About Zarpas

Eleftherios "Larry" Zarpas

Eleftherios Zarpas, born 12/09/1975. Trained and certified under Guru Felix Valencia founder of Valencia Lameco. Graduate student at Cal State Northridge with a degree in exercise science. Currently working at the campus Brown Center of Achievement, in the adaptive therapeutic exercises department working with the disabled. Eleftherios has been a certified personal trainer for the past 5 years and also holds two championship titles in international martial arts tournaments.

Testimonials

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"Eleftherios has provided challenge, tempered with the reality of his fitness level. He has demonstrated his commitment to the program. Eleftherios is creative, and constantly open to change to keep the work out interesting! When he introduces a new machine or movement, he watches Phil carefully to fine tine the movements to extract the best effort for positive results."

—Philip and Katherine Plastere,
Palmdale, CA

"I’ve been training with Larry for 3 years, and I feel like I am in better cardiovascular shape now at age 39 than at age 19. I am in a high-stress profession and view my 3x-a-week training sessions as mandatory stress relief therapy. Not only that, as someone who gets bored very easily, I like the fact that Larry consistently mixes up my routines – we do weight-training, circuit-training, kickboxing, stick-fighting, grappling, etc. I highly recommend him!"

—Michael Kao,
Los Angeles, CA

"Working out was never something I enjoyed, until I started training with Larry. After every session I feel a sense of accomplishment, stronger, and rejuvenated. My sessions with Larry are always full of variety and unpredictable, which makes them fun and exciting. I work out with Larry three days a week, and I can never get enough. Larry has really changed my life and I feel privileged to be trained by him!"

—Electra, singer,
Woodland Hills, CA
www.electrabarakos.com

Empower your spirit
through physical exercise

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  • Kicking it! Feeling exhausted and don’t know how to deal with it? Start exercising today and feel the difference right away!
  • Lady running in the forest. Need to gain motivation to move forward with your projects? Believe it or not, physical exercise helps you with making serious decisions, moving along and finding meaning in your deeds.

Mission Statement

The philosophy behind Zarpas Training involves preparing the body, mind, and soul to be ready for anything life throws at you. The beginning phase of the program deals with building foundation strength, both mental and physical. This provides the physiological and neural adaptations necessary to get the body ready to workout. The second phase deals with more dynamic and explosive movements. This is where the fun starts. One of the goals is to find new forms of physical self-expression, that will spark the passion for play that we are born with. Many of the exercises have been adapted from various forms of martial arts, so you will learn to defend yourself and your loved ones. This in turn builds confidence and self-discipline which strengthens the spirit.