SlowBurn Personal Training Studios in Montclair Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary & Big Win

Founder Fredrick Hahn Reflects on Helping Clients Gain Strength and Winning the Best of Essex Gold

December 2025, Montclair, NJ - SlowBurn Personal Training Studios proudly celebrates a powerful milestone this year: 10 years of transforming lives, building strength, and redefining fitness at its Montclair, NJ, studio. This anniversary is marked by another major achievement, the studio won Gold for Best Personal Training Studio–the highest honor in the 2025 Best of Essex Readers’ Choice Awards.

Each year, top local businesses compete across categories in Suburban Essex Magazine’s Best of Essex Awards, where residents nominate and vote for their favorites. Earning Gold, Silver, or Bronze status is considered a respected achievement among Essex County businesses, symbolizing excellence in service and community impact.

Founded by celebrity trainer, author, and franchiser Fredrick Hahn, SlowBurn has been a trusted name in personal training since its premier studio opened in New York City in 1998. What began as a bold stand against ineffective and risky exercise practices has evolved into a revolutionary strength-training movement. Since its inception, SlowBurn Personal Training Studios has helped thousands of clients of all ages achieve realistic and sustainable results through its scientifically-backed, low-force, time-efficient strength training method.

SlowBurn Personal Training Studios offers a form of low-force, time-efficient strength training that transforms every aspect of your health for all ages. The “Tai Chi-like” full-body workout is performed slowly and deliberately for 60–90 seconds per exercise, pushing muscles to deep fatigue for maximum impact. Featured on NBC TODAY, SlowBurn has been recognized for decades as one of the safest and most effective ways to get fit. Ideal for every age, from children to seniors, SlowBurn enhances strength, endurance, cardio health, flexibility, and bone density. In just 30 minutes a week, SlowBurn is not only efficient, it’s life-changing. Additional benefits include:

• Fat loss & improved body composition

• Arthritis pain relief

• Controlled blood sugar

• Increased metabolism

• Spine strengthening: lower back and neck pain relief

• Enhanced joint flexibility

• Improved cardiovascular health and capacity

• Improved posture & balance

As he looks to the future, Hahn’s latest venture is launching a franchise of his business, SlowBurn International, enabling aspiring fitness entrepreneurs to join and spread the SlowBurn revolution everywhere.

Reminiscing on his journey, Hahn shares, “I opened SlowBurn Personal Training Studios because I could no longer accept the dangerous and useless exercise practices I was forced to deal with in the world of personal training and physical therapy. I wanted to give my clients the very best I could in an ideal exercise environment—by increasing the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of their exercise sessions.

With that said, it is simply amazing to be celebrating the Best of Essex Gold win for the Montclair location during the same year as its 10th anniversary. ”The studio has since become a cornerstone of wellness in Montclair, helping clients, some as old as 90 years old, regain independence and vitality. One client, of whom there are dozens, who once needed a walker, could walk unaided within three months, proving the transformative power of strength training. Hahn’s connection to Montclair runs deep. He attended school there from 8th grade through his high school graduation in 1979, and his father once owned a record store in town called Sound and Screen Ventures.

“It’s nostalgic for me to have chosen Montclair as my second facility,” Hahn says. “It’s been incredibly fulfilling to contribute to the Montclair community.”

SlowBurn Personal Training Studios in Montclair is located at 10 Watchung Plaza. The Manhattan location is at 169 West 78th Street, on the Upper West Side of NYC. To learn more about SlowBurn Personal Training Studios, go to www.slowburnpersonaltraining.com.

About Fredrick Hahn, Founder of SlowBurn Personal Training Studios

Fredrick Hahn has been a certified personal trainer by the American Council on Exercise since 1990. He trains and educates some of the world’s most prominent business people and celebrities in the world. He is sought after for fitness and health podcasts, lectures and presentations worldwide. Since 1998, he’s owned and operated SlowBurn Personal Training Studios located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and in 2015, opened his N.J. location in Montclair. He is the co-author, along with Drs. Michael and MaryDan Eades of the best-selling fitness book The Slow Burn Fitness Revolution (Random House 2003) and is the author of Strong Kids, Healthy Kids (AMACOM 2008).

Fredrick has appeared on numerous television and radio shows–far too many to mention–including NBC’s The Today Show, CNN’s The Biz, The 700 Club, WABC Morning Show, NBC Live at Five, Fox Five News, ABC Thousands of people of all ages and conditions have been made stronger and healthier using SlowBurn. Learn more at slowburnpersonaltraining.com and follow on Instagram @FredrickHahn @Fredrickhahnfitness.

About SlowBurn Personal Training Studios

Founded in 1998 by certified personal trainer, author, and franchiser Fredrick Hahn, SlowBurn Personal Training Studios is a pioneer in safe, efficient strength training for all ages. With locations in New York City and Montclair, NJ, the studios offer a science-backed, low-force workout method designed to deliver maximum results in minimum time. The SlowBurn method uses slow, controlled resistance training performed for 60–90 seconds per exercise, targeting deep muscle fatigue safely and effectively. Ideal for children, adults, and seniors alike, SlowBurn improves strength, endurance, flexibility, bone density, posture, cardiovascular health, and overall wellness in just 30 minutes per week. Featured on NBC’s

TODAY Show and other national media, SlowBurn Personal Training Studios continues to redefine fitness through personalized attention and a commitment to long-term health. Learn more at www.slowburnpersonaltraining.com and follow on IG, Facebook, and YouTube.

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