Whether you are an elite athlete trying to take your game to the next level, or a middle-aged woman or man looking to lose some weight, you must be willing to make a commitment to healthy living. Healthy living involves performing the proper types of activities, consuming the proper types of foods, hydrating sufficiently, getting sufficient amounts of quality sleep, and managing stress in a healthy way. Healthy living allows you to enjoy everything that life has to offer.  Healthy living will decrease your risk of disease and allow you to optimize your health and performance. 

The types of activities that are most beneficial to healthy living depend on the goals and fitness level of each client. Programs must be designed specifically based on the strengths and needs of the individual. Regardless of the individual, functional, multi-joint movements (squats, deadlifts, etc.) are the foundation of any good training program. The program must include progressive overload to elicit a response from the body. Gradually increasing the weight/reps/sets/time under tension and/or decreasing the rest between sets are some general ways to ensure progressive overload. The traditional approach of training a specific group of muscles, for a specific amount of reps, using the same specific movements, for a specific amount of time each week is NOT an optimal way to improve health and performance. Your program must have measurable results which can be looked at to determine whether or not you are accomplishing your goals. After every training session you should have plenty of data recorded to show the work that has been performed. Constantly monitoring this data and adjusting as needed is the best way to ensure progress.

Regardless of how good a program is, or how hard you work, the most important attribute of achieving goals is consistency. Greatness does not happen overnight! Another very important aspect is learning to be comfortable with discomfort. If you stop every time it gets uncomfortable, you will never achieve your goals.

Training Philosophy has been developed over a number of years of personal experiences and education through McMaster University, Medaille College, Can-Fit-Pro, CrossFit, Functional Range Systems, National Coaching Certification Program, and Twist Conditioning.