Angel Presinal is Not a Personal Trainer

The Alex Rodriguez’s steroid scandal continues to unfold and now we know that he has a relationship Angel Presinal, a fitness huckster who has been banned from major league baseball clubhouses since 2001.  He has worked with athletes from different sports and has described himself as “a doctor of MLB teams.”

Presinal is not a personal trainer, athletic trainer, strength coach or doctor.  Ascribing any of these legitimate job descriptions to him does a disservice to all the genuine practitioners in these fields.  Calling Presinal a trainer or fitness expert is like calling a person who performs illegal surgical procedures a doctor.

Angel Presinal has been banned by MLB since he was caught at the Toronto airport with a steroid and syringe filled duffel bag that Presinal said belonged to Cleveland Indian slugger Juan Gonzalez. Members of Gonzalez’s entourage claimed the bag belong to Presinal.

The ARod scandal now connects ARod, Presinal and Yuri Sucart – ARod’s cousin – as Presinal and Sucart stayed in a room in the same hotel used by the Yankees and ARod as recently as 2007.  There is no good reason for ARod to have any contact with this shady character, who is certainly not a legitimate fitness professional.

Presinal is on record as saying he helped ballplayers heal from injuries in a week that were supposed to keep them out for the season.  This is pure nonsense.

If Presinal had legitimate conditioning and healing methods he would be a rich, successful and highly sought-after fitness professional.  His services would be in demand from universities, professional sports teams and non-Dominican baseball players.  If Presinal had something legitimate to offer he would be in the employ of a big named sports agent, a best-selling author and successful producer of fitness DVDs.

The reality is that Presinal is relegated to skulking around in the shadows so as to not draw attention to himself because he lacks legitimacy.  Presinal claims he is ostracized by legitimate trainers because they view him as a threat and are jealous of his success and methods.  This is pure garbage as genuine athletic trainers, strength coaches and personal trainers are always looking to find new ways to help their clients.  With strength coaches imitation is not only the sincerest form of flattery, but it paves the way to riches and success.

We’ve learned enough about these shady fitness charlatans over the past decade to know there is something nefarious going on with the ARod, Sucart and Presinal triumvirate.  Greg Anderson, Brian McNamee, Kirk Radomski, Victor Conte and a host of other lesser-known fitness poseurs have risen to prominence as fitness experts based on the contents of their little black bags and a prescription pad, while the legitimate strength and conditioning experts work in obscurity in colleges, universities and professional sports organizations around the world.

With the Presinal revelation, it’s looking more and more like a matter of when, and not if, Alex Rodriguez will be revealed to be a total fraud.