Personal Training
The best way I can possibly help you reach your fitness goals is through Personal Training. By seeing a client weekly, I learn how their body moves, their strengths, and their weaknesses. This allows me to maximize the personalization of their program and its progressions toward their goals. I can teach the client more frequently about proper form as well the science behind their programming, speeding up their progress both physically and intellectually. Personal Training is how I make clients into independent fitness enthusiasts.
My Approach to Training
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Programming
Necessary to lay out the most effective plan of action for the individual and their goals. Each goal (fitness adaptation) has its own nuances, perspectives, and methods. Each individual has their own fitness experience, genetics, schedule, and circumstances. My job is to bring these variables together to get the individual to their goals and adapt the program as the individual, or their goals, change.
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Execution
Necessary to milk the program of its benefits and results. This is both your adherence to the quantity of the programming variables as well as the literal execution of your exercises down to joint angle and tempo. I cannot overstate the importance of form for any and all fitness goals/adaptations. In the majority of cases, and particularly for strength, muscle growth, and mobility, I find a client needs more adjustment on their form rather than their volume or intensity to break a plateau.
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Education
Necessary for the growth of the client beyond reaching their immediate fitness goal. The adaptation you seek has a set of methods with roots in the foundational sciences of anatomy, biomechanics, physiology, nutrition, etc. Your program should be based on one or more of these methods. In the pursuit of your immediate goals, I aim to educate you on their programming approaches and overall philosophy to turn you into a more advanced client.
You’re reading this now because you have one major goal, and I want to get you there. More than that, I want to get you to the next goal. I want you to reach the one you have now and then ask yourself “what next?” I want you to do that again and again until fitness is an engrained part of your lifestyle and you’re more than just healthy, but you perform. I like to make athletes and fitness enthusiasts, so if progress over the long-term interests you, let’s schedule a consultation.
The Proccess
Consultation
Everyone gets a free 1hr coaching consultation. Upon scheduling, you’ll fill out a brief questionnaire that provides me with baseline information about you, your lifestyle, your fitness level/experience, goals, etc. I use this information to bolster my questions and notes during our consultation, where I dig deeper to find everything I need for your programming. At the end of the call we discuss my services and which, if any, would work best for you in reaching your goals.
If by the end of the consultation you’re interested in personal training, you have a few options moving forward. Option 1 is buying your first session for less than half-price, or $69. This allows you to test out training and the gym we’d be working at. I’ll prepare one day of your program to go through with you so you can get a feel for my approach. At the end of that session, we’ll set you up with a package if you decide to move forward. Option 2, if you’re super-excited and ready to go after the consultation, is to jump straight to a package of sessions. Larger packages are cheaper per session, prices here. If you decide to purchase a package while on your consultation call you’ll receive 1 free session. This option is no longer available after the consultation call.
If you choose either of these options, at the end of your consultation I put all or part of your program into writing to present at your first session and digitally share with you upon purchase of your first package. If you choose the half-price first session option but decide to not continue with training, your program can be made available to you if you continue with Remote Coaching.
The Proccess
Programming
Fitness programming is shared through TrueCoach. After it is written you will receive an email invitation to the platform to set up your account and download the mobile app. Your program is assigned via a calendar, with each training day coinciding with a date. The app allows you to mark workouts as “complete” each day, allowing for a record of accountability. If you miss a training day on its assigned date, you can still go into past workouts and complete it if you made it up. Individual exercises within each workout also should be marked as “complete”, and results can be entered to communicate changes in reps, sets, rest, weight, etc. to the coach. This helps keep the progressions of the program accurate, since I likely won’t see you for every training day. Using these features, the client can access and follow the program via the app while communicating completion and performance to the coach virtually for their independent workouts.
To receive free programming through the process above, a client must see me a minimum of 1 in-person session per week. Otherwise, training would have to be combined with one of my other services to receive access to the program and TrueCoach.
Training Locations
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At Your Home
If your home/apartment building has a gym, and you live south of 34th, I can come to you! You enjoy a reduced price ($110/hr) because I don’t need to pay a gym fee, but we might be limited by the available equipment. We’ll need to discuss your experience and goals, as well as the gym equipment, before moving forward with this option.
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Independent Trainer Spot (Union Sq)
3 E 17th Street, New York, NY 10003
Small gym with an intimate vibe and brand new equipment located one block west of Union Square. If you generally prefer privacy during your training, this is a good option for you.
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Independent Training Spot (28th)
1 E 28th St, New York, NY 10016
Slightly larger and more popular than the Union Square location, ITS 28th has a bit more energy. It’s still a training-only gym, but we’ll often be joined by other trainers and there clients in the space.
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Solace New York
38 E 32nd St, New York, NY 10016
Larger gym with ample free weights and functional equipment. This is a serious but welcoming gym with a strong community that offers memberships as well as a place for trainers to train their clients. Enjoy discounted rates ($100/hr) if you get a membership.
Personal Training Includes
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The number of 1hr in-person sessions you purchased in your package. Access during those sessions to 1 of 3 high-quality gyms in the Manhattan area, chosen based on client’s location, goals, experience, and preferences.
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Education on the what, how, and why of your programming each and every session (form, approach, anatomy, biomechanics, etc.).
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Personalized fitness program access via the TrueCoach software and app.
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Program updates when necessary based on in-session performance and client feedback.
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Phasic progression of fitness program to reach successive goals over time, usually every 4-8 weeks. Re-assessments when necessary.
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Full access to me via text and email for questions and advice.
Client Results
Frequently Asked Questions
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All my clients get access to the Acuity Scheduling App. From here you can manage your packages of sessions and purchase, schedule, reschedule, or cancel them. We will put your sessions on a recurring schedule that we agree on, which can be changed as needed from the app. I get notifications of all these changes, but still communicate them to me via text/in-person.
All clients must schedule an in-person session at minimum 1x per week when purchasing packages. There are, of course, exceptions for vacations, holidays, emergencies, etc., but it is expected that missed sessions generally be rescheduled and made up as best as possible within the same week or month. Clients who cannot reliably maintain a schedule and training frequency will forfeit their saved spots on my calendar and will need to confirm their schedule week by week. I maintain the right to cease training a client if any scheduling issues come up that prevent me from adequately providing my services or present an excessive strain on my ability to maintain a normal work schedule.
Its requested that clients give me a “heads up” whenever they plan on being away for over a week. The rule of thumb is the number of days you’re going away is the number of days heads up I would prefer, so if you’re gone for 2 weeks give me 2 weeks notice. This namely refers to vacations, not emergencies or last-minute work or family responsibilities. This lets me know how many sessions I’ll be doing throughout the month, but also gives us a chance to schedule makeup sessions and make a plan to keep you on track while on vacation.
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Cancellations within 24hrs of the scheduled session time will incur a $50 cancellation fee. Same-day (date) cancellations will incur the loss of 1 session from your inventory but not incur the $50 cancellation fee.
Ex: If your scheduled session is Wednesday at 5pm:
a) You can cancel for free until Tuesday at 4:59pm.
b) You incur a $50 fee if you cancel from Tuesday 5:00pm to 11:59pm.
c) You forfeit the session, but do not incur a fee, if you cancel on Wednesday.
In some cases I might allow the session to be rescheduled into later in the week or month. This depends on the circumstances and timing of your cancellation, as well as how it has affected my commute/schedule/etc. That rescheduled session cannot be rescheduled again and will be lost if it is not completed. It also cannot replace another session and must be stacked on top of your normal schedule.
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My clients receive my cellphone number so they can reach me quickly if needed. I encourage clients to reach out with fitness, program, or nutrition related questions throughout the day and I 'will respond as soon as I am able. Scheduling, rescheduling, and cancellations can all be communicated via text and I will almost certainly see it quicker. However, it is recommended to also send an email covering cancellations, vacations, rescheduling a few weeks or months out, or anything else you would like to keep a record of.
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