About Izzet

Before fitness, I was a first lieutenant in the Turkish Gendarmerie commando forces. Then a middle-school teacher and dean in London. Since 2011, I’ve been a personal trainer in New York.

Discipline from the military. Communication from the classroom. I’ve been coaching real people since 2008, adapting training to the person in front of me.

I’m not selling elite. I’m selling capable. I help adults stay strong, fit, useful, and physically confident for a long time — with programs built around your schedule, recovery, experience, and limitations. Training should improve your life, not take it over.

I’ve also spent decades training in strength sports, Olympic weightlifting and CrossFit. That experience informs my coaching, but clients aren’t expected to train like I do. The method fits the person.