Emile H. Tujague III started working in the fitness industry in college as a personal trainer and fitness consultant. In 1994, Emile earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Exercise Physiology from the University of New Orleans and has since earned many personal training certifications in the fitness industry. For 18 years, Emile was the co-owner and co-founder of One-To-One Personal Training and Clinical Exercise Facility. Emile was selected in Gambits “Best Of” personal trainers in New Orleans. In 2014, Emile won Health and Fitness Magazine’s “Men’s Fit Over 40 Contest”. Emile opened SMX (Slow Motion Exercise) in the summer of 2014. In 2019 Emile also opened Fit Therapy, which offers both class based and private sessions. It is for this studio that he conceptualized and created perhaps the most popular and unique exericse class in New Orleans, “Glute Therapy.”
Over the span of his career, Emile has conducted over 100,000 personal training sessions with clients of all ages and abilities, including clients with health and physical limitations, post-op patients requiring rehabilitative training, those who just want to look and feel better, and Hollywood stars from films such as Black Widow, Stranger Things, James Bond, Suicide Squad, Hell Boy, The Equalizer, Star Trek, Die Hard, Transporter, White House Down, Twelve Years a Slave, and Mad Men. Emile is regularly featured as an exercise, weight loss, and wellness expert in consumer fitness magazines and news broadcasts. Emile’s personal training philosophy is centered on helping clients “train smarter” and achieve measurable and healthy fitness goal through one-on-one, customized training in New Orleans.
SMX is a specialty personal training studio in New Orleans. All workouts are conducted by appointment with a personal trainer. There are no contracts, dues, or initiation fees. Our training studio was completely renovated (and is about to again in 2023), to offer a fresh new design and the best exercise equipment available. The training studio is kept meticulously clean on a daily basis, and a specialty cleaning service regularly sanitizes all equipment and other touch points. SMX’s fitness training gym in New Orleans is located steps away from Magazine Street Uptown, one block from the Whole Foods Market. On-street and off-street parking is available.
SMX Training is perhaps the top personal training and slow motion exercise studios in the New Orleans area. Here’s why: we’ve taken the time to curate a team of elite, professional trainers. Each of our personal trainers possesses a specific or unique skill-set to ensure SMX offers a full range of trainers with different training styles and professional fitness accreditation. Our goal is to pair clients with the most qualified and appropriate personal trainer based on the client’s specific needs and goals. There have been a number of “copy cat” studios pop up, however we have been serving New Orleans since 1996 with a number of trainers who are “actually certified” to administer our primary training protocol.
At SMX, we take our “train smarter” philosophy seriously. We do not believe in a “one size fits all” approach to personal training and fitness, and our exercise protocol of slow motion training in New Orleans has been developed from years of hands-on research and practice. If you’d like to learn more about any of our specific personal trainers to help you find a good fit, e-mail info@smxtraining.com, and we can guide you through the selection process.
PERSONAL TRAINING
First Training Session (approx. 1 hr) -$55
We get to know you, your goals, and any potential limitations,. We then work with you to develop a customized exercise program and actually perform a sample workout that very same day!
Standard Session (approx. 30 mins) – $55
We personally guide you through your customized workout to achieve your goals. Your trainer will design your workout based around your goals and abilities. Your trainer will set up each exercise station based on your specific needs and walk you from start to finish on each and every exercise.
