Today we’d like to introduce you to Will Thompson.
So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story.
For the last 4 Seasons, I’ve had the pleasure of been employed by the STARZ network as the Personal Fitness Trainer, Nutritionist and Consultant to Jessie Usher for his lead role as Pro Basketball star Cam Calloway, on STARZ hit series “SurMedical Exercise Specialistvivor’s Remorse” by executive producers LeBron James (NBA All-Star) and Tom Warner (Owner of The Boston Red Sox). As well as being the Personal Trainer to the Creator, Show-runner, and Executive Producer Mike O’Malley along with other members.
With over 25 years of experience, I started working as a trainer in Los Angeles at Sports Club LA (which was world famous at the time). At Sports Club LA, I had the privilege of training actors, entertainers, and professional athletes including MLB Hall of Famer Dave Winfield, the year he was the Captain of the World Series Champion Toronto Blue Jays!
After training at Sports Club LA, I developed my independent personal training service: with clients like Branford Marsalis at the Tonight Show, Tisha Campbell of Martin, Joseph C. Phillips and Leeza Gibbons of the Leeza show that was filmed at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. That opportunity allowed my business to be invited to be based at the Paramount Studios Executive Gym. There I trained clients including David Boreanaz of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angele, Singer Debra Cox and Oscar nominated Director John Singelton.
While training from Paramount Studios Gym, I began being featured on TV like BET’s Screen Scene, and in magazines including Men’s Fitness magazine as one of “Hollywood’s Top Trainers”
After being recognized by Men’s Fitness, I became one of the Fitness Experts for Men’s Fitness magazine’s “Ask Our Experts” column. There I helped to answer the personal fitness and training questions (often pertaining to exercises for training around and improve injuries) of their over one million readers.
While a contributor to Men’s Fitness magazine, I was also featured with client Dave Navarro on NBC’s EXTRA entertainment news show and in magazines like Men’s Journal and Rolling Stone magazine. During that time, I had the pleasure of working with music, TV and Film Producer Dallas Austin, J.C. Chasez of ‘Nsync, award winning actor JK Simmons, Oscar nominated actor Rosey Perez and more.
In the years to follow, I trained clients at CBS Studio Center including Michael Boatman of “Spin City”, Elise Neal and DL Hughley on “The Hiughleys”, Traylor Howard on “Two Guys and a Girl”, Rachel True star of “Half and Half” and Mike O’Malley. star of “Yes Dear.”
After appearing on NBC’s EXTRA, I was seen by Erik Estrada and was called by Erik to train him for The Discovery Health Channel’s Body Challenge: Hollywood and MTV’s Surreal Life.
As the years have gone by, my clients have also included Olympic Athletes, Hall of Famers, All-Stars, World Champions and Award Winning Professional Athletes and National Record Holders, as well as Award Winning Actors and Entertainers.
We’re always bombarded by how great it is to pursue your passion, etc – but we’ve spoken with enough people to know that it’s not always easy. Overall, would you say things have been easy for you? What was one of the most challenging moments?
When I was featured on BET’s Screen Scene, they interviewed me about how I came back from a crippling rear-end car crash and 2 back surgeries to train Dave Winfield when he was Captain of the World Series Champion Toronto Blue Jays and become a top Hollywood trainer and in their words a “fitness guru.”
So, as you know, we’re impressed with ProTrainerUSA.com – tell our readers more, for example what you’re most proud of as a company and what sets you apart from others.
Personal Training:
With Master of Fitness Sciences & Certified Fitness Expert, You don’t have to be a Professional Athlete or movie star to enjoy the benefits of a personal trainer. Personal training benefits both the person who has never worked out as well as seasoned athletes.
Working one-on-one with your own certified, professional personal trainer will provide you with highly efficient and more productive workouts each and every time you train.
Your personal trainer will save you; time, frustration and pain on your journey to achieving your health and fitness goals!
Entertainment Industry Services:
Film and TV Studios/ On Location
Get Your Body, Camera Ready and Keep Your Body, Camera Ready!
In Hollywood, it is said, “You Have To Look The Part To Play The Part”. Being based in Hollywood has made catering to the personal fitness needs of the entertainment industry the foundation of our business. Providing personal training services to Film & TV Studios and On Location has been one of many services we have always offered. We are available at most major film & TV studios in and around the Los Angeles area.
Whether you’re a person who prefers to train in the privacy and convenience of your own home gym, an actor on a remote film location or a musician on tour we are more than willing to travel to accommodate your personal training needs.
Body Sculpting & Building
Most people would love to have a lean and defined well sculpted body. And many people view having 6 pack abs as the gold standard of fitness. To achieve that goal, body sculpting through physique enhancement training is your answer! This program includes muscle strengthening and cardiovascular workouts for all the body’s major muscle groups, along with nutritional counseling.
Because there is no dancing or choreography to learn, body sculpting is ideal for those who dislike or cannot perform high impact workouts. Body sculpting also helps to prevent osteoporosis by increasing one’s bone density. Our trainers will teach the proper training techniques to help you get a leaner and more defined body!
Weight Loss & Fat Burning
Aerobic Exercise is defined as an extended pattern of movement that elevates your heart rate by using the large muscle groups at a regular, even pace. Aerobic activity trains the heart, lungs and cardiovascular system to process and deliver oxygen more quickly and efficiently to every part of the body to produce energy by burning fat. That’s why Aerobic Exercise is a major key to achieving and maintaining, weight loss and fat loss. Also, an aerobically fit individual can work longer, more vigorously and achieve a quicker recovery at the end of any training session.
Athletic Performance Training
With: USA Weightlifting Certified Sports Performance Coach and USA Track & Field Certified Coach
Remember: “The horse that runs 1/100th of second faster than the rest, is worth Millions!”
In athletics, as in life “He Who Fails To Prepare, Prepares To Fail”. So in the increasingly competitive world of Professional and Amateur Athletics, with the added pressure of media attention, athletes have to perform at increasingly higher levels and still avoid injury.
You can achieve that higher level of Athletic Performance with USA Weightlifting Certified Sports Performance Coach, USA Track & Field Certified Coach, and USA Boxing Certified Coach Will Thompson.
Coach Will’s Athletic Performance Enhancement Training Programs and Pro Trainer Athletics, deliver consistent results in post-rehabilitation, reconditioning and performance enhancement.
Pro Trainer designs individualized Athletic Performance Training programs to Enhance your personal needs in your specific Sport to keep you performing at the highest level!
Programs Include:
Linear & Multi-directional Speed
Agility
Strength
Flexibility
Explosive Power
Body Composition
Balance & Stability
Muscular Endurance
Dynamic CORE Stabilization
Cardiovascular Conditioning
Orthopedic Post-Rehab Conditioning
For Athletes Preparing for:
Combine
NFL
MLB
MLS
NHL
UFC
IAAF
FINA
NCAA
ATP & WTA
PGA & LPGA
NBA & WNBA
Youth Sports
Olympic & Olympic Trials Prep
When it comes to athletic performance, PRO TRAINER Programs will STEP YOUR GAME UP!
Boxing Training
With: USA Boxing Certified Coach
Training with USA Boxing Certified Coach Will Thompson is a fun and fast way to get a lean athletic and sexy body while learning boxing techniques and developing better, eye hand and overall body coordination and dynamic athletic conditioning.
Boxing training sessions are one-to-one personal training sessions with Coach Will Thompson.
The foundation of the workout is Focus Mitt “Counter-Punch-Combination Sets.” These Mitt Work Sets starts off slow, then as you build your skill level you also build your speed, agility, energy, endurance, and power!
In the process of your training you will learn:
Boxing Stance & Footwork
Defensive Maneuvers
Slipping
Bob and weave or Rolling
Parry or blocking
Sway, fade or pull
The Cover-Up
The clinch
Guards
Boxing Punches
Jab
Cross
Hook
Upper Cut
Overhand right
Check hook
Punch Combinations
Counter-Punch-Combination Sets aka “Cycle Blast Sets” Training! Counter punching is slippery, defensive style of fighting where a boxer uses their opponent’s mistakes in order to capitalize on the punch shot openings created, whether it be to score, or more preferably a knockout.”
You will go from learning how to throw a basic jab to progressing to two, three, four and five shot counter punch combinations plus more!
Boxing workouts are always fun, challenging, mentally stimulating and a guaranteed knock-out!
Medical Exercise Programs & Stretch Therapy
With Medical Exercise Specialist & Post-Rehab Conditioning Specialist
Medical Exercise Specialist Will Thompson is trained in Orthopedic & Cardiovascular disorders and Stretch Therapy with a commitment to providing exceptional care and service. He will work with you and your doctor to specifically improve: Stability, Strength, Function and Relieve Pain, Expand Movement Potential and Flexibility. If you do not have a doctor we can refer you to; Cardiologists, Endocrinologist, Orthopedist, Neurologist, Chiropractors and other Healthcare Professionals as needed. Please contact us to arrange an evaluation and to discuss a Medical Exercise Program that will be developed exclusively for you.
Specializing In:
Low Back & Neck Pain (Disc Herniations, Ruptures & Spinal Stenosis)
Programs Include:
Fibromyalgia
Osteo & Rheumatoid Arthritis
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Hypertension (high blood pressure)
Diabetes
ACL Rupture (Anterior Cruciate Ligament)
Knee Meniscus Tear
Patello-Femoral Syndrome
Total Knee Replacement
Achilles Tendon Rupture
Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
Rotator Cuff Tear
Total Hip Replacement
Pregnancy & Postnatal Exercise
Nutritional Counseling, Analysis & Goal-Specific Gourmet Meal Delivery Service
Exercise is not always enough! If you need help with weight loss, high blood pressure or cholesterol or managing your diabetes, see our Certified Sports Nutritionist. Our staff is available to counsel you on ways to meet your nutritional needs and health goals. We offer education and counseling about healthy eating, preventive nutrition, and lifestyle choices. Contact us to schedule a consultation so that we can assess your current nutritional status.
Would you like Healthy Goal-Specific Gourmet Meals Delivered to Your Door? We utilize Precision Food Works, Inc a nutritional company that specializes in two unique areas: nutritional catering and nutritional analysis. The nutritional catering side of the company focuses on the design, preparation, and delivery of scientifically precise meal programs tailored to an individual’s needs and goals. This is not a one-size-fits-all diet with a preset ratio of protein, carbohydrate, and fat; it’s a nutritional program that matches your macronutrient and micronutrient values to the exact specs required to achieve your goals as quickly as possible.
Precision Food Works’ nutritional analysis offers the most comprehensive nutritional blood testing available on the planet.
Thousands of elite athletes have run through their testing, looking for EVERY edge they can get to approach their genetic potential.
Precision Food Works’ clients include: multiple Major League Baseball MVPs and Cy Young award winners, countless MLB All-Stars, multiple NBA MVPs and more than a dozen All-Stars, multiple NFL MVPs and countless Pro Bowlers, 3 Heisman trophy winners, 2 world champion figure skaters, Gold medalists in 15 Olympic events more than a dozen X-games champions, and a host of household-name athletes that hold records/championship titles in their sports (some of whom will soon be enshrined in their respective Hall of Fame). Precision Food Works currently is Red Bull’s high-performance nutrition counsel, ensuring that the company-sponsored world-class athletes remain without equal. For the 2012, 2013, and 2014 NFL seasons, Precision Food Works is also the Superbowl champion Seattle Seahawks high-performance nutrition counsel, as well as the New England Patriots, the Pittsburg Steelers, The New York Yankees and the World Champion San Antonio Spurs.
Senior Programs
Lower impact doesn’t mean lower benefits! We offer fitness programs and classes specifically designed for seniors that can meet your needs through reduced impact activities. Our programs will help seniors improve; cardiovascular health, blood pressure, bone density, flexibility, strength, stamina, joint pain, balance, and coordination.
Men and women of all skill levels are encouraged to participate. Stay healthy and fit with us while making some new friends.
Women’s Programs
We offer programs including Pregnancy & Postnatal Exercise for women who are uncomfortable working out in a regular Gym setting. Our women’s programs are geared specifically to women who want to get fit and stay fit in a comfortable, fun, environment.
These programs enable you to lose weight and tone up. Women of all skill levels are encouraged to participate.
Youth Fitness & Weight Management
“BE FIT not fat FOR LIFE!” As seen in the News and magazines including “Newsweek” the obesity epidemic is not just impacting the quality of life among adults in our nation, but among children too.
Approximately 25% to 30% of adult obesity cases begin with childhood (pediatric) obesity. A history of being overweight in childhood that persists into adulthood is associated with more severe complications of obesity later in life.
According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data, today about 15% of children and adolescents can be labeled as having childhood (pediatric) obesity in the U.S. The steadily increasing incidence of childhood (pediatric) obesity raises concern about the health of these youth as they approach adulthood. What used to be called Maturity Onset Diabetes is now showing up in teenagers!
Some research suggests that the increased incidence of obesity in children and adolescents stems from a number of factors, including lack of physical activity, sedentary behavior, heredity, socioeconomic status, eating habits, environmental factors and underlying genetic, hormonal (hypothyroidism, thyroid disease) and metabolic syndromes or conditions.
Over the past 20 years, the proportion of overweight children ages six through 11 has increased more than 100% and the rate for adolescents ages 12 through 19 has increased 160% in the past 2 years!
If you have or are a child that has fallen into this category Will Power Fitness is here for you or your child to help retake control over their body! With fun athletic based fat-burning workouts and nutritional counseling a Pro Trainer can be the answer to motivating, educating and guiding your child back on the road to health and happiness!
Premium Services
Fitness Evaluation:
A general health assessment and fitness evaluation is offered to all of our clients. A fitness evaluation determines the level of the 4 health-related fitness components which are: 1) Body Composition and BMI (Body Mass Index), 2) Flexibility, 3) Muscular Strength & Endurance, and 4) Aerobic Capacity (Vo2 max). Fitness improvement and maintenance is a key to longevity and quality of life. It is critical to understand your level of fitness before starting an exercise program.
Home & Corporate Gym Design:
Exercising at home or work is an alternative for people, who are short on time, or just can’t seem to make it to the gym. Many people are interested in setting up a home gym but are intimidated by the many available choices. Before you invest time and money in designing a gym on your own, take a minute to consider your fitness needs, available space, the quality and safety of the equipment as well any other factors.
Give us a call and allow over 20 years of experience in the gym industry to help you design the Home Gym that best suits your needs, your body and your lifestyle. Most importantly the best Home Gym that will allow you to accomplish your Personal Training goals!
Seminars & Workshops:
As a Fitness Expert for Men’s Fitness magazine’s “Ask Our Experts” column, Will Thompson has helped to answer the personal fitness and training questions for Millions of people like yourself. Will is Available for Corporate Health & Fitness Seminars and Workshops. Seminar topics Include:
“Ask Our Expert: Personal Fitness Q & A”. This is your opportunity to ask Will (a Nationally Recognized Fitness Expert) anything about fitness and training and get an honest and informed answer.
“Back Pain Reduction and Management”. 80% of American adults suffer from back pain, learn why your back aches and how to make it stop!
Seminar Topics can cover any subject that your company would like to address regarding Personal Fitness & Training.
So, what’s next? Any big plans?
Expanding my knowledge of film and TV production and the business of the entertainment industry.
Pricing:
- 1hr Session Rate: $100-$150 + travel time
- Day Rate: $800-$1000 + expenses
Contact Info:
- Address: 8471 Beverly Blvd., Ste 203, Beverly Hills CA 90048
- Website: ProTrainerWill.com
- Phone: 323-493-9455
- Email: [email protected]
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