MAGNUS POTENTIAL - Key Persons
Greg Chertok, M.Ed., AASP-CC, is the Director of Mental Training at CourtSense. His professional interests are in developing high-level mental and physical conditioning services for athletes and high level teams.
He has given seminars and workshops to coaches, parents, youth, professional athletes, Super Bowl champions, Stanley Cup participants, and Olympians. He has most recently presented at pre-NFL Combine training sessions in Chicago, the USA Hockey Coaches Convention, Bergen Community College, New York University, DAANJ (Directors of Athletics Association of New Jersey) national conference, the NJ-based Professional Sports Medicine Associates' Annual Symposium, and sport psychology conferences at the regional and national levels. Greg has also been featured as a Sport & Exercise Psychology expert on National Public Radio (NPR), SiriusXM's "Doctor Radio", Healthradio's "Sports Medicine & Fitness Show", CaptainU radio, and Voice America's "Enter the League". Greg has been featured in Reuters,ESPN.com, The Wall Street Journal, CBS News, CNN.com, Runner's World Magazine, Women's Health Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, SportingKid Magazine, Men's Life Today, Family Circle Magazine. He is on the Editorial Board of the American College of Sports Medicine's Fit Society Page, and has co-authored a book geared toward youth baseball coaches entitled The Baseball Starter: A Handbook For Coaching Children and Teens. Greg is also a member of the NYC Marathon's Psyching Team. He received his B.A. in Psychology at Tufts University and his M.Ed. in Counseling specializing in Sport & Exercise Psychology at Boston University in 2007. While at Tufts, he captained the 2006 baseball team and finished his career as an ESPN The Magazine Academic Regional All-American and a New England College All-Star.
He currently co-owns and operates a youth summer sports academy called Pitch by Pitch Baseball and Sports Camps, in Congers, NY, one of the area's larger specialty day camps that features both physical and mental skills training for 6-14 year old athletes. He is a Certified Consultant through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology as well as a Personal Fitness Trainer.
Griffin Samuels is a fitness coach who holds both personal training and corrective exercise specialist certifications issued by NASM. He obtained his English Degree at Dominican college, where he also minored in Education. Shortly after graduating,
He received his teaching certification for the state of New Jersey. Since the age of 17 Griffin has had a passion for health and fitness, and a desire to pass on his knowledge obtained from that passion.
Job Titles:
- Certified Personal Trainer
Morgan is Certified through the National Academy of Sports Medicine as a Certified Personal Trainer, Performance Enhancement Specialist, and Youth Exercise Specialist. She earned her degree in Exercise Science from Rutgers University in 2021. Morgan danced from 4 year through college and understands how fitness enhance all aspects of her health. Currently, Morgan is adding to her knowledge-base by studying to be Certified as Nutrition Coach.
While professionally as dancer for more than 10 years, Roger was trained in multiple dance disciplines: Ballet, Modern, Dunham, Graham, Horton, Middle-Eastern Dance and West-African Dance. Roger's dance experience led him to become a Teaching-Artist. Working with organizations like Center for Modern Dance Education, Young Audiences New York, Young Audiences New Jersey, Art Horizons, New Jersey City University, and more, Roger has taught every age group from toddlers to senior citizens. As well as, taught every ability from autistic, deaf, paraplegic to athletically advanced dance students.
Through the years, Roger gained a passion for fitness and later turned that passion into a career. After becoming a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine, Roger started working for the Glenpointe Spa and Fitness (Teaneck, NJ). There he combined his fitness knowledge, his dance experience, and military experience (US Army) and taught group exercise class (World Rhythm and Military Pump). Roger has been expanding his fitness knowledge and perfecting his train technique with Magnus since 2012.