Live Virtual 1-on-1 Personal Training

Over my career I have worked with men and women of all fitness backgrounds, whether novice or advanced, ranging from young adults to seniors in their 80's. It's never too early or too late to start!

Everyone is unique and their training program should be too! Currently I’m offering complete 3, 6, and 12 month programs in which we cover everything you need to know to get the best results possible from your fitness program.

Programs are designed using The National Acedemy of Sports Medicine's OPT Model and based on your goals, motivation, and budget.

Utilized for over 20 years with the world's top athletes, the NASM OPT™ Model, or Optimum Performance Training® Model, is a fitness training system developed by Dr. Mike Clark. Based on scientific evidence and principles, the model is highly adaptable and versatile in its application, progressing individuals through 5 distinct yet complementary training phases.

Each phase has a specific purpose and you will only cycle through phases that address your goals, skipping those that don't. For example, if you're an endurance athlete, adding 10 lbs of lean muscle mass would not likely be a goal of yours as it wouldn't improve your speed or endurance and therefore phase 3, hypertrophy, which focuses on muscle growth, would be skipped.

Below are the 5 Phases of the OPT Model:

STABILIZATION ENDURANCE - PHASE 1

Stabilization endurance training is designed to create optimal levels of stabilization strength and posture control. The primary focus when progressing in this phase is on increasing the proprioception (controlled instability) of exercises rather than just the load, in addition to increasing stability, muscular endurance, neuromuscular efficiency of the core musculature, and improving intermuscular and intramuscular coordination. While this is the first phase of training, it will also be important to cycle back through this phase of training between periods of the higher intensity training in phases 2-5 to allow proper recovery and maintenance of high levels of stability that will ensure optimal adaptations for strength, power, or both.

STRENGTH ENDURANCE - PHASE 2

Strength endurance training is a hybrid form of training that promotes increased stabilization endurance, hypertrophy, and strength. The phase entails the use of superset techniques in which a more stable exercise is immediately followed with a stabilization exercise with similar biomechanical motions. This phase generally lasts 4 weeks before progressing or cycling back to phase 1, depending on your goals.

HYPERTROPHY - PHASE 3

Hypertrophy training is specific for the adaption of maximal muscle growth, focusing on high levels of volume with minimal rest periods to force cellular changes that result in an overall increase in muscle size. This style of training can be performed by anyone, whether you're a beginner, intermediate or advanced exerciser. It is appropriate to cycle through all 3 phases regardless of your experience to avoid plateaus and over training which can lead to injury, or to progress to phase 4 or 5, depending on your goals.

MAXIMAL STRENGTH TRAINING - PHASE 4

Maximal strength training focuses on increasing the load placed on the tissues of the body and improves the recruitment of more motor units, the rate of force productions and motor unit synchronization. This style of training is performed with increased intensities and volume and typically lasts about 4 weeks before cycling back through phases 1 or 2 or progressing on to phase 5.

POWER TRAINING - PHASE 5

Power training focuses on both high force and velocity to increase power. This is accomplished by combining a strength exercise with a power exercise for each body part. By using both heavy loads with explosive movements and low resistance with a high velocity, power outputs can be enhanced.

All training is done live on Zoom via phone, tablet, or computer so you're free to workout wherever you like! Whether you're at home, at work, in a fitness center, in a hotel, the possibilities are endless! You never need to miss a workout again!

The only thing you NEED is a device to connect over zoom. The workouts themselves can be executed with whatever you have access to, including just bodyweight, dumbbells, barbells, resistance bands, machines, etc. If you don't currently own any equipment and would like to invest I can advise.