Don began training in the early 1980’s while studying Clinical Kinesiology in College, graduating from Cal State Hayward with a B.S. in Clinical Exercise Physiology. Collegiately he competed in Track and Field as a Nationally racked Decathlete. Quickly he learned that his skills would be better in applied else where, Team Handball. Through a ten year career Don completed on the National and International level with everything culminating with playing International in the Danish league and coaching and playing while winning a National Championship in 1991.

During the 1990’s Don managed a large multi use club in downtown Oakland. Athletically he turned all his personal experience towards training Track, Basketball, Tennis and Soccer athletes at the local and national level. Coaching for St Mary’s College HS and Acalanes HS in Track and Basketball developing several All Americans and competing and winning several NorCal Titles. He worked with the UC Berkeley tennis team as a Strength and Conditioning Coach for 5 years.

In 2000 Don co-founded The Working Body, a community based collaborative training facility which house Pilates, Personal Training, Gyrotonic, Chiropractic and Acupuncture in one space. Don had been operating his business out of The Working Body for the last 20 years until the advent of Covid caused the closure of the space.