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TIGERS EYE LIFE
STOP WISHING FOR HEALTH
START CREATING IT
Health isn't just a goal—it's a skill set and an art form you practice daily.
And fitness? That's your gateway to opportunities and a life unlimited by physical constraints.
Discover how high achievers are transforming their health using principles that have guided human development for over 2,500 years.
REAL TALK: HEALTH ISN'T THE END GOAL
It's the foundation that powers everything else you want to do:
  • Leading your work team with energy and focus
  • Traveling to destinations others only dream about
  • Playing with your grandkids without worrying about your back
  • Being the teammate everyone wants to recruit for the rec league
  • Loving how you look and feel every day
ANCIENT WISDOM MEETS MODERN SCIENCE
We don't view HEALTH as a destination, but as an ongoing practice that empowers your life. Our method develops true mastery beyond rigid plans.
Break free from limitations of fatigue and physical constraints. Build a sustainable practice that evolves with you through every life stage.
"Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own." - Bruce Lee
For 2,500+ years, wisdom traditions have identified five core patterns in human change: craving quick results, avoiding discomfort, mental fatigue, overthinking, and self-doubt.
These aren't personal flaws—they're predictable patterns everyone encounters. The key is learning to work WITH them, not against them.
OUR APPROACH
Strength & Nourishment for Body and Mind
Strength
No matter your age or experience— 42 or 72, complete beginner or skilled—our guided approach to strength training makes it effective, and transformative.
Nutrition
Your nutrition goes beyond what's on your plate to include what enters your mind—create intentional "diets" to fuel both body and brain for sustainable energy.
Recovery
Transform rest from passive to purposeful- maximize restoration and build resilience for life's demands.
Precision
Calibrate to your unique needs, metabolism, and schedule—ensuring progress without overwhelm.
The Art of Energy & Strength
OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES
MASTERY: Cultivating freedom through discipline and progress for lasting success
The paradox-discipline creates liberation. When healthy practices become second nature through intentional discipline, they no longer require constant willpower. You're free to direct your energy toward what matters most.
PRECISION: Making actions intentional and impactful
It's not about doing more, it's about doing what works with purpose. Every action becomes a vote for the identity you're building.
ADAPTABILITY: Flexing with life's challenges without losing direction
Most approaches break under pressure because they're rigid by design. Our approach bends without breaking because adaptability is built into the system from the beginning.
HARMONY: Aligning health with your values and lifestyle
We believe true harmony comes from reconnecting with natural rhythms, prioritizing what truly nourishes you physically, mentally and emotionally, and creating practices that honor your unique needs and values.
COMMITMENT TO THE JOURNEY: Valuing the process, not just the result
Rather than only fixating on outcomes, we celebrate the process of daily choices, your incremental progress and the commitment to showing up for yourself-that's what ultimately creates your future.
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Energy & Strength: The Currencies of Life
In a world fixated on quick fixes, people overlook what truly matters: the currencies to power everything else.
Energy beyond the physical. The mental clarity to solve complex problems. Emotional reserves to show up fully for difficult conversations. The creative spark that generates breakthrough ideas when competitors resort to tired formulas.
Strength isn't just muscle. It's resilience to navigate setbacks without being derailed. Confidence to speak truth when silence feels safer. Fortitude to hold boundaries under pressure. The capacity to stay centered amid chaos.
Together, these holistic currencies create true freedom—not just in body, but in mind and spirit.
The Burnout Misconception
If your energy and strength are consistently low, and you've called it burnout, you might be dealing with something deeper than stress.
Beyond Just Taking Time Off
Burnout isn't just about overwhelm or emotional exhaustion. It's your metabolism crying for help.
Deeper Than Stress
When energy and strength remain consistently low, your cells may be damaged at the metabolic level.
Conventional Misses
Time off and boundaries help, but they don't repair your body's fundamental energy systems.
Metabolic Rebuild
Your body can heal through strategic strength training + targeted nutrition = cellular repair from the ground up.
Who are YOU?
The Rebuilder
You've been prioritizing everything but yourself and now it's your time.
You're ready to rebuild your health and fitness foundation. It's time and you're ready.
Your Life
You're exhausted by 3pm, spending weekends recovering from work weeks. Your health routines have become casualties of constant demands.
Age-related changes have left you feeling physically limited.
Yet you envision sustainable energy lasting all day, with strength making your daily tasks feel effortless, and confidence in your physical capabilities—allowing you to be truly present for the people who matter most.
The Mastery Seeker
You look for the next nutrition or workout plan to try.
You're driven to find the perfect approach for your goals. But sometimes you get stuck.
Your Life
You've jumped between health approaches without lasting results. You understand pieces but miss the whole picture.
You start strong but struggle with consistency. You've felt like a "special case" that typical programs don't address.
What you're searching for is deep understanding that creates lasting change, principles that adapt to your unique life, and consistency that survives life's inevitable interruptions.
The Performance Optimizer
You have consistent health practices but have a bigger goal ahead. You're looking to take your performance to the next level.
Your Life
You've got accomplishments on the horizon.
Maybe you've hit plateaus despite consistent effort. Or, you're preparing for new challenges.
You're seeking the strategic edge that makes the difference while balancing ambitious goals with a busy professional life.
Your vision includes breaking through limitations, expanding capabilities for specific adventures, and performing at levels that inspire others.
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PROGRAMS, COACHING & COMMUNITY
"When purpose is your alarm clock and health is your priority, we're ready for you." - Karen & Ryan
The Art of Energy & Strength 30-Day Experience
The perfect starting point for experiencing our approach, this 30-day immersion introduces you to the Art of Energy & Strength through practical, high-leverage strategies designed for busy professionals.
What You'll Experience: Daily emails with micro-practices requiring just 15-20 minutes, weekly live coaching calls for deeper understanding, personalized guidance tailored to your starting point, community support from fellow participants, clear frameworks that create immediate momentum. This experience does not include workouts or nutrition recommendations. It builds a solid foundation for rebuilders, increases competency for mastery seekers and accelerates outcomes for performance optimizers.
Who It's For: Professionals seeking a structured entry point to our approach, those wanting to experience our methodology before committing to ongoing practice, anyone needing a reset or fresh perspective on their health journey.
The Art of Energy & Strength: Group Strength Training
Our core program—an ongoing community rather than a program with an endpoint. Join Karen, Ryan, and fellow practitioners in ongoing strength training, mindset development, and community support.
What You'll Experience: 4x weekly live group zoom strength training sessions with Karen, recorded workouts, 1x weekly nutrition & mindset sessions, twice a month community calls for deeper implementation, daily accountability partnerships, progressive 16-20 week training cycles, form guidance and program adjustments, video tutorials, group camaraderie and support.
Who It's For: Those committed to building sustainable health practices through strength, nutrition and mindset, professionals seeking community and accountability, anyone ready to transform health from burden to foundation. You will workout from the convenience of your own space with your own equipment. We use dumbbells, bands, barbells and plates.
Membership Options: Monthly membership, 6-month Pay In Full commitment, or 12-month Pay In Full commitment
The Mastery Path: Progress In Deep Health & Fitness
For those seeking the deepest transformation, our program provides clear milestones across all domains—knowledge, attitudes, skills, aspirations, and behaviors—with recognition and celebration for advancement.
What You'll Experience: Structured weekly actions that build on each other, comprehensive coaching through each stage of development, mindset support, community recognition and celebration of advancement ensure steady progress.
Investment: Application required. 6-month commitment with monthly and pay-in-full options available.
Personal Coaching and Custom Performance Programs
Individual zoom consultations for those looking for extra support. For those with specific performance objectives or those preparing for adventures and challenges, our specialized programs provide focused guidance to break through plateaus and expand your capabilities.
What You'll Experience:
Individual Coaching: A 45-minute personalized session to get clarity on your goals, receive specialized guidance and get a custom strength training program or nutrition plan. • Master Class Series: Four-week specialized small group training (3 participants) focused on mastering specific aspects of strength and energy • Technique Intensive: One-day immersive experience focused on technical excellence in strength training (4 people maximum) • Performance Pod: Eight-week specialized small group coaching experience (2-3 people) focused on specific performance goals
Who It's For: Those preparing for specific physical challenges (hiking treks, athletic events, etc.) • Professionals who've already established consistent practices but seek optimization • Anyone ready to push beyond their current limits in targeted ways • If you are familiar with training and want that extra edge to accelerate your performance or need to tune up your approach to eating.
What our clients say
Angelicque Tucker Blackmon
Atlanta
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This is LIFE! It’s all about living. It’s more than nutrition and exercise.
Sage Trytten
Fort Collins
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In 6 months. I went from 190 pounds of fat to 175 pounds of muscle.
Paula Norbom
Minneapolis
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The payoff has been wonderful. I lost 20 pounds and am strong.
Carol DeAngelis
Pittsburgh
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I’m stronger, more agile, less anxious, and more energized.
Marsha Benedetti
Fort Collins
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You meet me where I’m at and I’ve reached big goals.
Carol Kaemmerer
Minneapolis
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This new way of life is very sustainable and exciting.
Russ Bacca
Boulder
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My sons and I got top tier training.
Jen Haislip
Fort Collins
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I had a big goal and needed help in order to accomplish it.
Jacki Reich
Philadephia
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I have a successful professional life that was costing me dearly.
Karen Atler
Fort Collins
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This is a great holistic, principled approach to wellbeing.
Barb Hooper
Durham
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I love logging on from home for a great workout-I'm now consistent!
Nancy Love
Metro Boston
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It has been nothing short of life-changing.
Jen Cohen
Boston
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I was hooked in 2 workouts. Now I can’t imagine life without them.
Jeremy Oneil
Fort Collins
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The workout & nutrition plans made me a podium competitive skier.
Kim Woods
Beverly MA
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I'm stronger, energized & seeing results without injury or exhaustion
I'm finally off the "nothing will ever work wagon."
- Actual client
What surprises our clients most?
The strength they discover—not just physical, but the confidence that comes from finally having a sustainable way of living.
MEET YOUR GUIDES
Our commitment to a quality life
What makes Tigers Eye Life truly different is how we connect tangible physical results with a fundamentally better experience of life.
When you have more energy and physical capability, your world literally expands.
Simple decisions like planning a vacation transform—suddenly more active adventures become possibilities rather than limitations.
The strength you build doesn't just change your body; it changes how you show up in relationships, careers, and even in your relationship with yourself.
This isn't just about looking good or feeling strong temporarily—it's about creating a foundation that supports everything else you want to do and be.
Our commitment to the earth
We believe humans have a deep connection to the earth and its rhythms—a connection often disrupted by modern living.
Our approach honors the wisdom of traditional practices while recognizing how modern habits—from excessive screen time to processed foods—can disrupt our natural cycles.
We guide clients in minimizing these disruptions through intentional practices that honor our innate connection to the earth's rhythms.
This is about living a healthy contemporary life in an environment meant to delight but one that is full of tripwires and diversions.
Ryan MacQueen
Co-Founder
Tigers Eye Life
Celebrating life as a new father.
Realizing his dream of a wonderful life at 38.
Karen Falkenberg
Co-Founder
Tigers Eye Life
Excited about a no-boundaries life.
Rock climbing for the first time at age 67.
The 10 Tigers Eye Life Principles
Our approach to living well.
These principles guided the development of our business and support our lives.
We look for and create joy
Happiness and growth go hand-in-hand.
It's our responsibility to add positivity.
We are perpetually curious
There's always something to learn
We engage in transformation
Embracing change leads to new possibilities
We honor and build community
Strength thrives in connection
We build and use systems
Consistency is key & systems get us there
We are intentionally disciplined
Discipline is the path to freedom
We take personal responsibility
True change begins within
We are scientific and holistic
Evidence based practices meet reverence for ancient wisdom
We design, test, and use rhythms
Aligning with natural rhythms creates balance
We make connections
Ideas to ideas, people to people, & people to ideas
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MORE ABOUT US
Ryan MacQueen
Ryan's life has been defined by his dedication to mastery. After facing personal struggles as a young adult, Ryan made a deliberate choice to reclaim his health and focus. Through disciplined practice and strategic systems, he not only transformed his own life but developed a coaching philosophy and personal identity grounded in uncovering others' potential.
He has trained hundreds of people from young competitive athletes to the elderly who need specialized support for daily life.
With expertise spanning all athletics, boxing, and strength training, Ryan brings unparalleled precision to movement and program design. His deep knowledge of physiology, neuroscience, mobility, mindset, personal development and nutrition allows him to create customized approaches that deliver extraordinary results.
Ryan's coaching philosophy, shaped by his boxing mentor's wisdom that "a great coach's responsibility is to discover and uncover another person's potential," forms the foundation of the Tigers Eye Life approach.

Always humble, incredibly gifted, and exceptionally supportive, he's creating a long, happy life with his wife, child, friends and family. He's proof that even with dire circumstances, it's possible to emerge triumphant.
Karen Falkenberg
Karen's journey embodies the transformation possible at any stage of life. From marathon runner (in the left photo below) to black belt martial artist, to a practicing health & fitness specialist, her path illustrates how evolution and adaptation create extraordinary results.
Karen faced a pivotal moment at age 61 when a car accident resulted in a concussion that required her to relearn how to walk. At the time, she was also burdened by her decade long passage through menopause without support or knowledge. So, at 61, two years after the center photo, she was heavier more metabolically compromised and weaker than ever. Her efforts at great health were failing, big time.

Three months into her rehabilitation, she stepped into a gym to heal, discovered strength training with Ryan and her life forever changed. Strength training not only restored her health but transformed her understanding of what's possible after 60.
With a background as a research engineer, educator, leadership coach and psychology professor, Karen brings analytical precision and deep empathy to her coaching. Her ability to connect with clients while creating systems for sustainable change has made her a trusted guide for women. Her own experience rebuilding her foundation makes her the perfect guide for those ready to transform their relationship with health.
Karen has expertise in mindset, personal development and learning and certifications as a Master Health Coach, and as a functional nutrition & metabolism specialist. She's led over 1,000 online group strength training sessions for clients and has found that earring missing in the third photo. She's excited to be celebrating her 68th birthday this year.
"They're like the Wizard of Oz or maybe Glinda, the Good Witch. They know that we already have everything in there, they just help us find it in ourselves."
- Member of an accountability pod
COMMUNITY
The Tigers Eye Life community isn't just a group of people who happen to work out together—it's a powerful network of like-minded professionals who elevate each other's practice and celebrate each milestone along the journey.
Connection Creates Momentum
The Tigers Eye Life community elevates your practice
Accountability That Inspires
Natural accountability through shared commitment
Momentum Through Others
Seeing others succeed expands your possibilities
Friendships That Transcend Fitness
Meaningful connections that enhance your life
Our community is designed to foster meaningful connections while respecting your time and preferences:
  • Accountability Pods: Small groups of 3-5 members who connect daily
  • Weekly Practice Sessions: Live sessions where you'll train alongside others
  • Milestone Celebrations: Formal recognition of progress and achievements
  • Community Challenges: Optional monthly challenges that create shared experiences
CONTACT
Email us: hello@tigerseyelife.com
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