Testimonials...

   It has been almost 20 years that John Boos and his staff of highly trained professionals have been helping clients reach their ultimate fitness goals. Each of their individual ambitions requires unique training and special attention. Over time, fitness equipment and technique have changed but client’s success stories have certainly not.

   St. John’s University Division 1 men’s soccer player, Matthew Groenwald, started seeing John in 2003 after enduring three surgeries and various forms of unsuccessful rehabilitation for a sport’s hernia injury he suffered on the field.
“I was very nervous I would never play soccer again if I didn’t do something soon,” talks Groenwald.

   Boos understood that rehabilitating Groenwald’s injury could not be the only solution in his healing process. So together, they focused on strengthening all of the forward’s muscles. Groenwald, who plans to attend medical school after graduation, has looked to Boos’ knowledge in the field as an inspiration.

   “The human body can accomplish amazing things if trained right, and John has the key to these successes,” tells the athlete. “I know in my heart that anyone who seeks his advice and is extremely serious about following his instructions will succeed and reach their goals.”

   Groenwald is healthy again and playing at the top of his game as one of the college soccer league’s premier players.

   Boos trains many top athletes, such as Babylon New York’s very own, Chris Wingert, a pivotal member of the U-23 National Team that recently competed for a spot in Athens and 2003 recipient of the most notable college soccer award in the country, the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Award. He now plays major league ball for the Columbus Crew.

   The staff at Strength and Fitness see athletes but also cancer survivors, diabetics and those rehabilitating from surgeries. They are doctors, adolescents, mothers and grandpas ranging in age from 15 to 80 years old.

   Several years ago, Kovalsky, 63, discovered she had very low bone density results that placed her in the osteoporosis range. Doctors wanted to give her hormone replacement pills, but she did not feel comfortable with that and asked if she could try exercise, specifically weight training, as an alternative.

   “I had never worked out before and knew that if I was going to lift weights, I would have to do it the right way, or I could hurt myself,” tells Kovalsky.

    Kovalsky has been working with Boos and his staff twice a week for several years now. She has become stronger and is happier. It took some time, but Kovalsky’s bone density has returned to its normal range, and she has since agreed to try medicine in an effort to get her numbers up even higher.

    Boos explains, “Resistance training exercises combined with proper nutrition can be extremely beneficial in combating the effects of osteoporosis.”
Weight training can combat many other health problems as well. Reduced blood pressure, body fat and relief of back and arthritic pain can all be achieved by proper strength training.

    “I’m working full time and lifting weights gives me a lot of energy and improves other things as I’m getting older, such as balance,” tells Kovalsky.
Weight training is not strictly limited to fixing health problems but also plays a role in preventing them.
   Jennifer Calvano and Susan Varriale of Seaford, NY, are best friends and recent college graduates who started working out at Strength & Fitness about 6 months ago. They are young, healthy girls who both face the reality of a history of cancer in their families. Weight training cannot erase the dangers of cancer but the girls know that getting into Boos’ basement three times a week is certainly a way to lessen them.

    “I believe we should be able to fix ourselves,” Kovalsky explains. “I think it’s within our power to take control of our lives and do things that help us to be better.”
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