ABOUT

My name is Ben Brickman. I am an NSCA certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. In addition to that certification, I am also certified in the Functional Movement Systems and Y-Balance Test. My love for fitness began when I was a kid. I did primarily bodyweight exercises until my junior year of high school when I started weight-lifting. Following my high-school graduation in 2009, I left for Marine Corps bootcamp in Paris Island South Carolina. I continued weight-lifting in addition to the physical training prescribed by my leadership throughout my Marine Corps career.

I was honorably discharged in the summer of 2013 and began school in the spring of 2014. I enrolled at Hudson Valley Community College in the Business Administration program. I found out that they had a football team, so I walked on that spring. I played wide-receiver there until 2016 when I transferred to Syracuse University for exercise science. After trying out for their football team, I earned a spot in the spring of 2017. I graduated in May of 2019 with my bachelor’s in science in Exercise Science.

I have been a personal trainer since the end of 2015 when I was fortunate enough to be introduced to the Functional Movement System (FMS). I say that I was fortunate because my FMS certification taught me a lot about how the body is supposed to move and the importance of quality of movement before quantity.

Prior to my FMS certification, I was all about bench, squat, and deadlift. Everything else was an inconvenience. Through the knowledge gained in the FMS program, and the pain I went through as a result of my ignorance, I learned ways to improve my big lifts while also reducing my risk for injury. This knowledge was vital in maintaining and improving a body that could perform well not only in the gym, but also on the football field.

Now I use my knowledge and experience to help other people reach their potential. Training with me is not easy. I’m not a check-in-the-box clipboard trainer. If you train with me, be prepared to work hard. I don’t care where you’re at in your fitness journey, as long as you give me 100%. That being said, I hope I get the opportunity to work with you.