Meet Eric

World Record Holder, Inspirational Speaker, and Author

At a young age, Eric was told by his teacher that he was “A lazy little boy and would never amount to anything” before being diagnosed with attention deficit disorder. His medication suppressed his personality and Eric was ostracized by his classmates. He found his focus from martial arts and found confidence through weight training which started a passion for strength and fitness that he used to become a personal trainer before discovering a fascinating subculture of real-life superhumans that perform feats of strength as part of a live show.

These real life superhumans were like modern-day version of the classic strength acts that sold out Vaudeville theaters alongside magicians, escape artists, jugglers, fire acts, mentalists and comedians during the golden age of live entertainment. Within that community, Eric discovered the power within as New Jersey’s Superman the late Greg Matonick took him under his wing, teaching him lessons of personal achievement and helped him defy self imposed limitations to do what many consider impossible…especially since Eric is an unlikely strongman at 5’7 and 162lbs.

Eric continued his journey as a strength performer with the guidance of multiple world record holder and now world famous TikTok sensation Hairculese Chris Rider, and the two of them inspire up and coming strength performers to carry the torch.

Eric transcends simply being an inspirational or motivational speaker with a story.  He’s an entertaining and inspirational presenter as Eric merges the unique entertainment aspect of bending steel and breaking chains with the dynamic storytelling of his inspiring journey providing a different and unforgettable experience for conferences, conventions, expos, Fortune 500 companies, associations, schools, colleges, TEDx and even amazed the hardened guards at the iconic Lewisburg Penitentiary. Eric believes combining incredible feats of strength with an inspirational speech with direct applications to our lives and our careers is the single best way to change lives and that is his true purpose.

“What is thought to be impossible for you is business as usual for us.”

In addition to being an increasingly in-demand inspirational speaker, Eric also has a successful personal training business coaching a mixture of beauty pageant winners, world renowned musicians as well as “normal everyday people” and spends his time training his mind, body and spirit, getting ambushed by his cat Batman, innovating new ways of annoying his wife (but not on purpose), getting bossed around by his daughters, cooking, reading books, writing music, sipping bourbons and bourbon based cocktails, beer, wine with his wife, laughing at things he remembers out of nowhere, and trying to enjoy the moments that pass our eyes like sand in an hourglass. When it’s his time to pass he wants it to say “He lived, he loved, he changed lives.”

He will transform your event.