Team MLP (Muscle Lab Performance) started with a bang when our founder, Jay Johnson was named to Elevate Lifestyle Magazine‘s Top 30 Under 30 in Charlotte alongside the likes of Cam Newton and Webb Simpson within 6 months of starting his business. This has since been followed up by being named Best of the City by Elevate Lifestyle 16 consecutive times over 11 years for personal training with the last six years bringing awards for best nutrition coach as well.

Jay Johnson is an award-winning personal trainer, nutrition coach and founder of Team MLP / Muscle Lab Performance in Charlotte, NC. Along with 17 years of training experience, Jay is also an experienced fitness writer, with published work featured inRobert Irvine Magazine,Bodybuilding.com, GeneticWAR.com and ElevateLifestyle.com addressing issues that many of us face in the gym ranging from motivation, to exercise technique and choosing the correct foods to eat on a daily basis. You can also catch Jay onWCCB News Rising‘s “Fitness Friday” segment where you can learn new time and user-friendly ways to integrate fitness into your life, from home!

Jay integrates his one-of-a-kind training philosophies into his work, reflecting years of research and much hands-on testing in the gym. These cutting edge programming schemes aim to not only create a greater result but do so in a more user-friendly and maintainable manner. These methods have been specifically designed to accelerate the results-making process, as Jay feels that success lies within a series of adjustments that fit YOUR life.