At-home personal training · The Rockaways

The gym that knocks on your door.

I come to you: your living room, garage, backyard. 45 minutes, just us, zero commute. For Rockaway people who want to lose the weight and get strong, but are done pretending they'll ever love the gym.

On a GLP-1? My specialty: lose the fat, keep the muscle.

Text me to set up a session $75/session · no packages · no contracts

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The GLP-1 specialty

On a GLP-1? Keep the muscle. Lose the rest.

Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound: the medication handles your appetite. It does not decide what kind of weight you lose. Without strength training and enough protein, a big share of the weight you drop (studies put it as high as a third or more) can be muscle. That is the part that keeps you strong, keeps your metabolism up, and decides how you look and feel when you get there.

Strength training 1 to 2 times a week, at your home
Protein habits that work with a smaller appetite
Every session tracked, so you can see the strength staying

I handle the training and the habits. The prescription stays between you and your doctor.

How it works

Three steps. The hardest one is the text.

No sales call, no “fitness consultation,” no contract with a gym you’ll resent. You text, I show up, we get to work.

Text me

Tell me where you live and what you’re after. We’ll find a time that works. Early mornings, evenings, weekends included.

I come to you

I show up at your door with a plan built for you: your body, your goals, your living room. No machines required.

We train. 45 minutes.

Focused, efficient, done. Every set gets logged in an app so you can watch yourself get stronger week over week.

All you need is a pair of dumbbells and some floor space. That’s genuinely it. Don’t own any? Text me before our first session and I’ll send you a short shopping list. About $50, one-time, and it’s yours forever. I bring the rest.

Who this is for

Built for the busiest people on the peninsula.

If the commute already eats your day, the last thing you need is another trip to a gym where you don’t know what to do anyway.

GLP-1 users (Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound) who want the weight loss without the muscle loss
Parents who can only train when the kids are asleep or at school
Commuters who lose 3 hours a day to the A train or Cross Bay
Beginners who feel lost or judged in a gym. There’s no one watching in your living room
Anyone 30–55 who wants to lose weight, get strong, and feel good at the beach they live on

Not for you if: you want a bodybuilding prep coach or you love your gym. That’s great, keep going. This is for people who need training to come to them.

Jay with his dog on the Rockaway boardwalk at dusk

About Jay

25 years under the bar. Zero interest in showing off.

I’m Jay. I live right here in the Rockaways, and over 25 years I’ve done all of it: running, powerlifting, bodybuilding. These days I’ve settled into the thing most people actually want, which is staying healthy, strong, and active while getting older, starting a family, and working on my doctorate. Training that fits a real life, because mine is one too.

I built Liftaroo, a workout app on the App Store, so every session we do together gets logged and you can literally watch the numbers go up. Most trainers hand you a clipboard. I built the software.

“You don’t need motivation. You need an appointment with someone who’s going to ring your doorbell.”

I’m CPR/AED certified, with CSCS and nutrition coach certifications on the way. My thing is simple: no fads, no shame, no 90-minute marathons. Strength basics, done right, in the time you actually have.

Questions people actually ask

The honest FAQ.

I'm really out of shape. Is this going to be embarrassing?

No. And you’re my favorite kind of client. There’s no one else there. No mirrors, no gym bros, no audience. We start exactly where you are, and the first session is mostly me learning how you move. Nobody has ever thrown up on my watch, and we’re keeping the streak.

I’m on Ozempic, Wegovy, or Zepbound. Is training different for me?

Yes, in two ways that matter. The appetite suppression makes it very easy to under-eat protein without noticing, and fast weight loss without lifting takes muscle down with it. So we strength train 1 to 2 times a week and keep your protein honest, which steers the loss toward fat. The goal is to arrive at your target weight strong, not just smaller. I am not a doctor and the medication stays between you and yours. I handle the training side.

What equipment do I need?

A pair of dumbbells and enough floor space to lie down. That covers months of progress. If you don’t own anything, I’ll text you a ~$50 shopping list before we start. Buy once, keep forever. I bring bands and anything else we need.

Why per-session instead of packages?

Because packages are how gyms trap you. I’d rather you book session two because session one was worth it. You pay as we go (cash, Venmo, or Zelle) and you can stop anytime. My retention plan is being good at this.

How often should I train with you?

Most people do 1–2 sessions a week with me, and I’ll set you up with simple workouts to do on your own between sessions, tracked in the app so I see them and adjust. You’re not paying me to count your reps; you’re paying me to make sure the whole week works.

Is 45 minutes really enough?

Yes. A focused 45 minutes with zero waiting-for-machines beats 90 distracted minutes at a gym. Warm-up, work hard, done. You’re showered before you’d have found parking at the gym.

Do you train couples?

Text me. If you and your spouse or a friend want to train together at the same session, we can usually make that work.