About Mike

During my career I have had the opportunity to work and travel with professional athletes, collegiate, high school and youth sports, orthopedic rehab, pre-postnatal, senior programs, and TV personalities. I have worked with over 5500 members and clients assessing their needs and developing their programs as well as teaching specialty group fitness classes. I have obtained over 7 different national certifications which I believe each certification is only as good as one’s practical knowledge. I have also successfully opened 4 businesses successfully that needed individual structure and systems developed within their personal training department and group fitness program. In addition to this I’ve also helped develop sales, customer service, and membership retention skills with all employees. I have spoken in front of large groups to motivate and generate more revenue. My approach is to provide the best training structure that will yield maximum results for any circumstances.

Experience

2007-present Owner Operator Personal Training, Instructor & Consultant Co.
Presently Owner/Operator of Hurley Development, LLC with a base of 40plus active clients, and consulting, training and teaching specialty classes in NJ. In addition, I have written articles for Weider Publications (Muscle & Fitness Hers) and featured on MSNBC (Healthology network) a 3 part series discussing core training, dynamic stretching, and the 30minute workout.

Personal trainer/fitness consultant for TV personalities and interviewed by NBC in reference to specific conditioning and strength training programs.

Designed strength and condition program for High School, College athletes, Olympic, and Professional Athletes.

Developing programs for youth athletic sports to enhance abilities and performance. As well as Injury Prevention for All ages.

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2004-2008     Club H Fitness     Hoboken, NJ & New York, NY Personal Trainer / Manager / Instructor:

Lead team in personal training session and sales averaging 80 sessions per pay period and $12,800 in revenue per month.

Group fitness instructor (specialty class personally designed) maximum attendance from both afternoon and evening classes.

In charge of opening new Club H at 423 West 55th St. NY, NY handled restructuring personal training department, interviewed, hired, and trained new staff.

Teaching, developing, and training over a dozen new personal trainers on properly designing programs for their clients and specific needs.

Developed a new evaluation system, revenue tracking, and payroll structure brought the club to a 14% usage average in personal training.

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2002-2003     Equinox     New York, NY Personal Training Manager

Interviewed, hired, trained new staff, tracked revenue, payroll.

In charge of opening new Equinox club at 54 Murray St. in the Tribeca section of Manhattan, set personal training sales record and usage for a new club opening of $82,000 in personal training revenue with an entire new staff.

Teaching, developing and training over a dozen new personal trainers on properly designing programs for their clients and specific needs.

Taught  member retention, floor service, evaluations and programs, body comp, sub vo2  max treadmill, strength endurance, flexibility, blood pressure, and weight.

Maintained renewals and client base.

Conducted workshops for sales, communication skills, exercise performance, program design, the role-playing point of sale.

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1991-2002     The Forum     Bayonne, NJ Personal Trainer/Group Fitness Instructor/Fitness Consultant

Generated membership sales and retention.

Strength and conditioning coach, administered specific strength training cardiovascular, and flexibility programs.

Conducted fitness evaluation, body comp, vo2 max, b.p., and strength (body-fat %, girth measurements) endurance to assess client’s  fitness level.

Offered basic nutritional guidelines to help client’s training

Group fitness instructor (Choreographed specialty Boot Camp class)

Created fun and unique promotions to increase personal training sessions and exercise adherence

Trained professional, semi-pro, Olympic athletes (Basketball/Football)

1. Duke-Sacramento Kings

2. Iowa-Kansas City Chiefs

3. Duke–USA Olympic team Pan Am Games- N.O.  Hornets NY Knicks

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1992-1998 2005-2014    Coaching Experience

Coached high school varsity wrestling (Bayonne H.S.)

Girl’s Track and Field (St. Dominick’s H.S., Bayonne H.S).

Girls Soccer and Basketball (Bayonne H.S., Holy Family Academy)

Boys Basketball (St. Anthony’s H.S.)

Girls Club Soccer (Cranford & Union NJ)

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Certifications/Qualifications Equinox Fitness Training Institute(EFTI)/ Elite Plus Trainer “2003” International Sports Medicine Association(ISMA) “1993” National Sports Performance Association(NSPA) “1994” American Heart Association(CPR) and First Responder “1991 – Present” American Aerobic Association International(AAAI) “1993” American Fitness Professionals and Associates(AFPA) “2004” American Council on Exercise “1991” American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) “2001”

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1988-1990     Attended New Jersey City University   Jersey City, NJ Obtained credits in Anatomy/Physiology, and Business Management

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Skills

Program Design, sales, Boot-camp training with industry expert Casey Conrad, Service and Retention training with Sandy Coffman, Personal development training (Dale Carnegie, and Raving Fans), Napoleon Hill “Laws of Success Course”

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Interests

Wrestling, Basketball, Track & Field, Swimming, Soccer, Kickboxing, Mountain biking, Rock climbing, Music, Aerobics, and  Reading