Ivy F

today would've been quinn's 11th birthday.

so obviously we made rosie a cake.

i just had my last client in the home gym

philadelphia has put new restrictions in place and they go until we move.

oh yeah, today is also zoe's last day at her job. she'll start at her new job in december, and in january we move to providence.

i'm bummed. i'm excited for what's ahead, but i'm bummed that i didn't get to end things on my own terms, that i quickly had to say goodbye to clients. i'm thankful for the clients who will continue training in some shape, way, or form. thankful for all the clients i've had over the past year and a half that were basically like 'yeah, i'll let some stranger train me in their basement!"

philly, it's been real. thank you for allowing me to start my new career here. thanks for learning with me, for pushing your body, for trying new things.

providence, get ready. we're coming for ya.

home gym 2.0

wanna know why i'm smiling in this photo?

first off, let me tell you i'm doing cardio in this photo. i don't really love cardio. we're doing squats and pausing for a long fu***ng time in the down position

it sucked

but, i saw that the dude that was taking pictures that day had his camera pointed in my direction and i thought to myself "fu***ng smile, ivy, i bet you could use this picture some day as advertising"

hand to heart, true story

i was a recently certified pt and i didn't have any "promo" type photos

and who doesn't love a shirt with a dinosaur on it?

and look, here i am! using this picture to say hi and introduce myself!

what a long winded beginning, eh?

i'm not always good at getting to the point

especially, like today, when i've had about 13 cups of coffee when i only really needed 5

anywho, there's been some new faces around here so i wanted to say hi and properly introduce myself!

hi!

my name is ivy and you may call me ivy. if you feel like feeding my ego you can call me coach. i'm a personal trainer and nutrition coach based out of philly. i train students at Penn, out of my home gym, and online. the combination of that and my two dogs and fiancee keep me fairly busy. when i have the time i like to bike around town and lift heavy s**t and eat burritos. 😁

before i got into this whole training thing i was a barista for a long time and loved it, but didn't see a future in it. tbh my job hasn't changed too much: i still get paid to talk with folks and give them s**t 😉 now there's just less free coffee involved

(also: will gladly give fitness advice in exchange for good coffee beans.)

but for real, i just love helping people get fit, seeing what their body is capable of, and get them feeling like a badass

if you ever wanna chat about lifting or food or bikes or coffee, my inbox is always open. say hi/ introduce yourself!

have a happy hump day, y'all!










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