Background & Education
Omar is the founder and owner of OM Personal Training LLC in Fairhope, AL. As Chief of Wellness for Aptus Capital Advisors, he seeks to lead team members in improving both their workplace performance and overall quality of life through health education, onsite training and use of health management resources. It is his mission to help others experience how exercise is not only a method to improving our physical health, but also a tool we can use to discover our capabilities, do more of what we love and live with greater fulfillment.
Born and raised on the Alabama Gulf Coast, Omar earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology from the University of South Alabama where he worked for the Department of Campus Recreation and served as an expedition leader for the university’s Outdoor Adventures program. He is a certified personal trainer through the American Council on Exercise, and since 2013 has worked with clients in a variety of settings ranging from cardiac rehabilitation at Infirmary Health to high-intensity interval training at Orangetheory Fitness studios. His passion for health and an active lifestyle has driven him to tackle some of our most persistent public health dilemmas through workplace wellness.