Nutrition is not “one-size-fits-all”—and lasting change doesn’t come from quick fixes. At Physical Equilibrium, our Registered Dietitians provide individualized nutrition counseling designed to support your health, your lifestyle, and your training goals. Whether your priority is weight management, sports performance, or managing a medical condition through Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT), our approach is realistic, evidence-informed, and built for long-term success.
Our Midtown Manhattan nutrition services are offered at 515 Madison Avenue in New York City (NY 10022). We also support clients who split time between NYC and our East Hampton location year-round, and virtual appointments may be available for clients who travel frequently.
During a nutrition assessment, our Registered Dietitians take a holistic view of the whole person. We may review medical history, nutritionally significant lab values, medications and supplements, and patterns that influence day-to-day decisions—such as stress, sleep, schedule, and training volume.
Your plan is completely individualized. Together, we’ll establish clear goals, create a realistic strategy, and build accountability so you can make changes that actually stick. We focus on long-term behavior change—not quick fixes—and we’ll help you cut through fad diets and conflicting advice with a plan that fits your life in New York City.
There are three major variables that influence fat loss: strength training, nutrition, and cardiovascular work. The key question is not “which one matters,” but which one is most realistic for you to adjust right now—and how to do it in a way that is sustainable.
Our Registered Dietitians will assess your current eating patterns and help you build an achievable plan for weight loss through nutrition. If you train at Physical Equilibrium, your Dietitian can also collaborate with your personal trainer or endurance coach so your nutrition strategy supports your training plan.
Clinical Nutrition (also known as Medical Nutrition Therapy) helps clients use nutrition and lifestyle strategies to support conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, pre-diabetes, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders, obesity, and heart disease.
Our Dietitians will work with you to identify the most impactful changes you can realistically make—then build a step-by-step plan. Lifestyle change can support meaningful improvement over time, and in some cases may help reduce the need for medication management. Any medication decisions should always be made with your prescribing provider.
Sports nutrition becomes especially important when your training volume increases, when you’re preparing for an endurance event, or when you’re aiming to change body composition.
"Sara Dimmick and Sarah Currie, my Physical Equilibrium personal trainers, completely changed the way I think about exercise and nutrition. What I thought would be preparing for a 200 mile cycling weekend with my family turned into a complete lifestyle change and a 25 pound weight loss! Without their guidance and support, I would not have been able to achieve the strength, flexibility and endurance levels that I did."
Richard Raker (Sports Nutrition Client) - Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology at New York Presbyterian Hospital
I hate working out. I took a 7:30am Pilates class here with Cherry the instructor and it kicked my ass and made me feel so great the rest of the day. I haven't gone back yet but I check out the schedule all the time. The staff was all so nice. I saw a few people working out with personal trainers - seems like a really safe and nurturing place. I didn't feel uncomfortable or judged like I do when I go to some other "fancy" gyms like this one. Seems like a group of people who care about their bodies, and who have fun. Oh oh also SUPER nice changing and shower facilities! Free yoga mats (don't have to rent). Also the studio was small and they said they don't ever let the classes feel crowded so I liked that too. I will definitely go back.
Margaux Rogers
Sara Dimmick and team at Physical Equilibrium are AMAZING! I ran my first marathon this past November in NYC. I had a very aggressive time goal and I am in my 40s - I wanted to accomplish my goal without getting injured. I was referred to Sara at Physical Equilibrium by another one of their clients. She became my marathon coach through the entire process.I worked with Sara over the many months of my training. I had an online schedule tailored just for me which included running plans, weights, cross training exercises. I met Sara in person monthly (at my choice) for adjustments in weights (form adjustment, etc). She was available through comments on Training Peaks (our training plan software) as well as via text, email and phone.
Brandy Carbone
Working with Claire to dial in my nutrition has been immensely beneficial to not only my training and race performance, but my overall health as well! By focusing on the “fourth discipline” of triathlon with Claire, I’ve been able to attack longer distance events and improve times across all three legs of the triathlon. Thanks to the fueling plans we’ve worked on in our sessions, I am always confident that my body will have the fuel it needs to push for the extra pace or distance I want on my long training runs and rides. Claire obviously knows the science behind fueling for performance, but is also very knowledgable about many of the products on the market as an endurance athlete herself, which I’ve found invaluable as I navigate the many offerings out there!
Jeffrey Bolte
The trainers here are excellent and the gym is top notch and beautiful. I've been strength training with Sara Dimmick as I train for running and triathlon. This has been game changing for my overall health and race performance.
Marni Salup
I am very happy to recommend Physical Equilibrium and to share my experience of joy and relief after the classes I attended, I m very close to the due date in my pregnancy and i could never imagine that my body was able to do so many exercise , feeling powerful and in shape as my weight has not change, it has felt healthy and magical. i am very thankful to Julia the personal trainer I worked out with and to Sara who is very experienced as a trainer and as a mom so that she could lead me and explain a lot about my physical changes. both teachers have the necessary grit and enthusiasm to inspire and stimulate in order to feel pleasure with really little effort in every movement.. thank you
Maria Barberi
Have worked with Sara at PhysEq for a few years now and she has helped me achieve many different goals: Boston Qualifier, the Boston Marathon, my first two 70.3 Ironman, my first 140.6 Ironman and the New York City Marathon. These were all huge milestones for me and I believe Sara gave me the tools I needed to level up in distance running and endurance sports. Along with the training plans, she’s very responsive via text or phone with any questions I have regarding training. Through PhysEq I was connected with a great endurance dietician (Claire) and a great PT (Marisa).
Sarah Braden
