Bryan Carson
October 19, 2017 06:04
I have been training with Mike for some months now, and I can tell you that it is one of the most intense challenges I've undertaken. I did sports in high school and was always in pretty good shape, but college hit and I gained quite a bit of weight. I signed up for a free consultation with Mike because of his yelps reviews, but I realized there was no other person I wanted to work with pretty early on from my EXPERIENCE at that consultation. I've heard stories of free consultations being very shallow, and somewhat "get it over with"ish, but when I met with Mike, he took a vested interest in me from the very beginning. He is a very easy person to get to know, and very laid back and fun. I agree with some of the other posters when they said that after training with him for even a short amount of time, Mike has gone from not only being my trainer, but being a truly awesome friend.
He is not afraid to be honest with you, and he is not afraid of a challenge. My wife and I have had some interesting reactions to certain things hes attempted for us, so he goes back to the drawing board and finds something else to experiment with. He is not going to give you a "one size fits all" answer. He will take a look at what you need versus what you have, and he will try what he thinks is best. If that doesn't work, or doesn't seem very sustainable, he will take whatever time is necessary to help you find what IS.
his workouts are super intense and very fun. he is really good at discerning the type of encouragement you need (does he need to be the carrot or the stick?), and is adaptable with his workouts. There have been plenty of times where I've gone into a session with him and told him that my shoulder was hurting, so he determined what specifically was being affected and tailored an on-the-spot workout that was gentle in regards to the trouble area while still allowing me to work out at my hardest.
In short, working with mike has been an amazing experience, and I never would've thought id have the discipline to stick to anything for as long as i have (especially given the amount of discomfort I'm in after some of them!) but it has been completely worth it! I feel great and have noticed so many intrinsic gains alongside the extrinsic that i never thought about. Give him a shot, and you will NOT be disappointed.