Condappa Strength

Condappa Strength is a personal training studio in Hackensack, New Jersey. It offers personal training, online personal training, nutrition coaching, health coaching, stretching therapy, partner training, and a 90 Day Program, along with Colosseum BootCamp and an accountability coach add-on for boot camp clients. The studio is built for busy women, with flexible training and nutrition plans designed around careers and family life. It holds a rating of 5.00.

The team is led by Shane Condappa, whose interest in fitness began at 15, when he weighed 230 pounds while his mother was battling breast cancer. He earned a degree in Athletic Training with a minor in Sociology from Kean University and became a Certified Personal Trainer, starting his fitness career in 2011 and rising to Assistant Fitness Manager at a national gym chain. During the pandemic he moved to virtual training and opened his own studio, Colosseum Fitness, in October 2020. He leads a team of certified trainers that includes female coaches, among them Sandra Abolade, a strength and transformation coach who lost 60 pounds, reversed prediabetes, and rebuilt her confidence through strength training. The team's coaching approach rests on three principles: educate clients with essential knowledge, execute a tailored plan, and encourage accountability and support.

The studio sits on Main Street, about a tenth of a mile from Engine Co. 5 of the Hackensack Fire Department and a similar distance from Johnson Avenue. Kinderkamack Road is roughly two tenths of a mile away, Fairmount Elementary School and Fairmount Park are each about three tenths of a mile off, and Baldwin Park is about four tenths of a mile away.

Condappa Strength is open early, from 5am daily, with weekday hours running as late as 9pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays and shorter days on Friday and the weekend.

For women in Hackensack who want training and nutrition coaching that fit around work and family, Condappa Strength pairs more than a decade of training experience with a coaching team that has lived through the same struggles its clients face.