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Arek Long MA, CSCS is a NESTA Certified Adventure Boot Camp instructor. He has over ten years of experience including group fitness and personal training, as well as extensive strength and conditioning experience ranging from middle and high school to collegiate and professional athletes. He is also a NSCA-CSCS certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and a Certified Level 1 USA Track & Field Coach. Arek has a Master's Degree in Exercise and Sports Science from East Carolina University where he specialized in strength and conditioning for team sports. Specifically, he has implemented the strength and conditioning programs for 12 intercollegiate teams as well as assisting with the strength and conditioning program for the 2004 Summer Games at the US Olympic Training Center in San Diego.
Arek's passion for exercise demonstrates that genetics does not have to be a barrier to being in shape. Arek was born with multiple heart defects and doctors told his parents that he would be a sickly child and unable to withstand strenuous exercise. Well he has proved them all wrong. As a scholar athlete in college, he was captain of his university's cycling team and heavily involved with the student athletic board. Since then, Arek has competed all over the country in various marathons and endurance events ranging from the humblest of road races to the most epic of adventure races and even finished an Ironman Triathlon. In the near future, Arek and his wife hope to make it to France to ride the Tour de France route before the races.
Surprisingly, Arek post-college actually began as a stock-broker, until the day he realized that work was what he did in between workouts and decided to do something about it. Two years later, with a Master's Degree, he found his calling in personal training. To Arek, the best part of personal training is seeing clients get off insulin dependency, regain muscle function after surgery, or simply be in the best shape they have ever been in.
Arek is also a Master Trainer at Equinox Gym in Westwood where he is one of the Master Instructors that instruct other personal trainers in courses such as Human Anatomy and Physiology. He became interested in boot-camps after his wife complained that she couldn't afford his personal training rates!
Arek is not an extremist when it comes to promoting a healthy lifestyle. He will admit to loving Chick-fil-A, Wendy's, and McDonald's but demonstrates that it is possible to love chocolate and fast food in moderation and still enjoy good health. Arek brings a wealth of experience and knowledge along with a passion for helping others reach their goals and overcome hurdles. If you have ever thought that you just could not get into shape, let Arek help prove you wrong the way he proved those doctors wrong all those years ago!
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