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Meet The Trainers
Jason Luty
Jason Luty is a Licensed and Certified Athletic Trainer and experienced Rehabilitation Specialist with a strong background in Sports Medicine, fitness, and post-surgical rehabilitation. Jason holds degrees in Cardiac Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine from Bloomsburg University and West Chester University.
For the past 21 years, he has s
Jason Luty is a Licensed and Certified Athletic Trainer and experienced Rehabilitation Specialist with a strong background in Sports Medicine, fitness, and post-surgical rehabilitation. Jason holds degrees in Cardiac Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine from Bloomsburg University and West Chester University.
For the past 21 years, he has served as the Head Athletic Trainer at multiple schools including Strath Haven High School, Upper Merion High School, Upper Moreland High School, and Drexel University. Jason started his career with an internship at Drexel University, where he gained experience working in orthopedics offices and operating rooms. He then continued his education at Drexel, where he served as a Graduate Assistant for the Sports Medicine Department. He was responsible for injury prevention, rehabilitation, nutritional guidance for various sports teams, including lacrosse, field hockey, volleyball, and wrestling.
Currently, he is the Head Athletic Trainer for Lower Merion School District overseeing athletes’ rehabilitations and injury care. He also worked as a Physician Extender to Rothman Orthopedics’ team doctors, as well as other physicians from different practices. In this role, Jason managed sports rehabilitation, provided game coverage, trauma care, facilitated X-ray and MRI services, and scheduled follow-up care with physicians.
Jason has also owned and operated Sports Performance and Rehabilitation (SPAR), a sports performance company specializing in corrective exercise and rehabilitation. In this role, he has focused on developing and correcting athletes’ performance related issues. He has experience treating athletes of all levels, including adults and rehabilitation and strengthening of patients with various diseases, such as Parkinson’s and Multiple Sclerosis.
Overall, he brings a wealth of experience and knowledge in athletic rehabilitation and sports medicine, to serve his clients with a very similar level of care as professional and collegiate athletes receive regularly.
chris gradel
Chris Gradel shifted his career to Personal Training over 15 years ago in West Hollywood, CA. It was just a matter of time before the Philadelphia local would bring his unique, focused training style back to what he calls “home”. To break into the local training scene, Chris trained at a local personal training studio – a studio that won
Chris Gradel shifted his career to Personal Training over 15 years ago in West Hollywood, CA. It was just a matter of time before the Philadelphia local would bring his unique, focused training style back to what he calls “home”. To break into the local training scene, Chris trained at a local personal training studio – a studio that won Main Line’s Best Accolades the three years Chris served as head trainer. Wanting to bring a more customized experienced to his clients, Chris decided to strike off on his own and now trains under his own philosophy. Gradel customizes a program to meet each particular clients needs. His philosophy is built on the foundation of resistance training, cardio and balance thru effective breathing techniques used while training. What sets Chris Gradel apart from other personal trainers are the life changing benefits his clients have experienced – from weight loss to elimination of medications for chronic illnesses, their stories are inspiring. Chris Gradel is a personal trainer that specializes in individual one on one personal training, corrective exercise, PNF Stretching and working around injuries. He is a conveniently located personal trainer and serves clients from Bryn Mawr, Wayne, Ardmore, Villanova, Gladwyne, King of Prussia, Berwyn, Devon, Conshohocken, Paoli, Berwyn and more. Find out more about his personal training services on the client testimonials page.
ian savitz
Ian has over 20 years of experience in personal training, fitness management, corporate fitness programming, and post rehabilitation. Prior to his career in the field, Ian earned a Bachelors of Science in Exercise Science from Ursinus College, and a Masters of Science in Sport and Athletic Administration from West Chester University For
Ian has over 20 years of experience in personal training, fitness management, corporate fitness programming, and post rehabilitation. Prior to his career in the field, Ian earned a Bachelors of Science in Exercise Science from Ursinus College, and a Masters of Science in Sport and Athletic Administration from West Chester University For the past 9 years, Ian has served as a trainer for the Fighting Back Scholarship Program in Malvern, where trainers provide a community of support and rehabilitation for those impacted by life changing injuries and illnesses. While at the Fighting Back Scholarship Program, Ian has worked with traumatic brain injury, stroke, spinal chord injury, and neuromuscular disorder survivors. Ian lives with his wife and children in Garnet Valley, where the family is very active in the middle school and high school sports scene. Ian devotes daily time to weight lifting, running, biking, and mobility training. Ian considers his training style to be very much personalized, emphasizing enhancement in quality of life through improvements in strength, conditioning, mobility, and balance, as well as injury prevention.
Chris Penney
Chris' passion for fitness began back when he started playing football at Cardinal O’Hara high school and in college at Delaware Valley University. Being on the field and in the weight room allowed the opportunity to learn ways to destress, to build size and strength and to maximize his potential both academically and on the football
Chris' passion for fitness began back when he started playing football at Cardinal O’Hara high school and in college at Delaware Valley University. Being on the field and in the weight room allowed the opportunity to learn ways to destress, to build size and strength and to maximize his potential both academically and on the football field. In fact, that mind and body synergy intrigued him so much that he switched undergraduate major from marketing/business management to Exercise science/Education.
Although Chris was a shy and somewhat introverted child, entering the physical education/Kinesiology field allowed him to open up more, to learn to speak in front of large groups, which provided the tools he needed to help others learn all the gifts that the human possesses.
Fast forwarding to the present day, Chris have been an elementary school physical education teacher in the Marple Newtown SD for 18 years, coached football for 11 seasons at the middle school level and advanced my career with a M. Ed in school counseling and a certificate in Educational Leadership. Back in 2015, he was looking for a fun summer part time job to earn a couple extra bucks while heading to the jersey shore on the weekends. This led me to the Philadelphia Country club, where he worked as both a group fitness instructor, an ACSM and ACE certified personal trainer …. working with people of all ages, from 7-year-olds to my oldest client who was 86 at the time. Chris also branched out and became a lead summer camp counselor at the country club, which allowed me to combine my skills of teaching and in the fitness field. These experiences are all what helped him build my toolbox for what he has achieved today.
Chris is still actively teaching in year 20 with K-5 children, but after school and on the weekends, you will find him at his second home…our new fitness studio Mainline Personal Training (MLPT). This studio was built as a safe haven for all to come and experience success in physical fitness, whether you are brand new to exercise, a seasoned athlete looking for supplemental training, trying to lose a little body fat while building healthy muscle or rehabbing an injury…we are here to help. As one of the owners of MLPT, it was important to Chris that attention must be focused on helping everyone in need, not being athlete specific or sports training.
There is truly something special about witnessing the transformation of an individual right before your eyes over time and with hard work.
Chris says, “Every day I come home after working with my students and clients, my heart is full, and I am content because I know that I am doing my best to make a difference in other people lives!”
