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Coaching

Ask yourself this: How much do you feel you get out of your current workouts?

Have you seen noticeable gains in size, strength, performance, or weight loss in the last few months? Have you felt like that nagging injury is getting better, worse or not changing at all? Do you feel on a whole better than you did 5 months or even 5 weeks ago?

People tend to stick to a program for waaaay to long, making it almost as routine as brushing your teeth before bedtime. Others jump programs every week, never focusing on any element, preferring to spin their wheels trying to do everything at once instead of seeing dramatic improvements in a select one or two areas. This leaves them upset, disappointed and looking for more of the same, or the new hotness from the latest issue of their favorite fitness magazine.

“Dean Somerset is a psychopath. Or sociopath. Anyway he’s some sort of path. If this were Egyptian times, he’d somehow have me whipping myself as I built a damn pyramid, with my abs braced and imagining I was breathing through my eyelids. I mean, sure I’m stronger than I’ve ever been and sure, I’m more mobile than I’ve been since I was a teenager and sure I’m not in pain anymore but the damage to my fragile ego of sneaking into the aerobics studio for some pink weights because it’s all I can control for half-kneeling baby reverse amoeba squats just isn’t worth it. Probably.” – Andrew Moore, long time distance coaching client

 

I came to Dean a hot ghetto mess of sadness and confusion, having for the first time in my life found a sport that I love and questioning if I could continue due to injury. Not only did Dean create a specific program to address my injury, but he also made my training enjoyable with variations I had never done on my own.

Most importantly, Dean’s bedside manner is that of someone who actually cares, plus his e-mail response time and banter are hilarious. The only way you could go wrong with Dean is if you don’t go with Dean.  – Roger Lawson

 

Now I’m sure there are some reading this who just want information on what it involves (which I’ve provided), and some who just want to send me an email (thank you), but for those who have thought it through and are ready to get the ball rolling TODAY I’ll give you a breakdown of what it costs to do distance training.

I charge a flat fee of $249 US plus tax per month for distance training, and have a minimum time commitment of 3 months. The first month includes all the assessments and stuff like that, and then we’re off to the races. Each month is going to get you an individualized program and full access to me with everything mentioned above (emails, videos, all that jazz). This fee also allows for access to the WeightTraining.com app so you can take your customized workouts into the gym with you on your phone or tablet so you can easily track your workouts and also view the exercise videos quickly and easily.

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By the way, this is a recurring payment each month, which means you don’t have to worry about re-submitting this form or losing an invoice. The payments are automatic, and can stop at any time you decide with a simple click.

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If you’re ready to get rolling immediately, once you’ve filled out the form, click the button below to set up an account and manage your payments.

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But Dean, I don’t want a full program, I just want to get an assessment to figure out what I need to do on my own. Can you still help me out?? 

Absolutely. Technology is a great thing, and one of the main advances in the past decade is the ability to video conference with someone on the other side of the world live, which means I could meet with you over Skype to go through an assessment, figure out a corrective strategy that make be beneficial for you, and give some recommendations on how to address them going forward. It won’t require a full program, but it’s a step in the right direction compared to self-diagnosis and trying to analyze everything yourself.

For a Skype consult, we’ll schedule a time that works best for both of us (depending on time zones), use the video conferencing feature on Skype, and go through a detailed medical history, movement assessment, and corrective strategies that may be most appropriate for what you’re looking for. I can even do technical feedback for your main lifts, like deadlifts, squats, cleans, presses, etc if you have the equipment handy and want some direct coaching on what to do more effectively.

That sounds awesome!! What do I have to do to get that????

You just have to pay for the consult below and I’ll contact you as soon as possible and we’ll find a time to meet up through the interwebz.


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I’ll contact you within the day at the email address you provide through the order form. You can even order multiple consults for follow-ups, checking on multiple issues or technical lifts, orwhat ever you would want to discuss in more depth and detail.

 

If you’re not feeling either of these options, there’s one more potential way you could start training with me without moving to the frozen tundra of Edmonton. You could also pick up a copy of High Tensile Strength, my semi-custom 6 month training system that helps you get stronger, gain muscle, lose weight, improve mobility, or simply shake up your existing routine.

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