Spotlight on Functionality for Foundation Fitness of Alexandria Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening

ALEXANDRIA, VA – Functional our bodies in movement – a standard aim most everybody shares. Life takes over at instances, although, and we discover ourselves having a setback and coping with ache and restricted mobility. Foundation Fitness understands this idea a lot that proprietor/operator CJ has opened his second health middle within the space.

On Saturday, October twenty second, Owner/General Manager C.J. Wesby minimize the Grand Opening purple ribbon alongside Lance LeTellier (founder/CEO), Patrick Bresley (COO), Mayor Justin Wilson, and Wayne Gooden (Partner). “Be Your Best” summarizes the mission of Foundation Fitness of Alexandria in addition to Wesby’s first location in Del Ray.

Wesby has a 20+ yr background in health and has seen tendencies and fads come and go. His Foundation Fitness takes a unique strategy to residing your greatest life.

“We have caught to foundational motion work on making shoppers extra secure and functionally sound in order that they’re able to perform significantly better in life. So we don’t need you to get accustomed to utilizing linear machines that solely have one path of movement. We need you to have the ability to stabilize your self if you end up twisting and turning and bending all the way down to the facet to select one thing up (so as to) keep your mobility as all of us age,” stated Wesby.

Foundation Fitness is for “of us who’re searching for sustaining or gaining optimum well being,” in response to Wesby. “We do have some dietary teaching and do full in-body scanning. We do a full evaluation within the consumption course of to provide a snapshot of the place a shopper is originally, then seek the advice of, have a two-session consumption earlier than being paired with a coach,” stated Wesby. 

This process permits them (the trainers) to have full data of any accidents or issues persons are experiencing. It is all about “giving individuals what they need and in addition giving individuals what they want,” for optimum health.

They provide 4, six, and 12-month contracts the place shoppers practice as soon as, twice or thrice per week. Since the realm has loads of contract and authorities employees for brief stints of time, it’s the Foundation’s aim to assist individuals in the timeframe they’ve accessible.

Wesby was previously a PT aide and a pace/conditioning coach for a ladies’s nationwide soccer league staff, the NY Sharks.His trainers have background expertise which incorporates train science, sports activities, conditioning, PT aide, even aggressive powerlifters and aggressive robust males. The proprietor stresses that trainers proceed of their training and always additional their data by studying and doing new issues.

The firm works extensively with individuals who have suffered sports activities accidents. They converse with bodily therapists, and orthopedic surgeons, in addition to chiropractors about their shoppers accidents. Not solely do they work on the damage but in addition on all-over physique well being for power, stability, and mobility. As Wesby stated, it’s about aiming towards the aim of  “a well-rounded, stronger human being throughout life.”

Pre-hab is one other space by which the skilled trainers focus, an idea historically missed as individuals put together for an operation.

“If somebody is aware of they will have surgical procedure, we be certain that we stabilize above and beneath that exact joint or space to allow them to shorten restoration time,” stated Wesby. 

Foundation Fitness was based by CEO Lance LeTellier in 2009 in Annandale. The second health middle opened in Georgetown, earlier than increasing into NOVA. LeTellier at present oversees eight areas all through NOVA and DC. LeTellier was previously in acquisitions after which turned a coach, discovering the work fulfilling.

He created the Foundation with a mission to encourage others to be their greatest, and never simply contained in the fitness center. 

“When you are feeling higher, you do extra good issues, you’re in a greater temper, you work together with different individuals higher, you’ll be able to spend extra high quality time with your loved ones (which is) very rewarding  to begin seeing the fruits of that,” LeTellier stated, whose aim went from specializing in particular person shoppers to now working with over 50 trainers to have that very same affect to construct his leaders.

How has the pandemic affected the health world?  

“Incredibly troublesome,” stated LeTellier, “however on the similar time the best way our neighborhood rallied, and I used to be in a position to see what we had put into our prospects, they usually paid us again. We went into the pandemic with seven areas and got here out with seven. As quickly as issues opened we got here roaring again stronger than ever earlier than, 25-30% higher than pre-Covid. The response was unbelievable,” LeTellier stated gratefully. 

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