Apex Human Performance is not just a health club. It’s a club for health that works like The Cloud — delivering education and expertise you can trust, total body care, and a frictionless concierge experience, wherever you are, whenever you need it.
For nearly fifteen years, and over several iterations, former Today Show correspondent, Inc. 5000 winner, and internationally-recognized healthy living authority Jeff Halevy shaped Apex Human Performance into a sought-out resource for carefully integrated health testing, personal training, physical therapy, and nutrition by a Who’s Who list spanning multiple industries and professions, including Hugh Jackman, Frank McCourt, Milos Raonic, Joseph Edelman, John Oliver, John Legere, Ben Foster, Michael Sheen, and Ryan Seacrest, among many notable others.
WHY APEX HUMAN PERFORMANCE?
1. EDUCATION & EXPERTISE YOU CAN TRUST
Personal training certifications provide the illusion of competence, education, and experience — which are all important when choosing the right person to entrust with your health and fitness. Unfortunately, most consumers don’t even know to ask about their personal trainer’s educational background.
At Apex Human Performance, every single member of our team — our personal trainers, nutritionists, and physical therapists — possesses a Master’s Degree or Doctorate in their field.
2. TOTAL BODY CARE
Bringing all of the pieces together to manage your health and fitness isn’t easy. From exercising correctly; to treating and preventing aches, pains, and injuries; to ensuring what you eat not only helps you live longer, but better as well, is a daunting task.
Firstly, because each of these areas is a specific discipline: Personal Training, Physical Therapy & Nutrition.
Secondly, because these services have a high bio-individuality quotient, which requires proper testing and benchmarking, so that the solutions are customized for each individual.
And thirdly, because these services are usually provided in an unorchestrated fashion from individual sole practitioners who do not communicate with each other or coordinate plans for their clients.
At Apex Human Performance, we make fitness, body care, and nutrition easy by providing a comprehensive, all-inclusive game plan for your body, based on clinical-grade testing, and administered by a team of verifiable experts you can trust.
3. A FRICTIONLESS CONCIERGE EXPERIENCE
Most health and fitness services not only keep clients beholden to a sole practitioner and his or her schedule, but do not offer any level of care outside of scheduling appointments.
At Apex Human Performance, we provide a high level of flexibility and ease of scheduling with our team of experts — and unparalleled 24/7 concierge care, from coordinating related health services in NYC and beyond, procuring priority access to the City’s top physicians, to designing and outfitting our members’ home gyms.
The Team
Andrew Malkiel
Andrew is both a Nutritionist and Strength and Conditioning Coach with over a decade of experience in Exercise Science, Sports Nutrition, Fat Loss, and Competitive Bodybuilding. Andrew specializes in bridging the gap between nutrition and exercise using established scientific principles and the latest clinical research.
Having pushed his body as a professional fitness model (Wilhelmina) and winning a national bodybuilding title (NPC), Andrew combines his applied knowledge and experience with his postgraduate education, where he earned a Master’s of Science in Nutrition. Prior to his Master’s, Andrew earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Physiology.
While Andrew has worked with celebrities and Division 1 athletes, his approach remains the same regardless of a client’s career: understanding his client’s bio-individuality through clinical-level assessment and creating a game plan backed by established science and evidence-based research.
A native New Yorker, Andrew lives in Manhattan and enjoys strength training, international travel, and frequenting celebrated sushi restaurants.
Sam Bartlett
Sam is a Strength and Conditioning Coach with over seven years of experience in the field of exercise science, sport performance, and tactical training. He specializes in improving athleticism, energy system development, and working with individuals that have a history of injury.
Sam holds a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science, along with a master’s degree in Health and Human Performance. He is a certified Strength and Conditioning Coach through the NSCA (CSCS).
Sam got started in the field of exercise science as an athlete. He was an All-American football player at Simpson College, where he currently holds multiple school records. This led him to become a Division I Strength and Conditioning Coach where he worked predominantly with Football, Lacrosse, Baseball, and Track. During this time, he was a part of five conference championships. In addition to implementing sport specific training, Sam specialized in return to play protocols for injured athletes and nutrition plans for body composition improvement.
New to Manhattan, Sam grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. In his free time, he likes wakeboarding, boxing, and mountain hikes. He also enjoys watching the NFL and the UFC.
Emma Perichon
Originally from the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, Emma has been living in the United States for the past decade pursuing her education and career. Emma holds a BA in Communications and Hospitality from the University of Delaware and is studying project management at Cornell University.
An avid traveler, Emma loves learning about and experiencing diverse cultures. Being exposed to a wide range of people around the world taught her the importance of quality interpersonal communication. It also explains her love for the quintessential melting pot that is New York City.
Having struggled with back pain herself, Emma has experienced firsthand the difference working with qualified practitioners in the health and fitness space makes. Thus, Emma was drawn to apply her management and concierge skills to Apex Human Performance and strives to create magic for its members on a daily basis.
Emma currently resides in the Upper East Side and enjoys long walks in Central Park. When she is not exploring the City, she can be found taking Salsa classes, playing the ukulele, and traveling with friends.
Kyle Balzer
Kyle is a Doctor of Physical Therapy licensed in New York State, New Jersey, Florida and Connecticut. With a Bachelor’s of Science in Human Biology from Suny Albany ’10, Kyle parlayed his interest in the human body into a DPT from Sage Graduate School, which he finished in 2013.
As an apprentice and associate of Dr. Charlie Weingroff, Kyle drives to keep his clients training while guiding them and their coaches with the appropriate lateralizations and regressions, and treating as needed.
Treatments consist of a full body assessment and evaluation, from which impairments are determined and individual plans are built that consist of manual therapies, exercise considerations, and a solid foundation of education and communication.
Kyle is formally trained in SFMA/FMS, manipulation, dry needling, functional range release, and many other approaches, all with the goal of improving each patient’s individual complaints and quality of movement.
Kyle resides in Hell’s Kitchen with his wife Krystal, and dogs (Audrey) Hepburn and Stevie (Nicks). When he’s not training or treating, Kyle is at a Rangers’ game, traveling, at a concert, or playing guitar.
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Jeff Halevy, Founder
Jeff Halevy is an esteemed, award-winning entrepreneur, healthy lifestyle expert, and TV host.
Jeff's departure from Apex Human Performance came on the heels of a multimillion dollar technology venture.
He is a former Today Show (NBC) Correspondent and Host of internationally syndicated “Workout from Within with Jeff Halevy,” which airs in over 40 countries.
Jeff is highly regarded as a thought-leader in the areas of healthy living and fitness — from meditation, to nutrition, and to exercise and more — and regularly delivers keynotes and motivational talks for esteemed organizations like Bloomberg, UBS, AIG, AARP, and Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO).
He is also an Inc 5000-winning entrepreneur who has had several successful investments, ventures and exits spanning the health, fitness, insurance and technology industries.
Jeff has been featured in myriad publications across media, with special features by CNBC, Fox, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal. He has also written regularly for US News & World Report, AskMen, and HuffPo.
Charlie Weingroff, DPT
Dr. Charlie Weingroff is the Director of Physical Therapy at Apex Human Performance.
Charlie is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, a Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC), and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). He was most recently the Director of Physical Performance and Resiliency and Lead Physical Therapist for the United States Marines Corps Special Operations Command in Camp Lejeune, NC.
Through rehabbing patients, he subscribes to a movement-based approach popularized by the works of Dr. Vladimir Janda, Dr. Shirley Sahrmann, Dr. Stuart McGill, and Gray Cook. In training athletes and clients, he champions the principles of the Functional Movement Screen and sound, evidence-based training principles. Some of the methodologies Charlie is formally trained in include DNS, ART, Dry Needling, Graston, FMS/SFMA, and the RKC.
Charlie also served as Head Strength & Conditioning Coach and Assistant Athletic Trainer for the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers. Among the highlights of his tenure in Philadelphia was being part of the medical staff that ranked 1st in the NBA in Player Missed Games.
Aside from working with patients, athletes and clients, he is also under the bar himself. In 2007, he achieved AAPF Elite status in the 220 weight class with a total of 1915 pounds. His best powerlifting competition total is 800 squat, 510 bench press and 605 deadlift.
Chris Duffin
Known as the “Mad Scientist of Strength” Chris Duffin is a former corporate executive turned inventor and movement professional. He has positioned himself uniquely in the fitness world bridging the gap between top clinical rehabilitation experts and sports performance professionals, as well as actively working with both. He advocates and uses evidence-based approaches in developing both his coaching and cueing methodologies and line of innovative strength training equipment. Chris keeps it simple with reinforcing clean natural movement patterns as a foundation for building strength.
As of today, Chris is the only person in the world capable of squatting and deadlifting over 900lbs at his bodyweight and is one of the most elite pro Powerlifters of our age. Chris may also be the only strength coach that is regularly asked to present at Ph.D level courses on human movement.
Dean Somerset
Dean is an internationally renown educator and public speaker in Exercise Science whose main area of expertise is injury and medical dysfunction management.
Dean has built a reputation as one of the leading authorities in functional anatomy, corrective exercise, and post-rehabilitation in the fitness industry. He is consistently featured in major international fitness publications such as T-Nation.com, Bodybuilding.com, and many others.
Quinn Henoch, DPT
Dr. Quinn Henoch is a highly respected Doctor of Physical Therapy, with a passion for movement analysis. The focus of his clinical practice is helping patients figure out a more effective way to move their bodies — to reduce pain and/or improve performance.
While much of the attention these days is on Quinn’s clinical practice (and other industry endeavors including ClinicalAthlete.com), Quinn has also garnered distinction as an athlete: playing Division 1 football; competing in track and field, Crossfit, and powerlifting; and most recently as a nationally ranked Olympic weightlifter.
Tony Gentilcore, CSCS
Tony Gentilcore, CSCS, is one of the co-founders of Cressey Sports Performance where he served as strength coach from 2007-2015. He now owns and operates his own small training studio in Brookline, MA called CORE. He's routinely featured in health/fitness publications such as Men's Health, Women's Health, T-Nation.com, and BodyBuilding.com and also writes a popular blog on his website TonyGentilcore.com.
Our Location
Apex Human Performance, LLC
226 East 54th Street Suite 600, New York, NY 10022