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Hi, I’m Rebecca Whelan, a personal trainer, nutrition and fitness coach helping people 40+ across the US stop guessing and start building real strength and consistency, with a program I build around your actual life. Based in Niskayuna, NY and available everywhere online.

Start Today: The Vitality Transformations App

In addition to real-life training and habit coaching built around your schedule, you’ll receive new monthly workout phases. Furthermore, you get direct habit coaching from the habits in the book Transformational Habits, a live monthly group call, and unlimited messaging with a guaranteed 24-hour reply time.

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Want more personalized, hands-on support? Book a free 30-minute Clarity Call. By phone, Zoom, or in person. In 30 minutes you’ll get clear on exactly what’s been getting in your way, what your body actually needs right now, and what a realistic path forward looks like for your life. We talk about where you are, where you want to go, and what getting there could actually look like. As a result, you leave with clarity whether you work with me or not. No pressure, no pitch. Just a real conversation.



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Sound familiar?

You keep starting over and you’re exhausted by it.

Work, family, and life always seem to win.

Generic programs never stick because they weren’t built for your actual life.

I get it because I live it too. I teach fitness classes multiple times a week, run a home, and still have days where fitting in my own workout feels impossible. I’m not standing outside your struggle looking in. I’m right there with you.

What Makes this Different?

I build your program around your life. Your schedule, your body, and your goals. Not a generic template that worked for someone else.

When your fitness plan actually fits your real life, you stop falling off. You stop restarting. You start building momentum that sticks because I design it for you from day one.

My clients don’t just get stronger. They stop fighting themselves. Fitness finally feels like something that belongs in their life, not something they have to keep chasing.

Two Ways to Work With Me

Every path starts with the same real-life approach. This is built around your body, your schedule, and your goals, not a generic template.

The Vitality Transformations App


Self-guided training with monthly phases that evolve every 4 weeks, built-in habit coaching from Transformational Habits, and a live monthly group call where I answer your questions directly. Message me anytime โ€” I reply within 24 hours.

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App + 1:1 Training


Want more personalized attention? This is fully custom coaching, one-on-one, built entirely around you โ€” whether we train together in person or over Zoom.

Not sure how to start?

That’s exactly what the free Clarity Call is for. We’ll figure out together whether the app, 1:1 training, or something in between is the right fit โ€” no pressure, no obligation, just a real conversation.

Don’t just take my word for it; take a look at what my clients have to say below.

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Beth MacIntyre
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I've been working with Rebecca for more than a year, and I couldn't be happier with the experience. She is always quick to respond to any questions or concerns and makes me feel supported throughout my training. What I appreciate most is how she adapts my plan when needed to fit my abilities and limitations. She takes the time to understand what works best for me while still challenging me to improve. Rebeccaโ€™s knowledge, flexibility, and personal attention have made a big difference in my progress. I highly recommend her!
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Caitlyn Lane
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Iโ€™m so lucky to have found Rebecca! Iโ€™ve never really taken my physical health seriously and I was super intimidated to start exercising. Rebecca is so knowledgeable, sweet, and encouraging! She has met me where Iโ€™m at and helped me set stretch goals and make modifications, rather than making big sweeping unsustainable changes all at once. With her help, I feel better than I ever have and Iโ€™m really proud of the progress that Iโ€™m making! Iโ€™m so grateful and look forward to continuing our work together
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Phil Arony
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Rebecca has set up programs for me and my wife which have worked well for us. She explains things well and is very observant of our individual needs. Like that she checks in remotely between personal sessions. Very pleased.
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Donald Shaw
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I'd taken Rebecca's yoga class for several years and knew of her many certifications and personal training. After 4 months of radiation and chemo, I had lost much of my muscle mass and strength. I asked Rebecca to design a program to gain back my strength, muscle mass, stability and balance. Rebecca is flexible with training, able to recognize limitations, knowledgeable and creative in improving my weaknesses and savvy enough to modify/tweak exercises for maximum benefit. I'm pleased to see my core strength, flexibility and stability is vastly improved to the point I can restart my triathlon training. Thank you Rebecca for building me back stronger than I was before.
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I first met Rebecca after my children gave me a gift card fir the Y for Xmas . Starting in Jan of 23 she put me through an orientation program which at 70 yrs young introduced me for the first time in my life to the gym/fitness environment. Though I had a very active younger life, arthritis and nerve damage had settled into my lower back some 10 yrs prior effectively turning me into a couch potato for fear of ever again tweaking the nerve which caused debilitating pain. After several weeks of dipping my toes in the experience and then a careful evaluation of my then quite diminished physical capabilities, Rebecca welcomed me as a new client and the real work started. She began designing workouts for me that focused on my core and my back. I in turn took up the challenge and went to work. The results have been "transformative" Pursuing a regimen of three full body workouts a week and literally stepping up my game in the walking department, now averaging 6+ miles a day, I started to lose weight, gain strength, build stamina, regain flexibility and balance and quite frankly get myself back in the game of enjoying life. I've taken up pickleball and I'm back on the golf course. The list of capabilities keeps growing. Rebecca continually changes my workout routines to keep me making progress. it's hard work but worth every bit of the effort. Though I have concentrated on rebuilding my physical capabilities, Rebecca is well trained and well educated to help you improve in many ways. So, if you are looking for a trainer/fitness instructor who will guide and teach you how to improve your own wellbeing, look no further. Denny Blasch
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Theresa M Gard
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Rebeccaโ€™s expertise and knowledge in physical fitness and nutrition has been instrumental in my journey to making lifestyle changes. Rebecca customizes your workouts based on your fitness level and goals. She is wonderful to work with. Thank you Rebecca!
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Margie Coats
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I have worked with Rebecca for over two years for all aspects of wellness and training for strength and endurance!! I could not have asked for a better personal trainer. I have gained confidence in my abilities. I have learned cardio, self care and nutrition. I have been able to lose weight for the first time in years!!
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Margoth
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