#1 Private Personal Training & Nutrition for Leaders | NYC

Health that works inside your life

At CRF, we are the only studio in NYC that blends pilates, strength training, body conditioning, meditation, and nutrition to serve the whole person.

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Designed by experts,
delivered with care

Rodrick Covington

Founder/Owner

Rodrick built CRF on the belief that everyone deserves to live in a strong, healthy body, at any age. His approach integrates mind, body, and spirit through strength, lengthening, and empowerment, creating health that works inside your life, not against it.

Ellie Boles

Certified Coach/Group Fitness Instructor

Ellie brings the discipline of an athlete and the artistry of a performer to every session. Her training blends strength, mobility, Pilates, and functional fitness into an approach that doesn't just challenge your body, it transforms the way you move.

Koray Tarhan

Certified Head Conditioning Coach

Koray cuts through the noise with one focus: results that stick. He combines strength training, functional movement, and practical strategy to build bodies built for real life.

Giancarlo Carlini

Certified Strength Coach

Giancarlo supports clients in achieving their health and fitness goals through personalized, sustainable training.

Morgan McGhee

Certified Pilates Instructor/Group Fitness Instructor

Morgan helps clients build functional strength and longevity through Pilates. With a background in dance, she emphasizes the mind–body–spirit connection. Trained by Pilates for Performers in New York City.

Ashley McNiel

Nutrition & Exercise Specialist

Ashley bridges the gap between what you eat and how you move. She combines nutrition and exercise physiology into a whole-person approach designed for long-term health.

Michelle Mercedes

Certified Coach/Pilates Instructor

Michelle Mercedes is a movement educator and Pilates instructor with over a decade of experience in dance, fitness, and body-aware training. She specializes in precise, injury-informed Pilates instruction that supports strength, alignment, and long-term movement health. Michelle brings a thoughtful and empowering approach to working with clients of all backgrounds and experience levels.

What we do

Private health and movement training

Pilates & Movement

Open up your body. Build awareness. Feel like a human again.

Strength Training

Build strength and sustainable capacity. Not punishment, not burnout

Nutrition Guidance

Sustainable guidance from a dedicated partner who knows your life

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Founding Story

This studio was built for leaders whose lives don’t fit “ideal” fitness systems.

Traditional programs ask for more time, more discipline, and more consistency than real life allows. When those systems fail, the blame often falls on the client.

We believe that’s a design problem, not a motivation problem.

Our work is built around rhythm: sustainable patterns of movement, nutrition, recovery, and conversation that adapt to leadership schedules and real responsibility.

  • A private New York studio helping leaders reduce pain, build strength, and stay consistent through long-term health partnerships.

  • Entrepreneurs & Executives

    Health that supports leadership

    • Long work hours

    • Decision fatigue

    • Chronic stress

    • Health that's been deprioritized

    Need health to support leadership, not compete with it

    Performers & Creators

    Your body is your instrument

    • Physical and performance demands

    • Recovery needs

    • Variable schedules

    • Longevity-focused goals

  • Limited capacity. Intentional relationships.

    We work with a limited number of clients to ensure attention, continuity, and results. Every relationship begins with The Rhythm Reset for Leaders so recommendations are made intentionally, not generically.

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Find your rhythm

  • Choose your format — mix and match locations or go virtual-only. Membership options range from 1x/week up to 3x/week.

  • Nutrition + Wellness Coaching
    Available as a monthly add-on. Aimed at making your workouts more effective and helping you build lasting healthy habits.

  • Once a month, invite a guest to join you. They can use one of your sessions or train alongside you in a duo workout.

  • Your CRF team is with you the whole way — tracking progress, holding you accountable, and helping you adapt when life gets busy.

All Star Membership Includes

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • With the All-Star Membership, all sessions are flexible. Train in-studio (uptown or downtown), at home, or virtually. Traveling? You can even train from a hotel gym. Sessions are interchangeable, so you never lose momentum.

  • Yes. You can upgrade or downgrade your plan (1x, 2x, 3x per week, in-home, or virtual-only) before your next billing cycle.

  • Each month, you can bring 1 guest:

    • Transfer one of your sessions to them, OR

    • Do a duo session together.

    Guests can only join once per month — it’s designed as a special way to share your training.

  • Our trainers bring the essentials — bands, weights, mats, and more. You just need a small space.

  • Nutrition coaching is a monthly add-on where all star members receive a discount.