ELEVEN12 is run by me, James Thorpe. I am the first fitness coach certified by ATG in New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, or Massachusetts…and still the only one in NH or Vermont. My specialty is knees. But my knowledge and skills have grown to where I want to help clients however they need. My focuses during training are to increase your pain-free ability, build from the ground up, pursue structural balance in the body, incorporate full-range exercises, and seek to get rid of weak or tight areas.

I want to help get you out of pain, OR help you achieve the fullest potential within your athletic endeavors. Do you want to get your first basketball dunk? Want to be able to run without pain? Or do you just want to be able to get down on the floor with your grandkids? I’m here for you!

ELEVEN12 was built on PAIN. Life is hard. We all suffer in different ways. Knee pain at the age of around 40, means that we’ll have to live the second half of our life…in constant pain? That wasn’t a factor in our gauge of success. It seems that we can be happy if we can contribute to society in a job, earn a living, raise a family, exercise, connect. However, constant pain (in any form) puts an immediate damper on all of that.

There has to be another way. We can’t just accept this…right? Why is the majority of Western culture limping and hobbling around starting at middle age? What are those folks doing differently, who are springy and spry…going up and down stairs with ease? Can we get there, or is this pain just inevitable for the rest of our lives?

These were the thoughts and questions at the beginning of ELEVEN12. It wasn’t a bright and happy time. Waking up in the morning, and having the first thought be that it’s going to hurt to get out of bed, to go down the stairs…is a dark and depressing place to be.

But wait. If we dig deep, and scour the history of human movement…if we search the literature for outliers, examples, and clues…we find that there are simple movements and positions we can use to slowly and deliberately bulletproof our body, and laugh at the activities causing us pain. Are you serious? This is where the story gets incredibly bright and full of realistic optimism!

ELEVEN12 began with pain. But it survives on YOUR results. YOUR wins. The goal of this company is to provide you with an incredible value. To get you out of pain. To build up your capacity, to be fit, in order to handle all of life’s activities. Whether you are Mimi or Grampa wanting to squat down to play with your grandkids, or you’re playing sports, wanting to reach the freakiest levels of athletic abilities…ELEVEN12 is here. Thank you for playing your part.

Kia Kaha,

James