Certifications/Degree: IFA – Personal Fitness Certification
IFA – Aerobic Instructor Certified
IFA – Group Exercise Certified
Certified Life Coach:
Under the instruction of Carolyn Porter Institute of Power Productions
Experience/Background: Director of Fitness Department, YMCA
Senior Fitness Instructor, Hallmark Senior Center
Circuit Fitness Training for groups
Boot-camp Group Fitness
Weight Loss/Nutrition, Body Building, Sculpting, Toning
Bridal Fitness Circuit Training for the bride-to-be
High-Intensity Interval Training
Motivation: To make a difference in the lives of others. To create confidence and increase awareness of the importance of health and wellness.
Expertise: Through my 14 years experience as a fitness trainer and life coach, I have developed an understanding of the distinct needs of others. Everything in life starts from the inside out and always comes from a place of emotion. Any decision we make in life is based on this emotion! Through this understanding I can help others achieve fitness goals especially in problem areas.
Philosophy: Think it, believe it, achieve it! Healthy habits are learned the same way unhealthy ones are – Through practice.
My purpose is to make a difference in the lives of others by teaching healthy habits through fitness.
Philosophy: Results are the best motivation to eat well and workout consistently.
Locations: Andersonville and Edgewater
Certifications/Degree: Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology
NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist
NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist
ACE Certified Personal Trainer
CPR/AED Certified
Experience/Background: Over 5 consecutive years training experience;
Lectured at Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital to physiatrists on the subjects of exercise prescription and exercise physiology;
Been involved in two biomechanical studies; Trained clients ranging in age from 9 to 72 years.
Motivation: I love exercise; to me it’s like play. I walk into a gym and see the machines and equipment as a playground that is just asking to be explored. I would love to instill this enthusiasm for exercise in all my clients.
Expertise: Weight loss and muscle toning;
Injury prevention and recovery support;
Muscle hypertrophy (bodybuilding);
Sport performance.
Philosophy: To get to your physical and physiological goal you need to employ a scientific approach. I use my kinesiology background and experience to train my clients in a way that is research and science based which expedites results.
I also believe that exercise can be enjoyable. Whether a person is looking to lose weight or to gain muscle or both working out can be fun and challenging. My secondary goal after getting my clients results is to get them to like coming to the gym. I give them fast, challenging and fun workouts that change their bodies to their ideal form.
Locations: Andersonville and Bucktown
Certifications/Degree: Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, Arizona State University
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), N.S.C.A.
Performance Enhancement Specialist (N.A.S.M.
Experience/Background: Certified and working as a personal trainer for 10 years. Worked with all ages and health conditions.
Volunteer with Arizona State University strength and conditioning department. Worked under head strength coach teaching correct technique and motivating athletes in wrestling, gymnastics, basketball, baseball, track and field, and power lifting.
Internship with Makeplays.com/JRIronman. Worked under head strength coach to supervise and motivate athletes’ strength training for NFL, MLB, high school basketball, volleyball, and softball, Olympic swimming, amateur triathlon, and boxing.
Developed performance enhancement program with Spooner Physical Therapy. Program was to bridge the gap between therapy (injured) and sport performance (overcoming injury). Athletes coached were in football, golf, soccer, tennis, and baseball.
Nike SPARQ high school football combine. Run high school football players through strength and quickness tests to give statistics to coaches in high school and college of performance.
Motivation: Motivation depends on the situation and the goals of the individual. Motivating athletes in a coaching situation is much different than motivating a one on one client in a gym. In a gym situation, the client should be motivated by the goals that they committed to themselves on the day they signed up for training. That intrinsic (from within) motivation should be the main drive in their workouts. The external motivation from a trainer should be secondary. Feedback should be the main purpose of the trainer. There are times when a client needs an extra push. Then it is necessary to give feedback to the client as to whether their intensity during a given workout is too low or high.
“Cheerleading” and “drill instructing” should be used particularly conservatively. Keeping a high level of energy for the trainee is good. The trainee needing a constant verbal assault in order to complete a workout is bad. The biggest motivating factor in workouts is to enjoy the exercises, however difficult (even for their difficulty), and their results.
Expertise: Most of my expertise is in biomechanical analysis of sport and exercise movement and the metabolic pathways in which the movements are fueled. I also do nutrition and metabolic training to develop the person’s power to perform and sculpt the body.
Philosophy: Training should always start by assessing the fitness and health needs of those being trained by acquiring as much information as possible. It must be determined the amount of motivation, information, and accountability the subject needs to be provided to attain their health, fitness, and performance goals. Then, continue to create a program utilizing all methods and practices of training. The goal is for the trainee to reach his/her goals in the safest and most efficient manner possible. The most scientifically and anecdotally proven techniques should be used to obtain the adaptations desired for the trainee. Education will be versed in the most recent trends in exercise, fitness, and athletic performance. However, more trendy does not override the use of tried and true adaptive techniques.
Work hard. Be safe and injury free. Don’t over train or under train. And, most of all, HAVE FUN!!!!
