OUR FOUNDERS
John Fontana is the Co-Founder of Fit 4 Kids. John's passion for exercise and fitness started young at age 15 when his parents got him a gym membership for his birthday. Ever since then, John has spent 5-6 days every week in the gym, taking group fitness classes, and participating in various fitness and wellness programs. John also has experience as a Personal Trainer at Crunch Fitness.
For the past 11 years, Coach John has been the owner-operator of another children's enrichment program called Bricks 4 Kidz. Bricks 4 Kidz teaches children ages 5-14 science, technology, engineering, math, the arts, teamwork, organization, and many other important life skills using LEGO bricks. Over the last 11 years, John and his Bricks 4 Kidz team have run after school programs, camps, workshops, team building activities, birthday parties, and field trips all over Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco Counties, and currently runs programs in over 70 schools in the Greater Tampa Bay Area.
John's passion for working with kids also started at age 15, when he had his first job as a summer counselor at the Brandon Swim and Tennis Club, a job for which he worked at for 3 summers. This passion continued when he became a Big Brother in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay Program in 2011. In 2014, John started the Bricks 4 Kidz program in Tampa Bay, and has been a part of working with the children of the Greater Tampa Bay Area ever since.
John is a Tampa native and a graduate of Jesuit High School, and earned his Undergraduate and Master's degrees at the University of Florida. He currently resides in the Tampa Bay Area with his wife Amanda and his twin daughters Lydia and Lena.
John is excited to be able to partner with Coach Cap and help kickstart a lifetime of healthy habits and fitness for the youth of Tampa Bay!
Ryan Caporice, known to most as Coach Cap, is the Co-Founder and Mastermind behind Fit 4 Kids. A lifelong athlete and passionate coach, Ryan’s fitness journey began early through competitive sports and evolved into a calling to empower others—especially youth—through movement, discipline, and mindset. He currently coaches at F45 Training in West Brandon and at CAMP Tampa.
Coach Cap is the founder of Making Time Count (MTC), a personal development and fitness brand rooted in consistency, self-accountability, and purposeful living. He’s a certified mobility instructor, personal trainer, and macro-nutrition coach who blends fitness with mental growth.
Over the past decade, he’s coached clients of all ages through transformative online programs and fitness challenges. His impact is felt in both physical results and personal breakthroughs.
Born and raised in Tampa, Ryan is a proud 2010 graduate of Jesuit High School. He went on to play professional baseball in the Atlantic League and later earned his Master’s Degree in Psychology from Nova Southeastern University. For the past five years, he coached youth fitness and enrichment programs in South Florida, bringing the same energy and values that now fuel Fit 4 Kids.
Now back in his hometown, Coach Cap is proud to partner with John Fontana to launch Fit 4 Kids and spark a lifelong love of fitness in the youth of Tampa Bay.