Mike has been featured by more than 50 media outlets, NBC, CBS,  FOX HD, CNN, Men's Exercise Magazine, Best Body For Women Magazine, H-Mag, Jersey Journal and CKO-TV.  He has maintained his status as the most sought-after trainer in NYC since 1996, where he presents his unique and highly successful motivational tactics as tools for his "Instant Results" workout design and group Kickboxing classes.He is also an active health education reformer, orchestrating numerous experimental workout and diet campaigns such as the popular Rapid Fire Challenge which garnered results comparable to those from The Biggest Loser television series.  Mike has been engineering Mp3 workouts and seminars geared toward college students aiming to increase mental focus and self defense skills;  reaching over 10,000 US students in the process. 

 He has been invited to teach and coach at some of the world’s most innovative non-profit organizations, including the Make a Wish Foundation, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training, and the Shrine Children's Hospital.  He serves on the advisory board of CKO Kickboxing; a world class kickboxing for fitness institution with 27 locations and recently featured on the "Today Show".Mike has also been featured on global technology sites including YouTube, Daily Motion, Viddler, MetaCafe,  Blip.tv, and Howcast, and has distribution deals with iTunes, Amazon.com, and CD Baby.

 Since the age of 13 to the present, Mike has been mentored by best selling Author, Trainer and Fitness Celebrity Tom Venuto.- Mike holds the US record in coaching the single largest Heavy Bag kickboxing class, with over 150 people participating.- He developed a 15 minute method to teach basic kickboxing techniques safely to anyone, regardless of age, athletic ability or physical strength level.- Mike trained with MMA fighter Patrick Assalone and Team Endgame's Eddy Rolon, leading to the integration of ground fighting drills in his group kickboxing classes.-