Today
Lower-body strength — 60 min
- Back squat · 4 × 5 @ 245 lb
- Romanian deadlift · 3 × 8 @ 185 lb
- Bulgarian split squat · 3 × 10 / side
- Carry finisher · 3 × 40 m
Personal Training · Manhattan, New York · Est. 2006
Begin Your Transformation.
Twenty years of NYC coaching, paired with a private client journal that remembers every session, every check-in, every note — and keeps both you and Andre accountable to the work.
01 / The Mark
The X is the multiplier.
B for the body you bring. L for the lift — the work itself, done well and repeated. And the X: everything that compounds when the first two stay consistent. The strength you keep, the years you get back.
Stronger. Faster. Better.
02 / The Trainer
Andre Wilkins
Andre Wilkins. Born in New York. Twenty years training the people of this city — executives whose backs don't hurt anymore, athletes returning from injury, parents at fifty doing things they couldn't at thirty. The work isn't dramatic. It's lifting, programming, sleep, food, patience, all treated as a single discipline. He doesn't promise transformation in twenty-one days. He delivers it in months, and you keep it for life.
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Years coaching in NYC
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Training clients since
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Days a week in the studio
1:1
Only — no classes, no floors
03 / The Work
Three ways in
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One-to-One
Your hour. Andre's full attention. Programming built for your body, your goals, your week. The serious choice.
Smart layerEvery session logged to your private journal. Your weight, your PRs, your notes — all there when Andre opens your account.
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Hybrid
Anchor sessions with Andre in the studio. Daily check-ins between. The structure and accountability that close the gap between knowing and doing.
Smart layerDaily check-in in your inbox. Two minutes, four questions — Andre reads the synthesis on Sundays.
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Remote
Live Zoom coaching plus a custom written plan that updates every week. Coaching without the commute, programming without the guesswork.
Smart layerPlan, log, photos, video review — one portal. The work follows you across cities.
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04 / The Journal
One record. Always on. Yours.
Every client signs into a private journal that holds the whole arc — sessions, weights, photos, notes, written reviews. Two-minute daily check-ins keep the log honest. Andre opens the same view when he reviews you on Sunday. Nothing is forgotten, nothing slips.
Good morning, Daniel.
Week 6 of 12 · Recomposition
28
day streak
From Andre · 2 days ago
Read this before Tuesday
Sleep flagged for the second time this week. We're going to drop the volume on Tuesday and replace the third deadlift set with a carry. Hit the protein floor harder — you missed three days. We'll talk Friday.
— Andre
This week
Adherence
4 / 4 sessions completed · check-in pending today
Body · 8 weeks
-2.4 kg
On the projected curve.
Your log · last 5 entries
- Mon 6:30 amSquat felt heavy. Sleep was 5:45. Knees fine.
- Sun 9:12 pmLogged Sunday: 178g protein, 7:40 sleep.
- Sat 11:04 amActive recovery walk — 40 minutes. Felt restored.
- Fri 7:00 pmDeadlift session done. Pulled 305 × 3 — first time at this load.
- Thu 7:48 amCoffee, water, blueberries. Working from home today.
The daily check-in
Daily check-in · 7:42 am
Two minutes. The same four questions, every morning.
Every reply lands in your journal. Andre reviews the synthesis on Sundays — anything flagged red surfaces immediately.
How the system runs
01
Log
Your sessions, your weights, your meals, your mood — captured in two-minute check-ins. The portal remembers everything so you don't have to.
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Synthesize
Every Sunday the system compiles your week. Where you showed up. Where you slipped. What changed. The report lands in Andre's queue, not yours.
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Respond
Next week's plan rewrites itself against your log. Andre reads the summary, layers in a written note, signs off. Both arrive in your portal Monday morning.
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Compound
Months of work held in one record. The session you do today knows about the deadlift PR from last March and the back tweak from August. Nothing is forgotten.
The system
Holds the work.
- Daily check-in — two minutes, four questions
- Session logging — sets, reps, loads, soreness
- Body metrics — weight, photos, measurements over time
- Sunday recap — a weekly synthesis dropped in Andre's queue
- Reminders, streaks, and quiet accountability nudges
- Full history — every session searchable on day one of year three
Andre
Brings the judgment.
- Weekly written note — read every Sunday, signed off Monday
- Programme rewrites — what the data says, refined by twenty years
- Live sessions — in the studio or over the lens
- Monthly call — fifteen minutes, the bigger picture
- Escalation — if something flags red, you hear from him within hours
- Form review — videos you upload get coached, frame by frame
The system keeps Andre honest. Andre keeps the system human.
05 / Programmes
Focused intent
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Strength Foundations
Six weeks. Five lifts. The base every adult deserves.
AdaptiveEvery set logged the moment you finish it. Load progression triggered when the log says you're ready, not when the calendar does.
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Recomposition
Twelve weeks to change what your body is made of.
AdaptiveWeight, photos, and macros logged in the portal. Sunday recap auto-summarized for Andre's weekly written note.
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Return to Form
Built smart, back to where you were.
AdaptiveDaily pain check-in held in your journal. Andre escalated automatically if anything trends the wrong way for forty-eight hours.
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The Long Arc
Strength for the next forty years.
AdaptiveYears of training history held in one record. The next session knows what you did in March two years ago.
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06 / The Studio
In practice
Dre's A Team · New York City
The work, done well, repeated. That's the whole secret.
show up · lift well · do it again
07 / Said about the work
In their words
I came in with a back that had been wrecked for a decade. Twelve months later, it doesn't hurt. Nothing he does is dramatic. That's the point.
I came for a beach body. I left with a plan that has outlasted four jobs and three relationships. Andre is patient. He is also exact.
Andre doesn't run a gym. He doesn't run a clinic. He runs a studio. Once you train there, you'll never go back to either.
08 / Rates
Priced in the open.
No quote theater, no pressure call. These are the rates — pick the shape of the work and apply.
Single Session
$150 per session
One hour, one-to-one, in the studio. The right way to meet the work.
- Full assessment built into the hour
- Written plan for the week that follows
- Applied toward your first block if you continue
Most chosen
Ten-Session Block
$140 per session
$1,400 per block
The standard engagement. Two sessions a week — five weeks of compounding momentum.
- Every session individually programmed
- Logged to your private client journal
- Written weekly review from Andre
Twenty-Session Block
$130 per session
$2,600 per block
A full season of work, priced for commitment.
- Priority scheduling, Monday through Saturday
- Programme reviews every fourth week
- Nutrition targets built in
Hybrid Coaching
$995 per month
Studio anchor sessions plus daily remote check-ins between them.
- Four studio sessions a month
- Daily check-ins through the journal
- Programming that follows you on the road
Remote Coaching
$395 per month
The full system — programming, journal, weekly reviews — anywhere you train.
- Weekly written programme
- Video form reviews on every lift
- Same journal, same accountability
Every engagement starts with the same twenty-minute application and a conversation with Andre — the fit matters more than the format. Blocks are scheduled Monday through Saturday, 6am to 8pm.
09 / Questions
Asked before beginning
Who is the best personal trainer in Manhattan?
The best trainer in Manhattan is the one whose method still works twenty years in — for your body, not a highlight reel. Andre Wilkins has trained Manhattan since 2006: executives whose backs stopped hurting, athletes rebuilt after injury, adults past fifty lifting more than they did at thirty.
The proof is retention. Most of the studio's clients have trained here for years, and every session, check-in, and result is held in a written journal you can read at any hour.
How much does personal training cost in Manhattan?
Across Manhattan, one-on-one sessions typically run $100–$250 per hour. BodyLiftX publishes its rates in the open: single sessions are $150, ten-session blocks run $140 per session, twenty-session blocks $130 per session, hybrid coaching is $995 per month, and fully remote coaching is $395 per month.
Every engagement starts with the same twenty-minute application and a conversation with Andre — the fit matters more than the format.
Where in Manhattan do you train?
Andre trains from a private Manhattan studio, Monday through Saturday, 6am to 8pm — no big-box gym floors, no waiting for racks. Hybrid clients anchor in the studio and train remotely between; fully remote coaching runs anywhere.
I haven't trained in years. Can I still start?
That's what Strength Foundations exists for: six weeks, five lifts, taught in person from zero. Squat, hinge, press, pull, carry — the movements every adult should own, built so the next twenty years are easier than the last.
No fitness test to walk in. The intake asks where you are; the programme starts there.
What makes BodyLiftX different from other NYC trainers?
The journal. Every session, weight, check-in, and note lives in one private record — the system compiles your week every Sunday, and Andre reads the synthesis and writes back. Twenty years of coaching judgment, kept honest by a memory that never skips a day.
Something else on your mind? Ask directly or call 347 962 5205.
10 / Contact
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Don't message — apply. Tell Andre about your goals, your body, your schedule. A real intake. A real call back within twenty-four hours.
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