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Steve L., Rockaway, NJ Strength & Conditioning Coach

Steve L.

Strength & Conditioning

SILVER

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Training Locations
Training Locations
  1. 15 Balchen Way, Rockaway, NJ

Coach is willing to travel up to 25 miles

  • Centenary College (NJ)

  • 20 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Powerlifting, Olympic Weightlifting, Nutrition, Cross Training, Conditioning

  • Trx, Upper Body Strength, Speed/ Agility, Snatch, Rehabilitation, Power Clean, Medicine Ball Workouts, Lower body strength, Front Squat, Flexibility, Explosiveness, Deadlift, Core Conditioning, Clean and Jerk, Bench Press, Balance, Back Squat

Credentials

  • Centenary College (NJ)

  • 20 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

Services

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Powerlifting, Olympic Weightlifting, Nutrition, Cross Training, Conditioning

  • Trx, Upper Body Strength, Speed/ Agility, Snatch, Rehabilitation, Power Clean, Medicine Ball Workouts, Lower body strength, Front Squat, Flexibility, Explosiveness, Deadlift, Core Conditioning, Clean and Jerk, Bench Press, Balance, Back Squat

More About Coach Steve

I have 20 years experience of coaching athletes. Coached Youth and High school wrestling, Club Softball and currently head coach for a track team of over 100 runners. Worked with athletes form 7yrs old to the Professional level. Notable names Tobin Heath USA Soccer, Mark Sanchez, Greg Olsen NFLAlso have trained multiple state championship teams in many sports in speed and strength trainingI have been a presenter for many clinics/seminars:
Smarter Team Training Clinic
NJ State HS sports clinics
US All Star Track and field clinic

I have Business/ Sports Management degree from Centenary College

Professional Certifications:

National Academy of Sports Medicine CPT

USA Weightlifting Level 1 Coach

National Strength and Conditioning Association

USA Track and Field Level 1 Coach

FMS Functional Movement Screen Expert Level 1

TRX Suspension Trainer

Rutgers S.A.F.E.T.Y Clinician

NJ State Recreation Supervisor

I was a 3-sport Varsity athlete at Hawthorne high school. I lettered in Football, Wrestling (captain/All Conference), and Baseball. I started to coach athletes in wrestling when I was in HS. I knew this would be my career and started my collegiate career at Northeastern University as Athletic Training major. I was slated to wrestle at Northeastern but they dropped the program and I returned home and started Personal training to help pay for school. I finished at Centenary College. I have been a coaching/training athlete for over 20 years now. My most notable athletic accomplishments are more from training/coaching. In 2011 I was hired to Train the NY Jets when they were in the middle of the NFL Lockout. Also I have trained Tobin Heath since high school. She is a 2x Olympic Gold medalist in Soccer and is heading to Rio again this season. I addition I have trained over 100 Division 1 NCAA athletes ranging from Football, Soccer, Lacrosse, Track, Baseball, Softball and many more.

The Programs will be created for individual athletes who aspire to compete at the highest levels. The program focuses on each individual's needs and desired improvements for his or her specific sport. The training can be added to our to provide a comprehensive athlete training program or it can stand on its own to work only on specific needs.
I have an intense focus on specific strength and speed training techniques centered on an athlete's individual needs, recovery, nutrition and regeneration. It utilizes advanced training methodologies and tools to help athletes break through previous speed and strength plateaus and reach new heights of athletic performance.

I typical session would consist of
1. Active Warm up/Movement Preparation
2. Mobility Drills
3. Skill Movements-Speed Focus of the Day (Acceleration, Max Velocity, Power, Change of Direction)
4. Power work
5. Speed Endurance
6. Core Strength
7. Cool down/Flexibility

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Client Reviews

Steve Leo helped me come back from retirement before I started my professional basketball career in Europe. After finishing college in 2009 and coaching for a year, I realized I wanted to play again, although I felt more out of shape than I had ever been. Training with Steve twice a week and doing the individual lifting program he created for me really helped me get back into shape and prepare for my debut season abroad. My first year in Europe I averaged 19 points, 11 rebounds, 2 steals, and 4 blocks per game. Steve took the time to figure out which areas I really needed to improve on to excel in my sport. We concentrated on those areas which improved all of my workouts, not solely the one-on-one workouts we had together. Steve Leo listened to what I was trying to do and worked with me to accomplish my goals, and helped prepare me for my first season as a professional basketball player. I am now playing professionally in Limoges, France.
Steve has demonstrated over the years the ability to research best practice's and integrate these findings into his own program for optimum performance for his athlete's . This is a true sign of a professional".
I started training with Steve when I was in middle school and immediately saw an impact on my abilities as an athlete and lacrosse player. I became a stronger, faster, more dynamic player after training with him. When I was being recruited at the collegiate level coaches noted my strength and speed. Prior to attending Penn State to play lacrosse at the Division I level, Steve helped me train at the highest level and helped me become one of the strongest on my team as a Freshman. Steve is a very skilled trainer who focuses on making you the best athlete and person you can be. While training with him I did many lacrosse specific exercises that helped my career tremendously. He really knows what it takes to motivate athletes and take not only their physical game, but also their mental game to the top.
As one of the first trainers I ever worked with I can honestly say Steve Leo helped me excel through out my high school days at Bergen Catholic and prepared me for a college football career at the University of Pennsylvania. As a dual sport athlete Coach Leos expertise in strength and conditioning enabled me to be at the top of my game whether it was on the football field or the basketball court. His enthusiasm, hard work, and knowledge of training created and environment where you had no choice, but to get better. I would rank Coach Leo's training with the best in the business. He knows what his athletes are capable of and accepts nothing but your best. I absolutely would recommend Steve Leo to any athlete out there, his training techniques helped me be the athlete I was and I am sure you will benefit as well
Steve, getting the most out of your athletes, clients is what you do best! I want to thank you for all the years of guidance, enthusiasm and helping me flat out get after it!!! For those who want to be the best, well, you might as well train with the man who believes, strives for and is the best in the business!! Thanks again Steve , God Bless
I began training with Steve when i was in high school. He taught me the proper techniques that encouraged me to become faster, stronger, and more explosive. As my career developed and I became older he continued to train me to become a better athlete. My training with steve has always been purposeful and specific. Whether it was training every week in high school, training during my breaks in college, or during my breaks with the national or club team we always had a plan. Every session was focused on a specific need. And every session was adapted to fit what i personally needed as an athlete at that time. I would absolutely recommend Steve. I have been blessed to have worked with some of the finest strength and conditioning coaches and I know that Steve is one of the best. If you have dreams of becoming an elite athlete he can help you get there physically. He knows the physical demands of the highest caliber athletes and knows how to implement the proper training programs to allow athletes to maximize their abilities. all the best! tobin
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