Sean McKenna
Certified Personal Trainer
Over a decade of devotion has fueled my fitness journey, from crushing local powerlifting records to teaching exercise theory. I have experience designing custom programs for strength development, sports performance, weight management, and physical therapy support.
Body Recomposition Program
Transform your physique with a training plan that builds muscle and trims fat through strength training and nutrition counseling tailored to your goals, lifestyle, preferences, and fitness level.
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Looking to burn fat, slim down, or lose weight? Train for strength.
Why? Because getting strong means building muscle. Increasing muscle mass not only speeds up the metabolism, it reduces body fat, and creates a toned physique. No more time wasted on exercise routines that no longer work. Pair this strength training program with a healthy eating plan to support muscle growth and get results.
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Develop a lean physique that is toned by practicing calisthenics—exercises that use your body weight as resistance. From push-ups to lunges, TRX suspension training, and more, these compound movements effectively:
Train Multiple Muscle Groups Simultaneously
Improve Mind-Muscle Connection
Build Muscle Mass
Increase Functional Strength
Enhance Core Stabilization & Balance
Boost Cardio & Muscular Endurance
Burn Calories Efficiently
Exercises are customized to individual goals, fitness level, and preferences.
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Continue to develop your skills—and your muscles—by adding weight to your lifts. Learn the basic compound exercises that are most effective at stimulating muscle growth: bench press, squats, deadlifts, overhead press, rows, and more. Perfect your form and technique under the guidance of your personal trainer. Gradually advance to lifting heavier weights, performing more reps or sets, and completing more challenging exercise variations.
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Discover muscular imbalances and correct them with isolation exercises that can support your strength and aesthetic goals. From free weights to cables, and a landmine more, we’ll help you target a single muscle or muscle group with specific exercises that promote muscular development in that area.
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We’ll challenge your body to adapt and grow stronger by applying progressive overload principles to your training program. Each session we’ll track your progress and adjust the training variables (weight, reps, sets, intensity, duration) so that you don’t hit a plateau. No matter your fitness level, we’ll help you promote ongoing gains in strength, endurance, and muscle mass that will keep you lean and fit.
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 build muscle.
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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Sean McKenna’s 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 Sean McKenna.