ATOMIC Total Fitness — Local services in New York

I had a great experience at Atomic Fitness and would highly recommend the PT gym. I have been working out for 15 years and never thought I could use a personal trainer until I hurt my back. Part of my reluctance was ego but eventually you learn that hiring someone with experience is helpful at all levels of fitness, beginner or advanced.

I initially went in with the goal of just purchasing 8 sessions and learning how to tweak some of my techniques to avoid hurting my back in the future. Eventually I was seeing so much progress that I decided to continue for much longer.

At my time at Atomic the main goals I wanted to achieve were to put on lean muscle, learn advanced/complex movements and increase my strength. In the end I achieved all this and more. I am stronger and leaner than I have ever been before. The path to being stronger and leaner included things like improving my mobility and flexibility; things quite frankly I would not have pursued outside of having a trainer.

Brian Allen was my trainer and I think he is one of the best out there (I continue to send him clients). I work out in a well known big box gym in the city and I have received a few sessions there. The sessions were fine but it doesn’t come close to the training I received from Brian. Brian was always accessible even if I needed some help outside my sessions. He really was vested in getting me to where I wanted to be. He even helped me with a nutrition plan!

The one other thing I loved about Atomic was that most trainers knew my name even though I didn’t train with them. I felt great going there and it felt like a collegial environment where trainers embrace all clients, not just their own. The one thing I will say is you also have to put in the work if you want to see results; if you do and follow their lead I feel confident you can get to your fitness goals with the...

Atomic totally changed my life! I was 35 pounds overweight, smoking, drinking heavily and eating everything in sight when i decided to give Atomic a try. They had a Gilt City promotion for some discounted personal trainer sessions, and i went in fully expecting to hate it.

I explained to my trainer, TJ Florio, that i HATE cardio and basically all things that made me breathe heavily. Also, that i hated working out in any way. And that i hated dieting. And that i was pretty regularly hungover. Obviously, that is not the attitude a trainer is looking for from a new client, but he 100% listened to me and found ways to work around all the things i hated.

I've been working with TJ for the past 2 years, I am THRILLED to say that i am now 30 pounds lighter, and all around healthier in every way. I don't smoke, i eat better, i don't drink as much and most importantly i am so much happier and hate way less things. TJ slowly introduced new habits to me without making it feel like work or deprivation. He also knows a ton about nutrition which is super helpful.

The gym itself is great. Adam, the owner, is really friendly and always poking his head in encouraging people when he is not training clients himself. The entire place has a laid-back vibe and not at all intimidating, which is what i was most afraid of in a gym. I hated the idea of super fit people walking around comparing muscles and being beautiful. All the trainers at Atomic make you feel totally welcome and comfortable - they are really just like one big family. I couldn't possibly recommend it more. And this is coming from someone who spend 36 years on a couch eating french fries. DO IT! You...

I started training with Che after she was recommended to me by a healthcare practitioner that I know. I had just turned 40 and noticed my hormones were changing and my previous fitness routine of classpass spinning and barre workouts were not giving me the results I was looking for.

I had lost mobility in my hips/glutes from overdoing the wrong workouts and my balance was extremely off. Che met me where I was at. She coached me and helped rebuild the muscle I had lost in my lower abs/glutes. It was important for me to work with someone who wasn’t going to give me a cookie cutter training workout. She tailored my workouts for my specific issues and needs.

In addition to building up my strength, she demonstrated how to stretch out my lower body with a foam roller and lacrosse ball to help improve my performance. Che truly understands the mind-body connection and was able to use this knowledge to guide me towards success.

We also discussed nutrition and counting my macros to make sure I was eating the right balance of protein, carbs, and fat daily. I learned during this process that I was restricting my calories too low, thinking that this would help speed up my weight loss. I was definitely not feeding my body the right balance of nutrients and she called me out on this.

After 12 weeks of bi-weekly training with Che, I have gained 2 pounds of muscle back and the flexibility/balance has returned in my lower body. I have recommended both her and Atomic to my friends and feel extremely grateful to have gained my healthy fitness level back. I couldn’t have done it...