Hidden Gems: Meet Tycho Bergquist of Inner Core Gainz

Today we’d like to introduce you to Tycho Bergquist.

Hi Tycho, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
For me, it all started with drumming. At 13 years old, I was a young teenager who didn’t enjoy structured athletic pursuits. I had tried rock climbing, white water rafting, track, soccer, Ultimate, football and basketball but nothing piqued my interest, consistently. When I landed on that drumset, I felt my body moving like a dance—four limbs coordinating and pulsing, my head bobbing to the beat and my heart feeling the entire experience. And I knew I was in my body and my mind, simultaneously—both physically and creatively.

Fifteen years later, I had a eureka moment. I had been training in the gym and realized every time I would sit back on my drum set throne, my coordination was efficient and my power was endless. I decided to teach what I had found: the key to unlocking your potential lies in the physical body, with the mind as its guide and the heart as its compass. And so, I got certified in the science-based professional ACSM fitness coaching certification. As my business grew, I also found Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and fell in love with snowboarding—two mind/body connecting sports that excited me.

Since 2011 and now in Nashville, TN, I am coaching something unique and special in the health industry. Having found my purpose, I decided on Music City as the home to my new, masterfully efficient coaching practice. Now, I coach from my dream creation: my fully self-developed and constructed Fitness Center in the Bellevue section of Nashville, 20 minutes southwest of downtown.

Every day better than the last.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Just like any entrepreneurial venture, my journey has not been linear or always easy. Almost 14 years ago, I started working two jobs in San Francisco–one at the YMCA and one at a private wellness center, while I was still a touring musician! After a year of not finding much time to sleep, I ended up applying to my dream job at another spot in the downtown area. After less than a year, that place got bought out by the juggernaut Equinox, which was not the environment in which I felt comfortable working. So, shortly thereafter I found myself as an independent contractor renting hourly at a high end gym in the southern part of the city. 6 years later, I realized my clients were missing something and hitting similar problems in not just their fitness but also their lives. This was bigger than fitness. That was when I started to incorporate something completely unique to my practice: a mind/body connection method that has been around for more than 50 years. And 3 years later, I decided to build my own Fitness Center and offer this unique-to-the-world modality in Nashville. I have been here a year now, after cutting the ribbon on October 3, 2024. Having a new brick and mortar spot just outside of downtown has lots of challenges but every second of the process is so worth it!

Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
I transform bodies! I coach busy business professionals into their dream body–permanently and in half the time. To do this and after almost 14 years in the fitness industry, I am the only fitness coach in the world to start with the foundation of neurological mind/body connection for 30 minutes and then you embody this work for the next 60 minutes with simple and fun 6 week fitness and nutrition programs. I offer this work in person at my new, self-created Private Luxury Gym in the Valley West section of Bellevue/Nashville.

This unique connection work is something that I have learned as part of the Human Potential Movement, started in the 1960’s. This was based on the concept that everyone has extraordinary untapped potential that can be fostered and therefore expressed fully for each person to express their full potential. This specific aspect of the science has a basis in subconscious clearing. Most people notice that they keep hitting the same problem in a part of their life, like, for example, their bosses keep being rude and micromanaging. Or, in relation to fitness, they keep hitting the same plateau or can’t quite perform a movement. This is most often a product of a subconscious/unconscious choice. And it is interesting to know that only 3-5% of our experience is a product of our conscious work. So all those hours and ‘deep’ desires to change often end up in the same difficulty because the rest of our experience, 95%, is running our lives! And so, I noticed how much it tied to the problems I see with my fitness clients. Once I started incorporating this work with them, they literally experienced their goals achieved twice as fast. Like, for example, I had been training a 45 year old woman for 10 years and she kept hitting plateaus. I included this work in tandem with the fitness and nutrition programs and she lost 9 pounds and 8% body fat in 6 weeks. And so, I saw it work and now have made a Fitness Center that offers this work in Nashville, intentionally, to uplevel our city’s health!

What matters most to you?
I want people to be Happy and Healthy! That is my life’s work. I like the nickname Happiness Alchemist more than Fitness Coach because at the end of the day, if someone doesn’t like moving with weights in the gym, I still want them to be happy so I will send them to yoga, calisthenics or any other fitness modality. It is not about me being the only answer. But I have been successful with people for almost 14 years so I am glad to do what I do.

And if we were all happy and healthy, can you imagine what kind of a world we would live in?!

Pricing:

• I sell in packages 10, 20 or 40
• Prices range from $200 to $225 per 90 minutes
• I also offer starter packs to experience this work and rapport before totally buying in
• 3 for the price of 1 or 6 for the price of 2

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.ICGainz.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/innercoregainz
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tycho-bergquist
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/innercoregainz5993
• Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/InnerCoreGainz