8 WEEK Athlete Code: Build + Explode

I’m glad you are here! My name is Mike and I grew up in High Bridge, New Jersey. I have been playing

sports my entire life. After my collegiate basketball career in the NCAA was over, I transitioned my passion

for performance and wellness into a professional career as a certified nutritionist and personal trainer

through the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA). Drawing from my firsthand experience as a

high-level athlete, I now specialize in training college athletes and people with sedentary lifestyles, helping

them elevate their performance through tailored strength programs, evidence-based nutrition strategies, and mental conditioning. My approach bridges the gap between athlete and trainer, combining practical insight with science-backed methods to support peak performance, injury prevention, and long-term athletic development. Beyond working with athletes, my goal is to help the everyday person train like one so they can move better, feel stronger, and live pain-free with a more athletic, empowered body.

My approach bridges the gap between athlete and trainer, combining practical insight with science-backed

methods to support peak performance, injury prevention, and long-term athletic development. Beyond

working with athletes, my goal is to help the everyday person train like one—so they can move better, feel

stronger, and live pain-free with a more athletic, empowered body. Im exited for you to get started!

Over the next 8 weeks we are going to be focusing on DB bench press and DB Bulgarian

split squats on our strength & conditioning days! Wednesday’s will be dedicated to

aerobic cardio. This means that we will be conditioning for longer durations and with

more available oxygen. Thursday and Friday will be our muscle building days!

(Hypertrophy). We will be focusing on shoulders and arms on Thursday and legs again

on Friday but with a focus on the posterior chain. We will be looking to progress the

weight we are using on each exercise on the strength days throughout each 4-week

block. Then we will be keeping the weight the same and increasing the total

reps/volume on the hypertrophy days. Be ready to get to work!!