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Unleash your potential at Elite Human Performance, Durham's leading personal training studio. Experience the difference a world-class coaching team and state-of-the-art facility can make. We move beyond generic workouts, providing evidence-based, individualized programs designed around your unique needs. Train with purpose, precision, and personalized care, whether you’re an athlete, recovering, or just beginning. Elite Human Performance is where high performance becomes reality.
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Juliana Newbold
★ 5
Finding Elite Human Performance was the best thing I did for my body and health this year! After a few years of struggling with chronic pain and recurring injuries due to a connective tissue disorder, I was needing not only support in rebuilding my strength, but more importantly I needed someone who understood how to train me, given my health complications. Hugo has been an amazing coach, with a wealth of knowledge, and the ability to modify on the fly. I have not experienced one injury in the time I’ve been training at Elite, and this is the first time in years I’ve been able to say that. I trust Hugo and his team with my very complicated, hypermobile body, due to their training, education, and experience. After training for 6 months I am able to play sports again that I haven’t been able to in years, due to injuries. I feel stronger. And I feel supported.
Beyond the skills of the coaches, Elite is a wonderful environment. The space is beautiful, pristine, and welcoming. It is the answer to the Big Box Gym dilemma. Elite has every piece of equipment you could need, but feels comfortable and intimate, rather than intimidating or loud.
Elite is a small, family business, and you can feel how much they value their clients. Hugo and Meredith, along with their team of trainers are kind, thoughtful, and genuinely supportive of their clients. It’s a community with people-first values that you can feel.
Training at Elite is the best investment I’ve made in myself in a long time.
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Amber O
★ 5
5 Star Fitness Facility!!! Joining Elite Human Performance has been the single handed best decision I have made for myself in the past decade! Entering a new phase of life where most of the "big moments" have passed which had prevoiusly motivated my "check yourself times" (weight, health, fitness, you get it), and 2 kids later, I found myself in literally the worst shape I have ever been in. Despite being active for most of my life, my nutritional understanding of weight loss was all wrong. Insert Alec into my life - he has completely transformed my outlook on fitness, nutrition and lifestyle habits. Alec is not just a personal trainer, he embodies the qualities of a coach. He helps pick me back up when I'm about to fall back to old habits, motivates me to stay dedicated to the path I chose when I joined Elite and gives me grace when I need it. He balances everything I need in a coach and trainer. He has, for this first time ever, helped me to approach this process as a lifestyle change (not a quick fix for this or that event which is how I always approached my weight loss previously). I am not new to personal training, just newly back after > 10 years off. What I appreciate most about Alec is he understood how to ramp up my fitness program, starting out gentle to get my body used to the physical demands I want to push it to. Now he keeps my training sessions engaged, fresh and incorporates dynamic sport specific movements into my program to further my tennis game. He is an all around 5 star trainer and I get so much more than just the 1 hour session I show up to twice a week. What an amazing place to be when your trainer's personal passion for your own progress matches your own - that's worth coming back for!
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Ami Vakharia
★ 5
I’ve had a great experience at Elite with Alec as my trainer. I came in highly motivated to make changes, and he’s been incredibly supportive—offering thoughtful advice and adjusting my program to help me reach my goals. I’ve already noticed improvements in my physique, and I genuinely enjoy working with him.
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Tempe Williamson
★ 5
Hugo, Meredith, and the entire Elite Team are the best!! Cannot recommend them enough. My weekly sessions with Hugo are catered to my individual needs and are something I always look forward to! Encouraging, positive, and solid are all words describe this place that has made my life so much better!! Thank you all for all you do and if you’re reading this, I sure hope you’ll consider checking out the Elite Crew for your personal training journey.
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Lynnette Evans
★ 5
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Leland Little
★ 5
As an active member of the Elite Human Performance family for 2 1/2 years, I will recommend with confidence and excitement to anyone that this group led by Hugo and Meredith are committed and capable. While knowledge about the body, workouts and nutrition are expected in this field, one will also experience timely communication, commitment to being present and on-time always. Elite brings professional skill and combines that with passion for people and their goal to get from one level to the next, in a clean comfortable environment.
I came in as a middle aged long distance runner with the usual nagging injures and my last PR in the spring of 2021. After two years of strength growth in my body, running and my mindset, I set a new PR in the fall of 2025 - 4 years older - at a time when most runners are slowing down in their late 50's.
Elite is committed to the community, our membership and value added within a growth mindset.
I look fowrward to my next workout with Hugo, my next chaper in life and my next season in PR level running.
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J. Bennet Waters
★ 5
Having had the chance to work with Hugo and Meredith over the last year, I highly recommend Elite Human Performance.
Like most people interested in or having had experience with personal training, I came to Elite with a general sense of what I wanted to accomplish in terms of pure strength, flexibility, etc. Despite my myriad prior orthopedic injuries and unpredictable schedule, Hugo’s been patient, creative, and persistent in challenging me to improve each day without risking re-injury or creating frustration. Beyond that, and what I didn’t expect, was the deep and genuine investment in my overall health and well-being. From nutritional tips to unprompted weekend “check-in” texts with encouragement and recommendations, Hugo and team have been authentic partners in every sense of the word.
As other reviewers have noted, Elite is a great space with top-of-the-line equipment. Hugo and Meredith have been deliberate in creating and maintaining a unique experience for trainers and clients alike. They are careful to avoid overcrowding and balance the schedule to ensure each visit feels like a private gym.
Personal training is a privilege and an investment, but if you are serious about your own fitness and well-being, you’ll find that Elite offers phenomenal people, an inviting environment, and the intangibles it takes to be stronger, healthier, happier, and more resilient.
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David Parker
★ 5
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Brent Smith
★ 5
"Elite has significantly contributed to my personal and professional success!"
I started working with Hugo almost a year ago, shortly after a close friend and colleague suddenly passed away of a massive heart attack. I was in my mid 50's, playing in a recreational hockey league twice a week with many players half my age, and leading an expanding regional logistics company. I knew I needed someone to help me with a workout plan that would limit my injuries while playing hockey and provide the stamina to seize the opportunities professionally.
My initial goals were to establish a weekly training routine specifically to improve my strength and endurance. I had never worked with a personal trainer and really didn't know what to expect but felt after quite a bit of research on local options that Elite would be the right fit. Hugo was very patient and put together a training program twice a week that focused on my goals. The gym is first class, well maintained and very convenient to my home and office.
The decision to invest the time and resources with Elite has significantly contributed to the success in my personal and professional life over the past year. This has been one of the best decisions I've made for my personal health, and I can't begin to express my gratitude to Hugo & Meredith at Elite for such an incredible experience.
You owe it to yourself to invest in your physical health, and you will not be disappointed with Hugo and the team at Elite.
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Clay Thorp
★ 5
Elite and Hugo have changed my life for the better. Healthier, stronger, better!
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Dan
★ 5
Highly recommend Elite Human Performance.
I started training there two years ago after a major back surgery made me realize it was time to take strength and fitness seriously. What began as a goal to prevent future injuries has become so much more.
The coaches are exceptional—knowledgeable, attentive, and genuinely invested in your progress. They meet you where you are but also know exactly how to push you beyond what you thought possible. I’m stronger, more fit, and have far better nutrition and recovery than ever before.
If you’re ready to invest in yourself, it’s absolutely worth it. And even if you’re not sure you’re ready, give it a shot—you’ll probably surprise yourself in just a few months.
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Sherri Elman
★ 5
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Amer Nahhas
★ 5
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Jenny Barber
★ 5
Training with Hugo has been a game changer. Meredith and Hugo create a custom plan for clients to achieve optimal results. The studio is beautiful and the equipment is top of the line. Most of all the coaching makes all the difference.
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