Grand Rapids - Motive Training

Motive Training

Grand Rapids

Come and train with our amazing team in the city where it all started: Grand Rapids, MI. After working as a personal trainer for a decade, our founder, Brian Murray, opened his first gym in 2019.

There was no industry standard for personal trainers, so we set one.

Credibility, competency, and results mean everything to us. So it’s our mission to elevate the client experience and deliver a fully customized, scientific, low-pressure, personal training program that gets results.

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435 LA Grave Ave SE #104

Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Meet Our Trainers

RJ Walch

Dan Montgomery

Co-owner & manager

Brian Murray

Liz Wallinga

Personal Trainer

Marie Barker

Personal Trainer

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🧘🏽‍♀️ KINSTRETCH 🧘🏼‍♂️ Co

🧘🏽‍♀️ KINSTRETCH 🧘🏼‍♂️

Come check out KINSTRETCH this Wednesday at 6:15 PM at Wilcox Park as part of DECCompress in the Park courtesy of @dynamicessencechiropractic.

All are welcome, and the class is 100% free.

Link in bio to sign up or https://bit.ly/3ynhG01

See you there!

🚨 Client Spotlight 🚨 Chuck came to us to ge

🚨 Client Spotlight 🚨

Chuck came to us to get back into shape, but a quick assessment showed he had quite a bit more to work on from a mobility standpoint.

Within weeks, Chuck noticed a considerable difference, and as you can see from his progress pictures, his body was improving and moving better than ever.

Here's what Chuck had to say,

"I have been going to Motive for several months, working out with Liz. Motive's approach has been very unique to me. There's a focus on flexibility, strength, and balance. I'm in my 50s now, and the idea of improving those areas of my life at this stage is very exciting. I have felt a big difference in how I move and how I feel since I've been working with Liz."

Chuck transformed from the inside out, shedding body fat, packing on muscle, and best of all, he learned to #movewithpurpose.

You rock, Chuck!

Don't forget about our free KINSTRETCH class in Pl

Don't forget about our free KINSTRETCH class in Pleasant Park this Wednesday at 6:30 PM.

Link in bio to sign up or https://bit.ly/3mK57Fd

Work up a sweat. Stretch your body. Have fun. That's the goal. 💪🏻

See y'all there!

New Article Up: Stretching IS Training. Here's a

New Article Up: Stretching IS Training.

Here's a little blurb from it,

"I remember back in the day when I used to think stretching was useless. In 2010, I read Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove's book, The New Rules of Lifting: Six Basic Moves for Maximum Muscle. It was a pretty stellar book for its time, highlighting the importance of doing functional movements (e.g., squats, lunges, pushing, etc.) to improve health, performance, and strength.

Stretching was brought up numerous times and was mainly discouraged; the authors suggested it wasn't necessarily helpful in improving mobility or reducing pain and that moving (e.g., strength training) was just as effective for improving flexibility and range of motion."

If you like the article, share it—we appreciate the support!

Link in bio or https://bit.ly/3xS71ZV

#movewithpurpose

🧘🏽‍♀️ KINSTRETCH 🧘🏼‍♂️ Co

🧘🏽‍♀️ KINSTRETCH 🧘🏼‍♂️

Come check out KINSTRETCH next Wednesday at 6:30 PM at Pleasant Park. All are welcome, and the class is 100% free. However, we encourage you to donate to our nonprofit if possible. 🙏🏻

Everyone in Heritage Hill who hasn't come to a class better show up! 😁

Link in bio to sign up or https://bit.ly/3mK57Fd

See you there!

New Article Up! Is stretching your lower back eff

New Article Up!

Is stretching your lower back effective? The internet seems to think so, but it’s more complicated than it looks.

Before you randomly stretch stuff in your back, read our article and let us know what you think.

Link in bio or https://bit.ly/3NY7HTG

#movewithpurpose

In 2012, I was deadset on deadlifting and squattin

In 2012, I was deadset on deadlifting and squatting as heavy as possible. But to my chagrin, I never really succeeded at putting up legitimate numbers. My form felt off, my hips were achy, my back hurt, and I felt like I couldn't do the exercises the way everyone else did.

Something about squatting and deadlifting never really clicked for me. I was defeated, annoyed, and frustrated because I wanted to be like everyone else (first mistake).

So, I went to a chiropractor and got assessed. They adjusted my hips, and I was on my way.

Nothing changed. So, I Googled "why does my squat suck?" and eventually stumbled into some content on hip anatomy and bone structure.

Bone morphology is a term used to describe the formation of bones. It's more commonly examined in physical therapy and orthopedic settings, but it's relevant to every person who moves their body.

Bone morphology isn't new. In fact, I borrowed these pictures from a @mikereinold article circa 2014. However, I would say that many new trainers and trainees struggle to understand their own movement capacity and bone structure, so here we are.

Without getting into too much detail, the pictures above show potentially drastic differences in how we are all formed. And those formations will somewhat dictate how we move.

As it turns out, I have a severely retroverted right hip, which both @dsomerset1 and @onwardgrandrapids verified. Since I didn't have imaging done (an MRI), we assume that I have either a retroverted femur neck or a retroverted acetabulum (hip socket).

What does that mean? It means that my right hip always sits in a significant degree of external rotation, which impacts nearly every joint in my body.

It changes how I move, train, eat, sleep, etc. It makes things like squatting and deadlifting more challenging, to the point where I've had to regress my lifts significantly to get the proper training stimulus.

Not everyone is built to squat or deadlift as you see in the gym. There are a lot more people like me out there than you think.

If you consistently feel like I did (a square peg in a round hole), reach out—there's a good chance we can help you.

#dreamteam 📷 @wildcreststudio

#dreamteam

📷 @wildcreststudio