Executives
Sustained energy through brutal schedules. Freedom from the back and neck pain of desks and plane seats. Resilience, longevity, and the edge of training the way the pros do.
Executive performance →
NYC · Tampa · Puerto Rico · Performance Rehabilitation
The coach the world’s best athletes fly in to see.
Award-winning performance rehabilitation and a recognized expert in concussion exercise solutions — now taking a limited number of executive clients.
20+
Years working with elite performers
NFL · NHL · MLB
Pro athletes across leagues
1,000+
Professionals trained through his seminars
Trusted by elite performers
- Christian McCaffreyNFL
- Derek CarrNFL
- Connor McDavidNHL
- Max DomiNHL
- Jesús LuzardoMLB
- Mariano RiveraBeing: Mariano
The short answer
Ben Velazquez is a performance rehabilitation specialist and strength coach in New York City, Tampa and Puerto Rico, with more than 20 years working with elite performers, including athletes across the NFL, NHL and MLB. He is a co-contributing author of Fascia: Clinical Applications for Health and Human Performance, a licensed Soma-Therapist, a Posturologist and a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist.
He works with three groups: professional and developing athletes, time-poor executives, and people recovering from concussion. Every engagement begins with a free 20-minute intro call, and work is delivered virtually worldwide or in person in New York City, Tampa and Puerto Rico, in English or Spanish.
Philosophy
Sport is sport! Sport is not health!
I repeat that mantra every time an athlete walks through the door.
My job as their strength coach is, above all, to bring a healthy athlete onto the field.
First, correct what isn’t right. Tune the engine. Structural balance is the priority.
Only then do we shift gears and focus on the qualities they need to raise their performance.
The line between therapist and strength coach has always been blurred. Today more than ever!
The challenge with every athlete is knowing how to combine the right dose of science, experience, and art into preparation built just for them.
That… is my specialty.
My passion has always been to empower my athletes! To give them the key tools that keep them on the field. To lower the risk of injury and make them better athletes.
With every rep, every set, and every drop of sweat… together we push to get better.
The weight room is our laboratory — it’s where we do the work that lets us thrive!
01 — Results
The people who can train with anyone train with Ben.
“Ben has been my personal trainer for over 20 years. He has keen intuition and an encyclopedic knowledge of the human body. He is an absolute savant at working remotely, a skill that very few trainers have been able to develop. At 82 years of age, I feel 20 years younger than that, in no small part due to Ben.”
“Ben Velazquez is one of the leading corrective exercise professionals in the world. It has been a pleasure to work with him for more than 15 years. I have witnessed his unique approach benefit a ‘who’s who’ of professional athletes across all sports, military personnel through our Operation Brain Health program, business leaders, young, developing athletes, and anyone recovering from injury or seeking to improve their performance. I recommend Ben in the strongest of terms.”
“Thanks to working with Ben, I’ve felt at my best physically over these last two years. Feeling what needs to get fixed and how to fix it quickly is something I’ve come to learn in that time. Getting the body into the proper form to perform at the level I want is tough for many athletes — and working with Ben has made it easier for me to do that.”
“The details in his programming take you from good to great. One of the best tools in my toolbox.”
“The best my body has ever felt. The daily ELDOA practice changed everything.”
“Working with Ben has been a game changer for me.”
“He’s helped me recover from serious injuries — and prevent the next ones.”
In action
Inside the work.
A look at the training itself — starting with sessions alongside Connor McDavid.
NHL · Connor McDavidPerformance work with the world’s best
NHL · Connor McDavidBuilding durability and power
02 — Who I work with
Three kinds of people. One standard of care.
The same methods that keep professional athletes at the top now work for the leaders who run the rest of the world.
Athletes
Recover faster, move better, and extend your career. Performance rehabilitation and injury prevention built around how your body actually works.
Athletic performance →Concussion recovery
Exercise-based concussion solutions from the onset of injury. A holistic, team-based approach focused not just on return — but on keeping you there.
The concussion program →03 — Programs
Start where you are. Access scales with commitment.
A clear path from a self-guided start to direct, private work. The top tiers are intentionally limited.
The Executive Reset
$297 one-time
Self-guided ELDOA and mobility program built for desk-bound, travel-heavy professionals. Start in minutes.
- Self-guided ELDOA and mobility sequences
- Built for hotel rooms and small spaces — no equipment
- Ten to fifteen minutes a day
- Yours to keep, permanently
Executive Performance
$2,300 / month
The right touchpoints and real access — built for the time-poor executive.
- Full assessment (included in Core) — deep movement and postural assessment
- 4 virtual sessions / month (30–45 min) — programming plus ELDOA and rehab coaching
- Custom program design, refreshed monthly, that travels with you
- Bounded async access — voice/text form checks, 24h weekday response
- Quarterly re-assessment and progress review
- Coordinated access to Ben’s vetted network — nutrition, physio, medical
- Member access to partner products
By application · Billed monthly, three-month minimum. Best for executives who want outcomes and access, not session volume.
Private Performance
$6,500 / month
Maximum access. In-person and virtual combined — the closest thing to how pros are supported.
- Everything in Core
- In person at your location, or at Ben’s offices in NYC, Tampa or Puerto Rico — one-hour sessions
- Complete discretion — confidentiality and NDAs as standard
- Up to 8–12 touchpoints / month, priority scheduling
- Custom program design, adjusted in real time as your week changes
- Deeper integration with recovery, sleep and energy
- Direct on-call access, within agreed hours
By application · 7 positions. Requires the Performance Day (from $3,000, one-time). Travel billed at cost when on-site: flights (business on 3h+), ground transport and hotel.
Beyond Concierge
Bespoke By conversation
For when the work has to go wherever you go. Built entirely around one client — and, if you want, the people around you.
- Ben travels with you — on the road, on location, at home
- On-site retreats and intensive training blocks
- Programs for your family or leadership team
- Complete discretion — confidentiality and NDAs as standard
Working with Ben begins with a free intro call.
04 — Method
Most training breaks the body down. This builds it back up.
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Assess, don’t guess
Every program starts from how your body actually moves, loads, and recovers — measured, not assumed.
- 02
ELDOA & fascia work
Targeted self-normalizing postures that decompress the spine and joints — the daily practice elite athletes swear by.
- 03
Built to last
Recovery and preparation treated as one system, so performance holds up under real-world stress and travel.
— Dr. Guy Voyer“You are your best therapist.”
Credentials & recognition
Credentialed. Published. Trusted at the top.
Award-winning and nationally recognized — grounded in the science, not just the reps.
Published author
“Fascia: Clinical Applications for Health and Human Performance”
Co-contributing author on the science of fascia — the foundation of the work I do with every client.
Get the book →Credentials
- Licensed Soma-Therapist (Performance Physical Therapy)
- Posturologist, trained under Dr. Bernard Bricot
- Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)
- ACSM Exercise Specialist
- ISSA Sports Performance Nutritionist
- Member — NSCA · ACSM · ISSA
Free · By application
Try out for a place on the Executive Roster.
Working with Ben starts the same way: a free 20-minute virtual intro call. I find what’s holding your body back — and you leave with a clear plan to fix it, whether or not you go on to work with Ben.
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The intro callA focused 20-minute virtual assessment of how you move, load, and recover.
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Your takeawayA personalized snapshot: the two or three things most limiting you, and where to start. Yours to keep.
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The tryoutIf it’s a fit, you’re offered one of a limited number of positions on the roster.
Roster spots open this month: 4
Apply for your tryoutWeekly insights
Notes from the field.
Short, practical thoughts on performance, recovery, and longevity — a new one every week.
The L5-S1 ELDOA: one minute, done properly
The lumbosacral junction is where a spine that has stopped sharing work sends the bill. The L5-S1 ELDOA is the position I give more often than any other — and the one people most often perform as a stretch, which it is not.
Read the insight →
Treat your career like a sport
Elite athletes periodize, recover and protect the body that earns them a living. Executives rarely do — and pay for it in their fifties. Here is how to apply an athlete’s training calendar to a career.
Read the insight →
The road doesn’t have to wreck your body
A long flight is hours in the worst posture you own, followed by a bed that isn’t yours. You can’t skip the travel — but ten focused minutes on landing undoes most of the damage before it settles in.
Read the insight →
Recovery isn’t rest. It’s a skill.
The executives who last aren’t the ones who train hardest — they’re the ones who recover on purpose. Recovery is a trainable skill with inputs you can control, not a reward for finishing the work.
Read the insight →Questions
Frequently asked questions
Who is Ben Velazquez?
Ben Velazquez is a performance rehabilitation specialist and strength coach based in New York City, Tampa and Puerto Rico, with more than 20 years working with elite performers. He has worked with athletes across the NFL, NHL and MLB, is a co-contributing author of Fascia: Clinical Applications for Health and Human Performance, and is a recognized expert in exercise-based concussion solutions.
Who does Ben work with?
Three groups: professional and developing athletes, executives with demanding travel and desk schedules, and people recovering from concussion. The assessment-first method is the same for all three; only the programming changes.
Does Ben work with clients remotely?
Yes. Most executive work is delivered virtually and travels with the client. In-person work in New York City, Tampa and Puerto Rico is available through the Concierge track, which begins with a full-day in-person Performance Day.
How do I start working with Ben?
Every engagement begins with a free 20-minute virtual intro call. You leave with a personalized snapshot of the two or three things most limiting you and where to start — whether or not you go on to work together. Apply for your intro call.
What languages does Ben coach in?
English and Spanish. Sessions, programming and written materials are available in either language.
What does it cost to work with Ben?
There are three tiers. The Executive Reset is a self-guided program at $297 one-time. Core Executive Performance is $2,300/month, billed monthly with a three-month minimum. Concierge Private Performance is $6,500/month plus travel at cost, by application, limited to 7 positions, and begins with a required Performance Day from $3,000. Full detail is on the programs page.
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The tryout
Working with Ben starts with a free intro call.
Twenty minutes, virtual, no cost. You leave with a plan you can use — whether or not we work together.