I have been participating in the Cynergy Private Training Program for about a year now and cannot say enough positive things about my experience with it. I decided to try the program after deciding that I wanted to focus my training more on the Olympic Lifts, with the objective of competing in a meet some day. When Cindy explained to me how the program worked, I knew it was the right approach for me. The classes and general programming at Cynergy are amazing and always top notch, but as I discussed with Cindy, when you have specific goals and specific time lines, sometimes you need a specific personal program to accomplish them. Furthermore, when your schedule tends to be variable like mine, you need a training program that accommodates that as well.

My experience with the Private Training Program has been outstanding and I am truly a better athlete and person because of it. Having Cindy write a personal program for me to follow each week with my specific goals and focus areas in mind has had a huge impact on my training. Prior to starting the program, although I would try to make it to class at least a few times a week, my training was definitely inconsistent and there were weeks where I wouldn’t train at all. In the program, knowing that each week Cindy reviews my results from the previous week, and takes the time to write the program for the next week, gives an extra layer of accountability for me, pushing me not to miss a day, and to work harder at each training session. Since starting the training program, I have only missed one training day the entire time. Furthermore, as a result of the program, my Olympic lifts have improved significantly, in both technique, and overall weights, with large PRs in both the Snatch and Clean & Jerk.

About 6 months ago, I injured my back, which was a slight detour in my training. During my recovery, Cindy has worked very closely with myself, and my Physical Therapist, to modify my program to accommodate the healing process. We have worked to correct the improper movement patterns that caused the injury and to strengthen the muscles that had weakened and become unbalanced. This personal attention to detail has made all the difference in my recovery. I am now back to lifting, and because of the superb programming, was able to retain much of the strength I had built before the injury and add additional strength in weak areas.

The Private Training program has truly been an invaluable experience and I am amazed at what I have been able to accomplish while participating in it. I look forward to the future goals I will achieve as I continue to work with such an excellent coach and an exceptional program.

After injuring my back lifting 3 or so years ago, I tried very hard to rehab and get myself back but unfortunately the threshold for re-injury kept getting lower and the frequency kept getting shorter. I had times when I was unable to stand up straight and worst of all times when picking my son out of his crib was impossible. I ultimately had found myself resigned to stiffness and pain while not moving much aside from occasional yoga in order to not trigger an issue. This of course, was not physically enjoyable and was also not a comfortable mental state to accept. My wife has remained dedicated to CrossFit (despite several long distance moves) and in talking to Cindy while my wife worked out, she offered to put me into a program to get me moving again.

To be brief, I am moving again and getting stronger again. I’m finding out what works and what doesn’t. Where once I was afraid of doing anything in fear of injuring myself, I am now excited to keep progressing (slowly) and testing myself. When I was doing WODs most days, I used to love this part of my life. I then thought that I’d never be there again. Cindy has been the catalyst and fuel to regain this aspect of my life again and that has been incredibly rewarding. I’m not breaking any world records or even personal records. In fact, I’m not yet even doing many exercises that I once loved. I am however, fulfilling my desire to challenge myself (both physically and mentally), to improve myself and most importantly to move my way back to health. I’m doing new exercises every week. I squatted for the first time in over a year two weeks ago. I have hope that I’ll be reclaiming most if not all of the exercises that I thought I might never do again. In the meantime, I’m happily chasing my little sons around and living life to my fullest.