OUR SERVICES
The Catanzaro Group specializes in providing a complete personal training package tailored to meet your needs. This package is designed to ensure a balanced approach to achieving your health and fitness goals.
Our package typically begins with a fitness assessment. This is an important first step that’ll be used to develop your specific training program. Your training sessions can then be held either in our private studio or in the comfort of your own home. Early in the program, we’ll also take time to provide nutritional guidance.
Unlike some other organizations, we are not here to waste your time or your money. Listen to what our clients have to say – you’ll notice that we have many personal trainers, not only as students but also as clients. If these trainers come to us for advice, then you know you’re in good hands.
Bottom line, we strive for excellence and we get results. Please do yourself a favor and try one package with us. You’ll experience the difference … guaranteed!
If you’re ready to take the next step, contact us below for further information on our services and rates.
PHILOSOPHY
Our philosophy can best be summed up by a single word: balance. To improve your quality of life and well-being, you must strive for balance. A balanced approach is necessary with exercise, nutrition, and during rest, and recuperation.PERSONAL TRAINING
- Personal training is a great way to achieve your health and fitness goals.
- Personal training is effective for all fitness levels from beginner to advanced.
- Personal training can help you overcome a training plateau and experience a new level of success.
- Personal training will provide a professional assessment and offer corrective exercises to enhance work and sport performance.
- Personal training is useful for athletes requiring a strength coach to help them reach their full potential.
- Personal training provides discipline and motivation when exercising.
- Personal training helps teach safe and efficient exercise methods.
- Personal training provides 24/7 support through email, phone, and/or virtual consultations.
Personal training is not an expense… it’s an investment in your health and fitness. Procrastination is the #1 reason that holds people back. Stop procrastinating and start moving toward a better you!
FITNESS ASSESSMENT
The Catanzaro Group utilizes aspects of the Canadian Physical Activity, Fitness and Lifestyle Appraisal (CPAFLA) as well as the former Canadian Standardized Test of Fitness (CSTF) which includes:
- pre-test screening with the new Get Active Questionnaire (formerly known as the PAR-Q)
- physical activity analysis and FANTASTIC Lifestyle checklist
- resting heart rate and blood pressure measurements
- anthropometric and body composition measurements (weight, height, and as many as 15 girth and 13 skinfold measurements for more accurate tracking of body composition changes)
- posture evaluation and testing for muscular imbalances
- aerobic and musculoskeletal (strength, flexibility and muscular endurance) fitness tests
Our background in clinical exercise physiology and kinesiology allows us to perform a wide array of appraisal protocols dependent upon your needs and goals.
NUTRITIONAL GUIDANCE
Our nutrition counselling services are an important element of your overall health and fitness plan. To maximize the benefits of this service, we go beyond discussing generic nutrition principles. With the use of dietary logs to analyze your current eating patterns, we can provide you with specific recommendations based on your individual needs.
We’ll discuss various aspects of diet and nutrition, such as:
- ideal meal frequency
- proper ratio of macronutrients
- gender, goal, and differences in body type (i.e., somatotype differences)
- why protein is crucial towards building muscle and losing fat
- how certain fats are essential for optimum health and body fat reduction
- the importance of the glycemic index and insulin index
- the role of supplementation in your plan and much more
The most difficult part of implementing a nutrition plan is often putting it into daily practice. To assist you, we provide several resources and key “tried-and-true” tips to help simplify the process and ensure long-term success.
INJURY REHABILITATION
TRAINING PROGRAMS
Programming is one area that we are super passionate about. Our success lies in the success of our training programs. It’s that simple. Regardless of your age, gender or fitness level, you must have a proper plan in place. If you train in a haphazard manner, you’ll get haphazard results… or likely injured!
We provide individualized training programs to help our clients achieve various goals:
- improve health and wellbeing
- lose weight and inches
- gain muscle and strength
- perform better in sport and physique competitions
- improve bone density
- rehabilitate injuries
You name it, we’ll help you achieve it! And we use specialized software technology to design training programs and to track progress. Sure, as much as you may wish to hire us for personal training on a weekly basis, we know that it’s not feasible for everyone, but this is one way that you can take advantage of our expertise and get great results!
REMOTE COACHING
Whether you live in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) or you’re coming in from out of town, you can experience a one-on-one coaching session with John Paul Catanzaro. Located in Richmond Hill, Ontario, our state-of-the-art private studio features all the amenities of a large commercial gym without any of the commotion. All business, no nonsense! Space is limited though.
If you’re not able to train at our facility, remote coaching is available.
PHONE CONSULTATIONS
Often, the answer to a question goes far beyond the scope of a simple email response. If you want to truly resolve an issue or comprehend a nutrition or training concept, having a conversation is the best way to do it. Phone or virtual consultations are convenient and effective ways to utilize our expert guidance.
Duration – Choose an option
Consultations can be conducted by telephone or through a virtual communication platform like Skype or Zoom. We will contact you by email to arrange a time for the consultation.
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
We offer the following series of exercise and nutrition seminars to health and fitness professionals:
- Advanced Body Composition Strategies Lecture
- Beyond the Fundamentals Strength Training Workshop
- Cutting Edge Techniques Strength Training Workshop
- The Business of Personal Training Lecture
- Strength Training Parameters and Program Design Lecture
- Stretch for Strength Workshop
- Warm-Up to Strength Training Workshop
- Injury Prevention Strategies for Aging Clients Lecture
- Healthy Living Lecture
By taking advantage of our experience and expert knowledge, attendees will broaden their knowledge base and stay up to date with the latest fitness skills and research.
ONLINE COURSES
Over the years, John Paul has attracted the attention of various fitness-related organizations seeking lectures and workshops. The list includes canfitpro, Certified Professional Trainers Network, Granite Club, Masters Swimming Canada, Ontario Kinesiology Association, Ontario Society for Health and Fitness, Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club, and more. Those who experience his presentations have dubbed him “the man with an encyclopedic mind.”
- Air Conditioning
- Aromatherapy
- Body Jet Shower System
- Complimentary T-Shirt or Golf Shirt
- Convenient, Private, One-on-One Atmosphere with Absolutely NO Interruptions
- Courtesy Phone
- Infrared Sauna
- Natural and Full-Spectrum Lighting
- Parking
- Standup Tanning and Vitamin D Unit
- Stereo Surround Sound
- Thermo Concepts Hot and Cold Water Filtration System
- Towel Service
- AbMat
- Ab Straps
- All Pro Ankle Weights (2-20 lb)
- AmStaff Commercial Olympic Swiss Bar: handles spaced at 5″/13″/22″ (45 lb)
- AmStaff Contoured Abdominal Sit-Up Mat
- AmStaff Half Foam Roller (17 inch)
- AmStaff Strength Bands
2 x X Light (black)
4 x XX Light (red) - Angles90 Grips
- Anthropometric Measuring Tapes (2)
- Atlantis B-177 Adjustable Bench
- Atlantis C-206 Leg Platform
- Atlantis D-215 Reverse Hyper Extension
- Atlantis D-227 Glute and Ham
- Atlantis M-118 Standing Calf Raise Machine
600 lb selectorized weight stack - Bar Pad
- Baseline Smedley Digital Hand Dynamometer
- Bio-Med Powertone Electronic Muscle Stimulation Unit 8 pads
- Body Stick (24″)
- Bollinger Mini Trampoline (38″ diameter)
- Canada Fixed Dumbbell Set: 10 lb to 100 lb in 5-lb increments; Total = 950 lb
- Canadian Standardized Test of Fitness (CSTF) Ergometer Steps
- Canadian Standardized Test of Fitness (CSTF) Flexometer
- CAP Commercial Vertical Bar Holder
- Cast Iron Kettlebell: 20 lb, 30 lb, 40 lb, 50 lb, 60 lb, 70 lb
- Chi Energizer Foot-Swing Machine
- Chrome Olympic Straight Bar (45 lb), 1 inch foam padding
- Chrome Olympic Cambered Bar (15 lb)
- Dragging Sled with Straps and Harness
- Element Fitness Premium Push Up Bars
- Energetics Half Foam Roller (12 inch)
- ENiTi Body Bar (48 inch, 9 lb), soft foam coating
- Eurosport Fitness 2-Person Infrared Sauna
- EZ-Grips
- FIT505 Deluxe Double Ab Wheel
- Fitter Wobble/Rocker Board 4-Piece Kit: advanced tri-level 16 inch wobble board, intermediate tri-level 20 inch wobble board, beginner 20 inch rocker board, wobble/rocker board stand
- Foam Roller (3-foot length, 6-inch diameter)
- Foot Wheel (6″)
- Grizzly Chin/Dip Weightlifting Belt
- Grizzly Double Grip Tricep Rope
- Grizzly Lifting Straps
- Gymnic Medicine Ball (1 kg)
- Gymnic Swiss Balls (burst resistant), 2 x 55 cm (green and red)
- Hammer Single Triceps Ropes (2)
- Hampton Hammer Curl Bar (25 lb)
- Hand Exerciser (foam grip)
- Harbinger Lifting Straps
- Harpenden Skinfold Caliper
- Health o Meter Professional Medical Beam Scale
- Inversion Boots
- IronMind Outer Limits Loops (pair)
- IronMind Blockbuster Pinch Grip Block
- IronMind Hub-Style Pinch Gripper
- IronMind Rolling Thunder Revolving Deadlift Handle
- IronMind Apollon’s Axle
- Ivanko 6′ Olympic EZ-Curl Bar (35 lb)
- Ivanko Super Gripper (4 springs)
- Jump Stretch Bands
2 x Strong Bands (blue)
2 x Average Bands (dark green)
2 x Light Bands (purple)
2 x Mini Flex Bands (light green) - Kabuki Strength Transformer Bar
- Kensui Fitness Swissies Chin-Up Handles
- Kensui Fitness Swissies45 Chin-Up Handles
- Lange Skinfold Caliper
- Lock-Jaw Pro Olympic Collars (2)
- Maple Dowel (1.25″ x 4’)
- Marathon Stick (20″)
- MD Buddy Front Squat Shoulder Harness
- Medicine Ball Rack
- Medixact Pro Shape Analog Body Weight Scale
- Multi-Hex Hampton Trap Bar
- Nautilus Freedom Trainer Functional Training System
- Northern Lights Dumbbell Racks (2)
2-tier 4-foot racks - Northern Lights Fractional Olympic Plates: 2 x 1/4 lb, 2 x 1/2 lb, 2 x 3/4 lb, 2 x 1 lb, Total = 5 lb
- Northern Lights Olympic Weight Tree
- Olympic Chrome Collars (2)
- Olympic Spring Collars (4)
- Parabody Multi-Angle Adjustable Bench (decline/flat/incline)
leg extension/curl attachment, preacher curl attachment - Parabody Adjustable Sit-Up Bench
- Parabody EX500 MultiStation
Features:
chest press
leg curl/extension
lower pulley
pec-dec
upper pulley
vertical knee raise/dip
Pulley Attachments:
padded ankle strap
rope and chain
rotating straight bar (cushioned)
single rotating handle
triceps cambered bar
triceps revolving v-bar
v-bar
wide-grip lat bar - Parabody Hyperextension/Roman Chair
- Parabody Power Cage: chinning bar, high and low supports
- Parabody Seated Leverage Calf Raise Machine
- PlateMate Miniature Weight Magnets
4 x 1.25 lb, Total = 5 lb (Donut Design)
2.5 lb Brick for selectorized weight stack
5 lb Brick for selectorized weight stack
provides steadier incremental weight progression (i.e., microloading) - Polar Beat Heart Rate Monitor: regular and wide straps
- Progryp Total Support Belt
- ProStretch Calf Device
- Pro Style Lat Bar (24″)
- Raw Power Fitness Products Leather Lifting Straps (2)
- Robic Sports Chronometer: stopwatch and metronome
- Samsung Progressive Scan DVD/VCR Combo
- Samsung 19″ Widescreen LCD HDTV Television
- Sissel SitFit (33 cm)
- Sissel Swiss Balls
1 x 65 cm (blue)
1 x 55 cm ABS (purple)
2 x 55 cm ABS Pro (grey) - Slam Ball: 10 lb
- Slimguide Skinfold Caliper
- Soloflex Whole Body Vibration Platform
- Sportime Medicine Balls: 4-5 lb, 6-7 lb, 8-9 lb, 11-12 lb, 14-15 lb
- SPRI Exercise Bands: 2-blue
- SPRI Xertubes (resistance tubing with handles): 1-yellow; 2-green; 1-red; 1-blue
- Steel Chains: 2-5′ length, 3/8″ diameter (5 lb each)
2-5′ length, 5/8″ diameter (20 lb each) - Steel Chains: 2-5′ length, 3/8″ diameter (7 lb each)
4-5′ length, 5/8″ diameter (1st pair: 38 lb each, 2nd pair: 25 lb each) - SunSplash Standup Tanning Unit – 8 Bulbs with Vitamin D and Tanning
(UVA and UVB Rays) - Tectrix Upright BikeMax 3000 with CardioTouch Heart Rate Monitor
- The Formulator Forearm Training Device
- The Step Aerobic Step with multiple height attachments
- Thermo Concepts Stainless Steel Hot and Cold Water Filtration System
- Thermor Blood Pressure Monitor
- Tib Bar
- Tri-Bar D Handles (2)
- Trigger Wheel (6″)
- Tylergrip Strength Training Device (2)
- Vinyl Dumbbell Set (Weight Tree): 2 x 1.5 kg, 2 x 2.5 kg, 2 x 3.5 kg, Total = 15 kg
- Vinyl Gauge Height Reading
- Vinyl Padded Mat (2′ x 4′ x 1.25″)
- Weight Releasers
- Weightlifting Chalk
- Wood Gymnastic Rings
- Xtreme Monkey Black Steel Swiss Bar Angled (22 lb)
- Xtreme Monkey Commercial Head Harness
- York Leather Weightlifting Belt
- York Olympic Plates: 4 x 25 lb, 4 x 5 lb, 4 x 10 lb, 4 x 25 lb, 2 x 35 lb, 6 x 45 lb, Total = 510 lb
Our private studio features a clean, well-lit, well-ventilated, friendly, and comfortable environment. We welcome you to enjoy the fitness experience.
IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH. IMPROVE YOUR FITNESS.
IMPROVE YOUR LOOKS. IMPROVE YOUR LIFE!
MALE OR FEMALE, YOUNG OR OLD, PERSONAL TRAINING CAN WORK FOR YOU!
BELOW ARE SOME REAL-LIFE EXAMPLES OF OUR CLIENTS AND WHAT PERSONAL TRAINING CAN DO FOR YOU.
FEATURE ARTICLES
JOHN PAUL CATANZARO
If someone watches you while you train, your performance will improve. This is known as the Hawthorne effect (also referred to as the observer effect), and it’s one of the benefits of personal training.
JOHN PAUL CATANZARO
It’s time to put many of the weight training myths to rest. We know that exercise is important for health and performance, but people don’t want to waste their time. They want the most for their training buck, and that’s why I’m a big fan of weight training.
JOHN PAUL CATANZARO
Here’s an inspirational story of what you can achieve through hard work and perseverance after a serious injury.
JOHN PAUL CATANZARO
If you want to look like a high-level fitness model, you should aim for high-level performance feats, like reps out on squats and deadlifts with a load equivalent to your body weight. The big 45lb plates may look daunting at first, but if you work hard consistently, you’ll lift them.
JOHN PAUL CATANZARO
You can’t judge a book by its cover. Looking good does not always equate to being healthy. Here’s what happened when a model showed up at my door in serious pain.
JOHN PAUL CATANZARO