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Weightlifting & Exercise/Expert Profile

MIGHTY JOE

U.S.

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Expertise

Fitness for People Who Hate Exercise; Weight loss and maintenance (aka: Waist Management); Sport/Exercise Nutrition Strategies; Powerlifting; Advanced Training Program Design; Home-based exercise

Experience in the area

When people ask "what do you do?", I often reply, "I'm in the fitness business". Once I was asked if that means I fix treadmills. While I actually have adjusted a few treadmills for my personal training clients, I suppose it would be more accurate to say that I'm more of a practitioner/educator/presenter/writer/coach than a "repairman". I've been called many things (some not suitable for print!) including the "MacGuyver of the Fitness Industry" because of the way I'm able to recognize whatever resources we have available (however limited they may be) and find a way to make 'em work for your fitness goals.

Publications

ACE Certified News - American Fitness - CN8 - Delaware News Journal - Delaware Today - Experience Life - Fitness Truth Radio - FOX17 Morning News (Grand Rapids, MI) - Health Fitness Broadcast - IDEA Personal Trainer - IDEA Fitness Journal - Living.Well - MealPlans101 - Men’s Fitness - MensLifeToday.com - Muscle & Fitness Hers - Physique Smart - Post Weekend (UK) - Sly - Strength Radio - WHYY-TV - Women’s Health - Wood Radio 1300 (Mouth to Mouth with Scott and Michelle) - World Talk Radio - Visions Today

Education/Credentials

ACE-cpt, NASM-cpt, Precision Nutrition Level 1

Awards and Honors

IDEA Master Fitness Trainer; advisory board member for Men’s Fitness magazine; Official Fitness Trainer for Miss Delaware USA 2003/2004

What do you like about this subject?

I've been a personal trainer in Chicago, Il.; England's east-midlands; Wilmington, Delaware and now Grand Rapids, MI. Perhaps the most surprising thing I've learned working with people from so many different backgrounds (and so many different goals!) is that "fitness" always comes back to two simple concepts: Eat right and Exercise (right).

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

Einstein said it best: "The more I learn, the more I realize I don't know. The more I realize I don't know, the more I want to learn."

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

Getting in shape is not really as complicated as most "experts" would have you believe.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject

If you depend solely on the 'calorie-counting' approach, you must still consider Pluto to be a planet, too? Get with the program! There are better ways to lose weight than counting calories (aka: "points" to the WW crowd).

Average Ratings

Recent Reviews from Users

User	Date	K	C	P	Comments
Kumar	04/15/12	10	10	10	good answer.Thanks for your care
Jim	04/11/12	10	10	10	Interesting, interesting.... Thanks. -J.S.
Sue	01/18/11	10	10	10
Louis	08/25/10	10	10	10	I would like to say that Mighty .....
Remon	11/13/09	10	10	10	Thank you Mr. Stankowski, I have noticed .....

Recent Answers from MIGHTY JOE

2012-05-17 Activity:

Hey there, Sheridan! Thanks for your question. I wouldn't want to give a to-the-letter training plan for a few reasons*, but one of the most important principles of fitness is specificity, often referred

2012-04-13 Age,Gym and Exercises:

I may be misunderstanding your question(s), but it seem as if you're looking for 1 of 2 things: 1) A simple yes or no response regarding your ABILITY to exercise. Without being able to assess your abilities

2012-04-10 standard barbell bars:

by rotating ends, I'm referring to the "sleeves" at each end of an olympic bar. they allow the weights to rotate without interfering with the center of the bar. a simple example: say you're doing a

2012-04-08 fitness at home with little time:

Thanks for your question, Charlotte. While I a set-by-set workout is well beyond my abilities to provide through allexperts.com, I can explain a few basic principles which should help you get leaner-and-meaner

2012-04-07 standard barbell bars:

Thanks for the clarification, Jim. First, unlike fishing line (for example) that may be labeled as '8lb test' - which would be it's minimum breaking tension, it's important to note that the load rating

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