How did I end up here?

Keith Sutorius Personal Training Philosophy.

Fitness should be a life long goal. It is something that takes time to develop. There are no miracles. It has taken years to get into your current condition and it will take some time to get the results you desire. A properly designed exercise program will challenge you in little steps. I consider strength training like learning to walk. There is a gradual progression. (You have to learn how to crawl and then walk before you can run) I will show you how to progress from a beginner to a more advanced type of training. Proper technique must be mastered before you begin pushing yourself with an exercise. This maximizes the benefit of that exercise while minimizing the chance of getting injured.

Everyone wants to look good. Exercise will improve the way you look. More importantly, it will improve the way you feel.

How do you begin an exercise program? The most important part of an exercise program is the planning, or goal setting. You would never build a house with blueprints. Why would you try to build a better body without analyzing how to do it?

A properly designed exercise program will include strength training, aerobic conditioning and flexibility training. Of these three things, I feel that strength training is the most Important part of the program. During the 1980's and most of the 1990's I thought aerobic conditioning was the most important part of an exercise program. Due to the knowledge gained by working in the Physical Therapy Department at Barnes West County Hospital, combined with becoming a National Strength and Conditioning Certified Personal Trainer in 1996, I have learned how much more important keeping ones strength level is as we get older. The thing that physically changes the most as we age is our strength level. I feel that strength training is the closet thing we have to the fountain of youth.

The program will teach you how to use strength training and flexibility to improve the way you look and feel. You will learn the proper technique and the reasons why each exercise is important. I will provide you with a physiologically and scientifically sound program that is tailored to your needs. There are a lot of misconceptions out there about fitness, and as a personal trainer I will teach you the truth about what works.

Why did I become a Personal Trainer?

Fitness is my passion. I love to learn more about it every day. Knowledge is power. I want to share this power with you. What is the most important thing that you own? Your health: I can teach you how to treat it like the precious commodity that it is.
It is later than we think. The time to get in shape is before we are so weak that it is necessary.


In 1984 my father had a heart attack. This was an eye opener. I began studying aerobic exercise and how it effects the heart. To this day I like to bicycle 3 - 5 times per week to keep my heart in good shape. Even with this amount of exercise, I was getting fatter. Why? I was not spending much enough time on strength training. During the 1980's I had spent more time strength training. I was in better shape then. All the aerobic exercise did nothing to keep the muscle I already had. Without strength training, I was getting weaker every year.

Since the fall on 2001, I have added 2 - 4 strength training sessions per week and the level of fat in my body has steadily decreased. The muscle added burns calories 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

I love the way a human body can be changed through exercise. You can abuse it for decades, and yet with a properly designed exercise program, it will respond by becoming stronger.