Fitness Quest NW is the premier group fitness and personal training studio on Orcas Island. Established in 1993, owner Chuck Silva has been training students and clients as a certified personal trainer and a multiranked blackbelt for more than 20 years.
Life doesn’t happen sitting down…
Fitness Quest NW focuses and specializes in functional and unconventional training methods. We have always believed and taught to the theory of “functional training for functional body movement.”
In real life, our bodies move to the side, backwards, forwards and diagonally. Shouldn’t we train the same way? Unlike traditional weight training that tends to be linear and follow one plane of movement, functional and unconventional training methods encourage multiplanar training (frontal, sagittal, transverse), which integrates all your motions and mimics real life movement. This brings a muscular balance to your body, increasing performance and preventing injuries.
Unconventional training methods are rapidly being incorporated into the fitness regimen of people around the world. Unconventional training involving kettlebells, Clubbells, sandbags, and other “old school” equipment is a huge departure from the common body building equipment and techniques that have been popular for decades. The reasons are numerous: unconventional training methods focus on functional fitness and strength, they are more efficient than hours of cardio, and they are cheaper than machines and gyms.
And always remember: though all classes offered at Fitness Quest are designed to challenge, it is up to you to regulate yourself when needed and work to the level with which you are comfortable, while progressing towards your fitness goals. Our mission is to instruct and assist our clients and students of all ages in a safe, fun, and challenging environment to reach their personal goals. If you are willing to put in the time and effort, we believe there is no fitness goal we cannot achieve together.
