Testimonials

Susie Schlicksup

Tokyo Fitness’s boot camp classes are fabulous. The classes are motivating, stimulating and challenging. Nathan and Lani do an excellent job of helping each person meet their personal fitness level. They carefully watch your form throughout the class and make sure you are doing the exercises properly. With Nathan and Lani’s constant guidance, instruction and expertise, I have become fitter now than I have ever been and have more energy and strength than ever before. It is an inspiring program with no two days exactly alike therefore there is never a chance to get bored. I highly recommend the classes to anyone wanting to improve their fitness and overall health.

Gretchen Robbins

I’d like to highly recommend Elana Schmid, Nathan Schmid, and Tokyo Fitness! I started working out with Lani just a couple of months after the birth of my third child. I had always worked out, but never done boot camp. I did feel intimidated by the running and boxing. However, I quickly learned how much fun, invigorating, and truly addictive these workouts are.

Lani is an exceptionally knowledgeable and professional trainer, while also being fun and always keeping the program different and upbeat. I truly looked forward to going to bootcamp: rain or shine, summer or winter, it was always a joy to see Lani’s smiling face and to chat with the other women during classes. In addition, I have worked out with both Lani and Nathan for personal training and the feeling is the same: the routine is never dull, they will challenge you and help you achieve your personal best.

In the year and a half I worked out with them, I reached a much higher level of fitness and strength than I had ever had before. In addition, I feel more coordinated, have a stronger core, and approach all exercise with a better posture, creating better results.

I highly suggest that no matter your fitness level, you try Tokyo Fitness bootcamp or personal training: the classes are tough so don’t give up after the first time. You need to make a commitment to attend at least 3 sessions so that you can begin to understand the impact Lani and Nathan can have on your personal fitness goals.

Enjoy your workouts! Also, try a facial or massage from the Elana Jade Salon, they are excellent as well.

Gus Swanson

Tokyo Fitness has been responsible for educating the Australian Embassy Staff on health & fitness for the past 6 years conducting program design and group fitness classes. During this time, they have been proved to be very knowledgeable, professional and a truly passionate about helping people reach their full health potential.

August Hergesheimer

HOLISTIC & FUNCTIONAL are the two words that first come to my mind when I think of Nathan’s training methods. After observing Nathan with various clients over the past four years, I can state without doubt that his knowledge and advice would benefit ANYONE wishing to improve on their current level of fitness and general well-being. Moreover, as a nutritional scientist, I am very impressed with Nathan’s understanding of nutrition and its important role in helping clients attain their health objectives. I recommend Nathan as my “trainer of choice” to anyone in Tokyo.

Al Gross

My name is Al Gross. I lived and worked as an investment banker in Tokyo where my lifestyle was not always conducive to good health, and around the age of 36, I started to have tightness in my hips, which a year later developed into serious back problems. In nearly all aspects of my life I was in serious pain- in short, life looked bleak.

I then began training with Tokyo Fitness and with their careful attention to posture, form, core strengthening, and sports massage I was able to stop the deterioration of my back and significantly reduce the constant pain.

They taught me a lot of exercises that helped me build myself back to health on my own, which was important since I was leaving Japan in a few months.

Today, I live in Miami. I’ve been working out more and doing Brazilian ju-jitsu classes which I never would have attempted two years ago. Over the course of the past year, my back has slowly healed and gotten stronger. I run without any pain now. Even in the morning, I wake up without any problem. I honesty feel 15 years younger than my current age.

Thanks to Tokyo Fitness, I have now regained the active, energetic lifestyle I’d always enjoyed.

Hugh Spencer

Working in a high paced industry and competing in triathlons is a tough demand. Thanks to Nathan’s training I am able to perform my best at work and in sport. Through Nathan’s specialized training methods I was able to come 2nd in the Laguna Beach International Triathlon in 2006. I look forward to more hard training in the future!

Lisa Wisniewski

I can honestly say that hiring Nathan as a personal trainer was one of the best decisions I have ever made and worth every penny (or yen in this case).

I had always been athletic and into physical fitness however, I had never seriously approached strength training. I occasionally lifted free weights but didn’t always feel very comfortable as a female in the weight room.

Training with Nathan took things to a whole new level. I was able to learn correct breathing technique and posture which I came to understand, is absolutely vital to proper strength training. I gained better understanding of how my anatomy worked and was able to correct my own posture and technique after working with Nathan and this gave me the confidence to train hard on my own…right along side the muscle heads in the gym. We also worked on strengthening my core which helped ease my chronic lower back pain and I eventually became nearly pain free.

After about a year of training with Nathan, in the best shape of my life and loving my new found strength and tone, I became pregnant with my first child. I continued to train with Nathan all through out my pregnancy. It felt great to stay strong and in shape even while pregnant and I was very active right up until the day I gave birth. The post natal period was much harder than the pregnancy itself as I was exhausted from a hard labor and chronic sleep deprivation but I was determined to get back in shape. Nathan was the perfect person to ease me back into training and although it was frustrating not to be able to train at the same intensity or have the same level of strength and fitness that I had prior to becoming pregnant, he was very knowledgable regarding post natal recovery and helped understand the importance of taking things slow so as not to injure myself.

Although, I no longer live in Tokyo I still seek advice from Nathan on all aspects of fitness, nutrition and health related issues. I have recommended Nathan to many of my friends, all who continue to train with him and are very happy with the results.

Deborah Mills

Nathan has worked with groups of people with varying disabilities including; intellectual, physical and acquired brain injury. Nathan has wonderful rapport with the participants and is very versatile with his programs. The participants demonstrated great results in all areas; strength and fitness levels, fat loss, motivation and general attitude towards their health- as well as enjoying his company!

Richard Handcock

I have had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) for 13yrs. I found Nathans approach extremely impressive and professional- he was knowledgable about my condition and how to work with it. I have found a dramatic improvement in my physical ability and this has flowed through to an improvement in my quality of life. I am now stronger, have lower body fat and greater muscle mass. I find I am also sleeping much better and my CFS and back problems have improved……. Thank you!

Clinton Mackevicius

Competing as a World Class Middle Distance Runner requires me to be in constant peak physical condition. Through Naths coaching and encouragement I have found strength and determination that I never thought possible. Above that, I have found a great ‘Mate’ and mentor

Michelle Hunter

I started training with Nathan to get myself accostomed to exercise again, as I had not been active for approx. 15yrs. In the past year Nathan has got me to reach goals I never thought I could reach. He is a constant source of encouragement, motivation and inspiration. Nathan knows exactly how to stimulate me mentally, to give me the strength and encouragement I need to reach new physical heights. All I can say is that I am fitter and happier than I ever have been, and I now have a ‘can do’ attitude towards everything!