I’m Jacob, the founder of Ground Up. My journey in movement spans a lifetime. Over the past decade I’ve studied with teachers from yoga, martial arts, strength and conditioning, dance, and sport. Each discipline revealed a truth that now shapes Ground Up:

Movement is not exercise. It’s freedom. It’s language. It’s how we engage with our world.

Professionally, I’ve spent 5 years in healthcare as an Allied Health Assistant in Physiotherapy and prior to those, 7 years as a personal trainer. Across hospitals, gyms, and communities, one truth stood out: the quality of our movement defines the quality of our lives.

Ground Up exists to help people rediscover fundamental movement patterns for everyday activities, not as “workouts,” but as pathways back to strength, dignity, and freedom. Whether it’s standing from the floor, regaining balance, or stepping confidently into the world again - movement is how we reclaim our lives.