AREAS OF SPECIALTY. 

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“Of all the virtues we can learn no trait is more useful, more essential for survival, and more likely to improve the quality of life than the ability to transform adversity into an enjoyable challenge.”
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  • Strength and Conditioning + Athletic Performance

    • Enhance functional strength, power, agility, speed, balance, and coordination 

    • Customized conditioning using interval training to stimulate specific aerobic and anaerobic adaptations 

    • Use incremental performance assessments and data tracking for actionable insights and clear progress verification

  • Sport-Specific Training

    • Conduct individual assessments to identify specific needs and strengths.

    • Optimize performance through custom training programs tailored to strength, power, speed, agility, balance, mobility, and aerobic/anaerobic capacity

    • Employ advanced sport-specific techniques and incorporate nutrition and recovery strategies for peak performance and injury prevention

  • Body Composition Enhancement

    • Tailored strategies to increase muscle mass (hypertrophy), reduce body fat, and optimize composition

  • Longevity and Healthspan Training

    • A science-based, data-driven approach to increase health span and optimize longevity, cellular health, and energy production 

    • Clinically proven methods to enhance and sustain high VO2 max

    • Achieve and maintain optimal strength and muscle mass levels for longevity

    • Track quantitative metrics to meet and maintain specific healthspan indicators

    • Improve quality of life through sustainable practices across mindset, nutrition, rest and recovery, and mobility

  • Movement and Mobility Training

    • Full body movement screening and postural assessment

    • Functional mobility to enhance warm-ups, increase training safety, and improve recovery

    • Explore new movement patterns, incorporate gymnastics strength training, and soft acrobatics

  • Martial Arts + Self Defense

    • Striking (Kickboxing, Boxing): Build coordination, agility, timing, power, and endurance, reinforcing confidence and practical self-defense

    • Grappling (Jiu-Jitsu, Wrestling): Develop stability, strength, and resilience, enhancing body awareness, adaptability, and mental toughness

  • Injury Prevention + Rehabilitation

    • Identify and address primary limiting factors

    • Correct muscular imbalances, dysfunctional movement patterns, and poor posture

    • Improve core strength, dynamic mobility, and joint stability

    • Enhance tissue elasticity, plasticity, and plyometric capacity through fascial conditioning

    • Use muscle activation techniques to reduce injury risk

Joshua’s BIO.

He/Him/His

Joshua Berkovic believes we can explore our potential, cultivate positive relationships, reach our goals, and elevate our quality of life through effective training and preparation. Josh’s dedication to his own growth and development - and to inspiring growth in others - has been a guiding force throughout his life.

Josh’s training philosophy is holistic, rooted in the core principles of exercise science, and emphasizes strength, conditioning, functional mobility, athletic performance, and rehabilitation. A lifelong athlete, certified yoga instructor, and former mixed martial arts champion, Josh served as the head strength and conditioning coach at the world-renowned El Nino Training Center for six years. Over the past 13 years, he has trained, coached, and mentored a diverse range of clients—from youth and elite athletes to executives, founders in the Bay Area, and the general population.

Whether you’re a professional striving for peak performance, an athlete aiming to excel at the highest level, or someone seeking a sustainable approach to training, healthspan and longevity, Josh welcomes anyone with a genuine drive to improve. His focus as a coach is to support you in reaching your goals, performing at your best, and elevating your quality of life through intentional, focused training.

EDUCATION.

  • National Strength and Conditioning Association | Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist

  • Brown Belt in Jiujitsu | Jake Shields AJJ

  • Yoga College of India | Certified Yoga Teacher

  • Onnit Academy | Certified Durability Trainer

  • Bachelor’s Degree | Economics | Wesleyan University

 

TESTIMONIALS. 

Josh is the full package: The high value combo of having expert knowledge in human anatomy while being an elite athlete and dedicated teacher. His holistic approach to unlocking your body’s potential is right at the frontier of modern health, fitness and moving culture. What Josh teaches today will be what everyone else will be emulating in the future. Just after my first month I had loosened and dynamically strengthened structural areas of my body from chest to back to hips. My body is more capable, more explosive and more comfortable all at the same time. Whether an elite athlete or someone looking to put their body back on the right track, that was given to us at birth, Josh is your man. Training is an inspiration and I couldn’t recommend him more.
— Daniel D,
Avid Muay Thai Practitioner and fan of combat sports

 

I was 5 feet and 220 pounds when I began working with Josh, and within a year was down 50 pounds despite not having made any changes to my diet or doing more than 12 min of cardio a week.

Unlike other trainers, Josh didn’t begin our relationship by promising me gains and getting excited about the hard work ahead. He asked me what I wanted to achieve...and then built a smart and approachable program towards that goal adjusting for the body limitations I had developed over two decades. 

For example, I’ve always had trouble with a simple pushup and was told by other trainers to fix this by trying more and more pushups. Instead of relentless and endless attempts at boot camp style pushups, which never yielded results, Josh identified issues with my shoulder and back muscle integration. We spent months activating these connections through small isolations and viola - the push up became easily available. 

His integrative evidence based approach to movement gave me the confidence to stick with non-traditional exercises knowing that free and easy movement was around the corner. 

I would recommend Josh to anyone, but especially to people who appreciate evidence-based training, who haven’t made significant strength gains through traditional boot camp or weight training, and who want to become not just stronger and faster be also freer with their movements.
— Martha W,
Connoisseur of hiking, tiny houses, and domestic felines

 

Josh Berkovic is a phenomenal strength coach. His knowledge of human movement and ability to re-train people on how to become better movers is unmatched. Josh has been a huge asset for myself and my patients in being able to assist with rehabilitation and getting people back into the game. Whether you are looking to improve in sports performance or you are looking to recover from an injury, Josh will develop a program to suit your goals!
— Albert S,
Founder of Accelerate Sports Medicine, Go-to Physical Trainer & Therapist for the Oakland Raiders, SF Warriors, Giants, & UFC athletes & Proud soccer dad