I’ve always been athletic and have played organized and recreational sports throughout my life, but I was never taught how to effectively exercise and workout. Like most people I suppose, I just did my own thing and worked out my major muscle groups using my current home setup (a DP bench from Sears that I’ve had since 1986…you know, the one with the plastic weights) and I got my cardio primarily through jogging. Now that I’m in my 40s, along with the fact that my job has become more sedentary, I recognized that I needed to do more to stay in the kind of shape that I am accustomed to. Coincidentally, life introduced me to a new circle of friends, which led me to Geno. I’ve been attending Geno’s group training sessions for about 4 months now, and I can emphatically say that it has opened my eyes to exercise and fitness. During the first few weeks that I attended Geno’s sessions, he spent a considerable amount of time paying attention to my current range of motion, and gathering information about my strengths, weaknesses, prior injuries, and competence with various exercises. Over time, he used this information to carefully customize workouts that were designed to address these weakness and strengthen my core. There has never been an instance in which these workouts on any given day have been similar, much less identical to a previous one. This is obviously done purposely to keep the body guessing, but it also keeps me from getting bored and motivates me to look forward to the next workout. Geno is particularly attentive to how I move when I do each exercise to ensure that I learn how to properly execute them and prevent injury. This is the type of personal attention that I’ve come to value which can’t be attained working out on your own. The most appealing quality about Geno’s instruction is his demeanor as a coach. If you’re looking for someone to shout at you during a workout while you’re maxing-out and then chest-bumping you when you’re done, then Geno’s not your guy. I suppose he could be that guy but that’s not the manner in which he motivates me. Instead, he has a deliberate but calm manner in which he delivers his instruction, and it’s quite obvious that he cares about my success and takes pride in my achievements. So far I couldn’t be happier with my results. The best testament to my progress so far occurred on the tennis court about a month ago where my opponent said…”geeze, are you getting faster?”