Nathan Stephens
Certified Personal Trainer
I built a physique I'm proud of and so can you! Motivated by a pure passion for fitness and over 12 years of experience, I design programs that help clients reach their goals through strength training, weight loss, sports training, and group exercise.
Comprehensive Weight Management
Achieve your weight loss goals through a comprehensive plan that combines nutrition counseling with personal training and is tailored to your goals, lifestyle, preferences, and fitness level.
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This comprehensive weight management program can supplement other treatments for:
Weight Loss
Type 2 Diabetes
Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
Hyperlipidemia (High Cholesterol and High Triglycerides)
By using personal training and nutrition counseling to:
Develop healthy eating habits
Assist with meal planning
Boost metabolism
Reduce body fat
Improve insulin sensitivity and glycemic control
Lower LDL cholesterol and triglycerides
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We’ll set the foundation for your personal training program by establishing:
S.M.A.R.T Goals
Examining Medical History
Discussing Lifestyle & Behaviors
Gathering Biometric Data
For more details about our wellness assessments, please check out our free consultation. We will collect these measurements in the first session to mark your starting point and then revisit them periodically during reassessments so you can see your progress.
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During the first few weeks of your personal training program, or the stabilization phase, we will discover your strengths, weaknesses, and muscular imbalances. You will learn and master proper form and technique for exercises that will restore postural alignment and improve mind-muscle connection. This step safely prepares the body for more challenging exercise in the next phase.
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Once you’ve mastered the basics, we’ll challenge your body to push past its comfort zone by manipulating training variables (weight, sets, reps, time, etc). Your body will adapt to increased demands by building stronger muscles, fortifying joints, boosting metabolism, and improving cardiorespiratory endurance.
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In the last phase, we’ll focus on exercises that sculpt the body and help you maintain the progress you’ve made by reinforcing positive lifestyle changes.
Nutrition Counseling by Shaun Stewart:
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The key to lasting weight loss success is to avoid short-term diets and focus on dietary awareness and behavior modifications.
During your free 30-min nutrition consultation, we’ll analyze your current eating habits and identify areas where you can make small dietary or behavioral changes that will help you achieve your goals safely and effectively.
We’ll meet in-person and follow-up biweekly to talk about your progress and give you recommendations on how to address situations that lead to unconstructive eating patterns and improper food choices so that you stay committed to your goals.
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We’ll work with you to develop a long-term meal plan tailored to your lifestyle, preferences, dietary restrictions, and health goals so that you can lose weight and manage metabolic conditions.
With our expert guidance, making healthy food choices at the grocery store or in a restaurant will become second-nature. We’ll teach you how to read food labels, understand serving sizes, calorie counts, and macronutrients.
Create healthier versions of the foods you love by learning about new ingredients and cooking methods that will reduce calories, increase nutritional value, and keep you satisfied.
Sports Specialized Programs
Personalized training plans for sports athletes of all fitness levels that focus on specific skills, techniques, and physical attributes to enhance performance, prevent injury, and promote recovery.
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Protective gear and equipment - padding, helmets, shoes, mouth guards - have improved the safety of sports, but athletes are still susceptible to injury.
If you have the right gear but are still getting hurt, let’s talk about proper training practices, warm-ups, and stretching techniques. Embracing these practices into your exercise routine can prevent many common sports injuries:
Sprains and Strains
Bone Fractures
Knee Injuries like ACL and Meniscus Tears
Dislocations
Shoulder Rotator Cuff Tears
General Overuse Injuries
Our personal trainer will provide expert advice about sport-specific injury prevention, develop a safe warm-up routine, and ensure that you stay in the game.
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Strength and resistance training is crucial for athletes as it enhances muscle strength, power, and endurance, leading to improved performance and injury prevention.
Our personal trainer will develop an effective strength and resistance training program that is specific to your needs and sport requirements. We’ll provide:
Regular assessments and progress tracking.
Instruction on proper weightlifting form and technique.
Gradual increases in training volume and intensity.
Constant motivation and encouragement to reach your goals.
Exercise diversity that is fun and effective.
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Many team and individual sports require explosive power to produce quick and strong vertical or horizontal movements, which can be achieved through plyometric training.
This program will help condition your body to produce rapid movements with maximal force through exercises that manipulate the muscle's stretch-shortening cycle (SSC) like jumps, hops, throws, bounds, and more.
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Many team and individual sports require SAQ skills:
Speed: moving swiftly in one direction.
Agility: quick directional changes with control.
Quickness: reacting and moving rapidly.
SAQ drills can benefit all athletes by enhancing neuromuscular coordination, increasing balance and stability, and reducing the risk of injury. We’ll create sport-specific drills to improve your footwork, sprinting speed, reaction time, and your ability to swiftly change direction.
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We’ll help you learn and incorporate active and passive recovery strategies into your training plan so that your body adequately heals between games and training:
Active Rest: strategic movements to prevent joint stiffness.
Stretching to reduce muscle soreness and enhance flexibility.
Foam rolling to release muscle tension.
Guidance and recommendations about sleep, hydration, and nutrition for athletes.
FAQs
Personal Training
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Nathan Stephens’ personal training services are offered in-person at APX Fitness located on 113 North Main St, North Wales, PA 19454.
This is a private gym available by appointment only.
This trainer does not offer in-home personal training or virtual exercise programs.
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Personal training and nutrition counseling purchases are nonrefundable and expire six months after purchase. Programs may be canceled or rescheduled 24 hours in advance of your appointment time. Late-cancelations and no-shows will still count as paid sessions.
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Yes, APX Fitness offers a free 30-min consultation at our private gym in North Wales, PA.
Contact us to request a consultation with Nathan Stephens.