About Thomas D. Lowe

Tom Lowe is a personal fitness trainer located in Province, Maricopa, AZ, who specializes in functional movement.

Every day, Tom helps individuals reach their goals, whether it’s recovering from injury, improving daily life or reaching a new fitness goal.

Clients say Tom is “challenging in a safe way.” He’ll guide you through exercises that stretch and strengthen — but won’t push you past your limit.

Long-time clients say Tom is dependable, reliable and flexible. He’s committed to safety, health and well-being, and prides himself on maintaining a clean, private, and professional workout area with plenty of parking.

Custom injury recovery programs

Tom has experience with a wide range of clients at all fitness levels:

• Has helped strength train a man injured in a motorcycle accident that is confined to a wheelchair. Through the help of several physical therapists and occupational therapists, Tom has helped this client stand and walk, among numerous other milestones. While improvement couldn’t be measured day to day, consistent training with Tom helped this client show tremendous improvement over months and years.

• Coached a woman injured from a car accident who thought she couldn’t run again. Tom worked with physical therapists to improve her strength and confidence — and now she’s running 5Ks.

• Tom has experience working long term with a client who is recovering from leukemia. This gentleman came to Tom while he worked at a health club. Although this gentleman was very nervous and skeptical that weight training was going to help him, Tom guided him through good times and rough times to acquire the level of fitness and strength that this client has never seen before. He states that he is actually stronger now than before his diagnosis.

• Tom has trained and worked with a variety of athletes and coaches over his many years of training. He has enhanced the performance of professional athletes, college athletes and high school athletes in a wide variety of sports. Tom’s primary athletic focus is strength training and sprint mechanics. His experience at the high school level produced numerous state champions in the sprint/sprint relay events.

Education & Certification

EDUCATION

Iowa State University

• M.S. Physical Education, emphasis Exercise Physiology

University of Northern Iowa

• B.A. General Studies, Minor; Athletic Training

CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)

• USATF Level 2 Coach; Sprints, Hurdles, Relays

• Certified Functional Strength Coach (CFSC) Michael Boyle Strength and Conditioning (MBSC)

• Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)

• Certified Senior Fitness Specialist (SFS) National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)

• CPR Certification (Health Care Professional Certified, AHA)

• Coaching Authorization from the State of Iowa (High School Coach)

• Coaching Authorization from the State of Arizona (High School Coach)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA)

• USA Track & Field (USATF)

Experience