I am a life long athlete covering over four decades of training ranging from competitive martial arts, boxing,soccer,basketball, middle distance running and long distance kayaking.  I have kayaked since I was a young boy and paddled nearly half way around Australia and peddled a bicycle back . I wrote a book called “Keep Australia On Your Left” which goes into substantial detail.

I founded and I am the primary owner of Manhattan Kayak Company which runs nearly 500 trips a season on the dynamic waters of the Hudson River and New York Harbor including many trips to the Statue of Liberty and Circumnavigations of Manhattan Island.  I have trained under the tutelage of multi sport phenom and trainer Steve Ilg( author of The Outdoor Athlete)who took my strength , cardio, and kinesthetic training to very high levels with 38 pull ups and 96 Dips marking a high point of the training.

His training began my journey into Core centered fitness which I apply in my Paddle/Core Station Training and PRIMAL NYC classes in New York City. Primal classes which evolved from my teachings at Radu’s Physical Culture Studio,  involve hundreds of exercises in in ever changing patterns that insures muscle confusion   with high intensity aerobic and anaerobic threshold journeying. The classes last  for 1.5 hours + burning well over 1200 calories per session. The Paddle Station (see Jacksonkayak.com –search for Paddle Station) classes involves dozens of exercises involving elastic resistance from numerous directions with the option for substantial multi planer instability. I do the majority of the classes with my students every time. In the last number of years I have added substantial yoga and meditative disciplines  as well as Life Health Secrets nutrition so I can stay “Primal” for the next four decades.

I am very pleased with the clean energy that Life Health Secrets has added to my very active days.