Marathon Personal Training is dedicated to individual fitness excellence through personalized training sessions. Our founder, Mike Gardiner, a certified personal trainer, emphasizes exercise form and functionality to help you reach your goals. 

Mike started his fitness journey at the beginning of 2020 with COVID quarantine giving him nothing but time, he started doing push ups in his living room and quickly began adding at home equipment to enhance his new hobby. Some tension bands and makeshift weights (water bottle cases duct taped for durability) turned into dumbbells and a curl bar. He soon got rid of his couches and built a power rack in his living room. He has never looked back since. 

Mike began personal training in 2020, he obsessed over form and the functional application of exercises. His clientele grew and he even worked at a small studio in Manayunk where he got experience doing group classes and learned from other trainers. This is when he knew he wanted to run his own studio.

In 2024, Mike partnered Marathon Personal Training with Joe Talese at Athletic Bodies to offer his services to the Collegeville and surrounding communities. Athletic Bodies currently offers private and semi-private training sessions, contact Mike for more info!