What Makes Darwin Fitness Different?
First, we are concentrated: we offer nothing but personal training and nutrition coaching (no classes, no memberships). We are fully specialized in a personalized approach to fitness and coaching. We’re good at what we do, and we don’t try to do anything else.
The second differentiating factor is our scale. We are resourceful. Most truly valuable one-on-one training specialists work independently. Darwin Fitness operates as a real team of 8 coaches under one roof. This allows us to combine diverse skills and experience in areas such as injury rehabilitation, nutrition, geriatric training, and running, etc.. all for the benefit of our clients. Our size also ensures continuity of service, with trainer coverage available during vacations or absences.
What Core Strengths Define Your Value Proposition As A Fitness Company?
We want our trainees to choose us for what we truly offer: our ability to help them define and structure their fitness goals, our expertise in designing comprehensive programs to achieve those goals, and our leadership in guiding them throughout the journey.
At Darwin Fitness, we aim to stand apart from the aggressive sales tactics still common in the fitness industry. That’s why we always offer a complimentary one-hour assessment before any commitment from a prospective client.
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Why Did You Become A Personal Trainer?
You can get the same reward from a 70 year old lady realizing that she can climb her stairs without any problem that you get coaching a 7 year old who just scored his first goal in a soccer match. That’s the kind of fuel I need to be happy in my professional life. I use all my knowledge, dedication and capacities to motivate my trainees in order to enjoy their positive feedback.
Can You Tell Us About Your Personal Training Approach?
There are at least 5 key points in my mind. To start, dedication and professionalism are core values. Especially in this business which suffers from the excess of amateurism of many self-called ‘personal trainers’.
You structure a training program for a young athlete or for an individual looking to drop 60 pounds with the same sense of detail. Then I will definitely mention planning. Knowing where we start from with an assessment, set a realistic goal and actions to accomplish in a specific time frame. No results without a vision.
What else do you put in your essentials list?
All actions needed to take in order to reach a fitness goal must be progressive. You learn how to walk before you run, don’t you? The gradual approach is not only critical in terms of exercise load it’s as important when you want to build better eating habits. This idea makes so much sense to me that the link with Darwin’s evolution theory became THE evidence when I decided to launch my brand.
After hundreds and hundreds of hours spent in many different gyms in Florida I will also definitely describe my way to use cardio-training as one of my specificities. In my opinion most of the US trainers don’t put cardio in its place. This component is at least as essential as resistance training and should be managed and supervised by the fitness professional. It is very rarely the case. There is as much science behind cardio training as there is behind resistance training. Big mistakes can be made and optimization needs a lot of knowledge. I emphasize and really coach cardio. It’s part of my sport and more generally European culture. I claim it!
You mentioned 5 key points, what is the 5th?
Enjoy! Let’s have fun. Exercise is not a punishment and a good personal trainer must do his best to make each session a pleasant experience. I learned that from my experience in youth personal training but it gives very good results with adults too.
Last important question: how do we get to Darwin Fitness from Maitland?
Maitland is where Darwin Fitness was born, the community that shaped our philosophy and the place that I proudly call home. It holds a deep meaning for us, so when our growth made it necessary to move into a larger, more functional space, we were committed to staying close to our roots. And since most of our current clients live in Maitland, we knew we owed it to them to relocate in a very nearby area.
Our new studio at 2250 Lee Road in Winter Park is only about a five-minute drive from the heart of Maitland. Easy as can be, you simply head south toward Lee Road, continue west, and you’ll arrive right at our doorstep.
Darwin Fitness Offers Top Ranked Personal Training to the Maitland Community Since 2012
