Carlos Monge’s fitness knowledge is a result of 30 years of personal training as well as managing and owning gyms. 

The last 10 years have been spent training clients in Ahwatukee and the Ahwatukee Foothills.

His career began in El Paso, Texas where he not only helped people reach their fitness goals, but also competed as a ‘natural’ (drug-free) body builder.   
He has also coached and trained clients in body building and fitness competitions.

Carlos has been certified through the Baylor Sports Medicine Institute in Post Rehabilitative Training and Pre/Post Natal Personal Training. 

With more than 3 decades of experience, Carlos is able to develop safe exercise programs for his clients to improve their physical appearance and health while increasing their energy, self-confidence and overall wellness.

Carlos has had clients as young at 14 and as young-at-heart, as 76.  Other clients include professional athletes, working professionals, stay-at-home moms and retirees.

Carlos opened the doors to Body by Design in the Ahwatukee Foothills in February of 2006 after training clients at the Foothills Athletic Club for 3 years.

Carlos has been married for 11 years to Stephanie Sandoval, TV Personality who has been Host of Sonoran Living Live on ABC15  and 10pm Anchor at  Fox10 News. She has lived in Arizona more than half her life, graduating from Corona del Sol in Tempe. 

Carlos is a 51 year old husband and father to their sons Landon~ in 2nd Grade and Ryker who was born in July of 2010.   Carlos and his family attend The Grove Bible Church in Gilbert and live in Southeast Chandler.

In his downtime, Carlos enjoys watching MotoGP Motorcycle racing, catching a movie or playing with his boys.  

EXERCISE:
Body by Design believes in a overall wellness approach to personal training.  This includes strength training, flexibilty, cardiovascular, rope training and functional training through a mind to muscle approach.  We also implement the components of movement, which are rotations, push/pull, mass movers and speed/slow movements.  These are part of the equation to achieving longevity.

NUTRITION:
We believe without proper nutrition you can not achieve long-term success in your fitness program.  We don't believe in a "magic pill" or quick fixes but do believe the right program can result in quick weight loss. Our nutritional plan includes  lean protein, low to moderate healthy carbohydrates, a healthy amount of vegetables and supplementation consumed over the course of 5-6 small meals a day.  Proper nutrition accounts for 60 - 70% of achieving your fitness goals. 

Supplementation includes protein powder, Pana-C315 and Udo's Oil all available for purchase in our studio for clients and anyone interested quality, safe and effective products.  

We also incorporate a 21 DAY JUMP START.  This is monitored natural weight-loss program where you can lose up to 6 pounds in the first week.  We show you how to use natural and whole foods to transform your body and begin your weight-loss and fitness program.  

MOTIVATION:
We believe the strength of your motivation determines how successful you will be in reaching your fitness goals.  We will help keep you motivated through through a variety of methods.  Among them, varying workouts weekly to create muscle confusion and prevent boredom, accountability through email and text and support from an amazing group of clients all striving for similar wellness goals. 


Body by Design also believes in tracking your progress through the use of a Body Age machine.  This system analyzes the age your body is functioning at and compared it with your chronological age. 


Lastly, we are firm believers in sacrifice, discipline, determination and self-control and we work with you to help you reach your fitness goals.