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A Space Where Clients Get Transformed - Fast

Founder/Owner Ngo Okafor has successfully performed dozens of rapid dramatic body transformations and is now excited to open his own gym, where he and his trainers can now transform so many more clients in NYC.

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Ngo Okafor

Owner/Founder

A father of two, Ngo Okafor is also the owner/founder of

Iconoclast Fitness Studio, New York’s premier personal training

gym, the place where the city’s elite come to break a sweat.

Known for a mental toughness that borders on superhuman, Ngo

overcame a childhood bedridden in Nigeria to take up boxing at

the relatively advanced age of 31—and then win the Golden

Gloves Championship two years in a row.

The Ngo Effect is his process of instilling the same drive and

determination in clients, Any personal trainer can give you a

workout routine to follow. What makes Ngo different—and the

reason he’s one of New York’s most in-demand trainers—is that

he strengthens your mental toughness, at the same time you’re

strengthening your biceps.

Ngo teaches clients a winning mindset, pushing them to be

better versions of themselves. Ngo believes that once the mind is

locked in, the body has no choice but to follow. His workouts

are simple, but not easy. Effective, but not complicated. His

results are nothing short of awe-inspiring. Harnessing the power

of the mind to transform the body—that is the Ngo Effect.

The results from The Ngo Effect lead the New York Post to

name him one of New York’s “hottest trainers whipping

beautiful people into shape.” Those beautiful people include

Jennifer Lopez, Brooke Shields, Mariska Hargitay, Naomi

Campbell, and Wes Gordon, creative director of Carolina

Herrera. Now, building on the success of his 28 Days Greater

body transformation program, Ngo is introducing a monthly subscription service to allow those who can’t get to New York

the chance to experience the Ngo Effect at home.