New to the gym…meet Kevin Makely.
Meet Kevin!
Refinery Fitness is home base to a new coach, and we're excited to welcome Kevin Makely to the area as a personal trainer.
Kevin specializes in body-composition transformation and building resilient physiques designed to last well into your golden years. His laid-back, health-forward approach is rooted in decades of personal trial and error — no quick-fix gimmicks, just sustainable results tailored to your frame and lifestyle.
His journey started at age 14 with a cheap bedroom weight bench and led to a Tri-State Natural Bodybuilding Championship title, a coaching career at Crunch Fitness in New York City, and a stint as National Spokesperson for Bally Total Fitness — with appearances on The Today Show, Good Morning America, and The Howard Stern Show, plus features in Muscle & Fitness. After relocating to Los Angeles, maintaining a Hollywood-caliber physique became a professional necessity, most recently portraying "Macho Man" Randy Savage alongside Dwayne Johnson on NBC's Young Rock — reaching peak athletic condition while pushing 50.
A Hudson Valley native, Kevin recently returned home to Rhinebeck to raise his family, bringing decades of high-level training experience back to where it all started.
Kevin works with:
- Men and women seeking body composition changes through flexible, realistic habits
- Individuals focused on long-term strength, mobility, and functional longevity
- Lifters of all levels looking for evidence-based, battle-tested programming
- Anyone aiming to build gym confidence and sustainable health at any life stage
Ready to train with Kevin? Contact him at kevinmakely@papaoctopus.com.
