HISTORY: BARTENDAZ NYC
The BarTendaz are an extremely unique and organic community based organization and social movement comprised of an inner dependent team of educators, healers, peace warriors and peer- informed facilitators who are from all backgrounds, various age groups, genders and walks of life all united under one mission and purpose, which is to preserve the planets most valuable resource – The Youth
For the past quarter century Giant & The BarTendaz has had an significant and positive impact in low income communities, school districts and prisions all over New York City and the Tri-State area through his community based organization (Giant Thinking Inc.) and world renowned fitness movement Bartendaz.
BarTendaz is pragmatic practitioners of their original and innovative body weight framework for exercise concepts for physical & mental fitness/wellness that sits at the very core of each of their programs.
Bartendaz programs and workshops can be found in various NYC public & charter
schools. Bartendaz can always be found pushing their movement all over New York City teaching, training and inspiring children of all ages.
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Utilizing positive mental metaphors for real challenges and fitness coaching, the Bartendaz mentors train their participants so that they are trained to be physically, mentally and emotionally fit for the many challenges they will face in their lives’. Bartendaz helps participants strengthen their toolbox of life skills for a better decision making process through the use of physical and mental exercise.
The very popular Bartendaz physical fitness program, has become a social movement and way of life to many. An icon in the streets and the fitness world founder of the Bartendaz, Giant is also known as the “Exercise Evolutionist”. Many from all walks of life pay a great deal of respect, recognition and homage to Giant who is known to have birth this social movement with his original frame-work and concepts of innovative and effective calisthenics fitness technique
The Bartendaz are also in various juvenile detention centers helping and mentoring at risk youths who may have fallen through the cracks. They’ve also expanded their programs to go into prisons, jails and juvenile detention centers to teach, mentor and empower at risk youth and adult men and women currently being detained or serving time in prison.