From skinny-fat engineer to coaching 2,000+ executives.
In 2011, Andrew Marsham weighed 120 lbs and had a sagging belly. He was, in his own words, "skinny fat." He started his own fitness journey — and spent the next four years making costly mistakes. Dangerous dieting strategies, wasted money on programs that didn't work, hundreds of hours running enthusiastically in the wrong direction.
Four years in, he hired a coach. He made more progress in 4 months than he had in the previous 4 years. That experience made one thing clear: the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it isn't filled by more information. It's filled by the right person, with the right system, holding you accountable.
"I made more progress in 4 months with a coach than I had in 4 years on my own. That's when I understood the power of knowledge applied with accountability."
Professionally, Andrew had started as an engineer at BAE Systems — a UK defence manufacturer. After several promotions and an honest look at his corporate future, he didn't like what he saw. In 2018, he made the decision to build his own fitness business. He spent nights and weekends gaining qualifications while working full-time, built the business over 2.5 years, and in 2020 took a leap of faith to go all-in on his passion.
He founded the High Performance Health Program and has bootstrapped the company the entire way — no investors, no outside capital. Today, the team has 18 full-time employees, including 9 dedicated coaches with more than 190 years of combined experience. They have helped over 2,000 clients since 2018.
The mission at HPH is straightforward: help busy executives get and stay healthy. Not just fitter — genuinely healthier. Heart disease, cancer, dementia, and metabolic diseases shorten lives and destroy quality of life. HPH exists to be at the front lines of preventing them, minimizing risk for clients, and even reversing early markers for those who already have health complications.