Meet Your Coach
About Richard Ortiz
At 55 years old, Richard Ortiz isn’t teaching a lifestyle he once lived—he’s living it every day.
For more than 30 years, Richard has dedicated his life to health, fitness, nutrition, and helping others become the strongest version of themselves. Throughout his career, he has worked in multiple areas of the health and wellness industry, including owning and operating a successful healthy meal preparation company for five years, helping clients develop sustainable nutrition habits that supported long-term health and body composition goals.
Today, Richard is the founder of Richard Ortiz Coaching and owner of OC LAB, where he helps men and women improve their health, transform their physiques, and create lifestyles that support long-term success. His coaching combines fitness, nutrition, recovery, accountability, and wellness strategies into a simple system designed to produce real, sustainable results.
Richard has helped hundreds of individuals—from busy professionals and entrepreneurs to parents, first responders, and adults over 40—lose body fat, build lean muscle, improve energy levels, and regain confidence. While physical transformation is often what brings people to him, Richard believes true transformation goes much deeper than appearance alone.
His coaching philosophy is built on three foundational pillars:
Develop strength, resilience, and a body capable of performing at a high level.
Prioritize recovery, sleep, stress management, and lifestyle habits that support long-term health.
Use accountability, nutrition, wellness strategies, and performance-based habits to help individuals become the best version of themselves.
Together, these principles form the foundation of the PHAS3 System:
Train. Recover. Optimize.
Beyond fitness, Richard’s life is deeply rooted in his faith. As a follower of Jesus Christ, he believes that our bodies are gifts from God and that taking care of our physical, mental, and spiritual health is an important part of living with purpose. His faith influences the way he serves others—with integrity, compassion, encouragement, and a genuine desire to help people grow not only physically, but as individuals.
Richard understands firsthand the challenges of balancing family, business, health, and life’s responsibilities. He believes that discipline, consistency, faith, and personal accountability are the keys to creating lasting change.
His mission is simple:
Whether your goal is fat loss, muscle gain, increased energy, improved health markers, or simply feeling like yourself again, Richard is committed to helping you reach your next level.
Train. Recover. Optimize.
Welcome to the Next Level.
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” — The Epistle to the Philippians 4:13