Personal Training Built Around You
Private, one-on-one personal training in Sandy Springs, GA, for people who want to get stronger, move better and make fitness a part of a life they already have.
Whether you want more strength and stamina, better balance and mobility, greater confidence in your body, or simply a way to stay consistent, Sloan helps you make the time you spend working out count.
A Workout Should Challenge You. Not Just Keep You Busy.
There are endless exercises Sloan could ask you to do. The question is which ones will help you get stronger.
That’s where experience matters.
Sloan doesn’t come into the studio with one workout planned for everyone that day. He considers what you’ve been working on, where you’re progressing, what still needs work and what challenge should come next.
Sometimes that means adding resistance. Sometimes it’s changing the movement, working on balance or coordination, or putting familiar exercises together in a completely different way.
The goal is to keep you progressing without making training repetitive or predictable.
And Sloan will push you.
He has a knack for recognizing when someone has a little more in them, even when they’re quite certain they don’t. But pushing doesn’t mean yelling, intimidating or making someone feel inadequate.
It means coaching. Encouraging. Challenging. And very often making you laugh somewhere in the middle of it.
You don’t have to love working out to enjoy working out with Sloan.
30 Minutes That Are Yours
Personal training sessions with Sloan are 30 minutes, one-on-one and by appointment.
You know when your session begins. You know when it ends. There’s no waiting for equipment, no class running behind and no trainer dividing his attention among several clients.
For someone fitting exercise around work, a business, children, appointments or a full day, that matters. And if you need to get ready for whatever comes next, there’s a private shower available.
Thirty focused minutes can accomplish a lot when the time has a purpose and the trainer is focused on you.
And if you want additional cardio, you can use the studio equipment before or after your session. Some clients also stop in between appointments to get their cardio in on their own.
You may be walking on the treadmill while Sloan is training someone else nearby. You’ll probably hear some conversation. Maybe a story. Definitely the occasional joke.
It’s focused training without the big-gym experience.
Different Ages. Different Goals. Different Training.
Sloan works with people at very different stages of life.
A busy professional may want more strength and energy while finally making their own health a priority.
A parent may want to feel stronger, have more stamina and take care of themselves while taking care of everyone else.
A golfer may want the strength, balance and endurance to play 18 holes without fading toward the end.
A teenager may be building strength for a sport, improving coordination or simply becoming more confident in their body.
And someone in their 60s, 70s or 80s may want to keep hiking, traveling, playing golf, getting down on the floor with the grandchildren and saying yes to things that require a capable body.
Those aren’t the same goals. And they don’t require the same training.
Sloan has spent more than 30 years learning how to challenge people at different ages and levels of fitness. He knows that getting older doesn’t mean you stop getting stronger. It means the way you train needs to make sense for the body you have now.
The goal isn’t to train like somebody else. It’s to become stronger in your own life.
Experience Matters When Your Body Has a History
Most people don’t arrive at personal training with a completely blank slate.
Maybe you have an old knee injury. A shoulder that doesn’t move quite like it used to. You’ve had surgery. Something hurts occasionally. Or you’ve learned over the years that certain exercises simply don’t agree with your body.
Sloan has spent more than 30 years working with people whose bodies have a history. His own does, too.
Years of athletics and injuries, followed later by two hip replacements and shoulder surgery, have given him firsthand experience with what it means to keep getting stronger when your body requires a little more thought.
That experience shapes how he trains.
He believes in challenging people, but not at the expense of good judgment. An exercise can be changed. A movement can be modified. There is almost always another way to work toward the same goal.
Getting stronger shouldn’t require ignoring what your body is telling you.
What If Working Out Is How You Got Hurt?
This deserves more than a tiny FAQ answer because it’s a situation Sloan has encountered many times.
Some people come to Get Fit after being injured while exercising or working with another trainer.
And the physical injury isn’t always the only thing that remains.
You may find yourself questioning certain exercises. Holding back. Or wondering whether you can trust another trainer to challenge you without pushing you beyond what is right for your body.
Sloan understands that confidence doesn’t come back because someone tells you, “Don’t worry.”
It comes back through experience.
You start with what you can do. You build from there. You learn that you can challenge your body without being reckless with it. And over time, you begin trusting your body again.
Several clients who first came to Sloan after being injured while training elsewhere have now worked with him for years.
The goal isn’t to make you afraid of challenging your body. It’s to help you feel confident doing it again.
Questions You May Be Asking
What if I haven't worked out in years?
That’s okay. You don’t need to get in shape before you start training.
Sloan will begin with what you can do now and build from there. The goal isn’t to compare you with someone else. It’s to give you an appropriate challenge and help you become stronger over time.
Can I still get stronger as I get older?
Yes.
Your body changes as you age, and the way you train should change with it. Recovery may take longer. Mobility and balance may deserve more attention. But getting older doesn’t mean giving up on strength.
Sloan knows this professionally and personally. He continues to strength train himself and has spent decades adapting training as his clients, and he himself, have gotten older.
What if I have an old injury or physical limitation?
Tell Sloan about it.
Depending on the situation, an exercise may need to be changed or approached differently. Sloan will work within what is appropriate for you and won’t pretend to be the right professional for something that falls outside personal training.
If another type of expertise is needed, he’ll tell you.
What if I travel frequently or my schedule changes?
Talk with Sloan.
Many clients have busy schedules and travel. Some train remotely while they’re away. Sloan can talk with you about your situation and help you determine what will work.
You don’t have to solve the scheduling problem before you call.
A Private Studio That Feels Like Anything but Impersonal
This section should be relatively short because we’ve already explained the studio on the homepage and touched on it earlier on this page.
Get Fit is a private personal training studio, not a membership gym. The studio is exceptionally clean, well cared for and never crowded.
But that doesn’t mean everyone keeps to themselves.
People talk. They laugh. They get to know each other.
Some clients arrive early or stay after their session to do cardio. Others occasionally stop in between appointments. Over the years, many clients have gotten to know one another well enough that they’ll deliberately choose appointment times when they know someone else will be around.
It’s one of those things that’s hard to manufacture.
You get the individual attention of private personal training and the warmth of a place where people feel at home.
Start With a Conversation
You don’t have to know exactly what kind of training you need before you contact Sloan.
Before any training begins, Sloan takes the time to sit down with you and understand what brings you in, your fitness history and what you’d like to accomplish.
From there, you can talk about what training might look like, what fits your schedule and whether working together feels right.
And if you’re wondering whether you’re fit enough, have enough time, travel too much or simply aren’t sure personal training is right for you, call anyway.
You aren’t committing to a workout by having a conversation.
You’re simply finding out whether Get Fit is the right place for you.