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Is Pratt Personal Training Right For Me?

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We know choosing a gym is a big deal. You’re trusting us with your time, your effort, and your health—and that matters.

Pratt won’t be the perfect fit for everyone, and that’s okay. Our goal is to help you figure out, as honestly and kindly as possible, whether we’re likely a great match for what you’re looking for.


Good Fit: 15 Signs Pratt Might Be Right For You

1. Location
You live within about 20 minutes of the gym, or we’re on your way to or from work. Over the years, members within that range have found it much easier to stay consistent.

2. Core Goals
Your goals are to get stronger, lose fat, and build a consistent habit of exercise. You want a good, long-term relationship with the gym—not the “all-in for a month, all-out for three months” cycle.

3. Real Plan
You want personal training with a real plan—not guesswork. We design 4-day programs specifically to help you reach your goals, based on your history, preferences, and current ability level. You’ll repeat and progress those days so you can actually see and feel improvement, and then we update your program for the next phase.

4. Goal Input
You like having a say in how you train. If you want more focus on lower body, upper body, or core/abs—or more cardio versus more strength—we can build that into your program. Our trainers and programmers collaborate with you and even send your training program ahead of time so you can review it before your first session.

5. Small Groups
You like the idea of small-group training with lots of attention. Our sessions are capped at a 6:1 member-to-trainer ratio, so there’s always a coach nearby to help with form, weight selection, and adjustments. You get many of the benefits of one-on-one training without paying $100+ per session.

6. Investment
Investing around $40–$50 per personal training session feels reasonable for you. We’re a coaching-focused facility, not a low-cost membership gym, and our pricing reflects the level of support and personalization you receive.

7. Coaching & Technique
You’d rather be coached than figure it out alone—and performing exercises with proper technique is important to you. If you want trainers who will coach you up, give you clear cues, and prioritize how well you move (not just how hard you work), you’ll feel at home here. You’ll always have a trainer nearby to help you perform each exercise correctly and safely.

8. 2–3 Days/Week
You like the idea of coming to the gym 2–3 days per week. While we have options for members who can only get here once per week (because one is still much better than zero) and for those who want to come more often, about 90% of our members train with us 2–3 times per week. That rhythm works really well for busy adults.

9. Flexible Scheduling
You want structure and flexibility at the same time. We encourage you to build the habit of coming at consistent days and times, but we understand life happens. With our booking system, you can choose any session times that work for you, and with 58 sessions available each week, it’s usually easy to move things around when needed.

10. Fair Cancel Policy
You appreciate a fair, realistic cancellation policy. Our cancellation window is just 2 hours, which means you’ll never be charged a late-cancel or no-show fee unless you cancel within two hours of the start of your session. If kids, work, traffic, or life get in the way, you can switch your session without being penalized.

11. Long-Term Mindset
You’re thinking long-term, not looking for a quick fix. We’re not the gym that tries to get you to work out seven days per week for an extreme weight-loss challenge, only to have the weight come back afterward. If you want a sustainable, long-term strategy that gradually leaves you looking and feeling better, we’re built for that.

12. Daily Adjustments
You like the idea that your plan can adjust to how you feel that day. If you come in exhausted from a long week, or your shoulder feels a little off from yard work, we can change the day’s plan on the spot so you still get a productive, safe training session.

13. Session Times
You prefer early mornings, evenings, or weekends. Our schedule is designed around busy adults:

  • Weekdays: sessions every hour from 5:00 AM–11:00 AM and 4:00 PM–8:00 PM
  • Saturdays: 5 morning sessions from 7:00 AM–12:00 PM
  • Sundays: 4 morning sessions from 8:00 AM–12:00 PM
    We do not offer midday sessions between 11:00 AM and 4:00 PM.

14. Professional Trainers
You like working with professional personal trainers, not hobby coaches. All of our training staff are full-time and treat this as their career, not a side job. We prioritize hiring high-quality people and investing in their development so you’re always working with engaged, professional coaches.

15. Full Equipment
You enjoy having access to a wide variety of equipment. We have strength machines, cardio machines, free weights, racks with barbells, cables, and more—everything you’d expect in a well-equipped commercial gym. We’re not a bare-bones studio trying to get by without investing in equipment. We have what you need to get great results, regardless of your age, ability level, or goals.


Not a Fit: 5 Signs Another Gym Might Be Better

1. Big Classes
You love very large group classes with 30–40 people all doing the same workout with one coach at the front. There are great options for that style locally, but that isn’t what we do.

2. Constant Variety
You want a completely different, random workout every time you walk in. Our approach is to repeat and progress planned training days so you can track performance and see measurable progress. If you mainly want surprise or novelty, we may not be the best match.

3. Open Gym
You want open gym access to do your own workouts. We are a coached personal training facility, not an open-access gym. If you prefer to design and run your own workouts independently, another gym setup will likely serve you better.

4. High-Impact Workouts
You’re specifically looking for lots of running, jumping, and high volumes of burpees. While we include conditioning, our primary focus is smart, joint-friendly training that you can stick with for years, not just weeks.

5. Short-Term Challenge
You’re mainly looking for a short-term, extreme challenge where you work out nearly every day and try to lose as much weight as possible in a few weeks. A traditional “challenge-style” gym might be more aligned with that goal.


If This Sounds Like You, We’d Like to Meet You

If you’re reading through the “good fit” list and thinking, “That’s me”, we’d be happy to help you get started.

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