When fashion models hit the gym, they want to gain definition – not bulk. “They can’t have Terminator arms,” says New York City trainer Oscar Smith, who has worked with Petra Nemcova and Selita Ebanks. To help them get long and strong, Smith has his clients mix up light weight training (just 3 lbs.!), core and leg work on the mat as well as plenty of cardio intervals. The results? “Lean, but never unhealthy.”

To read more go to People Magazine.

This personal trainer (and NYC cop) lays down the law on better fitness:

Oscar’s Top Three Tips
1) Eat like you train. “If you’re not dieting, you’re never going to get lean,” says Smith. Nutrition and exercise go hand in hand,” so don’t think that hard workouts alone will make up for pizza binges on the weekend.

2) Mix up your routine. “If you’re running a mile every day, after about three weeks that mile is going to feel as if you’re just walking to the fridge. Jump some rope, bike, etc.”

3) Do your sets in waves. “Go light on one set, then heavy, then light, and heavy again to build strength and avoid a plateau.”

Credentials
With almost 20 years of experience, Smith has successfully trained clients with every type of fitness goal-so he knows what works and what doesn’t. In addition to running his own Manhattan-based facility, O-Diesel Studio (odiesel.com), Smith is also a rescue diver with the New York City Police Department, a position requiring such extreme fitness that only a handful of New York’s roughly 39,000 cops have obtained it.

Read more about Oscar in Men’s Fitness Magazine.

Summer is ‘ere so I attempted the bikini shop. That alone should explain why I then enlisted a personal trainer for a one off session at my gym.

She told me I was skinny fat. She said that I eat shit, ain’t toned, have some buns on me and am lucky enough that my metabolism keeps me around a size 8 but as soon as I hit 25, I’m f*#cked. And fat. Excuse my French.

She gave me a excersize/eating plan, but yeah I am yet to start it and I saw her two weeks ago. So how pleased was I today when flicking through Grazia and stumbled on a small article about the personal trainer, Oscar Smith, who has started working with model Catherine McNeil. He called her Skinny fat too, “She was what I call ’skinny fat’, without muscle and lacking definition”.

If it was good enough for McNeil in previous catwalk seasons then its good enough for me.

To read more, Go to the Tanner & Makenzie blog.

Celebrity Nutritionist Oz Garcia and
Celebrity/Supermodel Trainer Oscar Smith
Join Clarins and W Magazine to
Present “Spa Night” – An Evening of Health, Beauty and Fitness

– Celebrity nutritionist Oz Garcia and Celebrity/Supermodel Trainer Oscar
Smith join Clarins and W Magazine to present “Spa Night”, an evening of
Health, Beauty and Fitness at Clarins’ Treatment Boutique in New York City.
An exclusive audience will receive insider tips from the experts on achieving
and maintaining their best personal health and fitness goals, while delighting
in Clarins’ posh new spa and wide range of beauty products and treatments.
–
DATELINE NEW YORK, March 8, 2005: On March 15, 2005, Clarins and W
Magazine will feature DR. OZ GARCIA, internationally renowned
longevity coach and nutritionist to the stars and Oscar Smith,
personal trainer to supermodels and celebrities. This “Spa Night” event
will take place at Clarins Treatment Boutique at 1061 Madison Avenue,
between 80th and 81st Streets in New York City. During a special shopping
experience, guests will be treated to skin care advice, make-up
consultations, the latest beauty tips, nutritional consultations and Body Mass
Index readings all while receiving the hottest information on health, beauty
and fitness from our experts. Complimentary fruit and cheese platters will be
served along with sparkling water and white wine.

Delivering the latest health and beauty information to their preferred
shoppers, affluent customers and special invited guests, Clarins and W
Magazine have selected nutritionist Oz Garcia and personal trainer Oscar
Smith as guest speakers for this evening of spa pampering and indulging.
Dr. GARCIA will reveal his successful anti-aging techniques for “Looking and
Feeling Fabulous Forever” sharing his secrets for enhancing beauty, health
body and mind. Oscar Smith will disclose his unique training tips for total
body fitness to create visible results, while maximizing wellness and energy
levels. The combined knowledge and expertise of these speakers will
educate guests on proven, result-oriented approaches for living longer,
happier, healthier and more active lifestyles through proper diet and
exercise.

Oz Garcia, is one of the most sought after nutritionists in the world. His
clientele include top CEO’s and celebrities such as Hilary Swank, Winona
Ryder, Kim Cattrall, Kimora Lee Simmons and Donna Karan. The
success of his books “The Balance” and “Look and Feel Fabulous Forever”
further catapulted Oz’s worldwide acclaim as a leader in his field. Oz is also
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founder of The Longevity Lounge, a unique clinical destination in New York
offering advanced solutions in beautification therapies and anti-aging. Twice
voted “Nutritionist of the Year” by New York Magazine, Oz is a forerunner in
the nutritional field and incorporates mind and body in his teachings for
achieving optimal health.

Oscar Smith is a personal trainer to today’s top supermodels and celebrities.
Oscar counts Sports Illustrated models Anne V., Jessica White, Petra
Nemcova and Bridget Hall, and celebrities Rosario Dawson, Ed Burns
and Jamison Ernest among his devoted clientele. In 2004, Oscar founded
O-Diesel, a personal fitness studio nestled away in New York City’s Tribeca
neighborhood. Oscar and his staff at O-Diesel provide a plethora of
personalized health and fitness needs from body sculpting, yoga, boxing,
weight loss, weight gain, strength and conditioning, flexibility, agility training
to pre/post natal training. O-Diesel has become NYC’s “best kept secret” for
personal training, its success is a direct result of Oscar’s contagious
enthusiasm, discipline and passion for fitness.

Monday, December 22, 2008
Just in Time for the Holidays…Oscar Smith Goes GQ!

Hey There!
As we head into the holidays, working out sadly becomes more and more of a challenge; that said, we decided to check in on our “newest friend in fitness,” Celeb Trainer Oscar Smith of O-Diesel fame.  While we had an AMAZING workout (yet again) receiving new and improved ways to rev up our metabolism, nothing was as earth shattering as the recent TIPS Oscar gave the men of the world in the  January 2009 issue of GQ.

To read this article in full please visit it at The Quest for “it”.

Like no one else, Oscar Smith knows what supermodels need. As a trainer to some of the top girls in the business, it’s his job to tend to the models’ bodies—even if it sometimes means showing up at their apartments to drag them to the gym. A former gymnast (he trained for the 1988 Olympics but had to bow out due to a knee injury), the 43-year-old works out of an exclusive 1,500-square-foot gym in the luxe condo building One York. Though his clients also include Tom Brady (“in the off season”), David Blaine (“for his stunts”), Amanda Bynes and Ed Burns, it’s those long-legged, tiny torsoed living clothes hangers he specializes in. We checked in with Smith right as Fashion Week kicked off.

To read this article in full please visit it at W Magazine.