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Stephanie is a fantastic person to train with. Not only is the work I do with her effective, but she’s also completely enjoyable to do it with. I recommend her one thousand percent.
Logistically, she runs BODY by Stephanie at Sessions, which as a training-​only facility is a great place to be focused and dedicated but somehow not intimidated. It feels like the whole place, including all of Stephanie’s attention as well as the cast of bright clean new tools that she keeps in rotation session-​to-​session, are devoted to working with me while I’m there.
More impactfully, she calls her business BODY by Stephanie but for me it’s really BODY-​MIND-​SOUL.
Don’t get me wrong — my body works REALLY HARD here. Stephanie is not afraid to make me not afraid to push myself at my hardest. With her, I’ve gone beyond just increasing strength to improving balance, endurance, flexibility, confidence, and more.
But in so doing she somehow also is partner for me in unexpected ways that get me thinking about what it means to train and improve my whole self. She doesn’t treat this body thing in an isolated way; she talks about mood and foods and life and breathing and working it all together and just regular things that we do — like we’re all whole people. I don’t feel like I’ve ever worked harder physically nor have I been stronger — and somehow she makes me laugh even when I’m trying my hardest not to swear because I’m working so hard.
Another thing to love about working with Stephanie is the variety. It was easily an ENTIRE six months of regular sessions with Stephanie before I *ever* did the same thing in a set twice. Every time there is some variation in what she sets up for me to do: a tool I’ve never seen, combinations of things to do that I’ve never done, movements I could not have done before without falling on my face. She is innovative in her approach with the great equipment in this excellent facility at Sessions. I am never, ever bored working with her.
And it doesn’t seem like it’s just a job for Stephanie — it’s like she’s really interested in all the possibilities of what we can do as people. She’s gone above and beyond the time I’ve paid for in many ways. She actually cares about helping me do my best. She makes a big difference for me in my life and I daresay I am proud of what I do here.
If you, too, want to go above and beyond and be proud of it, get in touch with Stephanie.

Stephanie Dale is a miracle motivator, and at $ 60 a session, she’s also a steal, as far as personal trainers are concerned. I am not what you would call a «fan» of exercising. I don’t like sweating. I prefer the treadmills that come with built-​in TV’s. And good Lord, when I get to that rep with free weights where I think I just can’t possibly lift my arm again, there’s a pretty good chance I’m going to stop there.
And for some reason, for the whole hour that I work with Stephanie, I sweat, I focus, and I finish what I start. Stephanie’s got a real gift for making me think that it’s my own idea and motivation to finish every time I push hard through my last few reps. She listens when I get frustrated with myself, and follows up with «I don’t know why everyone thinks that training is about doing everything perfect. We are here to get you there, but you’re not going to do it perfectly the first time. You’re doing great, by the way.»
Hell yes, that’s exactly how I want a trainer to talk to me. It also doesn’t hurt that because Sessions is a relatively small and private (but certainly well-​equipped) facility, there are few distractions and definitely none of the «Is everyone looking at me do this strange movement?» feeling.
After our first session, Stephanie typed out my full routine and emailed it to me so that I can do it on my own in between our meetings, but as I continue to move forward in fitness, that routine will continually change to keep the challenge up. I’m a little sore after working out with her last night, but I’m also happy, and I’m proud of what I’ve achieved with her so far.