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Steve Pucciarelli is one of those people who the more you get to know him you start to wonder, "just who is this guy?" He is so knowledgeable about human physiology, fitness, and in particular the amazing Z Training, that you just know you are being helped and trained by someone who really knows his stuff. I have had one on one sessions for shoulder and knee issues and have found every time that I walk in the door with pain and walk back out of the door and my pain is gone. In one session. He also teaches the Z training to larger group classes and it is so great. It is basically what you get in a one on one, but focuses on the whole body rather than specific problem areas. After every class I find that my range of motion increases as well as my strength. It is helping me get better at my yoga practice. I have more range of movement and better balance in poses. It is really amazing stuff and I recommend it to anyone who wants to improve their performance in sports as well as just feel like your body is more in alignment and working more optimally.
Dorothy Doyle
For years I’ve had pain and tension in my neck and shoulders, limited flexibility in my hips and legs, and tenderness after exercise in my knees and ankles. Through martial arts and chiropractic I was able to gain some flexibility and get some pain relief but the issues persisted. Luckily I found Steve and Z-Health.
Z-Health is a system of movements designed to recondition your mind to correctly use your muscles and joints. Steve expertly guided me through the stages of movement and gradually got me feeling well again.
Steve is excellent at what he does. Not only does he fully understand the human body and how your movements are interrelated, he easily identified my specific problem areas and quickly worked them back into shape. In addition he fully explained what he was doing and gave me exercises I could perform at home to maintain and improve my progress.
Some of the benefits I’ve experienced from Z-Health are better posture, pain relief in neck and shoulders, more strength and flexibility when performing leg exercises such as squats and deadlifts, and more effective strength training workouts (because I am now able to better isolate the correct muscles for a given exercise).
I highly recommend Steve and Z-Health to anyone suffering pain from exercise, looking for more flexibility, or simply trying to improve their overall physical performance.
Howard - Freehold, NJ
My Story of Steve
At 51, I found myself unhealthy, weak, and tired with no energy. I had three major trips to the hospital in less than 5 months. The first put me in intensive care with a near fatal allergic reaction to an antibiotic. The second visit, I tripped in the street, sprained my foot, broke one of the tiny bones, and tore the Medial Meniscus in my knee. The third was a completely unrelated allergic reaction to a skin cream which put me in Anaphylactic shock. My shoulders were rounded, my head was set forward, and I had chronic neck and back problems. I was physically weak, couldn’t open a jar. I had become delicate in my body and my mind.
I found Steve in June of 2008. I needed to do something to change my physical condition. During Steve’s initial physical assessment, I couldn’t do a single one of the simple moves he asked for. Thus it began; I started to meet with Steve twice a week.
The movements Steve had me do did not look like any training routine, but it was physically taxing for me. He’s intuitive and has an amazing ability to develop unusual routines that look simple but can make me sweat just trying to execute. He created strange repetitive movements that slowly reprogrammed and unraveled my dysfunctional body. He has rewired my body from the inside out.
He worked on my right foot, using pressure on different spots that gave me more movement in my left hand than I had had in sometime. With the same therapy on my foot, he released my hamstrings right up through my back.
- Without surgery, I can do lunges, take the stairs, and my knee no longer hurts.
- I stand with my back, neck and head straight, naturally.
- As a massage therapist recently told me, my neck is no longer one hard muscle but a normal neck with separate muscles.
Steve has helped me reprogram my body. I am healthy and strong, and getting stronger everyday. I wake up every morning, and feel good from the inside out. A feeling you can not explain to anyone else. You don’t know how good you can feel or how bad you felt until you begin to feel better. As Steve recently said, I am no longer delicate.
Jayne Richardson
I have been training with Steve P. at Fit for Life in Marlboro, NJ for 4 years now and at age 47 I am stronger, healthier and more flexible then I have ever been at any other point in my life. Steve has worked closely specifically training and enhancing my body’s capabilities with an acute understanding of my areas of deficiency, weakness and injury.
When I first met Steve I could not do a single pull up. Any core stability or flexibility was non existent in me. Having had back surgery in 95 as well as a job that has me traveling on planes and in cars, lifting heavy articles, bending and sitting more then a human should, I felt as tight and twisted as a braided pigtail every day of my life.
Steve began to work long and hard with me to achieve basic strength and flexibility back into my body and taught me how to work on correcting the pain and inflexibility. He helped me to regain basic functions necessary just to be able to do my job without feeling constant pain or stiffness in my lower back and hamstrings. His knowledge and education of the human body, Z Heath instruction and integral Functional Movement System and therapy is far and away superior to almost any other trainer anywhere. Steve’s training methods and knowhow has not only enhanced my life but has saved my life, I truly believe that.
This for me was just the beginning of my journey, not only towards health and recovery but strength and endurance. My ability to athletically train hard along my success both in the gym and upon my body is openly noticeable and very apparent. I have lost weight and have gotten substantially stronger while being able to stay healthy and active to enjoy life naturally. I don’t think I could ever thank Steve and Fit For Life enough for where I am and how amazing I feel today as compared to when he first met me. But being that he continues to train me stronger and harder every week something tells me he can see that appreciation in me.
Feel the difference and know the power and potential in you.
Lloyd Berger
I want to tell you about something I enjoy a lot and is different than other training. As a wife and mother of three children, lack of time and procrastination go hand in hand. Furthermore, pain and restlessness were becoming far too common. I took the first step in trying to get myself feeling better.
I did some research and heard that “Z health classes” can improve a person’s health and alleviate pain. After attending several classes, I can tell you it has done even more.
Z-Classes help me deal with things more clearly and improved my time management. I feel more relaxed, peaceful and my back doesn’t hurt anymore. My body functions better and is moving like it is supposed to be. Whether I am working out, walking, or doing chores around the house, I know I am doing things differently as a result. I really look forward to this class. Words can only describe what you feel. Actually taking the initiative to learn how to work all parts is an experience.
- Raquel Koprowicz -
Hi Steve,
Sorry it took so long
The Z class is something that is difficult to describe...It is something that must be experienced! I began training with Steve in January of 2009. Steve's assessment of my movement and overall body function put me into his "challenge" category. Nothing moved properly! I was told that without proper body movement, NO changes would ever take place. Through his exceptional knowledge, skill and dedication I am now a completely new person. His understanding of how the body functions and his ability to incorporate and individualize these techniques into his training sessions are phenomenal. The Z class has inspired me to continue on my journey of change and progression. I have seen extraordinary changes in my body movement, my overall health and outward appearance. I am very grateful to you, Steve, and thank you for being so dedicated.
Eugenia, Marlboro NJ, April 2010
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Steve Pucciarelli, Level 4 Z-Health practitioner, LMT
- Owner Functional Integrated Therapy, LLC
- Certified Personal trainer (NASM)
- Licensed Manual Therapist
- Level 4 Z-health practitioner
- Certified Nutrition Counselor
- Certified Sports Nutrition
- Over 10 years martial arts experience
F.I.T. for Life is:
Functional Integrated Therapy
Sometimes clients require more attention in order to get rid of the root cause of their dysfunction. When the Functional Movement System fails to clear up dysfunction the remedy is beyond the principles of that system and a more powerful system must be employed… the tools of this system known as Z-health are:
- Neurologically based; so you will experience rapid changes.
- Focused on the joints; therefore lasting changes in your movement are achieved by changing their signals.
- Aware that mobile joints create strong, pain-free movement and compromised joints = weak, painful movement.
- Working with clients visual, vestibular and proprioceptive systems; which results in a more comprehensive approach to changing movement and pain patterns.
- Initiated active movements by the client rather than passive techniques; which are more accepted by the clients nervous system and easier to maintain between sessions
- Sympethetic to the body’s survival mechanism and works with them; therefore the client is always being watched for signs of discomfort commonly referred to as the startle response.
- Non-tollerant of client pain; because pain during therapy sessions can be interpreted by the clients nervous system as a threat. It is therefore counterproductive to recovery.
- All backed up with supporting DVDs and manuals for client reference and practice...
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87 South Main Street
Marlboro, NJ 07746-1859
(Behind Black Belt America)
Phone: (732) 780-2270 |
Hours of Operation:
Monday–Friday, 5:45 a.m.–9:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday, 7:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m |
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