Featured Athlete: Alex “Aleko” Poinar
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada. Greentown, Ohio.
Sport: Professional Mixed Martial Arts
Originally from Greentown, Ohio, Aleko is a professional mixed martial artist and former head wrestling coach at Akron Coventry High School. Currently based in Las Vegas, Nevada, he has trained at Xtreme Couture for nearly eight years, building on his extensive background in competitive wrestling and high-level grappling.
Aleko and Stronyx Performance worked together through four fight camps, focusing on strength, conditioning, performance nutrition, and weight management. The partnership began by addressing hyponatremia and has since evolved into a comprehensive approach to optimizing his health and athletic performance. His goal is to continue developing as a well-rounded fighter while maximizing his performance and longevity in the sport.
What do you stand for as an athlete?
Commitment, consistency, self-belief, turning obstacles into stepping stones, working harder and more efficiently than anyone else.
What motivates you to keep showing up?
One, The demon of doubt can only be silenced by showing up. Two, I am chasing my childhood dream. Three, For the people that believe in me and support me.
What challenges were you facing before working with Stronyx Performance?
Diet and Nutrition for my fight camps and weight cuts. Optimizing my strength and conditioning. Wasn’t being efficient enough for either.
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Where did you feel stuck physically, mentally, or competitively? Lack of knowledge on nutrition and diet for performance and weight cut. Really just in general. A lot of trial and error for weight cuts with bad or the wrong information from the past. Nothing ever personalized for me and my body. |
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How did you first hear about Stronyx Performance?
My training partner Matt Alfonte, and he highly recommended SP. Matt introduced me to Logan Bohn.
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Is there anything that stood out compared to other coaches or programs? The personalization. I wasn’t being sold on some fix all fitness and nutrition program. Everything was personalized to how my body worked. That’s why there has been exponential gains. |
What is the training and coaching experience like?
Awesome! Being a professional athlete and certified fitness professional myself. I have high standards, and Logan has gone far beyond what anyone has done for me. I have not only gotten so much better, and healthier from him I have also learned so much about fitness and nutrition.
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How did the program help you stay consistent? I check my weight everyday and Logan is connected to it, he posts what my goals are in my nutrition app. I log all nutrition in it, and he is connected to that, and then for my workouts he puts them in an app with videos explaining the exercise. I log the weight and reps, Logan takes that information. Most processes are a bunch of random blunder. Stronyx is far from that. |
What did you learn about yourself through the process?
That small changes make a big difference, and cooking basic meals isn't that hard. Overall nutrition, timing of meals, the super shake hack, efficiency with my SNC program.
Thank You!
Aleko, we’re grateful to have had the chance to spotlight you and share a bit of what goes on behind the scenes of your journey. Your commitment to the sport, willingness to keep learning, and drive to chase a lifelong dream are what it's all about. It's been a pleasure working alongside you through multiple fight camps, and we're proud of the progress we've made together. Thanks again for being part of the Stronyx team, and keep pushing the limits of what you can accomplish!