Cord designed and directly supervised the fitness training program for Mrs. California 1992 in preparation for the 1993 MRS. USA. Pageant, which she won. He served as her personal trainer throughout her reign as MRS. USA. Cord has also trained numerous tennis pros from the tennis staff at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. And, he has lectured about and taught sea kayaking on both the east and west coasts.

He has lectured extensively on health and fitness throughout California and Colorado and has taught classes in certification workshops for the American College of Sports Medicine. For 23-years, Cord wrote a weekly fitness column entitled “Fit & Healthy” for the Pikes Peak Courier newspaper, which serves all of Teller County and parts of El Paso County in Colorado. He has also been published in numerous health and fitness magazines over the years.

Cord has over 40,000 hours of hands-on personal training experience working with both the physically fit and the physically challenged. He has extensive experience designing functional fitness and core conditioning programs for those who are training to improve the quality of their life. Cord has also trained professional, recreational and scholastic athletes as well as clients training for specific athletic events, such as climbing Fourteeners, the Pikes Peak Marathon and Ascent, mountain and touring cycling events and a variety of endurance contests.

Today, Cord’s interest is in – but not limited to – designing and implementing programs for Pre-Surgery and Post-Rehab joint replacement clients as well as clients with auto-immune disorders, chronic pain and movement issues. He has worked with numerous clients over the years with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Chemical Sensitivity, Epstein Barr, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Myasthenia Gravis, Diabetes and Cancer.

Cord prides himself in being conservative in his training approach and interactive while training his clients. He is dedicated to educating his clients in the arena of health and fitness and living a healthy lifestyle. Cord is passionate in his pursuit of continuing education to ensure that his clients have access to the very latest health and fitness information and expertise. He sees his job as a personal trainer as designing, implementing and motivating his clients in safe and effective client-specific fitness programs.

Cord, his wife Lizzie and their dog Annie Fanny relocated from the mountains of Colorado to Bigfork on May 1, 2020. When asked “How are you doing,” his immediate response is “I woke up today in Montana, so I’m good.”