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ABOUT SAM

Founder / Personal Trainer

Before I get to know you better, here are a few things you should know about me. I am a fully certified Personal Trainer and the founder of Tried N True Fitness. I have been training people individually and in group settings in the GTA for over 5 years. I grew up playing and loving all sports, especially hockey, football, golf and tennis. I started weight lifting in my first year of high school back in 2004. I was playing competitive hockey and high school football so I wanted to get as fast and as strong as possible.
I quickly fell in love with the way lifting weights made me feel. The gym gives me the same feeling I get from going to the rink for an hour or playing any other sport I enjoy. This is the feeling that nothing else in the world matters because you become so immersed in the current moment. I’ve always found that working out does wonders for mindfulness and clarity. You give your mind a nice break from any tasks or problems you may have, and when you approach them again you view them in a more positive light. Strength training made me significantly more confident in myself and played a key role in my advancement to the next levels in hockey and football.
I played 3 years of Junior hockey in Canada and got significantly better each year as I got stronger. Here I am back in 2010 thinking I’m cool rocking a handlebar mustache for playoffs.

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I also played 2 years of football during my final years at Dalhousie University.

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I have always loved lifting, so getting into the gym 3-5 times a week was never a struggle for me. I don’t think I’ve gone a whole week in the last 8 years without getting a workout in, and I want everyone else to feel the same way about the gym as I do. Though, it hasn’t all been easy for me, especially when it came to dieting. When I stopped playing competitive sports every day I put on a considerable amount of weight. I tried low carb dieting, which I believed was the only way to lose fat. That was a miserable experience…

After many trials and tribulations, I learned about “flexible clean eating,” which was an absolute game changer for my health and physique. I wanted to be an expert in everything related to fitness. To do so, I made sure that I was completely knowledgeable about every exercise I did, so that I could get the full benefit from it. I also began to constantly listen to podcasts created by experts in the industry, read books on fitness and nutrition, and whenever I would hear of a new health trend, I did my own research on it to find if there was any truth to it.

Once I got myself into really good shape, friends and family took notice and began asking me questions about training and nutrition. Most of their questions were the same questions I sought out answers for in the past, so I was able to answer them effectively. I became an unofficial trainer for many of them by designing specialized programs for their goals and showing them how to get their nutrition dialed in.

People really liked the programs and advice I gave them and were getting amazing results. This was when I realized that I derived a great deal of satisfaction from helping others with their fitness goals and seeing the improvements before my eyes.

As a personal trainer, I’m committed to being the absolute best coach I can be and to truly meet each client’s specific needs. I am always honest and straightforward with my clients and my number one priority will always be to get my clients to their destination as fast as possible in a maintainable way, as long as you put in the work. I want to show clients that getting in shape is not meant to be a torturous endeavor. There may be a sore muscle or two along the way, but I believe getting fit should be enjoyed, not dreaded. Are you ready to make a change? Contact me for more info.

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