Personal Training
The meat and potatoes of what we do at SKT.
You may have been working out your whole life, but have you begun to train?
Training is a painstaking process, and we pride ourselves on learning through a pedagogically sound system. In the words of one long time student, we “work from the inside out.”
This work is both intellectual and physical—it’s not enough to know, and it’s not enough to do.
You need to feel.
Alan cleared his LDL after 5 years of cardio and sports not doing the trick, and made physique/mobility changes he never thought possible. Read his story here.
We Are Vehemently Against:
-sweating as much as possible for the sake of burning calories, despite whatever damage you’re wreaking on your musculoskeletal system
-pushing past pain in the name of “finishing the workout” or aesthetics
-doing collegiate-level movements without meeting fundamental mobility/strength pre-requisties
-quick fixes and unrealistic expectations
-zoning out at the gym
-random workouts
We Champion Our Principles of Training:
-Learning in every session
-Changing movement patterns by understanding pre-requisite mobility and compensatory actions
-Asking questions, showing up for the process, and mindful connection with the self
-Being frustrated while staying on the path
-Finding goal movements that inspire you to dig deep, session after session, to systematically improve on by increasing range of motion and weighted progress
-Working at an appropriate level: once mastering the basics, working hard, sweating, and pushing is embraced. It’s simply done the right way.
Our students are people who’ve worked out for their entire lives but never quite knew which muscle was doing what; when, or why it mattered. People who have pushed really hard (or too hard) in CrossFit, and people who haven’t pushed hard enough in yoga and Pilates.
Aesthetics are their secondary or tertiary goal—they’ve come to SKT to learn, not to be fitness models. As the time goes by though, they do find they end up being happy with the way they look.
We hear them say, “I can see my arm muscles more than ever before! I feel my stomach is tightening up, I’m starting to even see those top abs!” But that isn’t and wasn’t their primary goal. Rather, they’re training to take a hike with more joy, play their sport better, and play with their kids more easily. They’re training to get stronger and more resilient for whatever life throws at them.
Their goals run the gamut of functionality, but every day they all show up to learn more and do better.
delve deeper into our philosophy:
HIIT (high intensity interval training) vs HIT (highly intense training)