Function First Fitness

This is long overdue. Karin has been my trainer for over five years and I wholeheartedly recommend her to anyone who is looking for a trainer. Especially seniors. I am over 70 years of age, insulin dependent and am under treatment for several heart conditions. I had a pacemaker implant in 1984 and cardiac bypass surgery in 2003. It was getting difficult for me to motivate myself to exercise; although I know this is very helpful for my condition. Karin worked with me on an exercise program that helped with my various conditions. And she is totally convinced of the benefits of a healthy diet.
For myself, I found that Karin was client focused. I mean she tailors an exercise program to fit the client’s needs. She is easy to work with; her exercise programs are very affordable, even for a senior; the gym is very clean, not noisy and there is ample parking.
If you need help with an exercise program that can benefit your health see Karin. Tell her Charles sent you.
Charles K. Singh

I’ve started going here a couple of weeks ago and I can already tell that I made the right choice in going here. Karin is a pleasure to work with. She is also the ultimate professional, a real credit to her profession. I was impressed that the first thing I was asked to do was fill out a form that went over all of my medical conditions/​history, and meds. And diet was also addressed during my sessions. Always important, but especially for me, because I have multiple serious medical conditions and am taking meds for them. These things are frequently overlooked by so many other trainers who use a one-​size-​fits-​all approach. I have been through years of physical therapy and I have already learned everything the hospital’s physical therapists could think of to show me that was appropriate for my back health & arthritis in my hands. Now I realize that while they weren’t bad, they didn’t know near as much as Karin does. In just 3 sessions, I have doubled that information! I already have a home routine tailored just for my specific needs, and I know I’m on the right track. BTW, I’m a generally healthy person these days despite my issues, and I was looking for someone to take me to the next level and guide me in getting to perfect health and to not only tone my body so it not only looks good, but makes me truly healthier and help me keep feeling better physically. I know from experience that the better shape my body is in, the less my arthritic hand pain bothers me. If you’re at all concerned about being truly healthy, stop going to those meat-​market bars (oops, I mean gyms) and gung-​ho personal trainers who just want to show you who’s boss, and come here. No matter where your health is at right now, good or bad, this is the place to go to improve yourself. Very reasonable pricing as well. You really couldn’t ask for more.

Okay, I have had to face the fact that I don’t work out unless I have a trainer. The nice thing is that this gym has a small group rate per session that is very low, and yet Karin still personalizes the exercises for each of us. She calls if I don’t show up, too. We do functional fitness, which means we do all sorts of different exercises with our body weight, or with weights, or TRX straps, or ropes, weighted balls, pulleys and weights, and other stuff. In a one hour session we do five different sets of six different exercises quickly, with a minute rest between sets, plus warmup before and stretch afterwards. It’s always changing, it’s a good workout, and I feel so much more strong and flexible, and happy. Karin is also really sharp — she spotted I was dragging during some workouts, and asked me what I had been eating. After enough times I got it — eating too many sweets or cereal the day before caused it. Now I pay more attention to what I eat, and I feel better for it. I would have NEVER connected those dots.

I received several private «personal trainer» sessions as a gift about 2 years ago and was referred to Karin, the owner of Function First Fitness. I was 48 years old at the time and in okay shape. I have always been athletic, but have a few physical issues that need to be considered as I exercise. Karin started me out with private sessions to really get to know my body’s strengths and weaknesses. Her goal was to find a challenging work out that would not injure me. One might think this should be the goal of all personal trainers, but it definitely had not been my experience in the past.
After my private sessions, I was moved into a class which was much more economical and enabled me to continue to exercise several times a week. Karin considers the physical challenges of each member of the class each week when creating our workout stations. We all use most of the equipment, just in different ways.
I would recommend Function First Fitness to anyone looking for a small gym atmosphere with a knowledgeable and qualified trainer who charges affordable prices and truly cares about her clients.

Karin is awesome! I came to her after shattering my knee which had me laid up for 7 months. I was barely walking when she started working with me. I credit her for being able to climb a flight of stairs today. She’s very knowledgable and knows exactly the perfect pace needed and makes it a blast at the same time. My appointments with her are the only reason I workout. I’d never make to the gym otherwise.