Meet the Trainer
Brad Schoenfeld, CSCS, CPT
Brad Schoenfeld, CSCS, is an internationally renowned expert on fitness and sports nutrition. As the owner/operator of the exclusive Personal Training Center for Women in Scarsdale, NY, he is regarded as one of the leading authorities on women's fitness. He is a lifetime drug-free bodybuilder, and has won numerous natural bodybuilding titles including the ANPPC Tri-State Naturals and USA Mixed Pairs crowns.
Mr. Schoenfeld is the author of the best-selling book, Sculpting Her Body Perfect (Human Kinetics Publications, 2002), with three editions and over 150,000 copies in print. The book details cutting-edge training techniques for helping a woman maximize her genetic potential and has been endorsed by many of the leading fitness celebrities and models. His second book, Look Great Naked (Prentice Hall, 2001), was the #1 book on Amazon.com on multiple occasions and was an LA Times bestseller. Now in its eighth printing, it details a program for targeting and toning a woman's problem areas. His third book, Look Great Sleeveless (Prentice Hall, 2002), details a targeted plan for toning up the upper body. His fourth book, Look Great at Any Age (Prentice Hall, 2003), details a workout routine for women over forty and has received high critical acclaim. His fifth book, The Look Great Naked Diet (Penguin/Putnam, 2003), is a cutting-edge, scientifically-based nutritional regimen that shows how to reduce body fat to levels previously thought impossible and keep it off over the long haul. His newest book, 28-Day Body Shapeover (Human Kinetics, 2005), details the fastest, most effective program for transforming your physique. With a 28-day calendar style workout that spells out every set, every rep, and every morsel of food, it takes all the guess work out of training and diet, helping you to achieve your best shape ever!
Mr. Schoenfeld also is the star of the Look Great Naked Videos: a three-video series that demonstrates targeted high-energy workouts for the abs, butt and thighs. The videos, based on his High-Energy Fitness™ system of training, have received both critical and consumer acclaim. The are distributed internationally by Kochvision.
Mr. Schoenfeld has been published or appeared in such publications as Shape, Self, Fitness, Ladies Home Journal, Redbook, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Woman's Day, Fit, Exercise and Health, Let's Live, The New York Times, New York Daily News, Gannett Suburban Papers, New Living, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Men's Workout, Senior Magazine, Ms. Fitness, Natural Bodybuilding and Fitness, Oxygen, Musclemag, Energy, Ironman and American Fitness. He writes the "Look Great Naked Q and A" column for Fitness Rx Magazine. He is a regular fitness expert for eDiets.com, the largest health website on the Internet. He has been a fitness correspondent for News 12 (Westchester, NY) and has been featured on over a hundred television shows including FOX Newschannel, CNN Headline News, CBS Evening News, UPN News, Good Day New York, Good Day LA, CBS New York Live, NBC Live at Five, and Today in New York, as well as hundreds of radio programs across the country.
Having trained many of the top fitness models, Mr. Schoenfeld developed a system of training called High-Energy Fitness™, a three-phased program designed to help a woman sculpt her ideal physique. This system combines weight training into a metabolic-based workout in a way that expedites the loss of body fat while accentuating lean muscle tone. In 1994, he founded the Personal Training Center for Women. This fashionable, private training facility is now considered one of the foremost one-on-one women's fitness centers in the country. Recently, he established a program called Cybertraining as an Internet-based alternative to his private training business.
Mr. Schoenfeld is the national spokesperson for Dreamfields Foods, makers of the world's premier low-carb pasta. He conducts satellite media tours and is involved in various other publicity venues for the company.
Mr. Schoenfeld is also President of Global Fitness Services, a diverse, multifaceted fitness corporation with several divisions. The consulting division, Fitness Design Concepts, provides a variety of consulting services to corporations, institutions and other entities. The media division, produces the Hot-Bod Newsletter, and the Lookgreatnaked.com Website. He is a popular lecturer, providing seminars and workshops both on the consumer and professional level. Professionally, he has lectured for the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA), the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), ECA World Fitness, and Club Industry, among others. For consumers, his Look Great Naked Seminars are presented around the country and he has been a regular speaker for the Learning Annex.
Mr. Schoenfeld is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (by the National Strength and Conditioning Association), where he also serves on the review panel for their presitgious Strength and Conditioning Journal. He is triply certified as a personal trainer by the American Council on Exercise (ACE), the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA), and CanFitPro. He also has received specialty certification in nutrition. He is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine as well as the International Association of Fitness Professionals (IDEA), which has bestowed upon him the title of Master Trainer-the highest ranking possible. He is available for expert advice, consulting, speaking, and free-lance writing on all fitness related matters.
