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About
I would say that what makes my service stand out is my commitment to developing my clients' toolkits for lifelong fitness: I wouldn't just give you a workout program to do without explaining the reasoning behind it --- unless you want me to :D.
I feel that living fit helps not only ourselves, but the people around us that we love and care about. That's why I'm all about teaching my clients techniques and concepts they can use for the rest of their lives, regardless of whether or not they have access to a trainer or a gym. Accordingly, I tend to focus a lot on bodyweight training modalities that a client can use in any setting (at the gym, at home, or in a park, etc) to attain any goal (weightloss, muscle building, strength gain, etc.?).
My goal is to ultimately teach my clients what they need to know in order to not only not need me one day, but to be able to help others as well.
Spread the health!
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Frequently asked questions
What is your typical process for working with a new student?
Signing up for "personal" training means signing up for a program that is personalized to the student. When you sign up with me, you can expect our first session -and even parts of our first few sessions- to be based on assessing where you currently are:
Do you have any muscular compensations that are altering or limiting your movement patterns?
What are your current limits in balance, stabilization, work capacity, strength, and power?
If you're interested in weightloss or weight gain, what are your current measurements? What is your weight and what is your body composition? (bodyfat percentage compared to lean muscle).
What are your goals? Is it to gain strength? Mobility? Flexibility? Coordination? Tone or lose weight?
As we collect answers to these questions, we can begin to build an exercise program that is specifically tailored to you, and this is what makes personal training different from most group fitness or online training programs. Personalizing a fitness program helps us to better understand how and how far we can push you in order to achieve results the exact results you are looking for in a manner that is not only time efficient, but lasting.
What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I am certified as a personal trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM-CPT). In addition, I hold certifications as a Corrective Exercise Specialist (NASM-CES), Stretching and Flexibility Coach (NASM-SFC) and Nutrition Coach (NASM-NC).
My training background is largely centered in bodyweight exercise modalities such as Yoga and Calisthenics. I strongly believe that these training methods can enable anyone to work more fitness into their lives regardless of whether or not they have time to make it to the gym, and this is what most of my clients sign up with me to learn more about.
Do you have a standard pricing system for your lessons? If so, please share the details here.
How did you get started teaching?
Teaching and advocating for health must be a part of who I am, because long before I was a trainer, I was - you guessed it - a teacher!
Beyond that, I've been blessed to have worked in several fields from IT on to sales, construction, and more.
In each of these settings I was able to see and experience the tolls that these different lifestyles can have on one's health and fitness. So, even before I was a teacher, I was becoming the unofficial advocate for health in every workplace-- trying to help my co-workers face each day with less pain and more energy.
What types of students have you worked with?
I've worked with all shapes, sizes, genders, and age ranges! I've worked with young teens to get ready for their highschool sports, octagenarians to improve their strength and mobility, clients with spinal injuries strengthen and bulletproof their cores, clients with knee injuries reprogram their legs and hips, cancer survivors to become full on BEASTS, college students to improve their training knowledge, nurses to lose weight, yogathletes to improve their headstands/handstands, tech-workers to rehabilitate from the office routines, and more.
Describe a recent event you are fond of.
This is just.... the best:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/us/politics/woman-green-berets-army.html
What advice would you give a student looking to hire a teacher in your area of expertise?
When it comes to training and fitness, look for a teacher who has things to say about measuring progress.
Many people get stuck in their training not always because they don't know what to train, but usually because they don't know how to measure progress.
In bodyweight strength training, this is a key issue: Measuring progress isn't always as easy as taking note of how much weight you add to a bar (because in bodyweight training, there aren't any weights to add!) Rather, one needs to know how to measure and progress through varying positions of mechanical disadvantage, and this is an artform in itself practiced by all bodyweight instructors from your local yoga instructor to your olympic gymnastics coach.
What questions should students think through before talking to teachers about their needs?
Do you have any "specific" goals? I.e. Do you want to lose weight, or do you want to lose 30 lbs?
Do you want to improve your mobility, or do you want to achieve Box-Splits on the floor?
Typically, the more specific the goal, the more specific our training regimens will be.
However, if you prefer, open and less specific goals can be a great way to explore possibilities over time.