The Old Personal Trainer

Welcome to The Old Personal Trainer — where 29 years of personal training experience meets real-world fitness advice, practical coaching, and a little self-deprecating humor along the way.

I’m Coach Ed, an Exercise Science graduate and longtime personal trainer helping beginners, adults over 40, and everyday people build strength, lose fat, move better, and stay active for life — without the confusion, gimmicks, or fitness industry nonsense.

This channel focuses on:

• Strength training for beginners and adults over 40
• Fat loss and body composition
• Muscle building and functional fitness
• Mobility, recovery, and injury prevention
• Simple discipline and habit-building strategies
• Real-world fitness advice from nearly three decades in the industry

Whether you have never exercised, getting back into shape, or trying to train smarter as you age, my goal is to help make fitness approachable, sustainable, and effective no matter your limitations or where you're starting from.