About

their story

Two Engineers Balancing Life and Work

Ryan and Alex began experimenting with their nutrition, fitness, mindfulness, and relationship years before Ryan and Alex Duo Life was founded in 2017. 

Both materials science engineers, Ryan and Alex met at work in 2010. They dove headfirst into the corporate grind, working their way up the corporate ladder, and switching companies to get the best raises. After a 3-year stint working abroad in China, they returned to the US in 2015 with new promotions in sales (for Ryan) and business management (for Alex). They felt like they had finally made it. 

Yet, something was off, and nobody could tell them what it was.

From the outside, everything seemed perfect for Ryan. Ryan, who had become a health coach in 2013 as a side gig, was more successful than ever at work while still maintaining his six-pack abs. However, he started experiencing weird symptoms of fatigue, dizziness, and bizarre allergic-type reactions.

When he brought up his concerns to doctors, they were always dismissed because he was so seemingly healthy.

That’s when it hit them: they needed to take their health into their own hands. Ryan and Alex didn’t want to hear from doctors a simple, “All looks fine!” at the end of their annual physicals. They wanted to learn what was coming down the road and what they could do to be as healthy as they could be. And, it was apparent that Ryan wasn’t fine.

Ryan and Alex began researching the latest scientific papers, experimenting with their diet and fitness and requested additional blood work, mineral tests, and hormone tests to be performed. Ryan saw sleep doctors, general practitioners, and even a holistic chiropractor and clinical kinesiologist.

Finally, the truth was uncovered: chronic sleep deprivation and burnout had severely affected Ryan’s hormone and mineral levels, including halving his testosterone to a level typical of a 60-year-old (Ryan was 28).

After this brutal wake-up call, in late-2017 and now newly married, Ryan and Alex decided to leave their corporate jobs. They founded Ryan and Alex Duo Life to refocus on their health journey while helping and sharing with other couples along the way.

As engineers, their goal is to keep things simple, accessible, multi-functional, and efficient. Ryan and Alex have since built up a toolbox that have helped tens of thousands of couples get back on track with workouts, nutrition, personal development, and stronger relationships.

Their Mission

Ryan and Alex don’t claim to have all the answers, but as engineers, they’re always optimizing and striving for continuous improvement. They believe that health is often overcomplicated and that science and data are a strong motivator for habit formation. What they learn along the way, they share and hope that you’ll find it useful too.

Ryan and Alex have come to recognize five main themes:

• Accountability and a supportive environment are the keys to lasting habit changes
• Nutrition is the game-changer while fitness is for maintaining
• Life and marriage is better when you commit to living in sync
• Trust the process for longterm, sustainable progress
• Life is best lived when in a healthy body and a healthy state of mind, together

Why Work with Couples?

Throughout their years working in fitness and nutrition, they received the same question over and over again:

“How do I get my spouse to workout with me?”

Their programs for couples have grown heaps and bounds as more couples look for answers on how to lead a healthy life together. There are few health mentors available who focus so openly on the well-being of the couple, something integral to our happiness but also our health. Ryan and Alex rely on each other to create long-lasting, healthy habits, and help other couples learn to do the same. 

“Our mission is to help couples like you engineer a life you love with the love of your life.”