Jacob Laureano

Hello! My name is Jacob, nice to meet you! I have been training for about 6 years in different domains. When I started my fitness journey, I was a cross-country runner sophomore year of high school. I believed that running was it, just mix in a couple of push ups and pull ups and you are good to go. I soon realized that, yes I was “fit” in the sense I can run for a long time but I couldn’t really do anything else. Then I was introduced to CrossFit, a fitness program that revolved around combining strength, cardio, gymnastics, and everything in between. After following it vigorously for 6 months, I fell involve with olympic weightlifting, a sport that consisted of the snatch and clean and jerk. I based my training in olympic weightlifting for a couple years, and realized that I was able to move in ways many weren’t able to. I soon realized that to unlock true potential you have to think outside of the box with your training and move in different ways! Currently, I take everything I have learned and am learning into practice, making a diverse system that has room for exploration! This way has helped me with coaching others and in my studies of Exercise Science and The University of Illinois at Chicago.

My philosophy is to bring the body back to its natural roots through diverse movement.

Each session will vary depending on your goals! The program that we will generate will be focused on a specific goal that you have in mind. However the general flow of our session could look something like this: – General warm up: getting the blood flowing (5 minutes) – Specific warm up: focusing on active joint movement (10 minutes) – Goal specific training (i.e strength, cardio, balance, etc.) (~40 minutes) – Cool down: a nice flow of static stretching (~5-10 minutes)

Outside of fitness, I enjoy: photography, drawing/painting, and learning new things!