WikidFit

I have been training with Dale for just over a year. My goal is to arrive at 40 in the best shape of my life – and by the time I get there, I’ll have made strength training a habit that I can keep sustaining for years to come.
Before I started with Wikidfit, I was already a member at a gym chain in Boston and I considered signing up for their personal training, but I didn’t like the format: it was too formulaic, too expensive and their trainers were too inexperienced. I wanted to find someone who could engage my head while I learned; I didn’t need someone to simply sound motivating while they walked me through a set of exercises.
Dale’s style was exactly what I was looking for: he explains the theory behind what he is doing. He works with each person differently, depending on their goals (yes, even when working with multiple people at a time). He focuses on form and proper mechanics – even after a year I still have much to learn! Each workout is different and I usually leave every 45 minute session feeling like I put everything I had into it.
A year later I am stronger, I have built a healthy habit and I’m continuing to learn – it has been a great match.

I signed up for two «small-​group» classes per week with Dale in the hopes of getting back some level of fitness and losing some weight — I have incredibly low self-​motivation and a hard time sticking to exercise plans.
I am so glad I started at WikidFit. Dale has perhaps the perfect persona to be a personal trainer — he is friendly, kind, funny, encouraging and very knowledgeable. The sessions I attend regularly involve me and one or two other people per class, which means I get plenty of individual attention, but don’t have someone staring at me the entire time. Dale varies the workouts daily, and somehow manages to remember my strengths, weaknesses and fitness goals, along with every other client he works with as far as I can tell. The work outs mostly consist of weight and resistance training, with some bursts of cardio thrown in. Dale will tailor your workouts to your specific needs — if you are injured, or just really want to have super sweet calf muscles, he is your man. My strength has increased a great deal since starting, and if I am slowly losing weight (slowly, because I am not watching what I eat, which I really should). I actually look forward to going to work out most days, which is not a typical response to exercise for me.
I also really like the atmosphere of SweatJP (my understanding is WikidFit is Dale’s personal training business, and SweatJP is the name of his studio, which other personal trainers also use). The other trainers and clients are unreasonably pleasant and encouraging. I don’t know how Dale managed to attract only warm, kind trainers and clients, but I really enjoy the other people I see regularly at SweatJP — everyone wants you to succeed, I know all their vacation plans, and its just a swell place to sweat.

Dale is, by far, the best trainer I’ve ever worked with. Every workout he gives me is different; he’s amazing! His workouts are challenging and it’s impossible to get bored with his limitless variations. You have GOT to get some training with this guy; you’ll be so glad you did!

When I first showed up here nearly two years ago, I was in pretty sad shape. But thanks to Dale and Liz, I have gotten much stronger and leaner. I feel a lot better and more energetic. And I’ve learned a lot about fitness and strength training. I see Dale now twice a week. He’s always changing his workouts on me, so I don’t get bored (the workouts are generally fast-​paced circuits of different exercises that work my whole body). And he is patient, encouraging, and supportive to people of all fitness levels. He doesn’t let me slack and I appreciate when he encourages me to push a little bit beyond what I think I can do. Motivating, friendly, and also very reasonable rates!

WikidFit is great! I train with Dale twice a week. I usually get bored with strength training routines, but Dale manages to keep my workouts varied, fun and never repetitive.
The studio is great too. The equipment is well maintained with lots of different options. Better than the gym I also belong to.

It’s always worth the trip to JP to be WIKIDFIT!
Since I started working out with Liz and Dale, my upper body has become noticably more defined. Yesterday a woman on the street outside their studio called me a beast, (and I took that as a compliment.)
There is nothing missing from their gym as far as equipment and their workouts are never repetitive. I like that I learn new excercises or variations on old ones that I can incorporate into my solo workouts. They are friendly, supportive, and during workouts, they are attentive to my form and encourage me to use a little more weight when they know I can do it.
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I love Dale’s killer ab workouts to start or finish a session and he always does them with us so you know he practices what he preaches.

Dale is everything I wanted in a trainer. His workouts are exactly what I needed to meet my goals.