JOSH HILGER

As the owner of ExodusFit, I’d like to officially say WELCOME! After nearly a decade in the health and fitness industry, I couldn’t be more excited to share with you who I am and the vision I have for this company. 

Growing up in an extremely chaotic environment, sports (and particularly basketball) was always an escape from the scary realities around me. I never wanted to be inside or sitting still- I was always on the move and would get lost in endless repetition, addicted to the sight and sound of putting an orange ball through a metal cylinder. As I aged and eventually accepted that I was unlikely to be an NBA star, my goal shifted to teaching and coaching others. I loved the unique relationships that sports brought me and the joy of helping teammates succeed has always been paramount in my life. After a rather circuitous educational journey and some curve balls from life, I realized that personal training had the potential to give me what I’d always loved about sports. I took a leap and I can honestly say I love my career now more than ever. 

I’ve worked for two of the bigger fitness chains in the country, and those experiences helped me develop as a fitness professional while also showing me that eventually I’d need to take another leap: launching my own business. No matter where I’ve worked, I’ve tried to be a good employee who executes the company’s vision, but I also tend to challenge the status quo and present what I think are better ways to do things. If I ever wanted to be able to see my own vision through, it wasn’t going to happen working for someone else. I wasn’t holding out for a sign from the universe or anything, but somehow one still came along: a global pandemic that shifted everything in the health and fitness industry. 

So, what is my vision for Exodus Fitness and Performance? To be a collective of fitness professionals who help you identify and overcome the obstacles standing between you and your healthiest self. To be a group of compassionate and motivational coaches who guide you out of what seems like a never ending wilderness of aches, pains, insecurities, frustrating habits, weight fluctuations, fad diets, fitness crazes, and magic supplements to an abundant life of health and wellness. To assess where you are, identify where and who you want to be, and guide you every step of the way until you get there...and then help you STAY there. Let’s be real. Life can be heavy. Healthy habits can seem like the least important thing when tyranny of the urgent is constantly tugging at us. We get so busy trying to survive that we forget to LIVE. Like my namesake Joshua, my goal for this company is to help you take the road out to whatever your Promised Land may be. It isn’t impossible, even when it feels that way. Sometimes we just need a helping hand, and that’s what we here at ExodusFit want to be.

“You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed, or unworthy. You were created to be victorious.”