Dara Ellen

📣 UPDATE!!!! 📣

I’m now taking on one-on-one personal training clients IN PERSON in Raleigh, NC.

I’m working independently through my own business (💅), which means I’m not tied to any gym or company.

That gives more flexibility for YOU:

- No gym memberships
- No contracts
- Just you + me + smart training

✨️How it works:✨️

Text me at (919) 438-0865

We’ll book your first session. There’s no commitment beyond showing up for that one session.

During that session, we’ll go over:
- your goals
- movement patterns
- training history
- where your body is currently at

Nothing extreme or intimidating.

If it feels like a good fit, we’ll talk about what continued training could look like.

If it doesn’t feel like the right fit, that’s completely okay too. No pressure. No awkwardness. - And I’ll still try to send you off with some helpful direction moving forward.

✨️What you’ll get from training with me:✨️

- Customized workout programming built around your goals
- Strength training that actually feels good
- Real-time form coaching + adjustments
- Mobility, balance, and functional movement work
- Training that adapts to your body day-to-day
- Workouts that fit your real life (not the other way around)
- Coaching that removes the guesswork

I’m currently renting space inside a strength-focused gym in the Brier Creek area.

Text me at (919) 438-0865 if you’d like more info 😊

Step into our new group training program and experience the power of functional kettlebell training! Join us, here at Anytime Fitness Raleigh on Glenwood, to build resilience, improve coordination, and see real results—all while having a blast with a supportive community!

It's ✨️official✨️!!

After working in the health and fitness industry for years, I finally made my first official website!

I love posting about health and fitness on social media. But I wanted a place with a little bit less restrictions, where I could share even more.

It's just getting started, but the goal is to continue to share the things I've learned about health and fitness in the last few years. Along with new things I learn, as I continue to get more certifications and experience.📚

I'll also be sharing more behind the scenes of my own story, especially how I reached my own fitness transformation.🤍

Check it out, if you're curious

Www.daraellencoaching.com

(🔗 in bye-oh)

I’m so proud of my client Ashley! She made the decision to make a change AND committed to herself and her goals. And she is ✨️GLOWING✨️, inside and out.

She has been implementing strength training, and is getting stronger every week! She has made some healthy habit changes. But she didn’t need to slash calories, or go on a crazy diet to see results. She has simply been more mindful around food, and nourishing her body. She is a great role model for the “food is fuel” mantra. 

Ashley, I’m so happy to have you as a client! It has been an honor to watch you grow. Your commitment is inspiring! I can’t wait to see what the next few months bring for you! ❤️✨️

I do feel Bonita. ✨️💅

How I stay lean and healthy year round. 👇

1️⃣ I worked on healing my relationship with food. Instead of just trying to eat *as little as possible* to lose weight. I eat (at least) twice the amount of food I used to when I was “afraid of gaining weight.”

2️⃣ I strength train 3 - 4 times per week. I took my focus away from cardio, and focused more on strength training. This process transformed the way my body looked.

3️⃣ I try to hit 7,000-10,000 Steps daily. (lately it’s been closer to 7,000 due to some life changes. And that’s OK.) It still works even if I don’t hit that *perfect* 10,000 all the time.

4️⃣ Patience. I stopped expecting to see the changes I wanted in 3-6 months. I focused on small habits, and trusted myself. (This was the hardest part. Working with a coach really helped me to cultivate my own self trust and patience.)

Happy crimmus & Merry Chrysler ❤️🎄

In my glitter nails, passenger princess era ✨️

On a side note, TBT to when I used to be insecure about my thighs when I sat down. Glad that era is over.

Molly is ready to go. 🐶✈️🧳❤️

I just finished my last bartending shift. I've been working here as a part time to full time bartender for almost 3 years now.

Working here allowed me to have the time I needed to:
• update my old certifications,
• take some new certifications to grow as a coach, trainer, and business owner,
• mentor under (and work for) a successful online coaching business,
• build my ✨️own✨️ online coaching business,
• and then take on a part time job training clients in person.

Now I'm excited to say that I get to prioritize both my in-person, and virtual clients at a full time capacity.

Being able to prioritize something I'm so passionate about is such a gift.

I'll miss everyone I've worked with at the bar, but I'm so excited to pursue something that changed my life: health and fitness coaching.

Now, there are two ways you can work with me:
1. in person training, at the gym
Or
2. online, as your one on one fitness & nutrtion coach

I'm so excited to see what 2024 brings! 🩵