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The first session is a fitness assessment and it will be the easiest “workout” you ever do. We’ll discuss goals, injury history, relevant health history, training history, etc. and then typically we will work through a series of 4-7 exercises to get a baseline which will inform the program that will be written for you. This day is not indicative of what your training will look like.
Tons and it’s free. You can park on either side of the building.
There is a door on each side of the building that leads to the gym. If you are parking on the ‘Madison’ side then walk back down the driveway until you come to the large brown bay door and open the man-door set within it. If you are parking on the ‘Florham Park’ side then open the door with the overhang, walk to the end of the short hall and open the last door on your right. In both cases watch your step as there is a lip. Members using the gym outside of personal training hours access the gym via a smart lock on the Madison side using either their smartphone or their fingerprint.
6am-3/4:15pm depending on the day Monday thru Friday.
One hour.
For general fitness purposes: three, with workouts spaced 48-72 hours apart. Note this does /not/ necessarily mean with a trainer. One or two of these days can certainly be executed on your own if appropriate and desired. If three times per week is not doable then two is better than one and one is infinitely better than none. Lifting weights four-plus times per week is great if it aligns with your goals, preferences and recovery ability but three times per week is the max for personal training.
TBD! You are an individual and your training needs to be individualized. The workout split, exercise selection, sets, reps, etc. are the nuts and bolts but there are innumerable considerations beyond these that must be factored in for your training to be enjoyable and effective.
Yes! From broad strokes to weighing food and counting macros we are prepared to go as deep on this topic as our clients care to.
Yes! The majority of people involved with the gym on the personal training side as well as on the membership side are women. -3/1/26
Barbells and collars, plates, racks and benches. Dumbbells 5-90. A high/low pulley for Lat Pulldowns, Triceps Pushdowns, etc. Dip bars. Some specialty bars. A full-size deadlift jack. Bands and Chains. Belts. Boxes. Some other odds and ends. No machines and no cardio equipment.
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Yes! As anyone currently using these medications will be aware it is vitally important to be engaged in regular strength training and we are happy to meet that need, although we do encourage new clients to appropriately transition away from them.
We currently have two bathrooms which serve as changing rooms, one of which may eventually get a shower. We also have a good sized office that will eventually be made nice and probably pull double duty as a locker room. -3/1/26
Quickbooks auto pay set to recur based on your training frequency. Unused sessions roll over and do not expire. Strict 24 hour cancellation/rescheduling policy. No refunds. Session count is tracked at the top of a shared training log.
You would need to commit to at least 10 sessions based on your training frequency. One-off sessions are only available to existing clients who are home on break or new clients who are coming in on referral to address a specific issue, e.g. help with their squat form. If you can’t commit to the minimum then you are not ready to make a change in the context of personal training and that one session is not a good use of your money and my time.
Possibly. The answer to this question depends on a variety of factors including your preference. If there are other people using the gym during your session they will not interfere with your training in any way.
This idea has kept an untold number of people from ever getting off the starting line. In all my many long years as a trainer I have never once thought to myself Wow this guy! What a nance! Or Wow this lady is huge! Rose City Strength is a judgment free zone (but we don’t have any pizza parties, unfortunately). We match the training to your ability and help you move forward.
Yes! The solo work will be written out in explicit detail in a shared training log (separate from the normal log) and we will talk about it regularly.