Personal Trainer Overview

I view fitness as a lifestyle. It isn't a diet or a fad. A healthy lifestyle combines fitness, nutrition, sleep and recovery. To lead a healthy life, it isn't necessary to achieve perfection but instead, moderation. As your trainer, part of my role is to design workouts that are based on your goals, your family history, medical history, and the equipment you have access to. I combine strength training, cardiovascular work, and bodyweight exercises to keep your workouts fresh so you don't get bored. I also help you make smart nutrition choices that will assist you in meeting your short-term and long-term goals. Through effective communication, we work together to adjust this as you progress toward your goals.

Training Philosophy

My philosophy is that of a realist. If you believe that after 8 weeks of following one of my online fitness training programs or in-person training programs that you will somehow completely reverse years of a sedentary lifestyle or lose 60 pounds, you should look for another personal trainer. As your physical fitness coach or your online personal trainer, I will push, encourage, challenge, and ask you to work hard, but I won’t make a promise that sets you up to fail. That wouldn’t be fair to you or to me. Motivation is different for each person. For some, it is to improve their overall health, others it is to lose 15 pounds or to look good in a bikini. Whatever your goal is, for me to be an effective fitness coach, you must be honest with yourself and with me. I won’t judge it but I will question whether it is realistic. We need to agree on your goals. Don’t expect perfection. People aren’t robots or machines so it is inevitable that there will be some days when you are stronger, faster, and more explosive than others. This is okay – just use it to help push you to work harder the next day. You are only competing against yourself.

Education

Bio

From an early age, Sharon was encouraged to participate in competitive sports - soccer, basketball, track, softball, and volleyball. She has been an athlete and fitness enthusiast ever since. Sharon has been creating her own workout routines for years. It wasn't long before she found herself acting as a fitness consultant, answering questions from other gym members and giving them hands-on tips. Then she started meeting friends and family at the gym and taking them through workouts as a personal fitness coach. This soon evolved into designing individualized routines. It was at this time that she opened Catalyst 4 Fitness with the philosophy that a "one size fits all" program is not the answer for her clients to be successful. Instead, her programs are designed based on her clients' goals. Similarly, some are interested in having a nutrition coach. Being able to offer nutrition and fitness coaching and personal training has enabled her to help others improve their health, their fitness, and their self-esteem. In addition to maintaining her own website, she writes articles for the Shapefit and Wellnessdaily sites. Sharon has been interviewed by a nutrition lifestyle counselor in New York and by ParentsRPeople, an online community for parents.