My Bench Has Stalled What Should I Do?

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A few months ago I took on an interesting consult call that was very enlightening. The person, let’s call him “John” wanted help in regards to increasing his bench. Here’s his background:

John was a former collegiate athlete and was still in good shape- Bench Max: 315, Squat Max: 400, Deadlift Max: 415. His goal was to [Read more…]

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The Truth About Fitness Social Media

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With social media exploding in the fitness industry, it’s all too common to see ripped up- gorgeous people, amazingly complicated movements being accomplished, or ridiculous before and after pictures (some are real, some are fake). Speaking as a personal trainer in New York City, where everyone wants results NOW, one of the biggest goal crushing mistakes we see is comparing yourself to these models, photoshopped images, or genetically gifted athletes. While it’s great to view posts as a short term [Read more…]

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The Evolution of Weightloss Diets

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Diets have come and gone, it even goes as far back to the Greeks and Roman times. Today, the Paleo diet, intermittent fasting, juice diets, “If It Fits Your Macros” (IIFYM), and so on are discussed (more like argued) which is the most effective diet. As I did my research, it was interesting to see how some of our current diets and thoughts have been shaped from the past and to see how some things just don’t [Read more…]

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Do This, NOT THAT- Fitness Edition

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Running around the Manhattan to various personal training gyms and in-home gyms, I get to see some great training and some not so great. This made me think about some common exercises I see in the gym that probably
should be replaced with an alternative exercise selection. [Read more…]

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Lessons from a Navy Seals Officer

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My job as a performance coach and NYC personal trainer is to prepare my clients for their goals. This not only means the physical aspect but also the mental preparation for overcoming certain negative behaviors – i.e. learning to stop eating fast food, push for that extra rep, and so on.  What better way to learn about overcoming obstacles than learning from one of the toughest people in the world, [Read more…]

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5 Squat Warm Up Exercises

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You know those people that can jump right to the squat rack with no warm up and breeze through a tough squat workout? Well let’s face it, I hate them! Ok, ok, I’m just jealous… 🙂  Since my disc herniations, it takes a few different exercises prior to squatting for the squat to feel to good and to find the squat groove, this is of course after a thorough and proper warm up.

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3 Sunburn Itch Relief Remedies

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This past weekend, I was able to hit up central park between my personal training clients and get some sun. The great lawn is an incredibly peaceful with it’s bright green thick grass and is surprisingly quiet [Read more…]

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Best Fitness Headphones

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Being an personal trainer in New York City, I travel all around Manhattan training in-home, private training gyms and so on. This means I’m constantly taking off and on my headphones. While this may not seem like [Read more…]

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Working Out vs. Training

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Being in the fitness field since 2002- this means actually working as a coach not training myself and buddies- there has been a common constant. When people exercise they feel the need to CRUSH themselves, otherwise they believe there is no benefit to it. This is the difference between working out and training. For me working out is just getting in some type of exercise session without a goal in mind- basically burning calories. While training is a structured program to help you achieve your goal in the most efficient [Read more…]

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Developing the Young Athlete

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Developing the Young Athlete

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When I helped build a sports performance gym in Long Island, our focus was to work with athletes of all levels-we worked with 8 year old kids to professional athletes. This was the first time that I would be working with youth kids and non-collegiate athletes, my prior background was working as strength and conditioning coach at the collegiate level and in the NFL. As you can imagine there was [Read more…]

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