Matt is an amazing personal trainer, even though we have never met in person! I began personal training over Zoom during the pandemic, and I have been consistently impressed by Matt’s ability to train remotely, to provide really helpful feedback on form, and to create workouts that are tailored for particular issues. As a woman in her 60’s who has never done weightlifting, I had some trepidations about my ability to lift higher weights, but now I’m deadlifting more weight than I thought possible. Matt takes the time to get to know his clients, to assess what they need, and create tailored workouts. He genuinely cares about his clients’ progress and general well-being. I can’t recommend Matt highly enough either for absolute beginners or more avid and experienced clients.

I have been a client of Matt for about two years now and have been doing remote training before and after Coronavirus, which has worked out well. Im a healthy, active 66 year old man who has been interested in fitness and health for a long time. In my 50s I ran and biked a lot, but stopped running when I injured my foot. Then I was involved in Crossfit and hurt my back doing olympic lifting I never should have been doing. And I had major back surgery four years ago. Needless to say, I didnt do any weight training after that. My weightlifting form was self-taught and honestly pretty bad - Matt taught me what good form is. A couple of years ago, I decided to find a GOOD trainer that was comfortable working with someone my age. After my wife and I did some research, and tried some other trainers, we found Matt, and boy are we glad we did.Matt is a science based trainer and his assessment of my abilities, strengths, and weaknesses were used as input into the programs he writes specifically for me. I have been taught proper technique, worked on mobility, and hes incorporated appropriate weight training and aerobic exercise into my life. I am stronger, more flexible, more aerobically fit, have incredible core strength, and leaner than I have been in a long time. I have lost 14 or 15 lbs since I started training with him, and havent really changed my diet much. He is sensitive to having me work at an appropriate intensity level and I havent been hurt once, and I feel great. He also diagnosed a medical problem I have, diastasis recti, and helped me correct it. Best of all, I have not gotten bored and given up.Matt writes custom programs that work with YOUR body, not just generic programs. You should try his exercise programming. I can honestly say that I never would have figured all this out by myself. In fact, if left to my own devices, I would have hurt myself again. Even if you want to workout on your own, get him to write your programs. Trust me, youll be as glad to work with him as I am!

Matts outstanding. I never thought in a million years I would end up working out with someone but Matt really showed me how to get the most out of a workout in limited time. Very logical thinker and showed me things I didnt know about my own body.

About 6 years ago I suffered a sever back injury that landed me in the hospital, followed by years of pain and significant lack of mobility - not to mention fear. Oh, and weight gain. Finally as 2019 came to a close I decided that 2020 was the year when I would fight back. During an exhausting online search for a personal trainer I stumbled upon some reviews of Matt. Im glad that I picked up the phone and made the call. We have been working together since January. I have a shed a lot of weight, increased mobility, energy, stamina and muscle. I feel that I am reclaiming my health. He is highly qualified, effective, listens and develops plans that work. And fun. Make the call, you wont regret it.

Matt helped me address some chronic weaknesses in my body that were having rippling out health effects. He helped me get out of pain, and feel empowered about getting stronger. Im so grateful that he works on Zoom, because it makes it so easy to work out with a badass personal trainer from the comfort of my home! Id never have access in my rural hometown to someone as skilled and knowledgeable about the body as Matt. I highly recommend him as a trainer.

I wanted to give a solid 5 stars to Matt Smith over at Bodysmith Performance. After my very first session my core strength improved and my back pain immediately went away. Matt really knows how to customize workouts for what your body needs, even down to basic fundamentals such as how to breathe properly. Couldnt recommend him any any higher!

Prior to my first consultation with Matt, I hadn’t slept through the night in nearly 6 months due to constant back and knee pain. At age 35 and far from ready to stop playing sports, I’d tried (and paid for) everything short of a surgeon - rest/ice/heat, flexibility training, PT, etc - with moderate results at best. Matt’s philosophy of injury prevention through strength training intrigued me, and despite what initially seemed like a high cost and something for people much younger than me, I decided to give his “Fast Gains” program a try.Fast forward to a year later - with an unrelated shoulder injury and surgery sidelining me for 4 months, mind you - and I am now stronger, healthier, and more injury-resilient than I’ve ever been. Matt’s extensive knowledge of physiology and movement led to the discovery that my problem wasn’t lack of flexibility, but hyperflexibility, and his relentless emphasis on proper form set me up to succeed and progress through every workout from day 1. He is a passionate, knowledgeable, and empathetic trainer who cultivates those same traits in his trainees, and I can’t recommend him highly enough.

Ive been working with Matt for a few years. Not only has it dramatically improved my workouts and health, it has improved my life. Couldnt be happier with a trainer. Matt is the best.

Matt is a phenomenal trainer and great guy. Before working with Matt, I had ongoing shoulder and neck pain from training on my own. Physical therapy provided some relief, but didnt solve the problem. Based on the initial consultation, and ongoing evaluations as I progressed in training, Matt totally corrected my form and mobility and Im now, very thankfully, able to train pain free. Along with proper programming, this has translated into moving more weight and better body comp. Matts extremely knowledgable, and super easy to work with. Highly recommend!

Great experience working with Matt. His programs for me were awesome and I saw great strength results. His attention to form and corrections were so helpful for my lifting technique. Highly recommend!

Matt is the best! Do what he says and youll become leaner and stronger. Basically since working out with him Im skinnier and Ive gotten better at literally everything. Crow pose, Im looking at you. His workouts are super efficient and personalized to each client (good thing because I think he trains everyone from 20 somethings to 80??? somethings). If thats all you needed to know, stop here. Otherwise, keep on.I signed up with Bodysmith Performance because I was stuck in a rut with my workouts. Dont get me wrong, yoga-cardio-fly wheel-something involving spandex and resistance bands-cardio-yoga-elliptical is still a great way to spend a week, but I was bored and needed to make some changes. I found Matt through my gym (12th Street - also awesome) and thought I would try like 2 or 3 trainer sessions to kick me into gear and learn how to lift without hurting myself (or anybody else).Of course as with many new workouts, I saw/felt results quickly. But these were amazing results. Were talking losing 5% of my body fat DURING THE HOLIDAYS (Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Years). I wasnt overweight to begin with, so I actually think that makes this more impressive. Now, a few months later, Im still being surprised with results (i.e. going down another size) and he just keeps changing things up so its never boring.He works with your schedule and can do 30, 45 or 60 min sessions however many days a week you want. I started with 60 minutes (I needed some work!) and thought I would go once a week. After a couple sessions though, I loved it so much, I upped to twice a week for 60 minutes each time. Matt has nutrition advice for you too. Nothing too preachy or overbearing (unless youre into that and if so, Im sure hell oblige), but just good solid guidelines to follow. Im a physician and pretty much obsessed with nutrition, and I still found his guidance really helpful (and medically accurate).If youre not sure, you could do a couple of sessions and Im sure hed develop a great program for you, but I definitely think long term is the way to go. Also, I went from being completely mortified and insecure in a weight room, to moderately confident I will not hurt myself or others while lifting weights (in public).

I was working out pretty consistently for a couple of years before I started training with Matt but never saw that much progress. Matt put on his Fast Gain program, which is a powerlifting based training plan. And then miracle happened. The first 6 weeks on this program, I gained about 8 pounds of pure muscle while lowered my body fat at the same time. Within a few months, I almost doubled the weight of what I started doing on Bench, Squat and Deadlift. All the friends who had not seen me for a while were all like what the hell happened to you when seeing me again. I have never felt so strong and confident about my body figure in my life.Although I do not train with Matt anymore these days after I moved away from Center City, I still use Fast Gain as the basis of my training and I am still seeing progress. This program is great if you want to build your strength and muscle or if you want to get into the world of power lifting even without any experience. I would recommend Matt to anyone who is trying to get a bit serious about working out, no matter what your goal is.Oh and did I mention Matt is an awesome and fun person?

Working out with Matt has taken my exercise regimen to new heights. Above all else, hes a super nice guy and knows exactly how to motivate someone based on their personality type - whether it be laid back or intense. He taught me proper form, taught me the value of leg training AND added 50 lbs to my bench press, getting me to 3-plates.Matts use of excel spread sheet programs with built-in equations allows for safe weight and rep increases. His knowledge of personal training and health is really good. My physical therapist gave me a bunch of workouts to do for a pre-existing back injury and they were literally the same as the ones matt gave me. He knows his stuff well beyond weights and programs.I highly recommend setting up an appointment.

Matt is honestly the best there is. I found him in search of a powerlifting coach after doing CrossFit for a couple of months. I had just had a back injury and couldnt deadlift or squat (and had gotten injured in the first place from bad form).Matt took the time and attention to teach me everything I needed from breathing exercises, proper cues, and helped me dial in my form enough to see a HUGE boost in my strength. It was pretty cool going from being unable to bend down to tie my shoes to deadlifting 209 lbs at my second powerlifting meet within a matter of 7 months.I really feel like Matt genuinely cares about each and every one of his clients and creates customized programming based on your goals (and if you dont have any of those, he can help you with that too).I recommend him to everyone I know whos looking for a trainer - super smart and great to work with.