Philadelphia

After gaining weight in college, Ryan Porch turned to strength training to change his body. After consistently lifting weights, he lost 20 pounds and had more strength to do things he loved like rock climbing. He decided to learn more about strength training which led him to discover slow-motion strength training, a method that seemed perfect.

Now, Ryan is a part of The Perfect Workout team and trains clients in our Philadelphia region.

Ryan loves encouraging his clients to hit their goals, and pushes them to achieve their absolute best. “I won’t let you quit if I believe you can achieve more.”

Coming from a family of educators ,Ryan will always go the extra mile to explain exercises and muscle function to his clients so they can understand how their workouts are producing results.

Ryan takes pride in coaching his clients to success, safely and efficiently at The Perfect Workout.

Katie Laughlin has been active from a young age, playing sports year-round including basketball, soccer, and softball. Her favorite sport was softball. She was recruited to play at the collegiate level for Kutztown University and graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Criminal Justice in 2014.

Katie was in a car accident in 2015, shattering her kneecap and losing most of her patella tendon. The surgeon was able to reconstruct her knee but the recovery was a slow process. She was determined to be able to work out again and worked hard on her rehabilitation. She learned through this recovery process that slow-motion training is the most important thing you can do to prevent or recover from injuries. And she’s living proof, now she is training and competing in obstacle course races.

Having been in athletics and fitness all her life, and now an advocate of slow-motion strength training, Katie decided it was time for her to make her passion a career. In January of 2017, Katie was referred to The Perfect Workout by a friend and she felt like it was the perfect fit! She applied and was selected to join the team of Personal Trainers. Once certified, Katie began helping clients in Ardmore and Paoli where she is still a Personal Trainer today.

Slow-motion strength training has been extremely effective for Katie and her clients. “My composition has never been like this before! This workout has increased my stamina, endurance, and strength overall. It's made a huge difference in my training for marathons and Spartan races.” One of Katie’s clients is seeing and feeling the difference too. After working with Katie for a year, her client is down 50 pounds!

Katie is a morning person, full of energy and enjoys making people laugh. One of her favorite hobbies is meal prepping. She enjoys cooking, finding new recipes to try and make. Katie loves to challenge herself… hence the marathons!

Katie would love to be the Facility Manager of a studio someday and spends time learning how to become the best leader and trainer possible. Katie plans on becoming a Certified Nutrition Coach, traveling, and training for more Spartan races.

Kyle Ea was a total gym fanatic. He used to work out 1 to 2 hours a day, 6 days a week. After doing that consistently for a year, he started to notice pain in his left wrist when he lifted. Even a wrist safety band didn’t help.

At his first session with The Perfect Workout, Kyle was taught about the slow-motion technique. He could feel his muscles getting stronger and his wrist didn’t hurt at all! That’s when he replaced all his old gym training methods with slow-motion training. “I’m stronger, I sleep better and I exercise 20 minutes twice-a-week instead of 2 hours every day.”

Kyle felt so strongly about The Perfect Workout that he decided to join the team and become a Certified Personal Trainer. In 2018, Kyle joined the Philadelphia region and has been working with clients all over. He really enjoys working with each client directly as opposed to working with group classes. “1-on-1 gives me the opportunity to really engage with clients and learn about them. It’s distraction free for the both of us and I think it is one of the keys for us getting great results for our clients.”

One of his clients, Clare had been a powerlifter years ago and had hurt her knees, elbows, and wrists. After the first 4 months of training with Kyle, she didn’t have elbow or wrist pain anymore, and her knee pain improved immensely!

Kyle believes that The Perfect Workout is the safest, most effective and least time-consuming workout ever and looks forward to sharing it with as many clients as possible.