About Me
Intro
Welcome! My name is Ben Dearman and I’m here to question everything regarding the “conventional” fitness industry. Questions are the foundation of knowledge and growth, without questions there is no evolution. Do you question whether you are doing the right thing to take your body and fitness level to the next level? There are thousands of people in the world who blindly follow pre-made programs with no thought or question as to what the program is actually attempting to accomplish. Those people seldom get the results they want and end up falling back on the old adage, “I just don’t have the genetics to be _ (fill in the blank: big, small, thin, built, powerful, strong, fast, etc. etc.)”
Your accountant does your taxes, your mechanic handles your car, why don’t you trust your body to someone who remodels and builds bodies for a living?
Training Philosophy
First off, let me just say that Alwyn Cosgrove said it perfectly in his article Developing a Training Philosophy. When asked what his training style is he replied:
“Why do I have to be a functional training guy? Or an Olympic lifting guy or a Westside guy? Am I a HIT guy? No. Does that mean I’m a low intensity guy then? Absolutely not. I’m all of those and I’m none of those. I’m a results guy. Get the best results in the least amount of time.” Alwyn Cosgrove
I agree 100% with Alwyn, I am a results guy. I will do anything and everything I can, and I will use every protocol out there to get you where you want to be. If certain ideas/principles/strategies keep occurring in multiple programs, then it is for the simple reason that the strategies work. The fitness industry is bombarded with “keyboard commandos” or “internet gurus”, people that sit behind their computers and never actually get out in the real world and train people. My programs are built on real world evidence and results, either through my own experience or from trusted and knowledgeable industry colleagues.
“If I have seen farther it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.”- Sir Isaac Newton
Background
I have been in the fitness industry for over 10 years, and in those years I have had a wonderful journey:
- B.S. Exercise Science from Bloomsburg University
- Four Years Head Student Athletic Trainer
- Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist; NSCA
- Sports Performance Coach, USAW
- Youth Fitness Specialist Level 1, IYCA
- Movement Trainer Specialis Level 1, MTSpecialist.com
- Former Head Strength and Combatives Coach 75th Army Ranger Regiment and 3rd Ranger Battalion at Fort Benning, GA.
- Former Assistant Strength Coach for various Navy SEAL Teams stationed at Norfolk, VA.
- Worked closely with Gary Gray to develop various physical testing protocols and injury profiling exams for Special Operations soldiers.
- Former Assistant Strength Coach Bucknell University
- Intern at Rutgers Strength and Conditioning program
- Experience training all levels of athletes and individuals, from 10 year old hockey players to 75 year old golfers and every spectrum, in between to professional athletes and Olympic hopefuls to law enforcement and elite military
- I am also a competitive powerlifter and currently hold the New England 100% RAW and AAU Records in the Bench (340), Squat (430) and Dead Lift (475).
Where do you fit in?
For questions or inquiries please email Ben@bendearman.com
