Kevin
Kearns is passionate about fitness and wellness
like few other professionals. His high
energy level, encyclopedia like
memory and openness in exploring and
incorporating new fitness and wellness
approaches are among the qualities that are
driving his worldwide popularity.
For over
twenty years, Kevin has been professionally involved in the
fitness industry. He graduated from the University of
Massachusetts, Boston, where he was trained by Dr.
David Thomas.
He is certified by
the NSCA (National Strength and Conditioning
Association) and is a Functional Movement Screen
(FMS) Certified Specialist and a FreeMotion
Master Trainer.
Growing Up If you looked up "last pick" in the
dictionary you would have found a picture of a
young Kevin Kearns. He always had his shoelaces
untied, had knobby knees, was uncoordinated and
was the last one picked on the field, in gym
classes and at recess. Simply put, he was the
neighborhood punching bag. To make matters worse, at age 12, his father died of liver
failure and his world was completely turned
upside down.
An uncle who
became a father figure, talked Kevin into
taking karate classes. This was a turning point
in Kevin's life as it instilled within him
confidence
and discipline. Now he could fight back in
many ways! Most importantly, Kevin learned to compete against
himself. His mantra became: "I can learn to do
better with the right teaching and right
motivation." To this day, Kevin continues
his martial arts studies.
"I can learn to
do better with the right teaching
and
right motivation."
He worked his
way through college as a pizza and pasta chef,
where he learned to appreciate what he calls "real
food."
After earning
his degree from UMass, he started his first
fitness career at the Boston Athletic Club.
Kevin begin experimenting with new fitness
concepts based on what he was learned at school.
People at the gym become intrigued by his creative
approaches, which emphasized functional and
total body conditioning. Soon his personal
training career took off.
In order to offer additional training resources
to his clients, Kevin established and
managed The Fitness Connection gym and personal
training center in Brookline Massachusetts. At
the Fitness Connection, Kevin worked with a
diverse population, from high stressed
executives, to student athletes, to people with
rehabilitative needs.
In 2006, Kevin founded a new company called
Be Physically Fit,
which focuses on helping corporations and organizations
throughout North America increase fitness and
wellness participation among employees through
personalized and unique approaches. The company
is actively involved in combating obesity by
developing innovative products and services in
conjunction with the medical community.
In
addition, the Be Physically Fit develops fitness and wellness
content. Toward this end, Be Physically Fit produced Kevin's
first DVD - Burn
with Kearns' 30 Minute Core Strength Workout.
The DVD is distributed in the United States and
internationally.
Coaching
Some of the World's Top Athletes With the growth of Mixed Martial Arts
skyrocketing, Kevin's cutting edge work with
Kenny Florian, one of the top mixed marital
fighters in the world, has brought him
substantial interest in his approaches and
services. As a result, he has become a
highly sought after seminar presenter to martial
arts schools and fitness clubs throughout the
world.
In addition to Kenny Florian,
Kevin is the strength and
conditioning coach for several professional
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters, including UFC
fighters Stephan Bonnar, Alberto
Crane, Marcus Davis, Nate Quarry, Kurt Pellegrino
and Din Thomas. He
also serves as the strength and conditioning
coach for WEC fighter Alex Karalexis and Gracie
Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt and MMA fighter Daniel
Gracie.
Kevin works closely with famed MMA coach Mark
DellaGrotte out of Sityodtong.
In order to introduce mass audiences to his
martial arts influenced strength and
conditioning concepts
and techniques, Kevin has produced four New DVDs(The Basement Tape Series to MMA
Conditioning).
His DVDs are distributed by all of the top
marital arts sites and retail stores.
Kevin is publisher of the Be Physically Fitness
Wellness newsletter. In addition, Kevin
contributes to
mmatraining.com. He writes a
monthly column for Ultimate MMA Magazine.
Kevin has published articles in magazines
including; Maxim, Fight, Inside Kung Fu and
Men's Fitness.
Going forward, Kevin will continue to be a motivating force and
developer of approaches, products and programs
that make a real difference. The
best is yet to come!