Iron Gump
Breathe. Believe. Create.
Welcome to Iron Gump, your personal destination for wellness and coaching! I specialize in mobility, alignment, and bodyweight training to help you your strength and endurance. With years of experience in weight training and various sports like basketball and skateboarding, I integrate the wisdom of traditional Chinese martial arts and Yoga into my coaching. Join me on a journey to elevate your well-being and unlock your full potential!
Meditative Strength Training
Meditative Strength Training is a holistic practice that combines elements from various disciplines to enhance mental, physical, and spiritual well-being. Here are the benefits and synergies of each component:
Yoga:
- Mental Benefits: Enhances focus, reduces stress, and promotes mindfulness.
- Physical Benefits: Improves flexibility, balance, and posture.
- Spiritual Benefits: Encourages self-awareness and spiritual growth.
Qigong:
- Mental Benefits: Promotes relaxation, mental clarity, and emotional balance.
- Physical Benefits: Enhances energy flow, circulation, and vitality.
- Spiritual Benefits: Fosters a deeper connection to life energy (Qi) and inner peace.
Kung Fu:
- Mental Benefits: Develops discipline, concentration, and self-control.
- Physical Benefits: Builds strength, agility, and coordination.
- Spiritual Benefits: Emphasizes respect, honor, and ethics.
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Calisthenics:
- Mental Benefits: Increases mental resilience and body awareness.
- Physical Benefits: Develops functional strength, endurance, and body composition.
- Spiritual Benefits: Encourages discipline and self-mastery.
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Mobility Training:
- Mental Benefits: Enhances body awareness and mental adaptability.
- Physical Benefits: Improves joint mobility, flexibility, and injury prevention.
- Spiritual Benefits: Encourages a deeper connection to the body's wisdom.
Synergistic Complementarity:
Mental Synergy: These practices collectively enhance mental focus, resilience, and self-awareness, fostering a balanced and centered mindset.
Physical Synergy: They combine to create a comprehensive physical development approach, emphasizing strength, flexibility, and overall fitness.
Spiritual Synergy: Meditative Strength Training encourages a holistic connection to the self, others, and the universe, facilitating personal growth and self-transcendence.
This practice promotes overall well-being by addressing the mental, physical, and spiritual dimensions of human health, making it a powerful and transformative approach to personal growth and vitality.
Testimonials
Luke Bernardi
Bernardi Films
“I cannot express enough how transformative Gump’s training has been for my life. His deep knowledge and experience in yoga, strength training, breath work, and sports medicine have made a significant impact on my overall health and athletic performance. Since joining his classes, I have not suffered any serious injuries in martial arts, which I attribute to Gump’s exceptional training methods and physical expertise.
Ibbou Sylla
“One of the benefits of his program is that it has helped me with my mobility after my knee injury. I used to have trouble walking and climbing stairs, but after following his exercises and stretches, I have regained my range of motion and reduced my pain. He also taught me how to use breathing techniques to relax my muscles and calm my nerves.”
Payal Patel
“I highly recommend working with Gump if you are looking for a energetic recentering while breaking a sweat. You will learn a lot about yourself, your body, your strength, and as he says “don’t let the ego tell you otherwise”. This not just a “workout”, his trainings are adopting a new way of life. 10/10!!!!“
Michelangelo Truscia
“Gump! You and your combat yoga class have helped me so much throughout the healing process of my herniated discs and have always been a positive experience! This class has helped me heal physically, and has helped shift my mental and spiritual focus to another level. Hoping we get another class added to the schedule if possible! Thank you”
Jeffrey Peltz
“Yoga and the arts in the west naturally lost a lot of their true depth and purpose over the years and it can be difficult to find teachers that practice more than they teach. Gump’s personal discipline and direct experience of these arts translates in his ability transmit the teachings. And personally speaking there’s a huge difference.
Class Schedule & free time
I'm currently accepting new clients for this active 2025 season.
schedule a video call here.
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Mondays
6:30am - 7:30am (Calisthenics & Kettlebells)
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Tuesdays
6:30am - 7:30am (Combat Yoga)
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Thursdays
6:30am - 7:30am (Opposing Forces)
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Music is Life
Sound Journeys
“It’s like a movie for your ears and an experience for the imagination.”
"Sound has forever changed the way I perceive and interact with world around me and the world inside of me."
​​“I have led immersive Sound Journeys in Philadelphia and internationally for over 10 years. In corporate settings I have set the tone for their business retreats and been a guide for mental health week. In private settings I have led individuals through stressful experiences and help groups of people relax and let go."
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Sound Journeys boasts many of the same benefits as meditation:
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Stress management
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Decreased anxiety
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Improved immune system
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Decreased depression
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Greater focus
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Deeper sleep
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Enhanced memory
Sound Journeys also offer some unique benefits related to the healing power of sound vibrations:
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Released toxins
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Unblocked and redirected energy
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Balanced hemispheres of the brain
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Cleansed negative emotions
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To listen to past journeys that I recorded live, click listen.
For one-on-one or group sessions information, book me below.​
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Echoes of the Himalayas
From Camden to Kathmandu
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Born in Camden, NJ, I grew up surrounded by the vibrant energy of my family. My father, the third-born and oldest male of 13 children, was raised by a single mother, my grandmother, who faced immense challenges. Though she struggled to be present, her children demonstrated remarkable resilience, forging strong bonds and supporting one another.
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Inspired by their determination, I embarked on my own path of self-discovery and service.
I forged great relationships while working as a doorman in some of the most iconic clubs, bar and lounges in Philadelphia. These relationships opened my doors of perception and showed me that the world was a lot bigger than I had understood and the anything (with work) was possible. So one day i decided to leave my comforts (or what I believed them to be) behind and jump into the world of possibilities.
My journey has taken me to these destinations of Growth:
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Maui, Hawaii: Teaching combat yoga in Wailuku Yoga studio and Qigong to seniors at 808 fitness
Nicaragua: Sharing wellness practices at Maderas Village as the lead wellness instructor to entrepreneurs from around the world
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Costa Rica: Connecting with nature's rhythms in Montezuma
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Dominican Republic: Empowering Haitian refugee communities through Qigong & other meditative practices to relieve daily stress
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New York City: Expanding my reach working with Remedy Partners as their lead corporate sound therapist and breath-work facilitator for mental health
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Philadelphia: Returning and rooting my practice in the city's dynamic energy
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Now back in Philly I'm building my business and brand in order to continue growing and teaching. follow me on IG for daily doses of growth. ​​
“In a world of make believe. Believe in what you make.”
