Your body should be the one thing in your life you can count on.
I coach people whose weeks don’t repeat. Travel, deadlines, kids, a calendar that fills itself. You get a program built for the life you actually have, not the one a template assumes. When the week goes sideways, we adjust the plan, not the goal.
Most people who find me are capable, committed, and have already tried. Usually more than once. The problem was never effort. It was a system handed to them by an industry that assumes life will cooperate. Twenty years in, I’ve stopped being surprised by that.
“I came in with a low back problem that had been nagging me since I had my kids. I’d always gotten to the gym, always got my steps in, ate pretty well — but between kids and work, my life got really full and my back wasn’t getting better. I didn’t really know what to do when I got to the gym, so I did what I knew: some abs, small weights, a lot of cardio (I know lifting weights is important but I didn’t want to get bulky). I was also worried a trainer would just destroy me every session. Instead, the sessions were challenging, but I came away feeling stronger rather than depleted. What surprised me wasn’t that the plan was easy — it was how straightforward it was. He focused on a few principles that mattered more than I realized. I didn’t know that lifting heavy, or eating more, was what would actually get me the lean body I wanted. Within a couple of months I didn’t need Tylenol for my back anymore. Nothing was thrown together. I understood every week why we were doing what we were doing — it wasn’t a cobbling together of things that show up on Instagram. I got compliments at a couple of weddings about how great I looked– so I know things are moving in the right direction. So happy I made this decision!“
So we build differently. Every session tells us something, and the next one reflects it. And I’m not only around for the hour you’re with me. Whatever comes up between sessions, you’ve got someone to ask.
“I was an athlete for many years throughout my youth and I brought a lot of injuries to the table. I already knew how to work out on my own but not without overdoing it and injuring myself. I have a lot of travel and other work commitments, so it was important to me to know what I should pay attention to during those crusher weeks when I didn’t have a lot of time to spend working out and cooking. Peter simplified things— If I had questions, he had answers. Nothing we did, in the gym or out of it, was unnecessary. Everything felt like it had a job to do. When I realized I wasn’t sleeping enough to recover properly, or eating the way I needed to, he didn’t hand me a meal plan or just say “you need to sleep more”– he helped me find easy enough things to do that didn’t require a lot of time and effort. He didn’t expect me to be perfect — he gave me options to be a little bit better, and over time the small things started adding up, especially when I’m limited to just a hotel gym and limited food options. “
— Business Founder, travels most weeks
When I’m not coaching, I’m walking Phoebe (my rat terrier mix) through the park, shooting pool, or practicing my Spanish. Same person either way– always leaning.
If you’re ready for your body to be one of the things working for you — let’s talk..
@peterfisher.strength
Certifications
NSCA – CPT
Precision Nutrition
Functional Movement Systems
StrongFirst – SFG
Specialties
Strength that transfers to real life Coaching that works with your history, not around it Whole-life coaching — what happens outside the session counts too Coaching for energy, not exhaustion.
Currently training out of our UES location with limited availability at our Gramercy location.
