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Don't be seduced by vanity goals.

Many people cite the desire for a perfect beach body or washboard abs as their main motivator for exercise. What we all really want is to feel confident and great in our bodies.

A curvy, healthy, happy woman radiates at the beach.


A personal training routine aimed at quickly changing your body’s appearance is not sustainable as part of a long term fitness plan. Over time, these practices can be harmful as muscles overdevelop and slowly weigh down our bodies. Bodybuilding can be done safely, but it’s not the path to lasting results for most people.

Aggressive routines and vanity goals can easily lead to frustration, burn-out, and chronic pain.

You can achieve a body you’re proud of without damaging it in the process.

When you treat your body with care and respect, it shows in your physique, your energy, your face, the way you move. It’s magnetic!

Don’t be taken in by short-sighted goals. Strive for functional strength and mobility, energy, a healthy lifestyle, and a fitness routine that you can happily sustain for years.

A fitter body – and more body confidence – will soon follow!

We created Sanctuary Body as an alternative to the typical gym full of self-conscious crowds and ego-driven lifting. Our trainers help clients achieve strength, flexibility, and vitality for the long haul – without impossible standards and perpetually sore bodies. Schedule your New Client Consult today.

Wellness Wisdom

No pain, all gain.

Is pain getting in the way of staying fit and healthy? …this one change can lead to a cascade effect of declining health. It doesn’t have to go that way. Here are a few key things to remember when exercising

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Rolfing with Gabriel Ewing at Sanctuary Body, Baltimore

What will Rolfing™ do for me?

The value of Rolfing™ is not only in the physical manipulations of the body, but in the way that it empowers the client with knowledge of how their body works and how to support it for optimal health and well

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New Client Consult

A Sanctuary Body pilates instructor adjusts her client's posture

The Sanctuary Body approach to training is something you really have to experience. That’s why our new client intro session includes both an in-depth fitness consultation and a personalized demo workout.

Pete Johnson, Personal Trainer at Sanctuary Body

Don't be seduced by vanity goals.

Many people cite the desire for a beach body or washboard abs as their main motivator for exercise. What we all really want is to feel confident and great in our bodies.

A curvy, healthy, happy woman radiates at the beach.

 

A personal training routine aimed at quickly changing your body’s appearance is not sustainable as part of a long term fitness plan. Over time, these practices can be harmful as muscles overdevelop and slowly weigh down our bodies. Bodybuilding can be done safely, but it’s not the path to lasting results for most people.

Aggressive routines and vanity goals can easily lead to frustration, burn-out, and chronic pain.

You can achieve a body you’re proud of without damaging it in the process.

When you treat your body with care and respect, it shows in your physique, your energy, your face, the way you move. It’s magnetic!

Don’t be taken in by short-sighted goals. Strive for functional strength and mobility, energy, a healthy lifestyle, and a fitness routine that you can happily sustain for years.

A fitter body – and more body confidence – will soon follow!

We created Sanctuary Body as an alternative to the typical gym full of self-conscious crowds and ego-driven lifting. Our trainers help clients achieve strength, flexibility, and vitality for the long haul – without impossible standards and perpetually sore bodies. Schedule your New Client Consult today.

More Wellness Wisdom

Sexy tango dancers with beautiful body alignment

Get Aligned

Exercising with proper body alignment can take years off your appearance – add active years to your life.  Sexy, right?

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New Client Consult

A Sanctuary Body pilates instructor adjusts her client's posture

The Sanctuary Body approach to training is something you really have to experience. That’s why our new client intro session includes both an in-depth fitness consultation and a personalized demo workout.

Pete Johnson, Personal Trainer at Sanctuary Body