My Story

I became fascinated with strength training around the age of thirteen. Even though I grew up in a house where my family worked out and lifted weights, it wasn’t until I saw Arnold Schwarzenegger on the cover of Flex magazine, in the 1980s, when something just clicked in me. In my head, I thought, “That looks awesome!” Luckily for me, I had access to a home gym and so began a journey that eventually landed me, years later, into pursuing personal training as a full-time career in 2010. Prior to that, I graduated Ohio University in 2001 with a bachelors degree. I ended up working in the IT industry, running the IT department of a real estate company in Columbus, Ohio. While I enjoyed IT, I had an opportunity to pursue personal training alongside my primary job and eventually decided that I wanted to make my passion my job, so I eventually left my IT position, became an I.A.R.T Certified Fitness Clinician, and pursued full-time personal training. That was nearly ten years ago and I’m still as passionate about personal training as ever.

In the last ten years, I’ve personally conducted over thirty-thousand training sessions and trained hundreds and hundreds of different individuals. Those individuals have ranged from high-school and college students looking looking to improve their strength for sports, all the way up to seventy year-olds looking to improve muscle mass and rehabilitate injuries. In my opinion, long-term experience is the single best attribute to have when it comes to personal training: it gives one the tools to train almost any individual and improve their strength, muscle mass, and - most importantly - keep them safe and injury-free.

Some of my personal interests and activities that I’ve participated in are competitive bodybuilding, power lifting, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Muay Thai. In addition to that, my wife and I love animals - we have two cats and two dogs. I’m also a huge music and movie fan.

Regardless of anyone’s circumstances, they can improve their strength, muscle mass, and lower their body fat levels. Reducing one’s body fat levels is not only aesthetically pleasing (and in the case of athletics, crucial) but research indicates that unhealthy levels of bodyfat promotes disease and causes undue stress on the joints. Increasing your strength will help you in almost every aspect of you life and reduce your overall risk of injury. Think of it this way: strength training will strengthen bones by increasing their density. You’re also strengthening the muscles, tendons, and ligaments as well. Doing this simply makes it harder for you to become injured. Don’t be surprised to find that nagging injuries and pains that you’ve had, start to gradually improve, and in some cases, fade away.

If you have any questions at all about how I can help you reach your fitness goals and improve your quality of life, please don’t hesitate to contact me. I would be happy to talk to you about how I can help you get one step closer and achieve your goals.

Kevin Cory