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It all starts with a plan. Join me for a 1hr video or phone call to lay out the path to reach your goals. Learn what you’ve been doing right and wrong, get programming advice from a professional fitness coach, and decide your next steps to success!

The Four Pillars

  • Strength

    Strong tissues break less and age slower. Beyond developing lean muscle mass, resistance training strengthens our bones, tendons, and joints. It also grants us better control, stability, and mobility of these lean tissues. As such, it should be the base of most programming.

  • Conditioning

    While cardio for fat loss is popular, the true benefit is the development of our energy systems. Better conditioning means more energy, better performance, better recovery, and overall better health. In this way, conditioning is used to enhance all other activies.

  • Mobility

    You can only be strong in the range of motion (ROM) you can access. While proper strength training can grant general mobility, targeted areas on the individual might need work. Beyond reducing pain and injury, mobility training improves the quality of our other training.

  • Nutrition

    You are what you eat, literally. All we eat turns to energy, mass, or waste. We need the energy for our activity/training, and for most of that training we adapt by building mass. Giving our body what it needs for energy and adaptations is crucial to any program.

Having a goal without a program is like having a destination without a route.

Every fitness goal can be achieved through some combination of strength training, conditioning, mobility training, and nutrition. These are what I call the Four Pillars of Fitness. Your training program must provide stimuli that cause your desired adaptations, and your nutrition program must fuel both the adaptations and the training itself. Both programs then need to be specified to the individual performing them, suiting not only their goals but their experience, fitness level, and overall lifestyle.

Every aspect of a program is adjustable through programming variables. For training these can include training frequency, program split, exercise choice, sets, reps, rest, etc. For nutrition, they include food groups, macronutrients, calories, meal timing, supplementation, hydration, etc. Reaching your goals relies on choosing the right variables to measure, the right values to start with, and the right progressions to build into your program(s).

All my services rely on this understanding. You need a program, whether I coach you through it, personalize it for you, or you write it yourself after our consultation.

To learn more about me and my services, please keep scrolling.

Services

  • Personal Training

    1-on-1 Personal Training at various gym location options in Manhattan, NY. Complete personalized program provided via TrueCoach training app. Program progressions every 4-8 weeks changing with your results and goals, and education on your programming in-session. 24/7 access to me via text and email.

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  • Remote Coaching

    Programming and exercise tutorials provided via the TrueCoach training app. Weekly client input including completion rate and uploading exercise videos. Weekly coach review, feedback messages, and program adjustment when needed. Monthly 1hr coaching call for program and goal review and progression.

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  • Personalized Programming

    Fitness and/or Nutrition programming personalized to your goals, experience, and circumstances. Delivered via an editable Excel document with built-in education on programming decisions made and the adaptation in question. More than a program, but also a course on how to reach your specific goals, whatever they may be.

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What Our Clients Say

  • "As a doctor, I am thoroughly impressed with Eric’s knowledge of anatomy and physiology. He uses science to teach proper form and tailor his programming to my circumstances. He’s the complete package and I couldn’t recommend him more."

    Frank N., M.D. (client)

  • “He helped me overcome a shoulder injury by teaching me about the structure and movement of the joint. Now I’m moving heavier weights than ever across the board, pain-free, while gaining muscle and losing fat.”

    Sean K. (client)

  • “I’ve been working with Eric for almost 3 years now and the transformation in my physique, health, and performance has far exceeded my initial expectations. I’ve learned enough by now that we collaborate on programming for my goals and I plan on working with him for many years to come.”

    Josh A. (client)

  • "Training with Eric has been expensive. I had to get a whole new wardrobe after gaining 35lbs of muscle! Well worth the compliments at my wedding and the occasional old friend being unable to recognize me."

    Ethan S. (client)

  • "Aside from the fact I lost weight and feel stronger, training with Eric has become a twice-a-week escape I genuinely look forward to."

    Sabaa S. (client)

  • "I couldn’t afford training but was lucky enough to workout with Eric a few times at his old gym. He gave me tips for each muscle group that I still use today. I recently bought a program from him and have seen more success in my bodybuilding journey the past 6 weeks than in the past 6 months. When I finally do a show I’m coming to him."

    Aidan A. (programming client)

  • "Eric has always been hyper ethical and curious when it comes to coaching. He knows a lot, admits what he doesn’t, and then obsesses about learning it for next time."

    JP L. (personal trainer, colleague)

  • "I’ve always been bad at working out, but Eric has made me effective. I now move, look, and feel better. I leave the gym proud of the workout I just had. My job has become functionally easier, and multiple friends have commented on my improved movement and weight loss. Eric knows my limits better than I do, and I trust him to keep the progress coming. "

    Taylor H. (client)

  • "Eric’s been instrumental in getting me stronger and leaner, but also takes into account safety and my previous injuries. He’s brought me out of my comfort zone with new exercises I thought I’d never even try. As a busy professional, I also appreciate how Eric holds me accountable to my program while being flexible with my schedule, making sure what he writes for me suits my life as well as my goals."

    Mijana D. (client)

  • "I had the pleasure of working with Eric for 3 years. He has a wealth of knowledge in biomechanics and bodybuilding that I and other trainers would often consult him about. Beyond this, he is able to convey this knowledge where a single cue or analogy for a movement could change my whole experience while performing it. I wouldn’t hesitate to send any of my own clients his way."

    Kevin P. (strength coach/colleague)

Certifications

  • ISSA CPT

    The Certified Personal Trainer certification is the starting point of all Fitness Coaches. The International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA) has one of the most academically rigorous CPT certifications and is among the top 5 certifying agencies along with NASM, ACE, NSCF, and ACSM.

  • PN1

    The Precision Nutrition Level 1 (PN1) certification is provided by Precision Nutrition (PN). PN is an organization focused heavily on habit forming, coaching, and education for various client levels of experience and knowledge. This pairs well with the science-heavy ISSA SFN.

  • ISSA SSC

    The ISSA Specialist in Strength and Conditioning (SSC) is a Strength and Conditioning certification meant to teach the science and approaches to physical/athletic performance. The curriculum focuses heavily on conditioning at all intensities as well as training for strength, power, speed, agility, and endurance.

  • FRCms

    The Functional Range Conditioning Mobility Specialist (FRCms) is a mobility specialization provided by Functional Range Systems (FRS). FRS is an organization focused on what they call the “Internal Strength Model”. This approach focuses on developing range of motion beyond standard stretching/soft-tissue work through specific joint-strengthening exercises.

  • ISSA SFN

    The Specialist in Fitness Nutrition (SFN) certification is a specialization in nutrition coaching and science for the general population and their primary goals. The ISSA takes an academic approach as in most of their certifications, focusing heavily on nutrition science.

  • AF1

    Animal Flow is a methodology of training utilizing solely bodyweight movements. They are named after and meant to mimic animal movements found in nature with positions such as the beast, crab, ape, and scorpion. Animal Flow is an unorthodox approach to mobility, stability, and strength.