When I first came to see Craig for a consultation, I told him that I was still interviewing other trainers too before making a final decision: not only did he agree with what I was doing, he actually told me what to look for!
A bit about me: I was an avid runner and a hard core cyclist, with two tours under my belt and a half marathon on the way, plus ballet on top of all that. Unfortunately, there was only so much fitness improvement I could gain on my own time: I was in a plateau for the last year and was getting more and more frustrated at the lack of results. I didn't feel challenged anymore and I was spending WAY too much time at the gym. With no structure, doing random exercises, I certainly didn't feel as strong as I felt I should've been given the energy I was putting into it.
On my first workout with Craig, I could barely bench press 45lbs and my pushups were really quite terrible - cyclists tend to be lower body dominate. Craig created a program for me that really focused in on my trouble areas so that I could achieve my goals. Now, 8 weeks later at the time of this writing, I am lifting 85lbs, with the weight still increasing with nearly every session, and this was all from just seeing him only once a week! My already great cardio is now really REALLY efficient, and continues to get better every week. As for my pushups, I can't believe I ever thought they were hard.
Craig is an excellent coach: he really knows when to push your abilities and how much so you can get to the next level, but he'll never push you so hard that you end up hating exercise. If there's one thing that I've really taken away from him, it's that "resting" is just as important as "working." My upper body strength has seen such a huge improvement in such a short period of time, and I can't thank him enough. If you're looking for a mentor to get back into shape, Craig is unbelievably patient and absolutely will get you results you're looking for. If you're already in excellent shape like I was but are looking for that challenge, don't worry, Craig can definitely provide that! I highly recommend his services.
Plus he's a really fun guy to be around.
Lee Gellatly
Piano Teacher, Vancouver read more