Corrective Exercise Specialist
National Academy of Sports Medicine. Advanced coursework in assessing posture and movement, and in programming to correct what the assessment turns up. It is the credential that matters most for post-therapy work.
About Xavier
Ten years training clients in Baltimore County.
I have worked in gyms my whole adult life and spent the last ten-plus years training clients one-on-one, most of them over 55 or coming off physical therapy. I hold three National Academy of Sports Medicine certifications and I train out of a private studio in Timonium.
The first meeting is free and runs an hour. It is a movement assessment plus a conversation about what has changed, and you leave with a plan and a rate.
NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist · Certified Personal Trainer · Sports Nutrition Coach
Approach
Why movement habits are hard to change
Your body gets good at whatever it does most. Years of sitting produce a body that sits efficiently. Years of protecting a sore knee produce a gait built around protecting it. Both of those are ordinary adaptation. Neither one reverses on its own.
My job is to build a better movement habit and drill it often enough that it replaces the old one. That runs in months, not weeks. Once it is there, it stays.
At the first meeting you get my read: what I would do, how long it takes, what it costs. If the answer is that you should finish physical therapy first or get a second opinion before you start, that is what I will tell you.
Certifications
What each certification covers
Certified Personal Trainer
National Academy of Sports Medicine. The base certification, covering program design, exercise technique, and progression across any training goal.
Sports Nutrition Coach
National Academy of Sports Medicine. Covers nutrition for training and recovery. I do not sell supplements and I do not take commission on anything I recommend.
First Aid, CPR and AED
American Red Cross. Current certification in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator use. The practice also carries liability insurance on every session.
Towson University graduate
Undergraduate degree from Towson University. I run the practice out of a private studio in Timonium and this is my full-time work.
Standards
How the practice runs
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Timelines
Stated at the first meeting
You get a projected timeline at the first meeting and the milestones we measure against it. If a goal is not reachable in the time you have, you hear that from me on day one.
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Your doctor
Kept in the loop
For corrective clients I ask your doctor to contact me, and their involvement drops your rate to $98 an hour. I send them progress notes whenever you ask. I am also glad to interface with the rest of a care team, therapists, school counselors, surgeons, whoever is involved.
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Sessions
Run to the booked time
Sessions start on time. I write the program down and track progress against it, and you can look at either one whenever you want.
Free posture guide
Five movements for stairs and sit-to-stand
Five movements on one page, each with a photo and two lines of instruction. All of them are done standing or seated, take about two minutes, and need nothing but a wall or a chair. Put in your email and I will send it over.
First meeting · Free · One hour
Pick a time
Orientations run Monday, Tuesday and Saturday mornings, one hour each, one person at a time. Nine slots a week. I assess how you move, tell you what I am seeing, and give you a plan with a price on it. It costs nothing.
Booking holds a card against the slot. I charge it $70 in one case: a no-show, or a cancellation inside 24 hours.
Questions
Send a question instead
Questions about the assessment, the rates, whether corrective work applies to a specific diagnosis, or what your doctor would need to send me. This comes straight to me and I answer within one business day. It does not hold a slot or a card.
For current clients
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Referrals
Anyone you send gets the same free first meeting you got. Ask me about the referral thank-you at your next session.