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Body Building-Boxing - Personal Trainer Raleigh NC


James Edwards - 919-244-1055

www.getfitlikeaboxer.org

Raleigh, North Carolina 27617

43 years old (trains both men and women)


contact trainer

Specialties

  • Strength Building
  • Body Building
  • Weight Loss
  • Aerobics
  • Body Sculpting
  • The art of boxing

Training Locations

  • gym
  • Brier Creek Highlands gym

Certifications

  • (USA boxing association) (I.S.S.A. Certified)

Personal Trainer Overview

Boxing self-defence, Punching techniques, blocking slipping technique, punch focus mitts for cardio and form. Weights, Boxing equipment such as boxing gloves, jump rope,focus mitts punching drills, balance and weight technique to increase power, better form, and speed. Boxing aerobics to burn 700 - 1000 calories in an hour.

Training Philosophy

Train like a boxer, look like an athlete, Live like a champion!

Education

USA boxing association certified ISSA Certified

Bio

James loves the art of boxing and will train, motivate, and provoke you mentally and physically like a boxer would be trained. James competed as an amateur from 1989 to 2002. James loves and believes in the art of boxing and the specifics of learning how to utilize and master all of the tools of the sport, not just being one-dimensional, but being multifaceted. He got his start, at age 21, boxing for the Newark, New Jersey Police Department then training spot of The Professional fighting fireman Bo James. A little time after he began training at The Triple Threat Gym in the Iron Bound section of New Jersey where Triple Threat Team, Ray Mercer, Charles The Natural Murray and Alfred Ice Cole trained in the early 90's. James later became a member of the El Coqui Boxing Club Home of Professional Boxer Wendy Lamotta in Newark, New Jersey in 1998 and joined up with professional and amateur trainer Luis Negron under which he competed in several Jersey Golden and Diamond Glove tournaments. After his amateur career ended he began to train on a professional level under the tutelage of a precise professional, Phillip Lee Edwards a super middleweight in 2001. Equipped with thousands of rounds of sparring with various professionals, and countless amateurs, James presently works out at a professional level, and continuously spars with the new generation of boxers to remain sharp as U.S.A. Boxing certified coach and I.S.S.A. Certified personal weight trainer.