Catalyst helps you see what is getting in the way, find the next step, and get the right level of support to take it. Start with a free conversation. Leave with a next step.
Workshops & Trainings
Hands-on workshops and trainings in mobility, recovery and human performance. This schedule is kept current; finished sessions move to the archive below.
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Registration links, pricing and capacity are posted here as each date is confirmed. Email Justin to hear first.
Pilot
Tuesdays in November · 6:30–7:30 AM
Meet at Coffee Cycle, run to the cliffs, and return to Coffee Cycle. An easy, social start to the day for every pace. Introduced as a pilot community activity; meeting details are confirmed before each run.
Count me inInterested in working together?
The calendar shows the in-person activities currently being planned. Want personalized coaching, small-group training, a workshop for your team, or another way to work together? Catalyst coordinates offerings around your goals, schedule and needs.
Start a conversationWhy Catalyst
People usually hold more of the solution than they realize. What limits progress may be the person, the environment, the system around them, or the way those things interact. Catalyst makes those conditions visible and turns insight into practical action.
Context before correction. Capacity before expectation. Action before perfection.
How Catalyst works
Three questions, in order. Understand the conditions, understand the person inside them, then find the smallest action that changes the trajectory.
01 · Environment
Time, money, access, equipment, relationships, work demands, logistics, resources and support.
02 · Personal
Values, priorities, goals, physical capacity, resilience, habits, knowledge, recovery and bandwidth.
03 · Application
Define the outcome, identify controllables, reduce friction, leverage strengths, sequence priorities, test the minimum effective dose.
Start here · two-month pilot
Money should change the scale of support, not whether you can leave with direction. This is a pilot: pricing, services and structure will evolve based on what is useful, sustainable, and actually helps people move forward.
A simple conversation about where you want to go, what may be getting in the way, and what your next step could be. No obligation, no pressure.
Know your next step? Go take it. Catalyst did its job. Not yet? Keep going.
A deeper conversation plus a simple written plan using the Catalyst lens: Environment → Personal → Application. Your roadmap may include priorities, practical next steps, resources, or referrals. Take the plan and run with it.
Want help putting the plan into action? Build support below.
Ongoing help implementing the roadmap: coaching, performance programming, education, wearables, resilience strategies, consulting, or other support within scope. Larger or recurring support is scoped together.
If the best next step needs expertise outside Catalyst, we help identify and connect you with a trusted practitioner or resource. Practitioner services are priced independently.
Payments are handled securely by Stripe in Catalyst Performance Solutions' own account. Contributions and session fees are not refundable once a roadmap or session has been delivered.
Services
You don't have to diagnose what you need. Start the conversation and we'll work out which of these fits, whether Catalyst delivers it directly, works alongside a practitioner, or points you to one.
Strength and conditioning, performance training, exercise and movement education, physical readiness.
Wearable education, trend interpretation, training and recovery applications, journaling and behavior experiments.
General dietary education, evidence translation and behavior support. Individualized medical nutrition is referred to a registered dietitian.
Sleep education, recovery practices, environmental and behavioral strategies, wearable-informed reflection.
Mindfulness, mindful movement, stress-management education, resilience skills and downregulation practices. Clinical mental-health needs are referred appropriately.
Lectures, seminars, workshops, practical sessions, presentations, curriculum, team and intern education.
Needs assessment, program development, implementation support, workforce wellness, analysis of operational barriers and resources.
Population integration, stakeholder engagement, surveys, interviews, qualitative information, field observation and program feedback.
Identify the expertise you need, locate trusted practitioners and resources, facilitate the connection, clarify the next step.
For individuals
Clarity, performance, resilience, or a practical path toward something that matters to you. Also for entrepreneurs and high-performing professionals trying to sustain output without letting stress and workload turn maladaptive.
For organizations
Workshops, consulting, field engagement, needs assessment, education, program development and team services. A practitioner who can enter the population, establish trust, gather useful information and translate it into action.
Our Work
Workshops already delivered. More projects, collaborations and outcomes are added as they happen.
About
Justin is an exercise physiologist and a wildland firefighter, which is an unusual pair of things to be and exactly why Catalyst works the way it does.
The through-line of his work is human performance for people who work hard in hard places: hotshot crews, first responders, students and veterans. He translates research into practical, evidence-informed action, teaches and speaks on health and readiness, builds programs from concept to delivery, and makes decisions in high-consequence environments where clear thinking matters.
Catalyst Yoga is the other half of that work: recovery, steadiness and mindful movement instead of output. The community sessions at Ocean Beach Veterans Plaza are donation-based with live music. He describes himself as a dirtbag helping other dirtbags, which is about the right tone for it.
Scope, plainly. Catalyst delivers services within demonstrated education, training and experience, stays involved when a qualified practitioner provides a specialized component, and refers out when the primary need falls outside scope. Catalyst education and consulting does not replace medical, mental-health, nutrition or other licensed professional care when that care is indicated.
Before you start
The first two months are about learning which problems people bring, which services they value, and what a roadmap is worth to them. Pricing and structure will change as we learn.
Conversations, roadmaps, sessions and yoga events are confirmed per request rather than published on a calendar. Tell us the window you have in mind and we'll come back with what's workable.
We can't give medical advice. Clinical or high-risk concerns are directed to appropriately licensed professionals. If you're working with an injury, a pregnancy or a health condition, check with your clinician first and tell us so the plan accounts for it.
Beach and cliff sessions can move indoors or online if conditions turn. We confirm the plan ahead of the session, not on the day.
Contact
Say what you're working toward and roughly what's in the way. Email goes straight to Justin, and he answers personally.
No automated intake. Send a message and Justin responds himself, then you'll find time together if a call makes sense.
