Welcome

Choosing a personal trainer can be a very difficult task. The first thing you want to ask the trainer is if he or she is certified through an accredited certification company. ACSM, ACE, and the NSCA are three of the most reputable certifying agencies out there. These three organizations use a professional independent company to proctor all there exams. There are many certification company's that will allow you to take an online test from the convenience of your own home. I have been certified through ACE since 2004, and I will graduate from UWF in December of 2008 with my bachelor's degree in Exercise Science.

I have been training clients for 6 years and I firmly believe in the progressive overload principle. This is where you consistently increase the weight once the client reaches a point where he or she can lift the current weight with ease. For a client that is trying to lose bodyfat and tone up I keep the rep range between 8 and 12 reps. According to the American College of Sports Medicine this is the ideal  range to shed bodyfat and add lean muscle.

The way I instill progressive overload with my clients is keeping track of every single workout with a personalized training log, where I record every weight and rep my client does. This way I can adjust their weight on a consistent basis since I know how much weight they can safely handle. I believe logging your progress is crucial to reaching your fitness goals.

Another service I offer is nutritional consultation. I will sit down with a client and figure their caloric needs based on a formula that calculates their Resting Metabolic Rate. This number represents the amount of calories you need to consume each day to maintain your current bodyweight. I have a computer program that will track my clients daily caloric intake, including a breakdown of their consumption of protein, carbohydrates, and fat. I will compare their intake to the Recommended Dietary Allowances and make suggestions from there. I am not a dietician so writing a specific diet for someone is out of my scope of practice. I do have a contract with a dietician who works in Pensacola that puts together meal plans for my clients.  If you have any other fitness questions please contact me here.

Why Do I Need A Personal Trainer?

1. Motivation and Accountability Are you ever tempted to "blow off" your workouts? Are you ever tempted to sleep one more hour instead of getting up for an early morning workout? Are you just too tired after you get home from work? When you do cardio, do you ever quit early even though you know you could keep going a few more minutes? When you work out with weights, do you sometimes give up even though you know you have a few more reps in you? If so, a personal trainer is the answer. Being accountable to someone is one of the biggest secrets of motivation. Even if you're self-motivated, we GUARANTEE you'll push yourself harder when someone is looking over your shoulder during a training session or when you have to report your results to a coach every week.

2. Information and Knowledge Diet and exercise are confusing subjects. Everywhere you look - on TV, in magazines, on the Internet- you are bombarded with conflicting advice. If you tried to sort through all this information by trial and error, it could take years - or you might NEVER figure it out! Instead, you could learn from a pro who has devoted his or her entire life to fitness and has mastered the art of helping other people transform their physiques. Keeping up with current research, training methods and nutritional science is a full time job. That's what professional trainers and coaches do and that's why you need one.

3. Injury Prevention Getting hurt is a real bummer. Just when you seem to be making progress, your back, shoulder or knee "blows out." Then you start to slide backwards. It's depressing and discouraging. The good news is that by learning proper form and technique from a coach, you can avoid 99.9% of painful, time-wasting training injuries.