How Does Our System Work?
Searching for a personal training facility, or Coach, to help you work on yourself can create both excitement and anxiety. It is no doubt an investment, and most people aren’t always sure what to expect or even what questions to ask. We have spent over 25 years ironing out a system that provides new clients with the best opportunity to make an informed decision and to experience our services with a limited initial commitment. Understanding this process will provide a framework to help you know what to look for when you’re shopping around. Here’s how it works.
Step 1: Free Initial Consultation
A consultation is our way of saying “getting to know you.” You will get the opportunity to meet with us and discuss what you’re looking for in a Personal Trainer/Coach. We will ask about your past exercise experiences, injuries, overall health, and current goals.
Next, we will guide a discussion to determine if we are the right fit for each other. For example, if you are simply interested in a “quick fix” then we might NOT be the right facility for you. And that’s okay! We want to enjoy our clients as much as you want to enjoy working with us! If a mutual decision is made to get started, we will schedule you for an assessment.
Before the end of your consultation, you will receive a health history questionnaire to complete and bring with you to your assessment. This document is designed to provide us with basic contact information, medical and lifestyle history, and anything else we’ll need to know to help keep you safe during exercise.
Step 2: Assessment
An assessment is an appointment designed to allow us to collect information essential to developing your roadmap for success. During the session, a coach will review your health history and goals, then have you perform a variety of screening drills designed to help us formulate a plan for you.
It is essential that we collect as much information as possible regarding past injuries, current physical symptoms, limitations in movement, imbalances, and more. Don’t worry, you won’t even break a sweat. We find it more valuable to learn how well you move than how hard you can work.
The information gained will help us select exercises and modifications that best fit your body and allow us the ability to progress you quickly. The entire appointment will take about 40-minutes, after which we will schedule your first training session.
Step 3: Your First Session
You may be nervous, anxious, or simply ecstatic when you arrive. Come in, drop off your keys and leave your worries at the door. You will be greeted by our coaching staff who will show you where to find your program and escort you onto the training floor. On your chart you’ll see pertinent data to help the coaching team, such as your goals, your warm-ups, and your exercise plan. The coaches will then take you through your program, helping you every step of the way. We are here to ensure your success.
During your time here, you will learn how to document your progress to help the coaching staff ensure you’re moving forward from week to week. We encourage consistent communication with your coaches. They need to know if exercises are too easy, too hard, or just right. With any movement you’re asked to do, if something doesn’t feel right, please let us know right away so we can fix it.
At the end of your session you will simply drop your program at the front desk and head home. The next day, you’ll receive an email asking how you feel and if you have any comments, questions or concerns. This is YOUR experience and we want to make sure we are addressing your needs.
Step 4: Your InBody
If losing fat, gaining muscle, or just working on your health span is one of your goals, we strongly encourage you to schedule an InBody test during your first week with us. For more information about the InBody, click HERE. This is the make and model we have at the gym.
We made the investment in this machine because it provides a valid repeatable gauge of your lean muscle tissue and body fat percentage. Some clients prefer not to do the test and that’s okay.
Step 5: Meeting with the Dietitian
We have friends over at Downingtown Nutrition and Anderson Nutrition so you will have access to a registered dietitian who can help you with your weight loss goals, menu planning or chronic disease management. We will all work together to develop a strategic plan based on YOUR goals and YOUR lifestyle. You’ll learn the science behind food and will investigate the reasons WHY you eat the way you eat. Best of all, both of these firms accept most major health insurance providers and most plans grant access to 6 annual visits to see a dietitian.
Step 6: Meat and Potatoes
Over the next three weeks, you will move through your program with progressions and modifications to meet your needs. You may not completely understand how to read your chart or know your hamstrings from your quadriceps, and that’s okay. We will continue teaching you, so you start to feel in control of your body and your exercises.
Step 7: Committing to Yourself
Once you begin your fourth week, we will reach out to determine whether your introductory month was an experience you’d like to continue. We offer you our membership options based on how many times a week you’d like to work with us.
At the completion of each month, we will email you a Program Review Card which allows you to express your likes, dislikes, discuss any new goals, identify new aches and pains, and make sure you’re receiving the support you deserve. This also gives you an opportunity to schedule an InBody or meeting with the dietitian if you have questions or concerns.
Remember, this is YOUR journey and you deserve a Training Facility that caters to your needs. We may or may not be the right fit for you, but we are certainly happy to help you find the right fit.
Click HERE to schedule your FREE Strategy Session.