Personal Trainer · 10 years · Ottawa, Ontario
About Jackeil
I'm Jackeil Lavergne. For 10 years I've helped people lose fat, build muscle and actually enjoy the process, without extreme diets or giving up their life.
Experience
10 years in the trenches
From the gym floor to coaching clients online. Same standards, bigger reach.
- 10years of personal training
- Hundredsof clients coached
- 32.9KInstagram community
- 2020coaching online since
My path
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The gym floor
Personal trainer at GoodLife Fitness
Where I learned the job face to face: coaching real people, one session at a time, and seeing what actually works long term.
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2020
Took my coaching online
Custom programs, nutrition and check-ins delivered through an app, so clients can work with me from anywhere.
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Today
Jackeil Lifts
Hundreds of clients coached, a private community, and 32.9K people learning with me on Instagram.
At a glance
- Personal Trainer10 years of experience
- Hundreds of clients coachedAnd counting
- Former trainer, GoodLife FitnessIn-person coaching
- Online coach since 2020Ottawa, Ontario
My philosophy
Simple beats extreme
You can lose fat and build muscle at the same time. You don't need to cut out the foods you love, live on the treadmill or disappear from your social life to do it.
What you need is a plan you can repeat. Most people don't have a knowledge problem, they have a consistency problem. So I keep the fundamentals simple, make them non-negotiable, and build everything else around your life.
“Your consistency is the problem.”
- 4+Workouts a week. Lift close to failure and keep progressing.
- 8–10KSteps a day. Daily movement does the heavy lifting, not hours of cardio.
- 1 gProtein per lb of your ideal body weight, every day.
My role model: Kobe Bryant
Maximize your potential.
Leave no what-ifs.
Everyone remembers Kobe Bryant's highlights. What hooked me was everything behind them: the mindset, the work ethic, the refusal to coast. He made me realize you can always do more. Was he an anomaly? Probably. But here's how I took it: if I can bring even a fraction of his focus to whatever I'm working on, I'll succeed.
On paper, he was a pretty average athlete. He became one of the greatest ever anyway, because he got every last bit out of what he was given. He was obsessed with being the best. Maniacal, even. By the end of his career, there were no what-ifs left.
- Not the highest jumper.
- Not the biggest hands or the longest arms.
- Not a natural shooter.
- Not the fastest.
- Maxed out everything he had.
You don't need perfect genetics. You don't need to be the most talented person in the gym. You need focus, consistency, and the patience to keep chipping away, week after week. That's how you max out your potential. My job is to give you the plan and keep you on it, so you never have to wonder “what if?”
Let's work
Ready to max out your potential?
Apply for 1-on-1 coaching, or book a free 15-minute Fitness GamePlan call and we'll map out your next steps.