Dave Piccirillo

Training with Dave has been a total game changer, not just for my body but for my mindset too. His ability to balance deep knowledge of strength training with empathy and humor is rare. He gives you a roadmap that’s personal, intentional, and rooted in genuine care for your growth. What stands out most is how consistent and encouraging he is. Dave meets you where you are and still finds a way to push you beyond what you thought was possible. The progress I have made, physically, mentally, and in how I show up for myself is amazing. If you’re looking for someone who will keep it real, challenge you, and make training something you actually look forward to, Dave is it. Easily one of the best decisions I have made for my health and well being.

Dave is an amazing coach who helped me for years on my health and fitness journey. He was supportive, attentive and challenged me when I most needed it to ensure that I was getting the most out of our sessions. His approach not only allowed me to meet my fitness goals, but also helped improved other aspects of my life outside of the gym. He's an all around great person and is extremely committed to his work and clients. I highly recommend working with Dave!

Nothing but good things to say about my experience training with Dave. He provides an environment perfectly balanced in learning, being challenged, and enjoying your workout. He is receptive to your personal goals and able to craft a program around meeting them, and is a motivating force to help you do so. My progress under Dave’s coaching has been abundant - more importantly, I’ve sincerely enjoyed the process between spending time with him and his other clients. Highly suggest working with Dave if you want to be pushed, lift with the proper form, meet your goals, and have fun doing it.

Dave is a dream personal trainer. He is professional yet personable, and *very* good at what he does. I got the results I wanted, and also enjoyed the process. I’ve worked with him for 6 months before my wedding. During that time, I trained with him for about two times a week (except for some busy weeks) and trained by myself once a week. I came in with no experience in weight lifting, and at the end of 6 months, I can do almost body-weight barbell squats, became familiar and confident in many weight exercises (e.g., bench press, overhead press). I also got into a nice shape for my wedding dress. Dave was nonjudgmental about my goal (which was mainly aesthetics ;) ), and designed the program towards the goal in the least painful and healthy way. Working with him, I further got interested in fitness, learned much more about diet.

I started working with Dave during a lull in my training, at a time when I was feeling uninspired by my bodybuilding split and lifting felt like a chore. We immediately reset the major barbell lifts and drilled down on proper form, teeing up a slow and deliberate linear progression. Within a couple months I hit a PR on my high bar squat (at the age of 41), and my other lifts are creeping back up to the PRs I hit in my mid-thirties, with no sign of slowing down. He combines intelligent programming with sensitive and targeted coaching interventions. And he creates an environment that is relaxed and fun, but also disciplined enough to create real progress. As a consequence my attitude towards lifting is totally renewed. I love working out again (Ive been doing this for years), look forward even to the sessions I know will crush me, and feel a huge surge of energy around my workouts. Highly recommend working with Dave.