“Mike is the Jack Lalanne meets
Bas Rutten meets Tony Robbins
for the digital age. I’ve
already used his workouts to go Kickboxing on
a remote island and got ripped
doing his mp3 over the last 10
months . Simply put, do what he
says and you can look like
Achilles.”
-Michael Petesic, Equities,
Sumitomo Trust
Michael Andreula was nominated
as one of
Elite
Fitness Coaches “Most
Innovative Fitness People of
2010,” and creator of the #1 CD
Baby,
Amazon.com and
iTunes fitness
bestseller;
1
Hour Kickboxing Guided Workout,
which has been sold in over 7
different countries.
His blog is one of the world's
leading sources for motivation,
Cross-Training, and Kickboxing
for fitness. Listed on
"Blogs
You Should Bookmark Right Now"
it has been ranked #1 on the
Top
Kickboxing Cross Training Blogs list
based on
Google,
Yahoo,
Bing results,
AOL,
Ask.com,
and
Dogpile
search engines.
Mike has been featured by more
than 50 media outlets, including
Wpix, News12 NJ, UPN, Men's
Exercise Magazine, Best Body For
Women Magazine, H-Mag, Jersey
Journal and CKO-TV. He has
maintained his status as the
most sought-after trainer in
Hoboken and Jersey
City since 1996, where he
presents his unique and highly
successful motivational tactics
as tools for his "Instant
Results" workout design
and group Kickboxing
classes.
He is also an active
health education reformer,
orchestrating numerous
experimental workout and diet
campaigns such as the popular Rapid
Fire Challenge which
garnered results comparable to
those from The
Biggest Loser television
series. Mike has been
engineering Mp3 workouts and
seminars geared toward college
students aiming to increase
mental focus and self
defense skills; reaching
over 10,000 US students in the
process. He has been invited to
teach and coach at some of the
world’s most innovative
non-profit organizations,
including the Make a Wish
Foundation, Susan G. Komen for
the Cure, the Leukemia
and Lymphoma Society's Team in
Training, and the Shrine
Children's Hospital. He serves
on the advisory board of CKO
Kickboxing; a world class
kickboxing for fitness
institution with 27 locations
and recently featured on the
"Today Show".
Mike has also been featured on
global technology sites
including
YouTube,
Daily Motion, Viddler,
MetaCafe,
Blip.tv,
and Howcast, and has
distribution deals with iTunes,
Amazon.com, and CD Baby.
Mike has amassed a diverse (and
certainly odd) roster of
experiences:
- Since the age of 13 to the
present, Mike has been mentored
by best selling Author, Trainer
and Fitness Celebrity Tom
Venuto.
- Mike holds the US record in
coaching the single largest
Heavy Bag kickboxing class, with
over 150 people participating.
- He developed a 15 minute
method to teach basic kickboxing
techniques safely to
anyone, regardless of age,
athletic ability or physical
strength level.
- Mike trained with MMA fighter
Patrick Assalone and Team
Endgame's Eddy Rolon, leading to
the integration of ground
fighting drills in his group
kickboxing classes.
- In 2004 Mike created the CKO Instructor
Training Course,
successfully turning out over
100 CKO Certified Instructors
and slated to become the new US
standard in Kickboxing
Instructor Certification.
- Mike has used his own body for
research and documentation on
the effects of popular and
trendy diets, including Atkins, South
Beach, Apple Cider
Vinegar Diet and a 30 day Raw
Food Detox.
- Through his unique and
innovative training methods,
Mike has extensively compiled,
tested and applied principles of
Neuro-Linguistic Programming
(NLP) and hypnotic suggestion to
both group and individual
clients, which he hopes to
present in 2011 as the newest
breakthrough in instructor-based
fitness training.