The Trainers

The Trainers

Lifting Revolution & The Art of Weight Lifting (our private – women’s only – training site) currently has three certified personal trainers. Each one devoted to your personal health and fitness as a women.

• Meet our head trainer… Taylor Ryan
• Meet our other head trainer… Valerie Matyskiel
• Our only guy trainer & tech guy… Dan Boyle

Click on the name to be taken to the section to learn more about that particular trainer.

Meet Taylor Ryan:

I am a  NASM certified personal trainer, an award winning figure competitor and a gymnastics/Cheerleading strength coach… ladies fitness beyond the treadmill is my passion and I love sharing the knowledge that I continue to gather with women who share that same passion. I am always looking for a challenge and wanting to treat my body the best it can be treated because who wants to look back and say “remember when I was fit?” Definitely not me.

I consider myself the forever student… there is always new studies, new reports, claims and workout theories available every day. I am never satisfied with just one idea, there is no one proven method that works for all women and that’s what I bring to the table. Help finding the way for you to get results.

My Workouts

I do believe is retiring most of the machines you see spread around the gym and head straight to the weights… that’s right I said it, women should visit the weights. Our workouts are designed for your goals and for you to reach them as quickly as biologically possible. This means multi-joint moves to burn calories, build toned muscles and burn off fat.

What’s my take on supplements… um no. Why waste money on supplements that aren’t A. shown to provide any huge gains and B. That are not 100% safe for your body? Now don’t get be wrong, I am a fan of a few but only those with the research to back them up… you know protein whey powder and a multivitamin!

Ladies fitness isn’t much different from the way a man works out, but breaking the mental barriers that society has placed is the battle.

Women want definition, toned physique and a great overall fitness health… and I know just how to do it. Keep the ladies figure, you won’t get huge ripped muscles, but the definition you’re craving.

The road to get here…

What makes me different than most other trainers? Well, I haven’t always been a great spokes person for health and fitness. In college I didn’t just gain the “freshman 15″ it was more like the “freshman 40″… after being an active high schooler and then getting to college to do nothing but sleep, eat, study and party, it caught up with me fast! I had to do something… I tried it all, and became obsessed with my weight and dieting.

I dieted for months and got to where I was eating 500-700 calories per day with 2-3 workouts a day too. The food wasn’t healthy, the running wasn’t healthy… I wasn’t healthy. Sure I was skinny, but who really wants to be skinny? All women want to look fit and healthy. A toned physique, nice curves and an apple bottom… I had none. I wish I could say I did this only for a short time but really it was an off and on thing for about 2 years.

Finally I realized as much as I worry about my diet and as much time as I spend in the gym I didn’t have a 6-pack, I didn’t have energy and I looked not like I wanted. I was doing something wrong… that’s when I changed. It wasn’t over night. But I inched my way into the weight room (with help from Dan) and learned about clean eating. I even started to eat meat again! And my life has kept changing since… for the better of course. Now ladies fitness is my passion, my life and not only what I do but what I follow. You’ll never hear me recommend something that I wouldn’t try myself!

Taylor Ryan and Dan Boyle are the owners of the ladies fitness site: The Art Of Weight Lifting helping women burn fat, build definition and live a healthier, better life.

Meet Valerie Matyskiel:

Hello everybody, my name is Valerie Matyskiel and I will be joining Taylor Ryan as a new trainer and health and fitness expert with The Art of Weight Lifting. I am a certified personal trainer with AFAA and have been involved with health and fitness all my life.

Growing up I was a competitive gymnast including: 4 years as a level ten gymnast and trained elite for one. Currently I am coaching gymnastics and teaching children and young adults the importance of respecting your body nutritionally and physically.

My Fitness Passion

My favorite part is seeing bodies transform into those of true athletes and these girl athlete’s ability to beat all the boys in the physical abilities contests in gym class. I am so excited to branch out and share my love and passion for fitness with women.

Right now my new fitness goals include training for a 1/2 marathon and learning how to swim so I can start training for a triathion. Learning and setting goals is a never ending process. I am enthusiastic that as I embark on this new project you will be just as much inspiration to me as Taylor and I will be to you.

I am so excited to work with Taylor because we have diverse fitness styles, body types, and fitness goals. Our passion to the fitness industry paired with our fusing of workouts leads to no fail, no excuses, and nothing but success for you!

Meet Dan Boyle:

Hi… I’m Dan!

You might be wondering why is a guy trying to help women in fitness and weight training?

That is a good question, but I have a good answer for you. You see Taylor is the expert woman trainer and I am an expert in the fitness field and business fields. I’ve been working out my whole life and wanted to help Taylor build her fitness business on the Internet where she can help more women exercise properly and create a community.

So that’s where I fit in. I help build the routines, help with the filming, and do most of the website and business marketing.

But I Know My Weight Training…

You will notice that I am not a huge body building kind of guy. I prefer to get ripped naturally without having to take all these crazy supplements that do nothing but empty your bank account. I fit into the fitness camp where you should be really strong doing complex (multi joint) exercises. I really think that both men and women should be able to do many pushups, pullups, chinups, and body weight exercises.

I have studied personal training and continue to study program design because it does interest me and helping Taylor help you really excites me. Women who lift weights are very attractive. Not just because they end up looking really good, but more so because of the confidence factor. Both men and women are attracted to confidence and when a women starts to see what weight training can do for them… their confidence skyrockets and that is really attractive.

That is what will happen to you. Weight training can quite literally change your life. That is why I want to help you and see you reach your goals… because like you… I want fitness to be a life long pursuit for me and there is no better way to do that then helping and hanging out with people who want to do them same.

I hope that helps explain a little more about where I come from and I look forward to getting to know you and hope to see you as a member of The Art of Weight Lifting… the premier women’s fitness community dedicated to giving you the best fitness exercises and fun!

The Trainers