The Exercise Lab · Glastonbury, CT
Individualized exercise in a coached small group, built around your body, your history, and the activities you want to keep doing.
What Makes the Lab Different
Get an individualized exercise program and professional guidance that account for your joint history, current capabilities, and goals—so you can work toward greater strength without being expected to keep up with someone else's workout.
Your exercises and starting demands are chosen for you. Previous injuries, surgeries, or limited mobility influence the plan, so you have a practical starting point instead of having to figure it out alone.
We adjust equipment, position, range, and speed to create an appropriate muscular challenge. If a movement bothers a joint, we can modify the exercise while preserving its purpose.
An Exercise Technician helps with setup, technique, questions, and appropriate adjustments. You can follow your individual program with support available throughout the session.
We adjust resistance, repetitions, tempo, and other demands in small steps. That gives you ways to develop strength and control without making heavier weights the only measure of success.
Your golf, walks, work, and travel count toward the demands on your body. We consider those activities and your response to training when planning progression, recovery, and purposeful changes to your exercises.
Build strength and capacity for the activities you want to keep doing, with a program that respects what your body has been through.
The session · ~45 minutes
Each approximately 45-minute session includes Independence Work, Strength Work, and Joint Protection Work. Your individual program determines the exercises and demands within that structure.
Focused work on balance, muscular control, and the hands and feet helps build capacity for everyday tasks.
Individualized resistance exercises build strength for lifting, carrying, climbing stairs, and staying active.
Controlled resistance and carefully adjusted equipment let you challenge your muscles while respecting your joints.
Who the Lab Is For
You want to get stronger—and you want an approach that respects your body.
The Lab may be a good fit if:
You don't have to be injured to benefit, and you don't have to be fit to begin. We help you establish an appropriate starting point.
Client Story
This is what individualized programming and close coaching look like for one client — your program would be built around your own history and goals.
“More recently, I’ve added the Exercise Lab twice a week, and I love the small-group format. Josh, sometimes alone and sometimes with assistance, is there to make sure I’m using proper form and following a well-thought out strategy, so I can safely and consistently build strength.
I also appreciate how refreshingly simple it is. No apps, online registration or complicated tracking. Just a schedule of exercises on a clipboard, knowledgeable guidance, and the work.
Simple, supportive, and effective.”
Membership & Pricing
Every membership includes your own individualized exercise program, approximately 45-minute sessions, and guidance with setup, technique, and appropriate adjustments. Choose your weekly attendance schedule and the corresponding session package.
Once per week
Twice per week
Three times per week
Two people · Once per week
Two people · Twice per week
Each private session is one shared appointment for both participants. Prices cover the pair, not each person.
You enroll in a regular weekly schedule and purchase the corresponding session package. Sessions are used as you attend. Your package is based on attendance, not the number of calendar weeks that pass.
You follow your own program with guidance from an Exercise Technician, including help with setup, technique, questions, and appropriate adjustments. Support is available throughout the session, while learning to exercise with increasing independence is part of the program.
Separate · Complementary
MAT assesses and addresses muscular limitations. MAT43 provides specialized, one-on-one strength development, building capacity movement by movement. The Exercise Lab provides individualized exercise within a coached small group. These are separate but complementary services. You do not need to complete MAT or MAT43 before starting the Lab. We help you determine the appropriate starting point.
Tell us about your history, your joints, and the activities you want to keep — we'll help you determine the appropriate starting point.