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Speedball Fitness
Steve believes that a marriage of integrated functional exercise and enthusiasm defines his exercise existence. As an overweight adolescent, the first fitness program he ever designed was his own. He began his passion for fitness through his discovery of martial arts. In addition to teaching cardio fitness classes, Steve was the program director and Kung Fu instructor in four of the five schools' locations on Long Island New York. Pupils of ages ranging from three through late adulthood enjoyed the benefit of Steve's expert instruction. Next, he began training personal clients at the most elite health clubs in Manhattan, starting with the Reebok Sports Club/NY and The Sports Club/LA, while growing his group fitness career. Afterwards, Steve found a home at Equinox Fitness Clubs in New York City, teaching classes at every location while building a home-based private training business. Currently, Steve continues to instruct group exercise classes at Equinox Fitness Clubs and The Sports Club/LA throughout New York City, as well as certify instructors in his exercise methods. His innovation and exuberance for fitness has resulted in the creation of his original programming concepts – Speedball, Speedball Core, Shadow Do, X-Treme Movement, Form & Function, FUnk FUze and Integration – exercise programs available in both group and personal settings, serving all fitness levels and age groups. While teaching at Equinox, he met Michelle Ho, and together they have incorporated their expertise and passions to form Speedball Fitness, LLC, under which the two have developed, branded, and cultivated his class concepts. While he was teaching his Speedball Fitness exercise programs at the West Side YMCA, he consulted on and led fitness fundraising events that raised over $10,000 for the YMCA children's fund. Similarly at Equinox, Steve led fundraising efforts that generated over $3,800, which he donated to the American Red Cross for the victims of hurricane Katrina in 2005. At the YMCA, he also served as a role model in the child mentoring program, providing fitness and nutritional guidelines. Additionally, Steve has coached top-ranked professional fighters in preparation for televised fights, and has served as strength and conditioning coach for adolescent female soccer teams. Steve is certified by the American Council on Exercise (ACE) and Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA). He studied at the State University of New York at Albany. Steve and his programs have been featured on television, the web, print media and radio programs including Forbes.com, ABC News Now, Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, MTV News, Fox News, NY Post, CBS2 News, WB11, Women’s Health, Daily Candy, Gotham, NY 1, Daily News, AM New York, Genre, Shecky’s, Shape (Germany), Metro Sports New York, Fitness, Zink, The Career Clinic radio show, boxinginsider.com, CBS Inside Fitness radio and TV, and others. In between his business obligations, Steve has found the time to study Eskrima, Butterfly Hands Kung Fu, Yang-style Michuan Tai Chi Chuan, Capoeira, and boxing.
Michelle brings her passion for wellness and her prior experience in investment banking and financial communications to the foundation of Speedball. As an enthusiast of athletics her entire life, she has found an ideal union of her business experience, education and lifelong pleasures. Michelle’s fitness foundations are based on the belief that a healthy body feeds a healthy mind, and a healthy mind nourishes a healthy body. She emphasizes this mind/body connection, enriching a person’s sense of wellbeing with enhanced awareness of their interrelatedness. After successfully working in the financial world, she began searching for a more emotionally rewarding path. She decided to turn a passion into her job, and devoted herself to pursuing a fitness career. While working as a group fitness instructor at Equinox Fitness Clubs, Michelle created Speedball Fitness, LLC with Steve Feinberg where together, they have incorporated their expertise and passions, and the two have developed, branded, and cultivated many of Steve’s fitness concepts. In addition to her responsibilities as Business Director, Michelle takes an active role in the fitness world. She certifies instructors in her Speedball Fitness programs, through developing and leading these training programs and certifications. She also mentors all Speedball instructors through ongoing continuing education support and leads group fitness classes representing all the company’s fitness programs at Equinox Fitness Clubs around New York City, Reebok Sports Club/NY and The Sports Club/LA. While working at the West Side YMCA, she organized exercise fundraising events that raised nearly $10,000 for the YMCA children's fund. During her lifetime, she has avidly pursued a myriad of physical disciplines, ranging from martial arts to squash, swimming, tennis, gymnastics, and ice skating. Most recently, she has studied Butterfly Hands Kung Fu and boxing. Michelle is certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), American Council on Exercise (ACE), and Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA). She earned a Bachelors of Science from Georgetown University. Michelle and her programs have been featured on television, print media, and the web including Forbes.com, ABC News Now, Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, Fox News, NY Post, CBS2 News, WB11, Women’s Health, Daily Candy, Gotham, NY 1,Daily News, Zink, AM New York, Genre, Shecky’s, Shape (Germany), and Metro Sports New York. |
Nicole Ohebshalom, RN, HHC
Nicole has always been interested in the connection and impact of food, lifestyle and yoga on one’s health. She began her passion in health as an undergrad with nutrition major and to pursue a path as an MD/DO. In her second year, Nicole changed majors to become a Registered Nurse from Northeastern University. She has worked extensively at Brigham and Woman’s Hospital, Mclean Hospital and Roosevelt Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Center. Nicole was further trained as a Nutrition and Lifestyle Counselor from Columbia University and Integrative Institute of Nutrition, where she deepened her understanding of nutritional theories in creating personalized, balanced and pleasurable one-size-doesn’t-fit-all diets. She is accredited by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. You can find Nicole with her private clients at Radiant Living Wellness, which is her practice in midtown. Nicole pursued her life passion for understanding the mind/body connection and yoga by becoming a KRI Certified Kundalini Yoga Instructor. Her Radiant Living Programs have the choice of including yoga/meditation. Nicole’s contribution to the nutrition and health world is her focus on how getting healthy can be fun, easy and in fact such a pleasure that healthy changes are not only attainable but also sustainable. Nicole has a unique teaching style. Her fusion of classical eastern knowledge and western science help her clients to understand and develop a set of skills to know how to choose and balance daily foods to be healthy, radiant and vital. Nicole doesn’t expect you to flip your life in one session. Her goal is to help her clients listen to their body in a way that will allow them to be flexible with food for the rest of their life. Nicole’s commitment to the people she works with is evident in the way she takes time, listens and truly cares about their process. In addition Nicole is a writer. Since childhood Nicole’s been passionate abut writing. Her writing is seen weekly in NBC’s Green Is Universal, Larchmont Loop and in her “Radiant Living” e-newsletter. |
Josh Miller
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Joel Matalon
His Trainer certifications include: ACE, ISSA Youth Fitness, Post- Rehabilitation Specialist, Fitness Boxing and USAT Triathlon, along with a background in Fitness, Yoga and Pilates. Joel’s extensive experience and the fact that he is New York’s ONLY certified ChiRunning/Walking instructor makes his services highly sought after. Joel competes in endurance events and in 2007(Chi)ran 5 marathons in 5 cities and 2 countries. He’s preparing for Kentucky Ironman 8/08 and 2008-9 where he will run 12 marathons in 12 months across the globe. He’s dedicated his life to making a difference for inner city teens, with his creation of TEAM 10.. This brainchild is finishing up it’s inaugural season consisting of marathons in Germany, Cape Cod and New York. Along with raising thousands of dollars for EntrepreneursNOW, including 10 % of JoeFitnessWorld net annual income. Joel Matalon is getting ready to kick off his Spring 2008 ChiRunning/ Walking classes (indoor/outdoor) at the JCC West Side and across the East Coast. As well as the 3rd Annual Central Park JoeFitnessWorld ‘Bench-Warming’ Party, to honor his continuing support of the NYC parks. Joel Matalon has been featured in the media onUS News and World Report, PT on the Net, WPLJ Radio, Sharspeaks/Success Made Simple- radio, Club Industry Magizine, OnSite Fitness magazine, ChiLiving eNewsLetter. Coming soon, JFW presents ChiRunning/Walking CEC courses for fitness professionals in partnership with the American Council on Exercise. Books: The Karma Stretch Book/CD, and, The Little Joe Fitness Team- books for kids. |
Steve
Feinberg 
Michelle
Ho 
Not many people can sum up their life philosophy in
one word, but for Nicole, it’s all about balance.
It’s a remarkably simple word that drives a powerful
concept: finding balance in work, love, exercise, and
leisure. And, on a more fundamental level finding it
in the way you eat, drink, and live.
Josh Miller Josh’s
innate ability to expand his life and the lives of the people around him
have afforded him a diverse and lucrative career as a creative in
advertising and marketing for the past ten years. He holds a BFA in
Communications Design from Syracuse University with a minor in psychology,
in addition he is a certified mentor and member of the ICF. He has moved
forward in his own life and his motivation, intentionality and
accomplishment has served as an inspiration to others. An accomplished
creative, coach, mentor, and leader – He specializes in coaching people
who are determined to make bold and seemingly impossible changes in their
lives and businesses with breakthrough results that lead to transforming
their lives and achieving greater satisfaction in life, work and
relationships.
Joel “Fitness” Matalon has been a personal fitness trainer/coach in
New York City since 1988. He uses highly communicative, person-to-
person methodology to help clients reach their maximum performance.
Along with adults, he has a special interest in working with children
and teens in one-on-one and Large/Small Group training.
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