Gregg Hoffman

Gregg has a long career in the fitness industry. He simply started by enthusiastically prodding his friends and co-workers to workout with him over 27 years ago. The reason for his passion? He learned that there was so much more to exercise...in how little we needed for health. Like many young bodybuilding aspirants, he would devote several hours a week to the gym in the quest for muscle. One day he stumbled on a book called Super High Intensity Bodybuilding written by Dr. Ellington Darden. Dr. Darden espoused a different approach. Instead of committing several hours a week to a routine as per the mainstream way of training, he strongly advocated only three 45 minute workouts a week. The catch was that one would have to put more focus and intensity on every set one would do, but if performed properly, the trainee could see strength gains better than he would see with a higher volume approach. Upon applying the principles Dr. Darden wrote about, Gregg did get much stronger. Thus, his passion for fitness grew. In his ever expanding quest for knowledge, he studied other fitness disciplines and ultimately designed his own program that he calls HYSTRENGTH(sm).

In pursuit of knowledge, he earned certifications from:

Sasha and Company

American Council on Exercise

C.H.E.K. institute

Scientific Core Training

Scientific Back Training

While building on his knowledge, he owned and operated two personal training studios called Bodies by Hoffman. He hired and trained other trainers in the HYSTRENGTH(sm) method, whereby he created the HYSTRENGTH(sm) certification program. He has, during this time, also set up an intern program with both Heritage College and Emily Griffith Opportunity school to better prepare those students for the real world.

At present, he is co-owner of Urban Pump llc. which is a private personal training studio located close to downtown Denver. All told, Gregg has logged over 45,000 hours training people who want to get in shape.

Gregg also has written many articles and has an ongoing blog about fitness and health. He is considered an expert author on the subject by E-Zine articles, and has writing awards by Hub pages.

Among many of Gregg' achievements, he was voted one of the top 100 trainers in America in the December 2004 edition of Men's Journal Magazine. His studio, Urban Pump llc. was also voted 14th place out of 85 entrants to the A-list of Colorado.