ABC Sports & Fitness

Congratulations to ABC member Eddie Hooley for his dominating performance at the NPC Western New York Championships in Buffalo. He got 1st place in mens open heavyweight and 1st overall! Eddie has been a member of ABC for almost 10 years and its been awesome to watch grow in this sport. Congratulations!!

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Congratulations to ABC Spartans Matt Graham and Tom Mooney for their performance at this past weekends Gardy Classic at Legacy Fitness! They absolutely crushed it!

Huge shout out to the team over at for donating all the proceeds from the Gardy Classic to the Special Olympics. Those donations help so many athletes in the capital region. Thanks guys!

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Huge shout out to ABC member and new IFBB PRO Gabrialla Ficano .ficano_ifbbpro ! She won first place 🥇Bikini division - class G at the NPC Universe in Teaneck, NJ securing her an IFFB Pro card! Congratulations Gabriella!!

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🚨New independent personal trainer at ABC! 🚨

Specializing in holistic lifestyle transformations, Caleb Nelson brings over 15 years of experience helping busy professionals and entrepreneurs, overcome challenges such as weight-loss, burnout, and poor work-life balance while juggling family and career.

His expertise in functional fitness, stress management, and personal growth helps high achievers find profound inner balance and fulfillment.

As the founder and coach of Naked Sunday Studios and the host of the Naked Sunday Podcast, Caleb is committed to guiding you toward not only better physical fitness and performance but also enhanced mental clarity and emotional resilience.

Education
B.S. in Kinesiology: Fitness Development, SUNY Cortland, 2009
Certifications Include
Certified Personal Trainer (NPTA)
Precision Nutrition Level 1 (Pn1)
RockTape FMT Movement Specialist
Life Coaching and NLP Practitioner (Academy of Modern, Applied Psychology)
Multiple CrossFit Specialty Disciplines
Empowered Leader Project

Join like-minded professionals who are ready to transform their lives.

This program is perfect for those looking to improve their health and well-being while managing the demands of career and family life.

Are You Ready to Look Better Naked Inside & Out?

Visit nakedsundaystudios.com or and start your journey with Caleb Nelson today!

What a day for ABC Member Josh Fleming ! Overcoming a major injury last year to now becoming one of the top 10 - 275 pound lifters in the world! Last weekend he competed at the RPS Summer Sizzler in Natick, MA and had the best meet of his life!
Went 9/9
875 Squat (45lb Meet PR, 231b Lifetime PR)
530 Bench (5lb Meet PR)
830 Deadlift (47.4|b Meet PR)
2235lb Total (115lb PR)
What an epic day Josh, congratulations!!

The Special Olympics Game Changer Award recognizes the invaluable contributions made by individuals who are vital to the success of the Special Olympics and the athletes. Two of our very own ABC Spartan coaches won this year! Dr Amanda Dvorscak -or- superwoman as many of us call her, she is a pediatrician by day ABC Spartan coach by night, and Chuck Aiken. Not only does Chuck coach the Spartans, but he is also the MC for the Special Olympics Polar Plunge and the Night to Shine, a prom night experience for people with special needs, among many other amazing events he volunteers for. This is a well-deserved honor for these two who do so much for so many people. Congratulations guys!!

Chalk at ABC-

In the main weight room at ABC you are totally okay to use chalk. However, we will no longer be supplying chalk for member use. We thought moving some of the big lifters over to IRON would stop the mess but it has not. Its still being wildly abused and just thrown all over the floor. We have had enough.

Again you are allowed to use chalk, but you have to bring your own. You can buy bricks of chalk online and bring them in Tupperware with you. Or we sell liquid chalk right at the front desk of the gym.

Before you lose your mind (and your grip) remember most all gyms ban chalk and will even terminate your membership if you’re seen using it. We are totally okay with you using chalk. If you’re upset that we are not be providing it for free anymore, you can thank all the people who I thought they were LeBron James by throwing it everywhere or the ones who would chalk up to do calves.

*We will still be providing chalk at ABC IRON

New ABC shirts now in stock! Classic fitting T-Shirt and Crop Top now available while supplies last!

*not available online at this time

Pop Up Pilates class this Friday at 10am with Mary!

Huge shout out to ABC member and new IFBB PRO Suzie Hanehan !! She won first place Figure Class G at last weekends NPC Universe in Teaneck, NJ securing her an IFFB Pro card! Congratulations Suzie!

Over the next couple months, we will be moving equipment in and out of our main weight room weekly. We will be taking one chest machine, back, arm and leg at a time then strip every machine and refurbish them completely with new pads, grips, bearings, custom powder coated by our friends over at ADK Blast N Coat and anything else they need. We are sorry if it causes any interruptions in someone’s workout plan, but we promise it’ll be worth it. Taking the time to make sure everything is perfect for our fitness family

Small size but big sale this weekend! All small and medium t-shirts on sale for just $10!

Huge shout out to ABC member Jeff Gregory for his second round KO at Cage Wars Battle on Broadway! Looking forward to seeing you fight again 👊

Happy 4th of July from our favorite ABC members- Star, Sundown and Dargoon from Starfire Kennels 🐾

Tomorrow July 4th hours!

ABC Sports and Fitness is open normal 24 hours until 3pm.

ABC Iron is open normal 24 hours (must have ABC Iron membership to access Iron).

Holiday week coming up!

A lot of people have asked where has Jarrad been. Jarrad stepped away about 6 moths ago after being the manager of ABC for almost 6 years. He joined the Law Enforcement Training Academy and after some very grueling training, we are so proud to introduce the newest officer of the Cohoes Police Department, Officer Gundlach!

You will still see Jarrad in the gym training hard and doing some work for ABC part time. But we couldn’t be any happier for this next chapter of his life. Very proud of you Jarrad
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Sunday from Walt Disney World thanks to Tia and Dylan! and biceps making the globe at Epcot look small! Thanks for taking us with you!

On June 1 powerlifters came together for the summers first outdoor meet that was held at SMG Powerlifting in BriarCliff NY. Our very own ABC members Mason Hayes and Kenneth Andrus participated. Let’s congratulate them on a job well done!

Mason Hayes placed 6th at 92 1kg
Squat 195🔴 205🔴205⚪️
Bench 107.5⚪️ 112.5⚪️115⚪️
Deadlift 207.5⚪️ 220⚪️ 227.5⚪️

Ken Andrus placed 7th at 87.65kg
Squat 180⚪️ 190⚪️ 205🔴
Bench120⚪️ 127.5⚪️ 132.5⚪️
Deadlift 187.5⚪️ 197.5⚪️ 205⚪️

🚨New independent personal trainer at ABC!🚨

James House is a personal trainer with more than 30 years experience guiding others in fitness. His approach to each individual person he works with is to discuss client health history, daily activities, and prior experience right before going through an assessment for baseline measurements to use as data so that progress can be seen over time while working towards the reasonable and attainable goals set for the client’s program to move forward until reassessment.

James earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education with concentrations in athletic training & exercise science from Palm Beach Atlantic University before completing an internship with Florida Atlantic University as a Graduate Assistant for Athletic Training and Strength & Conditioning with their Division 1 Sports Program. Since his formal degree work, he has obtained numerous certifications, designations, certificates of completion, continuing education credits, continuing education units and educational enhancements at lectures, seminars, councils, and summits.

James is currently taking on new clients but please contact him as soon as his available schedule has been has been filling in quickly for:
Exclusive 1 on 1 Training AND
Partners/Pairs Training

Please contact him to schedule at: (518) 727-4880
Find him on the web at: www.advantagefitpro.com
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Bridget is throwing it back to the 80’s this weekend with a Spin class this Saturday from 8:30am to 9:15am! Come join the fun!

Toni is throwing it back to the 80’s this weekend with a step aerobics class this Saturday from 7:15am to 8am! Come join the fun!

From Albany County Legislator Todd Drake -

“Yesterday it was my honor to present a proclamation to ABC Sports & Fitness and co-owner/general manager Matt Doheny for their incredible business accomplishments over the last several years.

ABC in Latham in 2023 was named the “Best Place to Get a Workout” by readers of the Times Union, and Matt was recently recognized in the Albany Business Review’s 2024 “40 under 40” list. Aside from helping people achieve their fitness goals, ABC and Matt are consistently giving back to our community.”


We are extremely honored to receive this proclamation and are grateful for all of our members for supporting us so we can be where we are today

The Albany Firebirds are undefeated and in 1st place! The team is back at the MVP Arena this weekend for their last home game of the regular season. Let’s show up and support our home team. ABC is giving away free tickets to members! Stop by the front desk to grab your free pair of tickets today!