Schvitz’n with Norm

Norm Meltzer is a strength and conditioning coach who trains individuals and teams of all levels and ages, both in-person and virtually. Norm also consults on facility design, group education, and program development for colleges, high schools, and businesses.

Norm has served as a strength and conditioning coach for more than three decades and has trained professional, Olympic, college, and high school athletes. He has an extensive background in Olympic style weightlifting and is a former competitive weightlifter himself. Norm is a four-time New England Weightlifting Champion, and in 1995, he set two IAWA world records. As an athlete, Norm trained under preeminent weightlifting coach Brian Derwin, 1980 Olympic team member and president of USAW 1996-2000

Norm has an innovative training approach that is scientifically based, and he approaches his work with rigor and humor. Norm promotes his unique brand of fitness in his award-winning cable access TV show, Schvitz’n with Norm, and in regular columns for a variety of outlets.

Norm received a B.A. from Clark University in Environment, Technology & Society, with a concentration in physiological chemistry. He has been a National Strength & Conditioning Association Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) since 1991.

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Professional Experience (Representative Engagements)

MW Strength and Conditioning, New Bedford, MA 1992-present
Founded and ran the New Bedford based fitness consultation business offering services in many areas of fitness and human performance. Now operating under the name Schvitz’n with Norm.

New Bedford High School, New Bedford, MA, 1995-July 2023
Head strength and conditioning coach. Oversaw various aspects of strength and conditioning programs for numerous high school teams. Designed the 4,960 sq ft state of the art Bobby Watkin’s Student Fitness Center; presided over layout, specifications, equipment decisions .

Hub City Hockey, Bridgewater, MA, 2015-2016
In-season strength coach for the Bridgewater Bandits, U-16/ECEL, U-16 Lady Bandits, Bantam Minor Tier 1, Peewee Minor Elite hockey teams

Pothier Blueline Hockey, Bridgewater, MA, 2015
Off-ice consultant for camp participants, instructing on functional exercise prescription and program design

Lumber Yard Sports Batting Cages, New Bedford, MA, 2014
Ran off-season speed and agility clinics for baseball and softball players

Southcoast Aquatics, Dartmouth, MA, 2005-2014
Swim Team strength and conditioning coordinator, overseeing all aspects of dry-land training

University of Connecticut Women’s Volleyball Team, Storrs, CT, 2007
Consultant in designing an in-season plyometric training program.

Beantown Sports Group, Brookline, MA, 2007
Consultant in preparing potential draft picks for NFL combine

Paul Vincent, Tampa Bay Lightning, Bridgewater, MA, 2003
Developed and ran the off-ice component of Paul Vincent’s pro camp and high school model camp.

Merrimack College, North Andover, MA, 2001-2003
Head strength and conditioning coach for the men’s hockey team.

University of Massachusetts, Lowell 1997-2000, Lowell, MA
Head strength and conditioning coach for the men’s hockey team.

Switzerland National Hockey Team, Peabody, MA, 1998
Preseason training camp, instructing and implementing various off-ice training methods

Elite Conditioning Summer Pro Training Camp, Boston, MA, 1994-1997
Worked for Mike Boyle as an instructor in the Boston University weight room, teaching proper weightlifting mechanics to professional and Olympic hockey players.