Wing made me cry and then immediately want to train harder.
ACOTAR lives rent-free in my head.
Quicksilver had me turning pages at midnight when I absolutely should have been sleeping.
When I read these books I kept thinking — these characters train. They push their bodies to do extraordinary things. And the women who love these stories deserve a fitness experience that matches the worlds they live in between the pages.
So I built one.
What makes me different isn't just the credentials.
It's that I'm nutritionally agnostic — I don't believe in any single diet or dogma. I believe in what works for your body, your life, and your goals. No rules. No shame. Just results.
It's that I've coached real people through real obstacles for a quarter century — not elite athletes, not influencers. Regular people who wanted to feel stronger, more capable, and more like themselves.
And it's that I genuinely believe fitness should feel like something worth showing up for.
Main Character Academy exists because you deserve a program built by someone who knows what they're doing — and who also stayed up too late reading about Fae courts and dragon riders.
You're in the right place.
I've spent 25 years in gyms, on race courses, in coaching sessions, and in the pages of fantasy novels. Main Character Academy is what happens when all of those lives collide.
The credentials first, because you deserve to know who's programming your training.
I'm a NASM certified personal trainer (the gold standard) and Precision Nutrition coach — one of the most rigorous nutrition certifications in the industry. I'm also a Girls Gone Strong Women's Coaching Specialist and GGS Menopause Coaching Specialist, which means I understand how women's bodies actually work — not how the fitness industry pretends they do.
I'm a former CrossFit coach and former triathlete. I've logged the kind of training hours that teach you what works, what doesn't, and exactly why. I've also competed in Kyokushin semi-knockdown sparring — one of the most demanding full-contact striking arts in the world — which is why the combat programming in this system is built on something real.
I don't guess. I don't trend-chase. I program from 25 years of knowing exactly what bodies need.