About Me

Hello! It's Coach Alex, here to give you a little background on myself. 

I'm a National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA) Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science from Montclair State University. I'm also a Parisi Speed School Certified Athletic Performance Specialist. I currently work at Parisi Speed School training athletes from all sports and age groups. There we work on improving abilities such as speed, strength, agility, power, conditioning, and coordination as well as preventing injury. I'm also American Red Cross Certified in Adult & Pediatric FirstAid/CPR/AED. 

I have always enjoyed various sports and activities, training, and exercising and that's what led to my career path. In high school I did play soccer for a short time, but my main sport was track & field, where I was a varsity long and triple jumper. I won the 2009 New Jersey Scholar-Athlete Award my senior year as well. My other main passion has always been martial arts. I started taekwondo at the young age of 5 and did that basically my whole life. Almost my entire family, including my parents and younger sister, are black belts, and I'm very proud of that fact. I competed and was a state champion, and ended up receiving my 3rd degree black belt in it. I'm also a certified black belt by the World Taekwondo Federation. My passion for martial arts and training has led me to BJJ. Approximately four years ago I began training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), the grappling martial art popularized by Royce Gracie at UFC 1, and have been hooked ever since. I'm currently a blue belt and am not going to stop, even after I reach the rank of black belt. I plan on training and competing in BJJ until I'm an old man and luckily I can plan training accordingly for myself! 

I've tested training methods not only on myself, but athletes from soccer to tennis, MMA fighters, and even clients just trying to lose weight and get in shape. Luckily I've had success, but that doesn't mean I haven't made some mistakes or learned new things along the way. I plan on putting to good use what I know and always improving to be a better coach. 

Enough about me - lets get to training! 

Alex Adragna, CSCS