Melissa LaGrant Fitness

I’ve been working with Melissa since January of 2014. When I started working with her, my goal was to reduce fat and gain muscle.
While it has been an uphill battle, Melissa has helped me be able to attain an incredible level of success. She is attentive, enthusiastic, and compassionate with her clients, never shaming or brow beating. She pushes me to my limit, but if I truly cannot go further, she respects this limit. She is careful to observe form, always vigilant about my safety. I trust her ability to know how far to push me so I can achieve success. While other trainers I’ve seen are busy looking at their phones or chatting with other people, Melissa never takes her eyes off you — you genuinely have her full attention for the entire session.
I can tell Melissa takes a lot of pride in crafting tailored work outs to every client. When I asked her to incorporate boxing into my work outs, she brought in the gloves to our next session. When I asked to begin learning power lifting, she had the bar out the next session, ready to go. I’ve learned to do things that I never thought I was capable of — and one of the most valuable things I have gained from this training process is getting more in touch with my body and what it is capable of when I work hard. I can lift more than ever before. I feel genuinely healthier. While I still have a ways to go, and I have lifestyle changes I need to make, I have faith that Melissa will help me get there. And when I am ready to start making those lifestyle changes, I know that she will be there to assist me every step of the way.
tl;dr: Melissa is truly a professional who will listen to you, push you just the right amount, and help you achieve your goals as best she can.

Having worked with a number of trainers over the years, I’d say Melissa is as good as it gets. As other reviewers have mentioned, she has a knack for creating diverse workouts for every session. She comes to my apartment for our sessions and works with limited equipment, but manages to build out interesting ways to brutalize me 3x/​week. Some may be awful (for all the right reasons), but they’re always new, and I always come away feeling accomplished. I’ve never been stronger. Melissa is also incredibly adept, due to her Physical Therapy background, at adjusting workouts around injuries. I’ve had recurring back issues (pre-​existing) and she’s always great about knowing my limits and still crafting challenging workouts around them. She’s also just a peach.
Also, my cat really likes her, so I can’t ever get rid of her.
Highly recommend!

Melissa is the best of the best. I have been working out with her 3 days a week for nearly one year and I am still completely challenged each and every time. She crafts an individual workout based on my needs and strengths. I have never done the same workout once, meaning I am never bored.
Melissa embodies a healthy lifestyle and motivates me to do the same. Her warm personality invites lots of conversation and helps me through her tough workouts. I feel so proud and strong after each session, and this feeling carries over to other aspects of my life. I am so happy to have found Melissa and encourage others to do the same!

Melissa is amazing. With extensive knowledge from her occupational training work, and the patience that that has taught her – she is perhaps the best trainer with whom I have worked. (And I have had many.) I first came to her after a rotator cuff operation, and when I discovered that she did personal training as well, it was a natural progression. Not only is she incredibly nice, but she is iwonderfully thoughtful in her personalized approach. Hire her.