I have worked out with Shawn on two different occasions in Owatonna about 10 years apart. The first was a 2 month boot camp that was held outside at a local park. When this was completed, it was done and there were no contracts etc.
This last group that he led in Owatonna was located in the karate studio. I started in November 2019, he led two 30 minutes per week and the rest of the workouts were on our own. I had to sign a contract for one year and sign up for automatic withdrawal. Thanksgiving week he had a “great deal” to buy out the rest of the contract and save 10%. I paid for the rest of my contract in full at that time. In January 2020 he cancelled our workout sessions by sending out an email but refused to refund our money. I have emailed him several times and he no longer responds to my emails. Now I am working out at a local gym that is wonderful, I just feel like I am paying double because I had already paid for a year of workouts with Shawn.
He generally leads a good workout and I had good results with him. There are some things that he should work to improve the experience of his clients. I recommend that he work on updating his knowledge of current protein enriched food. When we would describe different foods we were finding, he seemed to be unaware that they existed. Initially we were told that we would get weekly coaching sessions. After signing up, it was an extra fee to have these extra sessions.
I could go on, but the bottom line is that this could have been a great overall experience if I hadn’t gotten scammed out of a lot of money.