EVO Health + Performance
The training floor at EVO in Freehold
Manalapan, New Jersey

Training for Manalapan

Strength built for the decades ahead, about ten minutes from Manalapan. One team, one plan, and a coach who knows what changed this week.

Serving Manalapan

Ten minutes, and a plan built on your history

Manalapan borders Freehold, so most members are on the floor within ten or twelve minutes. A large share of them are over fifty, and they are here for one reason: they want the next twenty years to look like the last twenty.

That is a different job than getting sore. It is strength, balance, and bone loading, and it needs an honest starting point rather than a workout someone hands you.

So we take the time to understand the whole picture first, then build the plan around it. Strength is something you build, at any age.

Your starting point

Which one sounds like you?

Most people we train from Manalapan see themselves in one of these.

You want to stay independent

Strength, balance, and bone loading, coached carefully and progressed on purpose. Most people start twice a week and are surprised by what eight weeks does.

You have lost the strength you used to have

A knee or a back managed only by avoidance gets weaker, not safer. We find what you can load today and build from there, with physical therapy in the same building if you need it.

Your doctor said something has to change

Bone density, blood pressure, a knee your doctor wants to inject. You were handed a problem without a plan. That is the part we build.

Whichever one you are, we start the same way. Understand the whole picture, then build the plan around you.

Ways to train

Ways to train, whichever keeps you consistent

The best format is the one you will keep showing up to. Here is what people from Manalapan usually choose.

Semi-private
Most popular

Semi-Private Training

Your own individualized program, coached in a small group of up to four. Personal attention on every set, with the accountability and energy of training alongside other people.

Includes

An initial assessment, individualized programming, coach-supervised semi-private sessions, ongoing coach support, progress assessments as needed, the EVO Health app, and access to the Recovery Lounge.

Best for in Manalapan

Two or three days a week, and anyone who does better with company in the room.

Private

Private Training

Everything in Semi-Private, plus dedicated one-on-one coaching for maximum attention. Keep following your program in coach-supervised semi-private sessions between private appointments.

Includes

Everything included in Semi-Private Training, plus dedicated one-on-one coaching sessions.

Best for in Manalapan

Working around a replacement or an old injury, or brand new to lifting.

Remote

Remote Coaching

Individualized coaching for people training outside EVO. Your coach builds the program, adjusts it as you progress, and keeps you moving through the EVO Health app.

Includes

An initial assessment, individualized programming, regular coach check-ins, program adjustments based on your progress, and ongoing support through the EVO Health app.

Best for in Manalapan

The months you are in Florida or away from Monmouth County.

Not sure which fits? Book a free discovery call and we will help you choose.

Your plan

What starting actually involves

Nobody gets handed a workout on day one. We take the time to understand the whole picture first.

1

A conversation first

Your history: what hurts, what you have been told to avoid, and what you want to still be doing in ten years.

2

Assessment

Balance, strength, and how you move through the ranges your daily life actually needs. All of it measured so we can prove progress later.

3

Your first eight weeks

A written program, coached in person, starting at a load that is honest about where you are and progressing every week you earn it.

4

Retest and adjust

We measure the same things again. What improved keeps going, what stalled gets rewritten.

Working together

Strong for the next
twenty years.

Your team

The people in your corner

Our coaches share a floor with our physical therapists, which matters when your plan has to respect a history.

Matt Strout
Matt Strout
Owner + Fitness Coach
Leah Schmidt
Leah Schmidt
Director of Health + Fitness
Pete Strout
Pete Strout
Health + Fitness Coach
Pete DeFranzo
Pete DeFranzo
Health + Fitness Coach
Heather Sanft
Heather Sanft
Health + Fitness Coach
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The whole team

Your coach does not work alone

If a knee or a back needs a closer look, the clinician is down the hall and already knows what your program asks of you. One team that sees the whole picture.

Physical therapy at EVO
Physical Therapist
Nutrition support at EVO
Nutritionist
Our community

What progress looks like

Members from Manalapan, Freehold, and around Monmouth County, in their forties through their eighties.

“I graduated from shoulder PT this week, only 5 months post-op. TJ, Abu, Andrew, and everyone at EVO helped me build a strong foundation for my transition back to strength training with Coach Leah.”
★★★★★ Bob B. Post-surgical recovery and training
★★★★★ 5.0 on Google
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Finding us

The drive from Manalapan

We are at 3443 US 9 North in Freehold, minutes from the Manalapan line. From Route 33, Gordons Corner, Millhurst, or the Four Seasons and Covered Bridge side of town, nearly every drive is under fifteen minutes.

Hours run 6am to 8pm on weekdays plus Saturday and Sunday mornings, so mid-morning slots are wide open if you would rather skip the after-work crowd.

EVO Health + Performance
3443 US 9 North
Freehold, NJ 07728
(732) 334-3960
Hours
Mon to Fri · 6a to 8p
Sat · 7a to 12p
Sun · 8a to 12p
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Questions

Manalapan questions we get

I am in my sixties and have never lifted weights. Is this for me?+

It is exactly who a lot of this is for. We start with an assessment, teach the movements without load, and add weight only once the pattern looks right.

I have arthritis, or a joint replacement. Can I still train?+

Often yes, with a program written around it. We work in the ranges that feel good, avoid what does not, and coordinate with our physical therapists here if a clinical evaluation would help first.

Do I need a referral or clearance from my doctor?+

Most people do not need a referral to train with us. If you are managing something specific with your physician we are glad to work alongside them, and if a clinical evaluation is the better first step, our physical therapists are in the same building.

How many days a week would I come?+

Two is a real program. Three is better if your schedule allows. Since the drive is around ten minutes for most of Manalapan, twice a week tends to be very sustainable.

More questions? Read the full FAQ.

Free programs

Start with something free

Coached programs that cost nothing, built for people who want a real starting point before anything else.

Start Strong

Start Strong

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Couch to 5K

Couch to 5K

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Strong Through Menopause

Strong Through Menopause

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Next step

Come see the floor first

Start with a free call. Tell us your history and what you want to be able to do, and we will tell you what a sensible first eight weeks would look like.

Book a Free Discovery Call →
Or send us a note

Tell us where you are starting and a coach will reach out to talk it through.