INPERSON
Wellness Warrior
Gibsonia fitness expert, Nick Majoris, helps clients
maximize their health.
BY JENNIFER BROZAK
G
ive Nick Majoris a few minutes of your time, and he’ll change
your life.
Majoris, who lives in Gibsonia, has been a champion of
health and fitness for more than 50 years. Today, at 74, he works as a
wellness coach and shows no signs of slowing down.
Majoris started on his wellness journey when he was just 12 years
old. In the back of one of his comic books, he spotted an ad for
“Charles Atlas’ Dynamic Tension,” a mail-order bodybuilding course.
He began working out at least an hour a day in the basement of his
parents’ Johnstown home, using a broomstick with cement blocks on
each end for equipment.
Fast-forward a few years: In 1960, at the age of 18, that “skinny kid”
from Johnstown won the title of Mr. Pittsburgh. In 1962, he scored
his second title, Mr. Teenaged America. As his career progressed, he
would earn 15 bodybuilding titles, including Mr. Senior Fitness, which
he claimed in 2007.
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“When I first won Mr. Pittsburgh, I had no idea what the future had
in store for me,” says Majoris. “Now, I don’t want to sound arrogant,
but people look at me and can’t believe that I’m 74.”
His list of clients is as diverse as it is spectacular. Over the course of
his career, he’s worked with Elvis Presley, Wayne Newton, the Dalai
Lama and a host of professional athletes — legendary golfer Arnold
Palmer among them. He’s been a strength and conditioning coach for
many of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and he’s also served as an advisor for
the Pittsburgh Penguins. Today, his clients range from Bob Ford, the
golf professional at Oakmont Country Club, to an elementary schoolaged lacrosse player who’s looking to achieve peak performance.
Majoris works out of the Treesdale Community Center and also
does house calls. His technique primarily focuses on prevention and
“ageless living,” he says.
“I teach my clients that health starts from the inside out,” he says.
“I’m not teaching them just to lose weight. I’m teaching them how to