Strong Now.

Training and Nutrition for active Women in midlife.

Build muscle, eat well, and age on your own terms.

Work with Jess

After years fumbling through autoimmune issues, two kids, knee surgeries, a divorce, and (unknown to me!) early menopause, I had enough. It was time to get my shit together.

I embraced my love for the weight room, took responsibility for the food I was putting in my body, got serious about recovery.

For over 10 years I’ve coached women tired of feeling like their body is working against them, and ready to stop putting their life on hold. It won’t be easy. It will be worth it, and you won’t be doing it alone.

Don’t take it from me, though. Read what my clients have to say!

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  • A text message discussing morning exercise, running 1.5 miles, and benefiting from interval training and heart rate work.
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  • Screenshot of a text message praising Jess for being transformative and helping to modify and cement habits.
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There are two wolves in all of us: the one that makes excuses and the one that shows up. So tell me, which wolf will you train?

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    Remote Training

    Like to train on your own, but find it hard to motivate, or know where to start? Let’s create a training plan to reach your goals in the space you train, progressed each week based on your recovery and results! Clients love the oversight and accountability of having a coach at their fingertips!

    Remote Training
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    Elevate Training Studio

    Prefer to train in-person with others, or maybe 1:1 with a coach? Clients love the camaraderie and accountability that comes with a community, and push themselves farther when not alone! Come lift weights with other members of your pack, while a coach makes sure you stay on task and keeps an eye on your form!

    Elevate Studio
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    Nutrition & Lifestyle

    Do you have health or body composition goals, and you just know what’s happening at home isn’t going to get you there? Let’s uncover what’s holding you back from living your best life, create a roadmap to success, and work with your lifestyle to establish the nutrition and lifestyle habits that will get you there for good!

    Nutrition Coaching

Welcome to our new training studio: Elevate

A strength training, lifestyle and nutrition community with a focus on getting Women strong for life. A place to thrive, feel empowered, and hold yourself accountable. Train alone, in a group, alongside a coach. The space is yours.

It’s not a bro gym, it’s a female-driven weightlifting haven made of badass black steel and sweat. And yes we do have some guys training here, which we love 😉, but c’mon let’s be honest, it’s for US. #womenwholift

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Come see us at the Elevate studio!

30 Boston Court, Essex, Vermont 05452

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Jess is a certified personal trainer with the NSCA, a Precision Nutrition Level 1 graduate, certified in Metabolic Flexibility with Dr. Mike T. Nelson, coached by Author and Nutritionist Georgie Fear, R.D., CSSD, and most recently has certified in Menopause for Athletes with Dr. Stacy Sims. She is constantly learning and striving for new information to stay up to date for herself and her clients, to help solve the sometimes complicated problems we as women can face when it comes to our training, diet and lifestyles.

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