Active Wellness LLC - Personal Training

Fantastic experience: During December of 2020, I decided that 2021 was going to be the year of fitness for me. After being stuck at home for 9 months due to the pandemic, I started feeling exhausted mentally and physically, and all of my bad eating habits had been amplified due to the isolation. I was having back and neck problems due to sitting on my desk too long. As someone who still considered myself a "young adult", this scared me. I reached out to Christina, not even knowing what goals or milestones I want to achieve, but hoping I could for once pay full attention to my health and body. During our assessment, Christina gently pointed out my posture and the workouts we can focus on to improve. Session after session, I felt like my body was pushed to the best of my ability. Drew and Christina were able to seamlessly identify weak points despite only using a camera. We worked on my strength and flexibility at the same time using many different workouts including weights, boxing, planks, yoga, meditation and more. Under continuous exercising, my back pain went away and I started envisioning an active life after quarantine was over. One of my proudest moments was when I was able to do my first real push up. Additionally, with their group coaching sessions, I realized that diet and exercise comes hand in hand. Like a snowball, my good habits started accumulating, and I felt better and better. Christina and Drew provided me guidance and toolkits to be stronger mentally and physically. After 15 months of training, I can say with confidence that I have never felt happier about myself as I embark on my journey forward. Most importantly, I feel disciplined and comfortable with the person I am now. I would not have been able to do this without them.

Fantastic experience: Praise for Active Wellness! Despite being very active and healthy, I still had chronic back pains, worsening posture, and osteoporosis, so I thought Pilates might help. Initially I picked Active Wellness simply because I live close by, but I quickly realized they were the perfect partners for me in achieving better fitness. Drew and Christina tailored my exercises to be both mindfully paced and physically and mentally challenging. I so appreciated the depth of their knowledge and experience, their explanations and attention to details. Together we worked out a schedule that met my needs. I’d been working with them for almost a year when the pandemic curtailed my regular swimming and massage, as well as in person sessions with Christina and Drew. Yet my back pains had already disappeared, and have still not returned 10 months later while I have continued to exercise diligently at home. Though I was reluctant at first, I tried Zoom sessions in the summer and fall, and found them surprisingly effective. All three of us recognized that I had met my basic goals and was motivated to maintain them on my own, so my last session was in mid-December. I heartily recommend Christina and Drew, whose styles and techniques complement each other’s so well, providing a very well-rounded training program.

Fantastic experience: I vividly remember sitting inside the Active Fitness studio on my 31st birthday, talking to Christina and sharing my hopes for our time training together. At the time, I had goal tunnel vision. The only thing I cared about was rebuilding my atrophied leg, a symptom of full knee construction that had turned my quad, hamstring and calve into whispers of their original selves. I couldn't kneel, squat, lunge or even sit for prolonged periods of time without pain. My health insurance offered 8 weeks of physical therapy and then I was on my own. This is when I decided to invest in myself, not realizing how many layers of “health” would be strengthened in the training process. Christina and Drew were thoughtful in their approach. If I was a betting woman, I would guess that they knew my goals would blossom as I felt more control over my knee recovery. Every week, we saw little gains and I found myself asking questions, not just about my knee but about diet, mental health, routine, self-image, and mindfulness. A year of training with Christina and Drew brought me to an incredible place. I feel physically strong. I feel disciplined and capable. I feel like I can trust myself to take good care of my body and brain. And most of all, I feel really comfortable in my own skin – what a relief! Halfway through our year together, we shifted to Zoom because of COVID-19 - It was so important to have their support from home during a time when mental and physical health is so important. If you need a team behind you during this really difficult pandemic, I highly recommend that you invest in yourself by working with Christina and Drew. Their training quality via Zoom is excellent and it's pandemic safe!

Fantastic experience: I have been training with Active Wellness for about a year and a half and have really enjoyed the experience! It is so great to be able to leave the planning of my workouts up to Drew and Christina. I never feel like i'm heading in for Just Another Workout, every session has something new and specifically matched to my goals, so I am free to completely focus on the work itself. Five stars!!

Fantastic experience: Christina is a gem! I have been coming to her for three years and she is incredible- training with her is always a highlight of my week. She has immense knowledge of the human body and is always able to make tiny adjustments that lead to huge differences in the efficacy of the workout. She is terrific at coaching and working with you through the ups and downs that inevitably come with setting goals and working towards them. Active Wellness has a non-judgmental and wholesome environment that welcomes everyone, and I always leave feeling refreshed and recharged! I cannot recommend Christina highly enough!