If a client is training once a week, I charge $40 an hour.   If they come two or three times a week, my basic plan is $105 for the week or $35 an hour.   For those wishing my best price, I have a package deal where you pay for 36 sessions up front which brings the price down to $30 an hour.   That's 36 sessions for only $1,080 dollars for those sessions.   I also have an online plan which has a base price of $300 a week using an interactive program between me and my client.   This allows you to train off-site while I can give you guidance through the platform.   Please contact me with any questions.

I design everything around the client’s goals. In general I like to train a client 2 or 3 times a week at my gym and expect them to do cardio off sight on their own time.   This saves them money, and allows for results. Still, everything is individual so this can change depending upon the clients goals.

 I am a Master Trainer with certifications as a Fitness Trainer, Strength and Conditioning Coach, Specialist in Fitness Nutrition, Bodybuilding Trainer, Specialist in Exercise Therapy, Certified Health Coach, Youth Fitness Trainer, and Tactical Conditioning Trainer through the International Sports Sciences Association.    I am also a certified Strength Trainer through Nautilus and a Physical Fitness Specialist through the Ohio Police Officer Training Academy.  I was the Lead Fitness Instructor for the University of Akron's Law Enforcement Training Center from 2000- 2008.  I started training police officer's in 1995 and have been training people of all ages for over 29 years.  I have a private studio in Kent where I train client's one on one.   I design all of my programs around the client's goals.   Many trainers are certified to train adults in fitness, but I am also certified to help with those under 18 as well as to help you with your diet and to help those that need post rehab physical fitness as well as those needing tactical fitness training to either pass the fitness test to get itnto or pass the police/fire or annual military fitness standards.

Fitness has always been a necessity in everything I did, and do.    I was a high school and college athlete. Afterward, I became a police officer, and of course fitness was a necessity there as well.   When I got into SWAT, it was again a requirement.   As a trainer, I cannot ask my clients to do something I am not willing to do myself, and finally as a SCUBA diver, it is necessary to be fit to be in the underwater environment!  Simply put, fitness allows you to ENJOY life, instead of simply living it!   I guess the answer is that I always needed to be fit and want to share what I have with others.

I train my clients according to their individual needs.   I have had people that strive for weight loss, to build muscle and many other personal reasons.   I have helped those work around injuries, those up to 80 years and under 18 and even those with diseases such as MS.   The importance is to design a fitness and health program around the individual.   Finally I have helped those with tactical fitness needs such as police officers and those in the military.

I am a Master Trainer and have been training others for 30 years now.   I am certified to train many different populations.   I know very few other trainers with my experience that who have been training others as long as I have in these areas!

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE A CUSTOMER LOOKING TO HIRE A TRAINER IN YOUR AREA OF WORK?

When choosing a personal trainer, experience and knowledge is everything.   Simply put someone that has been training people for as long as I have and with a multifaceted background in a variety of fitness areas will be someone that can get you the results that you want.   Look around at other trainers, and it will be hard to find someone with the assets I have to offer.

What are your goals.   I don't mean simple goals, but more refined ones.   Getting into shape can mean many things.   Ask yourself what "getting into shape" means to you.   Does it mean running a marathon or being able to bench press 300 lbs.   How a trainer designs the plan is based upon the input YOU give them!   Tell the trainer specifically that you want to lose weight, gain muscle, have a better sprint time or whatever YOUR specific goal is.   That is key to your success!   A trainer can only help you if they know specifically what your fitness goal is!