IRON LAB Strength & Conditioning

I have been training with Martin for just a little over a year now, and results have been amazing. Martin has been very supportive and understanding of my goals and insecurities, and we were able to work through some road blocks and a couple of slight injuries. Martin is very aware of my progress, and is able to switch up my program when he recognizes that I was getting bored and complacent, and is able to «hide» exercises that I refuse to do into something else (until I find out).
While we are not where I want to be yet, Martin makes me realize that I can
get there, by setting realistic goals and committing to the journey. and
also being able to stop and smell the roses along the way.

On that tenth pull-​up it is really hard to love Martin… Argh. But through all the swearing under my breath he manages to get me to finish.
I’ve had a healthy disdane for everything gym related for most of my life. Whether it’s the giant bros staggering about lookin you up and down or the even bigger guys hogging all the equipment like pissed off guard dogs, I’ve avoided them all like the plague.
That was until the fall of 2012 when I looked at myself in the mirror and was finally fed up with my lanky inactive image. Sure I could climb a mountain and ride the seawall, but I sure as hell wasn’t in shape.
My other problem with trying to workout regularly was that I can pretty much come up with any excuse not to do it.
«Ahhh… It’s raining again.» Or «i think I pulled my neck sleeping ten hours». Or «just one more episode on Netflix».
But. With Martin I can’t miss a workout. I just can’t. I don’t want to let him and me down. Somehow I’m more accountable… Plus I’m paying. Even though that didn’t stop me before from pissing away gym memberships.
Hungover, tired, or just not feeling 100%. Doesn’t matter. I’m there. And he’s there waiting for me ready to kick my ass.
Hey. I can do ten full pull ups now! I’m in so much better shape. I feel better and stronger now than a decade ago.
And best of all we talk about bacon every workout!

I too only had a $ 20 ethical deal to meet with Martin — he was absolutely INCREDIBLE! Extremely knowledgeable, patient, approachable, helpful, funny even! He spent about two incredibly informative and thorough hours going over nutrition, muscle groups, taking initial measurements … not once did he act bored or impatient with what he must have done hundreds of times.
You should see Martin if you are even considering a personal trainer — he is fantastic!