Your life has outgrown your capacity.
Most programs fix a problem or change how you look. Few ask what your body can actually do for the life you want.
Functional Medicine
Physique Training
FitSpan
Takes you from unhealthy to healthy.
Gets you stronger and leaner.
Builds the capacity to do what you love, better and longer.
A 90-day FitSpan group coaching program held April-June 2026
THE FITSPAN METHOD
Test
Train
Track
Retest
Pre, mid and post testing gives you measurable progress, not guesses.
Built on your physiology, lifestyle and goals. Work through weaknesses, not around them.
Wearable data analysis and monitoring keeps training and recovery precise.
We measure again, adjust, and your own data proves what moved.
We've developed a better way:
All-Day Endurance
Multi-Day Stamina
Energized Travel
Everyday Agility
Hike all day with your brother and still have energy left for dinner.
Ski 5 consecutive days and stay strong without feeling wrecked by day 3.
Run a 3-day intensive business trip and return home with your fitness completely intact.
Get on the floor to play with your kids and get right back up without a second thought.
We don't train for fitness.
We train for what fitness allows us to do.
Analyze → Prioritize → Optimize → Revise
How FitSpan Coaching Works
Week 0 · Baseline
Weeks 1-12 · BUILD
Weeks 13-24 · PERFORM
Weeks 25-26 · PROVE
Testing, Wearable Data analysis and kickoff call with Dr. Donovan
Aerobic base, strength foundation, and making the Minimum week automatic. Midpoint retest at week 12.
Stronger and fitter under fatigue, with training increasingly specific to your goal and a rehearsal before the real thing.
Final retest, your before-and-after report, and the next goal.
What's Included
FitSpan Assessment
Individualized Training Plan
Weekly Coaching
Know exactly where you stand across engine, strength, endurance, movement and recovery. Retested at Month 3 and 6.
Custom programming built around your goals, schedule, and equipment. Open your app and execute without guessing.
Individual 30-minute calls and group calls in a dedicated pod of men like you.
Custom Nutrition Plan
Wearable Analysis
Travel Adaptation
Exclusive Access
Clear protein targets, training fuel, and direct travel playbooks for restaurants and alcohol.
We only track actionable wearable metrics instead of burying you in useless dashboards.
Hotel room sessions, time-crunched variations, and targeted preparation for heavy work weeks.
Priority access to future FitSpan program iterations, elite retreats, and live events.
WHY DR. MICHAEL?
I don't prescribe workouts and track your macros.
I build a system around your unique physiology and life.
I'm Michael Donovan - PhD physiologist, Performance Coach and Founder of FitSpan. I spent 6 years at the NIH and 15 years in health promotion and employee wellness. I've been a competitive soccer referee for 30+ years and a competitive endurance athlete and CrossFitter since 2007.
I look at how strength, aerobic fitness, nutrition, sleep and stress interact to build sustainable high-performance capacity.
THE INVESTMENT
About $1,000 a month for a PhD physiologist who tests you, builds your plan, adjusts it when life breaks it and shows you the proof at the end.
$6,000
Paid in full for 6 months
$1,100
monthly for 6 months
LIMITED TO 20 members · Cohort starts January 2027 · Applications close mid- December OR WHEN IT'S FULL
This is for you if:
It is not for you if:
You're successful and know your physical capacity has slipped.
You want a 3 month physique transformation.
You want measurable progress, not vague wellness advice.
You mainly want to lose 10-15 pounds for an event.
Work, travel or family make a rigid plan fail.
You want a library of generic workouts.
You want to stay capable of hard, fun things for decades.
You don't want precision testing, tailored programming and one-on-one check-ins.
Don't guess. Measure it.