Optimal Exercise
27 Maplewood Avenue, Cranbury, NJ
27 Maplewood Avenue, Cranbury, NJ
Our clients are generally adults who prefer an experienced trainer in a private studio rather than a big gym or boot camp. Here you work with Bill DeSimone (pictured), ACE-Certified Health coach and author of Joint-Friendly Fitness. We specialize in one-to-one supervised weight training and assisted stretching.
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How do you help your clients achieve their fitness goals?
By giving the client my full attention during the session, without distractions, and by tailoring both the choice of exercises and the intensity to the client's ambition and conditioning.
What’s the secret to getting the body of your dreams?
Regular, safe exercise, moderation (not perfection) in your diet, and being clear about your expectations.
What do you love most about your job?
I get to use my experience as a professional trainer and as a senior exerciser myself, to help people find the best way for them to exercise.
What inspired you to start your own business?
I wanted to do Joint-Friendly Fitness without the distractions of a big, commercial gym.
Why should our clients choose you?
Because other trainers assume the client wants to train like that trainer trains, and I assume you want to train in a way that suits you. I treat personal training as consulting, not "exercise coaching."
Can you provide your services online or remotely? If so, please add details.
I prefer in-person, so I can assess how the client is doing while they are doing the exercise. For those out of the practical area I can provide video or telephone consultations.
What changes have you made to keep your customers safe from Covid-19?
Currently, one client in the studio with one trainer at a time. I keep current on vaccinations and clean surfaces daily. During the height of the pandemic and a little longer, everyone masked in the studio.
Supervised Weight Training
All training is directly supervised, i.e. I set the exercise and coach you through the set. We use stations that make the exercises easier on your joints and safer than barbells, as well as dumbbells, functional gear, and elastic bands. The book, Joint-Friendly Fitness, on Amazon, fully explains the techniques we use in the studio.
Assisted Stretching
Stretching can relieve tight muscles, correct posture, and help manage your lower back. With Assisted Stretching, we combine verbal instructions with positioning your limbs to make it easier to feel the stretch the right way. You ease into the stretch, feel tension in the belly of the muscle, and hold that sensation for about a half minute. At the end of the workout, it also serves as a cool down so you don't stop exercising too abruptly.
Indoor Cardio
We have several ergometers (indoor cardio stations): reclined bike, treadmill, elliptical, and an arm bike, which are used to warm up, cool down, and depending on the client sometimes as a whole session. Unlike programs that go solely by heart rate, whether you are ready for it or not, we let your performance on the piece determine how you progress. We find this way, the client progresses at their own pace and feels more in control of the process. As in the weight training and stretching, we help the set up and programming of each exercise.
