Katya Gorbacheva TotalBodyLab Strength Coaching

Fantastic experience: As a vegan weightlifter, it’s tough to find someone who has the same perspective on training, diet/nutrition, and self-care that I need in order to be the best version of myself. I found Katya through her work in the vegan fitness community, and was impressed immediately by her strength, values, and kindness. When I decided to set my sights on competitive powerlifting, I knew that Katya would be the best person to guide me, and she has exceeded my expectations. Katya developed a training program that allowed me to work out at home, using the equipment I already have. She provided a diet strategy that has helped me to increase my strength and grow the muscle I need to lift heavy (yes, this is possible as a vegan!). The Total Body Lab app makes executing the workouts and diet plans super easy, and keeps me in touch with Katya on a daily basis. Katya does a great job analyzing my lifting technique and providing recommendations on how to improve. She’s direct, but kind, which is the perfect combination to have in a coach. She also shows empathy when things come up, or I’m not at my best, understanding that we are all human. I look forward to working with Katya in the coming months as she helps me grow as an athlete and human being!

Fantastic experience: Katya Gorbacheva loves her field and it shows in her dedication to client. My daughter took some individualized classes with her and enjoyed her time working out.

Fantastic experience: Katya's Total Body Lab along with Alexei is an indeed unique experience. They will adjust their coaching to your lifestyle for the most optimal experience and success. Their communication is flawless and they will not skip a beat. Just ensure you have a reliable means of communication, i.e. wifi/data, paid phone bill, etc. Definitely recommend Total Body Lab if you want to above the norm!

Fantastic experience: Katya is the best! She's worked with me on my goals as if I am her only client and created a program that fits my needs. 10/10

Fantastic experience: I have been working with Katya for 4 months. I have noticed in increase in strength for sure, what I was orignally looking for was a weight loss, but have achieved both. More importantly I learned that I feel more accomplished with becoming a stronger person. This is probably the first time in my life that have valued my strength as a measurement of achievement in physical health than just a lower number on a scale. I have really struggled with strength training on my own, and have had a hard time lifting my son, he is now 4 years old, but this month I noticed I can easily lift my son. I am so incredibly grateful

Fantastic experience: Great Fitness Coach

Fantastic experience: Katya is an incredible trainer and human! As a physical therapist, I love working with her and she has a great eye for movement and biomechanics of big lifts. As her client, she’s taken into consideration my limitations and how I want to be trained. She additionally clearly explains how to do each exercise and tailors everything to me. I cannot say enough good things about Katya as a trainer!!

Fantastic experience: I met Katya during my studying period, when I was not in shape and unhealthy eating junk food all day. She got me back on track, starting with a healthier lifestyle including nutrition tips and my body endurance and strength got a lot better. I'm so glad that I met you, really a life changer! The best couch and person I know. Thank you!

Fantastic experience: Started working with Katya about 2 months ago. She’s very good at figuring out the client’s strengths and weaknesses and ensuring that we stay balanced. It’s very easy to focus on what you are good at and what you like when you train without a coach. That won’t happen if you work with Katya. If you want to make some changes/ improvements in your life, give her a try. Remember that means you are going to have to make some changes in your life! If you keep doing the same thing you’ll keep getting the same results. Change isn’t easy, but Katya will meet you where you are and support you and guide you. I approached Katya with a very specific lifting goal in mind and she put together a literally world-class team with expertise specific to my goal to help coach me. At the end of one month, I had blasted past my previous PR by 15 pounds. Whether your goal is to simply lose some weight and get a little more fit or to become a national-class competitive athlete, trust her process and reap the rewards.

Fantastic experience: Working with Katya has been a life changing experience and all for the better. Total Body Lab is just that- a total plan for health and fitness that just makes so much sense and works. It’s like anything else, you have to be committed and you get out of it what you put into it. But once you get with the program (both literally and figuratively) you see how many other areas of your life are impacted by what you eat or don’t eat and by how you do or don’t take care of your body, and then it all just “clicks”. Katya is there with you every step of the way providing invaluable knowledge, support and care. I have exceeded the progress I expected and could not have done this without Katya.

Fantastic experience: Reduced cholesterol numbers by 17% in 2 months! I’m a working father in his 40s with high cholesterol who only wanted to do home workouts. I chose Katya because of her previous experience lowering her patients’ cholesterol. It wasn’t easy, but after 2 months, I lowered my total cholesterol from 230 to 190 mg/dL (also, unintentionally lost 7 pounds in the process too)! If you want to lower your cholesterol (and are committed to a point where you’re willing to give up eating meat), then Katya is the trainer for you!

Fantastic experience: I am incredibly grateful to have met Katya and to have had the opportunity to work so closely with her. For me, The main goal of lifting weights was to relieve stress, and becoming leaner is a side benefit that would be nice but is less important to me. I found Katya‘s website when I was looking for somebody to be an overall fitness coach for me, to be honest I wasn’t even sure what I was looking for. All I knew is that I was extremely stressed out and having high anxiety due to a high conflict custody battle. Katya has become so much more than a trainer to me, she has become a friend. She is tough on me when I need to push my body harder in order to reach a level that will relieve anxiety, but yet she has a soft spot in her heart filled with compassion when sometimes I need to just break down and cry. I have actually decided to invest in training with Katya almost every day and it has been life-changing. Nothing in my personal situation has changed, however after five weeks of working out with Katya and powerlifting regularly, I can see my personal situation through more relaxed lenses. I am stronger on the outside and I feel stronger on the inside. I am less scared. I am less fearful. I am Mama Bear now. Thank you Katya for being who you are and for caring so much. I look forward to many more months of positivity and outer and inner strength❤️

Fantastic experience: I've started powerlifting roughly 3 years ago and unfortunately went through a phase for over a year in which I couldn't escape from plateaus without proper guidance. I've tried researching on my own, imitated what other elite-level lifters were presenting, and despite all my efforts found myself reverting back to my old habits. And at the end of 2020, after failing to lift what I've wanted for all of my lifts during my self-planned attempts to hit my PRs, I've finally decided to give it a go with Katya and Alexei to discover my true potential in hopes of being slightly better at what I truly love to do. What I didn't expect was how I was able to not only gain strength but also drop a few pounds throughout my first 3 months of training. For strength training, Alexei has been providing me with strength training programs which at first looked quite challenging but turned out to be not only very engaging and motivating but also very helpful in correcting form. The programs are by no means easy because each workout really makes me push my limits slowly and gradually while making me stick to the very core stuff. For nutrition, Katya has introduced me to her nutrition program that was not only easy to follow but also very effective - I have found out and learned a lot of knowledge regarding eating and experience weight loss / gain, along with recipes and macro plans that are quite easy and affordable to follow. Also worth mentioning is that both Alexei and Katya constantly cares for you to prevent injury while guiding through your fitness plan, whether it be losing weight, gaining muscle, increasing strength, or even simply having a healthier life. All I did was follow programs and nutritional plans and they showed results (which is still ongoing) I've hardly expected before - they really work not only because they're solid with "sticking to the basics and core stuff" but also because both Alexei and Katya really care for you. The app and website are also pretty useful for keeping track of your fitness plans. Overall - highly recommend, and I mean really highly recommend.

Fantastic experience: Positive: Professionalism

Fantastic experience: Добрый день всем.Хочу рассказать о своих достижениях..Благодаря рекомендациям по питанию и тренировкам от персонального тренера Кати я похудела на 3кг 900грамм за 30 дней.Питание дается мне не тяжело,а тренировки с усилиями,но Катя всегда идет навстречу и заменяет упражнения на приемлимые.Надеюсь правильное питание и физические упражнения станут моим образом жизни очень надолго.Спасибо Катя

Fantastic experience: Loved the program and the team!

Fantastic experience: I worked with Katya and Cage on a several-month-long training program. They are both kind people who are quick to adapt your program to changing needs (both in terms of exercise and diet), and Katya especially is a strong leader and actively engages with everyone in the Total Body Lab program. I've had trainers before who were okay, but not nearly as committed to the progress and happiness of their clients as Katya is. I highly recommend Total Body Lab for people of all sizes and skill levels looking to make a lifestyle change!

Fantastic experience: Positive: Communication , Professionalism Great trainer and training program. Excellent communication, motivation and feedback.

Fantastic experience: I’ve been working with Katya since July 2021. My initial goal was to improve my overall health, while constantly working at the front of computer. Another reason was to restore physical strength after two pregnancies and increase my energy level after COVID. So far, just for 3 months of working with Katya once a week personally and via app at home/gym, I feel myself as before pregnancy mode - high level of energy, more strength and lost 8lb, and NO back/shoulders pain… My VO2max after COVID dropped down significantly from 38 to 30, with Katya I was able to move it up to 36 and moving toward. I enjoy working with Katya, as she is very professional, flexible with nutrition preferences, the routine of doing exercise is not boring, as she always can adjust it based on your lifestyle. I would highly recommend Katya to everyone who is looking to improve their eating habits, overall health and appearance, crash that “plateaus effect” and stress in everyday life, to find that “balance” between work/family responsibilities and doing something for yourself! BIG THANK YOU to Katya! I really found what I was looking for myself!

Fantastic experience: Both Katya and Angela are phenomenal trainers. I was a complete newbie. I had not the first clue as to what I was doing. They listened to my goals, wrote customized plans that worked for me, and answered the many many questions I had. If you are not local to the Durham area, don't worry. Neither am I, but I did this all virtually and it is super effective!! I videoed myself lifting and they were able to correct my form. And the beauty of this is that you can train on your own schedule as opposed to trying to match schedules with your trainer. There are so many more great things I could say about them, but I will end with this. They are really fun people to get to know, and they will make it like you are working out with a friend -but a friend who happens to know a whole lot about fitness, lifting, and nutrition!

Fantastic experience: TotalBodyLab is a model for an individualized and holistic approach to fitness planning! Katya dedicates herself to the success and well-being of each of her clients--from beginners to elite level athletes--and develops customized, challenging, and (most-importantly) fun plans to help them achieve their fitness goals. She is a deeply knowledgeable trainer who will encourage you to push past your comfort zone. After just a few sessions, she completely revamped my deadlift and bench press form, enabling me to push past a weight-lifting performance plateau. Furthermore, she has created a broad network of trainers and an integrated mobile app, providing easy access both to your training plans and TotalBodyLab’s accountability community. Give TBL a try if you want to get to your next fitness level!

Fantastic experience: Katya is a great friend and trainer - I recommend her for anyone looking to make a change in their plans for wellness!

Fantastic experience: Knowledgeable, patient, and extremely accommodating - I’d recommend Katya to anyone looking for a no-BS approach to achieving their fitness goals! In particular, she specializes in working to dismantle the arbitrary goals we set for ourselves (numbers on the scale) in favor of better metrics (how energetic do you feel).

Fantastic experience: It would be impossible to count all the ways that TotalBodyLab helped me with. Not only Katya, who I trained with, is fantastic at her job as a trainer/ coach but she has also proven herself to be a loving and caring person. Thank you for being there for me when I needed and giving me an inspiration in what I wanted to achieve. I would recommend TotalBodyLab to anyone who is looking to fulfill their goals.

Fantastic experience: Lost a lot of weight (30 lbs), gained muscle, and greatly enjoyed working out with TBL!

Fantastic experience: Positive: Communication , Professionalism , Quality Katya is a great personal trainer to work with at all levels! She's through, patient, and maintains almost an encyclopedic knowledge of all things in fitness and nutrition. She's got several great trainers who work with her, too. I highly recommend TBL!

Fantastic experience: Katya is amazing. Has the understanding of personal psychology and is dedicated to help clients achieve their goals with physical workout. Great communication and attitude. A real no BS approach that is greatly appreciated.

Fantastic experience: Can’t speak highly enough. From workouts to meal Planning. All was a huge difference in my life.

Fantastic experience: Positive: Communication , Professionalism , Quality Very knowledgeable and professional service, they will help you with any concerns you have and will walk you trough the process!!

Fantastic experience: Positive: Professionalism Great experience I recommend this for anyone who is trying to be motivated and still be made felt comfortable !!!

Fantastic experience: A true gamechanger for the workout world! Katya and her crew are precision-focused, hyper knowledgeable, kind, caring, thoughtful, and dedicated to their clients' accomplishments. TotalBodyLab is simply and unequivocally the place you want to go to tackle your fitness aspirations. A+