People ask about price and programming. What they actually want to know is what it is like to have a trainer show up at their house. So here it is.
Before anything, an assessment
The first appointment is not a workout. I want to see how you move, hear your history — surgeries, the shoulder, the back, the two years off — and understand what your week really looks like rather than what you wish it looked like.
I also look at your space and whatever equipment you own. That conversation determines the program, so it happens before a program exists.
How much space you need
Less than you expect. A clear area roughly the size of a yoga mat plus room to extend your arms in every direction is enough for almost everything. A garage, a spare bedroom, a patio in the cooler months, a cleared section of living room — all of these work.
I have trained clients in casita gyms with $30,000 of equipment and in a Summerlin living room with a couch pushed against the wall. The living room clients did not progress slower.
Equipment
If you have nothing, I bring what the session needs — typically adjustable dumbbells, bands, and a few small pieces. If you own equipment, we use yours and I will tell you honestly whether anything is worth adding. Usually the list is short: adjustable dumbbells and a bench cover most of a training life.
You do not need a treadmill. You have a neighborhood.
The session itself
Ten minutes: warm-up. Not stretching for the sake of it — specific work for whatever we are about to do, plus anything your body is currently complaining about.
Thirty-five to forty minutes: the work. Usually a main strength movement, then two or three supporting movements paired to keep the pace honest, then something for the thing you personally need — grip, single-leg stability, core, conditioning.
Five to ten minutes: finish and plan. Cool down, and I tell you what to do on the days I am not there. It is normally short and specific, not a second program.
I log what you lifted, what felt bad and what felt easy. That log is what next week is built on.
The logistics people do not ask about
Parking: I park on the street or the driveway, whichever you prefer. Tell me about gate codes and guard gates once and I will handle it.
Pets and kids: Both are fine. Dogs get involved. Kids watching a parent train is, frankly, good for them.
Noise: Nothing gets dropped. Dumbbells get set down. Neighbors and downstairs residents stay unaware.
What to wear: Whatever you would wear to a gym. Shoes with a flat sole are better than running shoes for lifting, but do not buy anything before your first session.
Mess: There is none. Equipment leaves with me or goes back where it lives.
Cancellations and the real calendar
Your times are reserved for you, so cancellations have a 24-hour window — that protects both of us. Travel, illness and work blowing up are normal and we work around them; I would rather move a session than have you cancel a month.
What the first month feels like
Week one you will feel slightly underworked, on purpose. Weeks two and three the load climbs and you start noticing small things: stairs, carrying groceries, how you feel at 3pm. By week four we have enough data that the program stops being a starting guess and becomes yours.
Where I train
I work privately in homes across Henderson, Summerlin, Anthem, Southern Highlands, Lake Las Vegas, the Ridges and the wider valley. If the drive is long, we talk about it honestly rather than scheduling something that quietly becomes unreliable.
If this sounds like what you want
Tell me about yourself — your goals, your schedule and anything that hurts — and I will read it myself and follow up. No sales call, no pressure. If I am not the right fit, I will say so.