Experience/Background: I’m an avid fitness enthusiast. I grew up playing soccer my entire life and competed at the collegiate level. I enjoy many sports including: women’s ice hockey, sprint triathlons, snowboarding, beach volleyball, cycling, & rock climbing.
I have 4 years experience in personal training and teaching group exercise classes such as: spinning, boot camps, and circuit training classes.
Motivation: Educating my clients on how to develop and sustain a healthy lifestyle. Design programs that will enable individuals to meet and exceed their goals. I’m an extremely driven person who commits 110% to all areas of my life. As a trainer, I’m motivated by assisting my clients in achieving the goals that they have set for themselves.
Expertise: • Weight Loss
• Functional Training
• Core Training
• Strength and Conditioning
• Sports Specific Training
Philosophy: I believe in creating individualized programs with a concentration on the core by utilizing balancing techniques in many exercises. I use a variety of exercises to focus on cardiovascular, strength, and flexibility training that is best fit to meet each of my client’s needs.
Locations: Andersonville and Bucktown
Certifications/Degree: A.C.E. certified Personal Trainer
Degree from Western Michigan University
Experience/Background: Played Division 1 soccer for Western Michigan
7 years experience as a Personal Trainer
Motivation: My motivation is seeing client’s results, positive feedback, smiling faces and energy.
Philosophy: I am a motivated, enthusiastic fitness professional.
I start all of my clients out with fitness assessments to determine current abilities and weaknesses. I teach the importance of cardiovascular and biomechanical techniques along with proper form for each exercise to maximize results and comfort. Next, a comprehensive exercise plan will be designed to help you meet your health and fitness goals. With an emphasis on functional fitness, my bootcamp-style workouts will have my clients able to lift more, increase balance and coordination, have more energy and less stress, and have improved performance in all of their favorite sports or activities.
Locations: Andersonville and Edgewater
Certifications/Degree: Graduate of the Personal Training Curriculum of the National Personal Training Institute
Advanced - Certified Personal Trainer designation from the National Personal Training Institute
Certificate of Completion of 100 hours of Basic Nutrition from the National Personal Training Institute
CPR and AED Certified
B.A. Colorado State University
Experience/Background: I grew up playing sports and living a very active lifestyle. When I started to have avoidable injuries in my mid 20's I came to realize the importance of overall fitness for being able to continue to do the things I enjoyed. The lessons I learned from these experiences lead me to pursue going back to school full time for a formal education in Personal Training.
Motivation: I am motivated by seeing results in my clients and helping them to reach their goals.
Expertise: Knowledge of anatomy and nutrition. Focus on Proper form to get the most out of the time you put into the gym. Addressing problem areas to improve functionality. Balancing out weak areas and adjusting routines to avoid over training in other areas.
Philosophy: My approach is to start by building a base of overall fitness focusing on form and working all muscle groups to help avoid injuries. Once a base has been established, the focus should be on progressing to more challenging and varied workouts so you continue to improve your level of fitness and get closer to achieving your goals. Each client has individual needs and interests, so training needs to be personally tailored to meet each clients goals, and also personally tailored to make sure each client is enjoying themselves. Nobody will continue to do something day after day that they hate doing.
Locations: Bucktown
Certifications/Degree:
CROSSFIT; NSCA; NASM Certified
Continuing Education in:
Sports Training for Athletes
Pre and Post Natal Exercise
Active/Assisted Stretching
The Psychology of Motivation
Training with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Speed And Agility Training
Flexibility Training
Training Older Active Adults
Experience/Background: I was first introduced to weight training 13 years ago. At that point, the goal was to increase in strength and size for athletics. I continued training throughout high school and college while playing basketball at Lanham Christian (MD) and Wheaton College (IL).
After graduating from Wheaton with a BA in communications and minor in psychology, I continued weight training on a regular basis. In the winter of 2004, I decided to further educate himself in the philosophies and science behind weight training. I became a certified personal trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) in early 2005 and has never looked back.
Motivation: Throughout my training career, I have prided myself on staying up-to-date on the latest research and trends in health and fitness and furthering my knowledge of functional training as well as training those with special needs. In 2006, I received an additional Certified Personal Training Certification from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). In 2009 I received a level 1 Crossfit Certification in order to better train those looking to take their fitness to new and extreme heights.
Expertise: Knowledge in functional/core/multi-planer movements combined with high-intensity exertion; Weight loss; postural and muscular progressions
Philosophy: Training with me you will never do the same workout twice. I believe all clients are unique and hence all workouts should be unique. They should be tailored made with a client’s fitness level, goals, and limitations in mind. I strive to make my workouts fun and varied. Why ever allow the body to adapt? Train with me and you will look better, feel better, and your body will be capable of doing things you never imagined it would!
