Month: December 2020

 

The Snowman of Steel – Christmas Art

I’ve moved my personal training studio a few times over the years. One of the reasons I had decided to move it onto Main Street in Boonton was because it was a bit of an artsy town with lots of different fitness facilities and figured that my unique form of art plus personal training would fit in perfectly.

My unique artistic method is making sculptures out of steel that I had bent without heat or tools. Something I like to call “scrollptures”.

And since it’s the holiday season I wanted to make one to keep my personal training studio festive. If you are walking on Main Street in Boonton, and happen to walk by my personal training studio while I’m in there I’ll have it on display outside when weather appropriate.

snowman of steel art displayed in Boonton

The snowman was made of steel that was bent by hand without heat or tools, mounted on a wooden board with presents, and next to a Christmas tree lit up with LED’s to be Christmas lights.

You can see how I did the steel bending in this video.

Through the holiday season, this will be on display outside my personal training studio on Main Street while I’m in session (when weather appropriate). When not in session it will be visible from the door.

And of course if you are interested in the 1 week personal training free trial membership send me a text at 973 476 5328 and let me know when you want to get started.


Eric Moss is a world-record-holding modern-day professional performing strongman, author, motivational speaker, and personal trainer. In the tradition of the strongmen more common during the turn of the century, he performs feats of strength such as bending steel and breaking chains as part of a show and speaks on goal achievement for corporations, nonprofits, government as well as for schools and universities. His exclusive personal training studio is located on Main Street in Boonton New Jersey, is close to Mountain Lakes, Denville, Montville and Parsippany New Jersey.

As worthy a reason to get strong as any

Sometime this morning one of my personal training clients had tagged me in a post on Facebook. We chat about all sorts of different things from current events to Batman to Star Wars to professional wrestling to my favorite band Judas Priest to his favorite band Guns N Roses and all the things involved with being a dad (we both have daughters born within months of each other).

And as often as things come up on Facebook, he doesn’t normally tag me in things but in this case, I could see exactly why he chose this one.

First watch the video.

To me, it highlights one of the more important things about training, which is it’s about more than having six-pack abs or whatever. It’s about being able to live life on your own terms, free of the restrictions of not being strong enough to do the things that you want to do.

In this case it’s a grandfather being able to pick up his grand daughter.

As for my guy, he actually had referred his wife to me for the same exact reason. She wanted to get stronger to be able to lift up her daughter overhead. The timing was perfect because I just uploaded her personal training success story video literally last night.

What’s not mentioned in the video is about the carry over to things beyond physical strength. Strength training builds confidence. The confidence to get unstuck and pursue what makes you happy.

In this case, Dot found herself unfulfilled by her work and left a job she had worked in the majority of her adult life, getting a new job with better pay and better working conditions.

Able to lift her kid overhead when she previously couldn’t and believing in her own capabilities. That’s a success story, and that is a good reason to train.

If you are interested in training with me to improve your life and get unstuck, I have a free trial at my personal training studio in Boonton. Just text me at 973 476 5328 and I can check my schedule to see when I’m available.


Eric Moss is a world-record-holding modern-day professional performing strongman, author, motivational speaker, and personal trainer. In the tradition of the strongmen more common during the turn of the century, he performs feats of strength such as bending steel and breaking chains as part of a show and speaks on goal achievement for corporations, nonprofits, government as well as for schools and universities. His personal training studio is located on Main Street in Boonton New Jersey, and is close to Mountain Lakes, Denville, Montville and Parsippany New Jersey.

Office Art, Strongman Style – Feats of Strength Friday

So if you’ve been following me for any time, or if you’ve poked around my website like the nosy person you are (I’m kidding, it’s actually a trait of the well informed to do their research on a person before hiring them…which is one of the reasons I post these things) you may know that in addition to being a personal trainer with a personal training studio on Main Street in Boonton, I’m also a modern day steel bending strongman.

My wife calls me useless around the house. Some people call me an artist, but I’m not one in the traditional sense since I use soap. I bend steel into artistic pieces I call scrollptures. Is it art? Who’s to say? I just start bending it and it comes into a life of it’s own, each one being different from the last.

So recently an acupuncturist friend of mine had reopened in a new location in Boonton and wanted a piece to help decorate her new acupuncture office in Boonton. I’m rather pleased with the way it came out.

Hand bent steel scrollpture

Each of these is bent without the use of heat or tools. Most of the time I just use clear coat to prevent rust, and because the places where the steel bends a coating flakes off and gives it character. In this case, I painted it to represent the colors associated with her brand.

You can actually see how I bent the steel in this video.

If you are interested in something like this, let me know. I don’t really push these things but they are available when someone wants to order one. If you want one before the holiday’s you better put the request in soon.

Or if you are interested in training with a steel bending strongman I have a free trial available. Just text me at 973 476 5328 and let me know when you want to get started.


Eric Moss is a world-record-holding modern-day professional performing strongman, author, motivational speaker, and personal trainer. In the tradition of the strongmen more common during the turn of the century, he performs feats of strength such as bending steel and breaking chains as part of a show and speaks on goal achievement for corporations, nonprofits, government as well as for schools and universities. His personal training studio is located on Main Street in Boonton New Jersey, and is close to Mountain Lakes, Denville, Montville and Parsippany New Jersey.