NEIGHBORS
N INE T HIN G S TO K N OW A B O U T
RICH SADIV
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Parisi Speed School owner and head coach trains sports stars
WRITTEN BY CINDY SCHWEICH HANDLER
ich Sadiv was born to do
heavy lifting — serious
heavy lifting. During his
27 years working for UPS
and up to the present,
Sadiv, now 54, has been
a competetive power lifter, earning a
world ranking and an international
reputation. Sadiv, who resides in Glen
Rock, brings his passion for sports
training to his job as owner, head
performance coach and NFL Combine
director at Parisi Speed School in Fair
Lawn, a health club/training center that
serves athletes from 6 to 60 — includ-
ing potential draft picks at the NFL
Combine.
basketball and participated in track
and field in high school. But after he
was introduced to competitive dead
weight lifting while an undergrad at
William Paterson University, he devoted
himself to the sport. In his personal
best performance, he lifted 694.2
pounds from the floor to waist level. At
a recent competition, he placed eighth
highest ever in the 50-55 age group.
Currently weighing in at 200 pounds
and standing 6 feet 2 inches, he muses,
“If I had a dollar for every time some-
one says, ‘You don’t really look that
strong….’ I don’t look like one of those
guys on TV.”
GOLDEN MOMENT Rich Sadiv (standing, in gray top) is joined by Parisi Speed School coaches
and Bill Parisi in celebrating Montclair State University student George Alexandris’ gold medal win
in the NCAA Division III National Championships long jump competition last year.
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HIS NICKNAME IS “THE
HUMAN CRANE.” Sadiv played