Dr. Mark Adams - Founder

11 years of higher education and 3 advanced degrees—blended with salt of the earth Midwestern roots, Dr. Mark’s education and experiences give him one of most specialized backgrounds for teaching about nutrition and healthy living. A Harvard graduate, former athlete and personal trainer with a master's in exercise & sport science and a Naturopathic physician focusing on whole body health, Dr. Mark founded onvo to help guide people toward healthy living. Dr. Mark does offer limited space to work personally with private clients, with priority given to Get Lean Get Healthy alumni. 
 
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Dr. Mark has spent his life exploring and living his passion — health and wellness. As the youngest child of five growing up in small town in Indiana, his Midwest roots stay with him to this day. His parents provided a strong example of the importance of faith, family, hard work and community leadership.
 
Like any good Hoosier, basketball runs in his blood, but Mark chose to play football at Harvard University. While at Harvard, he also completed the Boston Marathon (’92 and ’93). In the summer of 1992, Mark’s interest in health was intensified after his father suffered a near-fatal heart attack at age 57, after no apparent medical concerns.
 
After receiving his undergraduate degree in psychology in 1994, Mark went on to study at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, where he focused on peak performance and graduated with a Masters of Science degree in Exercise and Sport Science in 1996. While in graduate school, he also worked as an Athletic Conditioning Coach and Personal Trainer before moving to Washington in 1998 to attend naturopathic medical school at Bastyr University. Along with his clinical training at Bastyr in disease diagnosis and treatment, he continued his study in the health and fitness field and worked at local clubs including Bellevue Club.
  
These experiences sharpened his insights into health and wellness, both in theory and practice. He began to believe that within every human being lies an athlete—and that no matter who we are and what we do—each day is about performance. From a fascination with athletic performance grew a passion for life performance and Dr. Mark began to question the factors that most influence how people live and the often misguided manner in which people try to improve health. He came to a significant conclusion: health is just another word for life. Through his research and practical experience, he concluded that the only way to achieve health (or to live) is to focus first on the broader picture; hence the future premise of onvo whole body health.
 
Dr. Mark has been invited to lecture at a corporate level and his writing has included the creation and implementation of effective strategies to address key issues related to fitness, performance, nutrition and optimal health. In 2004 he started a company called ProActive Health Solutions in Bellevue which was an integrative health service that managed personalized strategies for better health. He created a 28-day nutrition program which was to become the basis for the onvo flagship nourishment program: Get Lean Get Healthy. ProActive Health Solutions later formed the foundation for onvo whole body health which was founded in 2005.