George D

UNCC alumnus with a bachelors in Exercise Science. NASM certified. My goal is to change the world through exercise. So many of our health issues such as low back pain, diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, etc. can be changed through exercise. I am a huge advocate of proper form while lifting. I have been a personal trainer for the past 4 years training many clients at my university gym as well as my own private clients. I have also made the transition in the last year to train my clients primarily online in order to service a larger community. Since I was young I knew I wanted to change the world in some way and this is the way that I feel I can make the greatest impact on the lives of those around me. The world we live can be extremely difficult if we aren’t fit for whatever tasks we have to do on a regular basis. If we address these health problems however we can be fit to be the best people we can in our work place and just in life. My job and passion is to push people to levels they did not believe they could and see things they could not imagine by improving their fitness levels which will change all aspects of their lives.

Expose the weaknesses to build a solid base from the start. Whatever movement patterns we have that inhibit proper movements I fix those first and as a result enhance how long a clients can keep progressing while decreasing the risk of injury.

You can definitely expect resistance training in the form of dumbbells, barbells, and cable exercises. I like to push my clients but within their available capabilities. I use the RPE scale to help get an understanding of what they can and cannot handle in terms of the intensity of the exercises. To save time we may sometimes superset various exercises. I like to learn what my client is used to in terms of how they best receive feedback and feel inspired and motivated so that I am able to best support them. I can appeal to a wide variety of different types of clientele for this reason.

My favorite client story is a college student named Gabe. He could not move much weight at all when I first met him but as I continued to train him he fell in love with calisthenics and got extremely good at moves specific to his passion while also losing fat and gaining a very noticeable amount of muscle in the process.

Hiking, soccer, and definitely trying new restaurants