The Missing Link

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Fitness Fun Factor

Pretty much my expression, the first time being introduced to working with 8-16year old athletes…however that changed very quickly.

When I first started coaching, I was a student assistant at the collegiate level and worked my way up to the NFL. The athletes I coached were those that took training very seriously. For the college level they were either trying to make it to the professional level or knew that this would be their final few years to compete against competitive athletes. For the NFL,  if you don’t put work on the field, in the film room, and in the [Read more…]

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Single Arm Suspension Row (TRX)

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I’m a huge fan of the inverted row, a very underrated exercise that pretty much everyone should be doing. The inverted row hits the upper back but more importantly challenges the stability of scapula (the wing bone). This simply means that developing scapula stability can help with shoulder issues and upper back tightness.  [Read more…]

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Simple Truth to Succeed in Your New Years Resolution

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New York City Personal Training

Every new years there’s a surge in gyms and people hiring personal trainers to help them with weight-loss, strength training, or whatever fitness goal. This also brings out the snake oil salesman and sleazy fitness gyms pumping in LOTS of money into [Read more…]

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Prenatal Training: Tips for Exercising While Pregnant

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Prenatal Training NYC Personal Trainer

There are numerous benefits to exercising while pregnant such as limiting the length of hospitalization, incidence of cesarean section, and the Apgar scores (1). While every pregnancy is subjective, through our experience resistance training can help minimize prenatal complications, ease of labor, and faster postpartum recovery. Despite pop culture pushing yoga and running, there are other exercise options like resistance training, which has been proven very beneficial and not harmful for prenatal trainees. [Read more…]

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How to Succeed as a Coach

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How to Succeed as a Coach

Learn from one of my biggest mistakes and I’m sure you’ll be much further along as a coach or personal trainer.

To succeed as a sports performance coach or personal trainer is beyond your fitness knowledge, programming skills, and acute “coaching eye“. It’s about getting “buy in” from your personal training client and athletes.

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It’s Just So Easy- Julius Thomas

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At this point, if you watch the NFL or really any sports, you know the name Julius Thomas. Julius is every NFL scouts dream, a former college basketball player converted into a tight end (think Antonio Gates) that has the athleticism, speed, and size all defenses are afraid of. [Read more…]

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