Maryland Strength and Fitness is not your high school. And we’re not like other gyms, either.

We don’t like drama, cliques or judgment. We are real people that have been through adversity and found ways to overcome it.

In high school, I was an athlete. I loved participating in sports. But I liked the outcome of playing, not the process to become better.

Short background story, I hurt my back very early on in my lifting career that made me scared to pursue the process of getting better by weight training. At the time, I didn’t have a trainer or good strength coach.

Fast forward to my early 20s, through reading and proper coaching, I found that lifting weights changed my life. I had confidence. I had knowledge. I knew how to deal with stress. So I set on a path to be the best coach I could possibly be for others that have not found strength training.

Years later, I founded Maryland Strength and Fitness to share that gift with others.

We exercise to celebrate what your body can do, not to punish yourself for what you ate.

We believe that you have to find something you love—and celebrate success—before you’ll ever be motivated to work out or eat properly.

We desire progress over perfection.

We believe in good coaching.

And we believe in making sure you’re here again tomorrow.

Have there been “gym jerks” along the way? Of course! But since I own the gym, I can keep them out of Maryland Strength and Fitness. The “I’m-better-than-everyone” garbage doesn’t fly here.

That means Maryland Strength and Fitness will never be the biggest gym in town. It means we’ll probably never produce an olympic athlete. But we’ll always be the best because of the people under our roof.

If you want to get fit, have fun and forget about high school, come in and talk to us. We’re not salesmen, either.

Inspiration provided by Chris Cooper at ,Catalystgym.com.

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