Personal Trainers React!

Jon and Drew have more than 50,000 hours in personal training. Jon owns Messner Strength Training in Brielle (NJ) and Drew is the fitness director at Roberts Wood Johnson in Scotch Plains (NJ).

#253 Training Tips - Grip Strength & Longevity 01/23/2025

#252 Personal Trainers React! // Endurance or Strength, Exercise Talk and Commitments 01/22/2025

#251 Personal Trainers React! // RFK, Having Several Trainers on the Floor and Only Doing 1 Exercise 12/24/2024

#250 Training Tips - Base Strength 12/23/2024

#249 Training Tips - Muscle Loss 12/11/2024

#248 Personal Trainers React! // Happy New Year and Thank You 12/01/2024

#247 Personal Trainers React! // Talking to Strangers, Supine Twisted and Big Feelers 11/13/2024

#246 Personal Trainers React! // New Trainer Getting New Clients (in a Health Club) and Higher Rep Ranges 09/30/2024

#245 Personal Trainers React! // Hiring Passion, Back Pain Stretching and No Muscle at 50 08/24/2024

#244 Personal Trainers React! // Selling Expectations, Semi-Private Training and Growing Muscle 07/26/2024

#243 Personal Trainers React! // Sucking in Abs, Carnivore Diet and Weight Lifting Risk 06/29/2024

#242 Personal Trainers React! // Networking, Skin in the Game, Challenging the Routine 06/04/2024

#241 Personal Trainers React! // Rotary Press vs. Chop and Lift, Guessing Athletic Potential and Creating Instability 05/08/2024

#240 Personal Trainers React! // Chin Up vs. Chin Tucked, Receptive Clients and Exercise Addiction 04/13/2024

#239 Personal Trainers React! // Attrition in Professional Running, Discount Training and New Trainer Clients 03/23/2024

#238 Personal Trainers React! // Plank Row, Body Awareness, Proper Cueing, Sleazy Politics, Equinox Business Model 02/26/2024

#237 Personal Trainers React! // Hip Thrusts, Optimal Training Times, Only Eating Breakfast, Vegan Diets, Flattening the Back 02/14/2024

#236 Personal Trainers React! // Bubble Gut, Professional Athletes and Health, Isometric Grip Squeeze 01/22/2024

#235 Personal Trainers React! // Scheduling Type-A Personalities, Vertical Split Squat, Posture and Health 01/02/2024

#234 Personal Trainers React! // Client Goals, Submitting to Your Trainer, History of The Gym and Aerobics, Muscle and Posture 12/11/2023

#233 Personal Trainers React! // Safe Exercise, Exercise and Alcoholism, Injured Friends, 1L Squat, Locking Elbows 11/26/2023

#232 Personal Trainers React! // Cook Bands, Speaking Truthfully, Investing in People, Pull-up Variations, Core Training Terminology 11/13/2023

#231 Personal Trainers React! // Level-1 Leg Exercise, Half Kneeling, Client Types, Weight Loss Baby-Steps 10/30/2023

#230 Personal Trainers React! // Landmine Press, Training Golfers, 1/2 Kneeling Row 10/15/2023

#229 Personal Trainers React! // Split Squats Back Knee, Supine Reach, Landmine Press, Cueing Clients 10/02/2023

#228 Personal Trainers React! // New Hires, Pain Tolerance 09/03/2023

#227 Personal Trainers React! // Are personal trainers who lose weight good salespeople? 08/26/2023

#226 Personal Trainers React! // Should a gym sell health food? 08/19/2023

#225 Personal Trainers React! // Why does paying for expertise create buy-in? 08/12/2023

#224 Personal Trainers React! // Are sunglasses bad? 08/06/2023