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Celebrity New York City personal trainer Kevin Richardson is the creator of Naturally Intense High Intensity Training and the founder of Manhattan’s Naturally Intense Personal Training Services. (Note that as of March 2nd 2020 Online Personal Training and Diet Coaching with Celebrity Online Trainer Kevin Richardson is now available). A former international fitness and nutrition consultant for UNICEF, Kevin is also a highly prized guest speaker at corporate events, working with major international corporations to help improve the health of their employees with his time saving workouts. In a career that has spanned over quarter of a century, he has helped hundreds of clients from celebrities to CEO’s to regular New Yorkers achieve their fitness and weight-loss goals with his program of short-duration, high-intensity workouts. A native of Trinidad and Tobago, Kevin grew up in a fitness-oriented family. He was a painfully thin child who preferred reading books – especially comic books – to playing sports, and often found himself the target of schoolyard bullies. The best way to stand up to them, he decided, was to be like the comic-book heroes he idolized, so he began martial arts training at the age of nine. As he became proficient in karate and ninjutsu, he was, indeed, better able to take care of himself. Unfortunately, while he could fight, he didn’t look like he could; he remained a scrawny kid who had to prove himself over and over. Eventually, he decided it wasn’t enough that he could fight like his comic-book heroes – he needed to look like them, too.
Kevin 1 month before he started training!
Following in the footsteps of his father, brother and cousin, he began training at age fourteen in natural bodybuilding, a branch of the sport that rejects performance-
Celebrity Trainer Kevin Richardson today!
A husband and father at age twenty, Kevin left the Caribbean for New York in search of a better life for his family. He found a second home at Brooklyn’s legendary Fifth Avenue Gym, which produced more natural bodybuilding champions than any other facility of its kind. For fifteen years, he worked by day in social services, running a recreational therapy program for people with AIDS and formerly homeless New Yorkers, and by night at the Fifth Avenue Gym, doing personal training. Inspired by his own success, Kevin spent the first ten years of his personal-training career refining the principles of high-intensity training and applying them to his clients. Committed to the scientific method, he set out not to prove but to disprove the effectiveness of ten-minute high-intensity workouts. It wasn’t enough that the system worked for him and his first set of clients; he wanted to determine if the results could be replicated consistently by a wide variety of individuals with a wide range of fitness levels and goals. And indeed, he found that Naturally Intense High-Intensity Training worked for men and women from their 20’s to their 70’s whether they were trying to lose weight, increase endurance, build muscle mass, enhance overall fitness, or develop a world-class physique.
In early 2009, at the depth of the last recession, Kevin took a leap of faith, leaving his job in social services to bring the Naturally Intense 10-Minute Workout to a larger audience. Headquartered in the Chelsea/Flatiron District, his personal-training business was honored with the Best of Manhattan Award in 2012, 2013,2014, 2016 and 2017. His clients have included various celebrities, actors, politicians, business executives, athletes, models, natural-physique competitors, Navy SEALs, and plenty of ordinary folks. Some have traveled regularly from as far away as London and Singapore to train with him, while others have commuted weekly from Massachusetts and North Carolina. Kevin is a a major figure in the fitness community with over 2 million readers of his award-winning blog (naturallyintense.net/blog), and his Naturally Intense 10-Minute Workout has reached a broader audience over the years through features on CBS on the Couch, Fox 5 Good Day New York, and the CBS Morning News, The Daily Mail and The Wall Street Journal. Kevin is also a highly in demand public speaker, and is often hired to speak about his own journey and present his unique Naturally Intense methodology of better results in less time at conferences across the country. A true Renaissance Man, Kevin is also an internationally published fitness and dance photographer and he is the creator of the overwhelmingly popular, Dance As Art-
Build MASSIVE BICEPS With Arm Blaster Hammer Curls!💪
Arm Blaster Hammer Curls are an absolute mass-building must for your biceps! A staple in Naturally Intense High-Intensity Training, this variation takes regular arm blaster curls to the next level. The neutral grip allows you to lift heavier, isolate the biceps, and hit the brachialis for even more growth!
This was my final set, grinding my way up from 40lb to 60lb dumbbells—nonstop, all-out, true Naturally Intense style!
I was aiming for 12 reps, but when I still had some fight left, I dug deep for two more gut-wrenching reps until I hit complete muscular failure! Not bad for a 50-year-old, if I do say so myself and thanks to my training partner, @egcitrin for the encouragement! 😤🔥
💥 Mt biceps still sore, and the pump was unreal! 💥
Try this out on your next arm day and remember—go all out! 💯
Thanks for watching and as always. Excelsior!!!💪#naturallyintense
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Throwback to the early 2000s after Leg Day! 📸
My legs were on fire🔥 after some of the most intense training sessions of my life at the legendary 5th Avenue Gym!
My Naturally Intense High Intensity Training workouts only lasted 10-20 minutes, but it was the most BRUTAL 10-20 minutes imaginable!
Back then, it was all about grit, grind, and pushing past my limits 💪.
Fast forward to today, and ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAS CHANGED—except now, I’m bringing YOU along for the ride!
My life work has always been about sharing best practices to help natural athletes realize their training goals and to that end I just uploaded a Naturally Intense High Intensity Training leg workout video to my YouTube channel, breaking down some of the principles that helped me build these legs, but most importantly, allow me to keep training just as hard and just as heavy completely injury free in my 50`s!
Want better leg results in less time? Hit the link in my bio or search me up (Naturally Intense) on YouTube to watch and crush your next leg day! 🚀
I hope it helps you on your path towards excellence and as always, Excelsior!!! #naturallyintense
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Chest CRUSHING Lever Arm Presses! 325lbs For 6 Reps! 💪
Another day going all out with Naturally Intense High Intensity Training! 🔥
After two solid sets, my training partner @egcitrin decided to push me beyond my comfort zone and loaded up 325lbs— or maybe she didn`t feel like putting on a 25lb plate as the 45lb plate was closer! 😂
Either way, it was more than I’ve pressed in a long time but with some serious grit and serious focus, I managed to grind out 6 hard earned reps! 💪🔥
And let me tell you—I’m still sore from it but there`s no better feeling than breaking barriers and realizing what your body is truly capable of.
Shoutout to Erika for cheering me on through those reps and here’s to always setting the bar higher. 🏋️♂️
For the equipment minded, I used @betitanfit lever arms attached to my heavily modified @roguefitness Monster Lite Rack with a pullup bar joining them together. Which makes for a truly smooth pressing movement that maintains tension on the pectoral muscles from start to finish very much like a Hammer Strength Machine. And at that angle you are really lifting!!!
Thanks for watching and as always, Excelsior!!! #naturallyintense
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The BIGGEST Diet Mistake Almost Everyone Makes!
One of the biggest mistakes everyone from natural bodybuilders to fitness enthusiasts make in their diet is not getting enough fiber.
Let’s face it—staying on track with your diet and keeping cravings under control is one of the hardest parts of maintaining a fantastic physique long-term. And that shredded, low-body-fat look is all about your diet.
But if you’re not managing cravings, one cheat meal can easily turn into two, then three, then four… and suddenly, you’re off track.
The real issue? Fiber intake.
Most health guidelines recommend at least 25 grams of fiber daily, but when I first started working with natural bodybuilders, fitness enthusiasts, and athletes, I noticed many were barely hitting this mark.
High-protein, low-carb diets (common in bodybuilding) often lack adequate fiber—and while these diets might SEEM ideal for cutting, they’re far from optimal for your body’s long-term needs OR FOR STAYING IN SHAPE LONG TERM!
Here’s the reality: our ancestors—hunter-gatherers—consumed around 120 grams of fiber per day. That`s a lot of fiber!
And inspired by this, I slowly increased my own fiber intake over the years to 60 grams per day, and the results were life-changing. My cravings practically disappeared, and I haven’t had a cheat meal in years. Which is how I have been able to maintain my physique now for decades on end.
It`s worked wonders as well for our clients. But I do recommend increasing your fiber intake gradually—going too fast can cause digestive discomfort and serious health issues—so slow and steady as the benefits are worth it!
So increase your fiber, control your cravings, master your diet, and achieve that look you’ve worked so hard for. 💪
Know that I believe you can do it and as always, Excelsior!!! #naturallyintense
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🔥 Build Boulder Shoulders with High-Intensity Viking Presses! 🔥
Looking to take your shoulder gains to the next level? The Viking Press is an absolute game-changer for building strength, and size and is a great tool n our Naturally Intense High Intensity Training system.
Landmines are absolutely amazing home gym add on and I highly recommend them for the range of exercises they can offer!
This was my last set and I went all out and I mean all out!
I figured I might get about 10 reps as the weight on the bar was maxed out, but eked out 14 solid ones and some hard earned partials at the end!
My shoulders are still smoking!!!
Give this a try next time you train shoulders and let me know how it goes!!!
Thanks for watching and as always, Excelsior!!! #naturallyintense
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