“I met Ashley in mid 2018 when Lifetime in Burlington opened.  At that time, I did some strength classes and was a runner; weightlifting was not something I was interested in. I took her class which was a HiiT class and as I progressed, she encouraged me to try a weightlifting class: Alpha. I was intimidated and scared to try it. I would see what those people would be doing in the class and thought I could never do it. But as I would find out over time, Ashley is always right with this stuff.  After a month of doing this new type of class, I found a love for lifting.  As 2020 approached I decided to prep for a fitness competition (scared to death again).  I hired Ashley to write my strength program and she has continued for a few seasons. Ashley creates a program based on what YOU want to accomplish and not what someone tells you that you need to do. I have achieved results I never thought I could and it's due to her programming.  She will also provide any modifications. I had to take a break from weights due to shoulder surgery and she gave me workouts when it was time to ease back in that fit in with my PT stuff.

Like a lot of women, my areas that need the most focus are my butt and legs and the progress I see each month is crazy.  By the time I compete, I cannot believe how my legs look. People comment on how great and lean they are, and I have Ashley to thank for the programming to get me there.  After working with her for a while now, I have learned you not only need to keep progressing with weights and changing the workouts, but you also need to eat to fuel your workouts. I used to think carbs are BAD, but I need them, especially for heavy lifts.  She has taught me a lot about lifting and eating and I am not afraid of carbs and eating more as I lift.  I also learned working with Ashley that the scale is not the be all and end all. I now don't really care what the scale says as I can see the results I am getting and how I feel is what matters.  

I will keep working with Ashley even when I am not competing as I realized how much I like working with Ashley and her creating my workouts for my own specific goals.  

If anyone is considering working with someone that truly will want what they want, then Ashley is the one you should work with.  She celebrates every success I have with the workouts and non-scale victories. It truly is more than a trainer/client relationship. She really cares about what her clients want and delivers a program that will yield results.” 

“I had the pleasure of working with Ashley as my nutritionist after having my first baby. At 8 months postpartum, I realized that all the things I had done in the past to lose weight, was just not cutting it this time around. I felt completely out of touch with my own body after the miracle it had done with pregnancy and childbirth. I had never been that heavy in my life and the additional pounds on my small frame was taking its toll on me and affecting my moods, my happiness, and the energy I had as a mother for my family. One of the most significant things that I learned from Ashley, and value the most, is the way she connected with me and how she made me connect with my body again. She felt my pain and struggle. Not like the ‘cheerleaders’ who promise you that you will lose that weight with hard work and dedication, but as another mother who knew the unspoken pain that cannot be described from seeing your body change to something so unfamiliar. She treated me and our relationship with such professionalism, but also as though she was my best friend I could vent to about anything without fear of judgement. Through her coaching, teaching and continuous support, I have created a new and meaningful relationship with food and do not fear the scale and the number it shows me. I was shocked to see that with the right macros, order in my eating patterns, and a working out schedule that I could achieve with a baby, the weight stated to fly off faster than I even imagined. Through Ashleys program, I stopped thinking primarily about weight loss and began thinking about learning to change my life, change my perspective, and learn to give myself grace.
 
To date, I am pleased to say that I have lost almost thirty pounds in six months and continue to lose more. I also am proud to say that the number on the scale does not phase me anymore and if it is higher than usual, I know to trust that it is not my hard work and efforts being undone by one cheat meal, or a week of unstructured eating. I truly believe I would not have learned everything I did and feel so good about reaching my goals without Ashley in my life. She is hands down the best investment I have made for myself and am excited to continue to work with her.”

“I’d always been active, healthy and fit. Then I had my kids and that just threw me for a loop. Bouncing back wasn’t automatic for me and the usual things I had done in the past just weren’t getting me where I wanted. Most of all I hit a point post COVID where I’d not only gained weight but I was so tired all the time. I had started working out and mentally felt better but the scale was going up.

I found Ashley through Lifetime and my main goal was having more energy and being more toned. I didn’t think I’d have big weight loss along the journey. It just wasn’t a major goal and I was skeptical it wasn’t possible so I didn’t want to fixate on it. However, following Ashley’s program and doing a reverse diet, I saw inches fall off and I was getting so strong.

I had so many break throughs working with Ashley, many of which were more about how to listen to how my body was feeling, learning that your body cycles and that’s ok. I also started incorporating strength training and doing way less cardio and being so much more aware of how what I ate made me feel.

I love my muscles! My arms and back, even after I’ve gone into maintenance and don’t track regularly, I’m so much more tone than I have been in a long time. I’m also proud to have learned and found this information that will be with me for life and to have met Ashley, she’s a wonderful human. I’m a mother, wife and I work full time and I learned how to navigate all the moments in life in a smarter and healthier way.

I would recommend Ashley to Mama’s 1000%, even before she became a mother, she had compassion combined with the tough love I needed to meet my goals and then some.”

“I have always been an active person that worked on maintaining a healthy diet and have been self-conscious about my weight. As I got older and my hormones changed, I found it harder and harder to maintain my weight. I tried so many diets, cut back my calories, did more cardio, etc. only to be rewarded with no change or unwanted weight increase. February 2022, I decided to give nutritional coaching with Ashley a try.  In working with Ashley, I learned that the carb avoidance and calorie deprivation was only slowing down my metabolism and making things worse.  I needed to learn how to create the right balance of foods throughout the day and slowly increase my calories rather than decreasing them.  I also came to understand the other variables that impacted my body such as stress or inadequate rest. I can’t even begin to express the changes I noticed in my body!  I dropped my weight by about ten pounds and my body fat by 10 %!  I started out at 1100 calories per day and now I eat just under 1800.  Now you may think that I don’t live life, but let me tell you, I live life!  I’ve gone on multiple vacations, traveled for work and enjoyed the holidays. Working with Ashley has helped me to understand how to create balance in my life, physically and mentally.  I think it’s also worth noting that I’ve dropped my blood pressure medication in half and my cholesterol went from 238 to 168.  It’s so much more than just counting calories!  My clothes fit so dang good and I feel so great!”

“I started working with Ashley in June of 2022 when I really started to focus on my body composition goals.  I lost a lot of my lean mass and gained more body fat than I wanted after an injury.  In January, I had refocused on consistency and getting back to the gym but after 6 months I had barely made any progress.  I was definitely more fit, and I felt better mentally, but I wasn't seeing the composition changes.  This is when I hired Ashley as my nutrition coach. She has been the best asset in my fitness and nutrition journey.   She has reversed me up from only eating 1300 calories a day to almost 2100 calories a day.  As I went though this reverse I was still struggling to build muscle.  She started educating me on progressive overload and in November I had Ashley start programming my workouts too.  I can say I have started to not only build muscle but also add strength and confidence.   She offers support every step of the way, she has talked me though struggles and celebrated all of my successes in the most genuine way!  She listens to my concerns and adjusts my nutrition and my workouts to accommodate what I need.   She pushes me to get better and holds me accountable.  She reinforces patience and also having grace with myself when I get discouraged.  Through all of this support the biggest value I have gained is continued consistentency and progress toward my goals.  She has been the best investment to keep me moving in the right direction in a healthy and sustainable way!”

“Working with Ashley has been truly life-changing. Not only have I grown physically stronger, but I’ve also gained a new level of confidence in myself and my ability to take up space both in the gym and in life. She has given me invaluable tools to help me build and sustain a healthy lifestyle, and her guidance has empowered me to make choices that support my long-term well-being. I feel stronger, more capable, and more in tune with my body than ever before. I’m so grateful for her support, knowledge, and empathetic encouragement every step of the way!”