Dusty Feldman is the President and Founder of Feldman Performance in Southeast Iowa. Feldman works out of North Dodge Athletic Club (ndacgym.com) as the Personal Training Director located in Iowa City as well as his training facility located at 126 East 3rd Street West Liberty, Iowa. Feldman specializes in corrective exercise performance, helping facilitate clients and athletes from all areas of life to achieve their desired physique and varying sports performance goals.

A graduate of St. Ambrose University, Feldman received his Bachelors of Science in Fitness and Human Performance, as well as his personal trainer certification (CP-T) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Feldman was a varsity collegiate baseball athlete and a four sport athlete in high school. He was an athletic scholarship recipient at both Kirkwood Community College and St. Ambrose University. Passionate about sports and physical activity, Feldman found his love helping clients meet their goals. Dusty prides himself on being a coach for both healthy and injured individuals alike. In addition, he has successfully worked with clients of all builds and all ages including; athletes, youth, individuals, and groups.  Feldman also has worked in a variety of arenas including outdoors and in home sessions.  If necessary, Dusty is also capable of aiding in program design and nutrition coaching.

TESTIMONIALS

I'd really recommend Dusty – My strength and endurance are greatly improved to the point where I don't think I've been stronger even back in high school or college. I also like Dusty's ability to craft different exercises to accommodate any past mobility or strength issues or injuries you may have. I won't say you won't be sore, but I have never had a situation where I over trained and hurt myself while working with Dusty, and that happened a lot in the past when I was trying to do things on my own. Jerry Mellick 

I have been working with Dusty for several months now and I am extremely pleased at the results I have obtained in this short time. In the past I never had to worry about what I ate and I didn’t take time to exercise because I was very comfortable with my size. But as the years have progressed that has all changed. Now that I’m “middle aged” everything has shifted. I decided to try Dusty’s class and I have been so happy with my progress. Taking the class with a few good friends really helps me be accountable for going. I am stronger than I have ever been in my life. I am doing things I never thought I could do. He is very patient about teaching us older gals how to do it right. I have yet to walk away from his class and feel like it’s just been a “normal” workout. I’m leaving his class feeling like I have accomplished more than I thought I could and that feels good.  Dianne Haught

I have been working with Dusty and am really amazed at the progress I have made. I am so excited to see the muscle tone developing in my body. I am in better shape now than I have ever been in my life! I am grateful for his push and his confidence in me that I can always do more. I am also amazed at Dusty's knowledge of the human body. He has helped me work through mobility and flexibility issues that have been causing me lower back pain for years! Toni Crook

I have hated my body for most of my life. When I grew to 5'7" by the sixth grade, started my period, and blossomed what seemed to be an impossibly large bottom, I felt betrayed by my own body. And yes, I know it's been said a million times and a million ways, but the media did not help. Every message I received from the outside world confirmed my hatred. I was not delicate, not skinny and therefore not beautiful. Because I felt betrayed by this body that was not conforming to the narrow standards I had set, I, in turn, betrayed my body. Cycles of under eating and overeating, and constant negative self-talk have been standard behaviors for most of my adolescence and young adulthood.  There are many wonderful things about Dusty. But what I am most grateful for is how he has repaired my relationship with my own body. Through the work we do together, I have learned to love and live in a body that is strong and capable and yes, beautiful. On a day to day basis, swinging kettlebells and doing push-ups, my body is mine again, like when I was a small child. I trust my body, and have fun in my body. The daily stress of job and relationships and all the unpredictable swampy patches of life seem so much less daunting after an hour of playing at the gym with Dusty. And no matter what I bring into that room, Dusty adapts and adjusts to my various moods and idiosyncrasies. He knows exactly when to push, when to be gentle, and when to say quietly and confidently... "You can do it."  Elizabeth Krause