You groan when you stand up. You don't have time to think about why.
Movement Coaching for Executives Recovering From Surgery or Injury
You've been cleared. You don't feel ready. We build the bridge between the two.
It Doesn't Show Up on a Chart
- —Your shoulder aches after a full day of meetings — and you didn't lift anything. Why that happens →
- —Your energy collapses at 3 PM, and more coffee stopped working months ago. It isn't caffeine →
- —You can't focus in meetings the way you used to, and you can't explain why. What's actually going on →
- —Your back is wrecked by the chair, and the expensive one didn't fix it. Why the chair isn't the problem →
- —Recovery is taking longer than your surgeon said. You've been cleared. You don't feel ready. Both are true →
- —You're in the room but not really present with your team anymore. Presence is physical first →
You've been told to rest, stretch, or accept that this is what your forties and fifties look like. You still have questions. So do we.
This Isn't About Living Longer
It's about walking into a room and owning it. Having the energy to be genuinely present with your staff at 4 PM instead of managing your own discomfort through the conversation. Not being the one who cancels because his back went out.
Your team reads your body before they hear your words — how you enter a room, whether you look settled or braced. And whatever you model becomes permission for what they're allowed to do with their own limits.
The trade most high performers made was simple: build the career now, deal with the body later. It works for about a decade. Then the bill arrives on its own schedule, at full volume, and takes the decision out of your hands.
This doesn't require doing less. It requires being built for what you've already said yes to.
You Don't Need Two Hours at a Gym. You Need Twenty Minutes Done Right.
Most executive training fails structurally, not motivationally. A plan built around a specific gym at a specific time collapses the moment travel or a board week arrives — and the physical decline follows a few weeks later.
So we build something that survives your actual calendar, and we teach you the reasoning so you can adjust it yourself instead of abandoning it.
We Assess What's Actually Depleting You
Simple movements and physical tests, plus an honest look at your week — travel, sleep, meeting load, surgical history. There is no passing or failing. Most people can name the cause of their 3 PM crash within one session.
We Build for the Calendar You Actually Have
A full version, a twenty-minute version, and a twelve-minute no-equipment version for hotel rooms and worst weeks. Continuity compounds. Intensity gets abandoned.
We Teach So You Stop Needing Us
You learn what to notice, what to adjust, and when — including how to reset between meetings and how to recognize your own depletion before it becomes a bad decision.
Organized Through Four Connected Maps
The same Discover Your Life Through Movement system we use with every client — applied to the demands of leadership.
The Learning Map
Slow down enough to notice what your body is reporting — a skill that transfers directly to how you read a room.
The Healing Map
Post-surgical or post-setback: define where you're going, not just what you want to stop feeling.
The Movement Map
Primers, patterns, and positions — including the ones that undo eight hours in a chair in under two minutes.
The Lifestyle Map
The 8 Essentials — belief, purpose, relationships, rest and recovery, breath, nourishment, getting outside, and movement.
Clinicians Send Us Their Patients
"As a former personal trainer and athlete, I am not easily impressed by professionals in the fitness industry. Now as a practicing Chiropractor, I understand the value of solid, functional, safe personal training. It took me 1.5 years to find fully qualified trainers in the North Shore area, and Sean and Alex with Twice as Fit are IT!"
"Alex re-educates my movement patterns and develops specific exercises for my physical needs. He is attentive, knowledgeable, and personable, and brings integrity and passion to every training session."
"Sean and Alex with Twice as Fit truly understand the brain-body connection and how to help anyone."
Since 2012
Founded by twin brothers Alexander and Sean Courtney.
Inside a PT Clinic
We share space with Sports and Ortho Physical Therapy in Lake Forest — much of our work begins where therapy ends.
In Person or Virtual
Built to travel with you, because your schedule was never going to cooperate.
Apply for a Consult
One conversation about where you are, what you're experiencing, and what you want to be able to do. We work with a small number of executive clients at a time — this is how we find out whether it's a fit.
Apply for a ConsultIn person in Lake Forest or virtual · Call or text 847-416-8781