Training with Dan has become an essential part of my daily life, and has forever changed my fitness journey and my outlook on movement, fitness, and health for the better.
I started training with Dan in August of 2022, and in our first two months, I did not pick up a single weight. We focused entirely on re-learning basic functional movement patterns and establishing a strong mind and muscle connection using only body weight. I was shocked at how grueling the workouts were given that we did not utilize any added weight or resistance.
I was looking for a personal trainer with fitness goals primarily oriented around aesthetics and seeing more plates get added onto to my barbell. In the past, while chasing these goals on my own, I constantly ran into programming fatigue, and the only thing consistent about my fitness journey was how often I would plateau. Any time I would try and push past these plateaus, I would be knocked off my journey all together by injury.
With Dan as my trainer, my goals for and outlook on my fitness journey have dramatically changed. Dan has inspired and educated me to prioritize and to value moving well and having a strong connection to all the muscles involved in moving well. Functional movement and biomechanics drive my fitness goals and journey, while aesthetics and max weight have become secondary - but funny enough, now I'm seeing my aesthetic goals and max weights improve more than they ever did than when they were my primary goals.
Needless to say, with a strong foundation built with Dan's guidance and expertise coupled with Dan doing all the work programming my workouts and holding me accountable, I have been able to find new driving principles and passions in fitness, and I have been able to watch my goals consistently compound.
Fitness and movement aside, Dan has a strong awareness and grasp of a person's overall health and how to effectively use his training method to support their personal journey. This speaks to how personalized each client's programming is under Dan's guidance. I started a new position at work in January of 2023, and the stress caused me to lose a lot of weight and have trouble sleeping. When made aware of this significant lifestyle change, Dan immediately adjusted our program, incorporated breathing exercises and scaled back the intensity of weights and duration of cardio in a calculated way to provide much needed support to my nervous system. This taught me that fitness is not a linear progression, but it is an awareness of and an adaptation to the stressors that occur in all of our lives.
Dan runs an incredible fitness operation, and I hope my personal experience highlights the value of his service and of the community he's created. Train with Dan - it's what you've been looking for, trust me. read more