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Michael F., Pasadena, CA Strength & Conditioning Coach

Michael F.

Strength & Conditioning

SILVER
13 reviews

You can do it! Aspire to and achieve what you never dreamed possible. You will walk a little taller, and will be more successful in all your endeavors. My clients succeed! View all coaching experience

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Training Locations
Training Locations
  1. Pasadena, CA
  2. Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, CA
  3. Los Angeles, CA

Coach is willing to travel up to 10 miles

  • Occidental College (CA)

  • 30 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Powerlifting, Nutrition, Cross Training, Conditioning

  • Upper Body Strength, Lower body strength, Core Conditioning, Bench Press

Credentials

  • Occidental College (CA)

  • 30 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

Services

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Powerlifting, Nutrition, Cross Training, Conditioning

  • Upper Body Strength, Lower body strength, Core Conditioning, Bench Press

More About Coach Michael

Extensive experience with athletes and non-athletes from 16 months to 88, male and female. Typically, age-groupers from 6 onwards, to 88 with Masters. I have had nationally ranked 9-10 and 11-12 boys and 11-12 and 13-14 girls, with high school and CIF records, NCAA All-Americans, and one Olympian. Programs have been associated with the City of Glendale, Glendale HS, Glendale YMCA, Glen Oaks Swim School, Pasadena Athletic Club, Rose Bowl AC, RUCA University and Fitness of Antwerp and personal coaching.

President Kennedy Fitness top 10. Qualified for California State Powerlifting Finals in 148 lb. category, lifting total 1180 lbs. LAUSD Swimming City Finals. Accomplishments due to continual strength and conditioning : 4-year varsity letterman in water polo, 7 years rugby, winning SoCal championship 1971-72. USMS ranked swimmer, still competing.

Assessment of abilities and level of performance. Determine client's goals and expectations. Build long term program with benchmarks. Establish training program. Include specific exercises for development (movements, appropriate weight, reps, sets, etc.). Program can be an intensive session of non-stop exercise like cross fit, or a program of weight training with selected focused exercises for movement and muscle development or overall physical maintenance. Excellent programs for mature women and men for their personal lifetime maintenance. Aggressive programs for those wishing to compete and win. NOTE: these two examples are very different in structure due to the objectives of the clients.

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Client Reviews

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Coach Michael is incredibly knowledgeable and patient and kind. Perfect swim coach for all ages.

Michael is the best Coach ever seen and my son is very excited to have him in the future.

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Great coach! Patient and informative

Coach Michael is great. He did a great job getting back to the basics and building a foundation to improve upon. He is very patient and is willing to spend extra time to reinforce what was taught.

I’ve been swimming my whole life. My goal is to improve my freestyle technique and to get faster. After just one swim session with Michael, I improved so much I can’t wait for my next session! Michael is fun to work with and very knowledgeable. I highly recommend him!

Carolyn H

My wife and I could not have chosen a better coach for our 10 year old boy. Coach Michael is very patient and understanding. He is also great at simplifying complex instructions in a way that my 10 year old can easily understand and apply.

Very knowledgeable, passionate, and professional. I highly recommend coach Michael.

Professional trainer.

Coach Michael is terrific. He’s coached my 11 year old boy who knew the fundamental strokes and seems to have some natural swimming proclivity but had virtually no technique whatsoever. My goal in hiring Coach Michael was to get the boy to sufficient form that he could take this sport anyway he wanted (joining a swim team, going the water polo route, whatever he chooses). I couldn’t have chosen a better coach. And, I believe that’s the case because you couldn’t find a more experienced coach out there. But none of that would matter if Coach Michael wasnt extremely friendly and personable, which he is. More than anything though, Michael clearly loves to teach. He enjoys not only talking about swimming but sends his students swimming videos to watch and a journal to keep.

Michael is congenial and a clear, effective communicator. His advice is broken into portions so that you can focus on one problem per drill. He gives accurate, appropriate and detailed technical guidance that immediately fixed two problems with my stroke. My distance per stroke went up 1-2 ft in one lesson.

We didn't want our girls to lift weights as part of their swimming program because we saw how big and heavy other girls had become. Michael promised us that our girls wouldn't be like that and would be able to beat the other girls. He convinced us. His program worked and our girls were the most petite and cute, and, with confidence, whooped those other ones.
I had never lifted weights before. I started out working with Mike. My maximum on the bench press was 120 lbs. A year and a half later, I could press 270 lbs. His training and motivation and his belief in me changed my life.
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