Trainers

Janessa Mondestin

Janessa Mondestin, fitness professional and owner of Better Fit Body Lifestyle Services in New York City, offers fitness, nutrition and wellness. She’s a weight-loss success story, a bikini competitor, and real food fanatic focusing on personalized nutrition and customized fitness to improve one’s health and wellness, mind and spirit, attitude and aptitude.

http://janessamondestin.com/

Jessica Sander

Jessica Sander’s love and passion for movement started at age 4 when she was enrolled in dance class.  From that point forward she has always been in motion.  Jessica continued to dance throughout her adolescence and then began teaching dance to others.  Jessica went on the receive her BFA in Dance Performance and Education from Towson University. While dancing at Towson, Jessica realized the importance of cross training for dancers and athletes.

Kari Pearce

Kari is an NPC competitor, aspiring fitness model, and USP Labs sponsored athlete.

She has always enjoyed being physically active. Kari was a gymnast for 18 years. During her high school years, she was one of the top gymnasts in the country. She chose to continue her career in college was a member of the University of Michigan Women’s Varsity Gymnastic team. While on the team, she was a four time letter winner and four time Big Ten Champion.

After finishing her gymnastics career, Kari became a competitive weight lifter. She placed second in her first competition. This spiked her interest for strength and conditioning so she pursued an internship at the University of Michigan to work with Olympic sport athletes on building sport specific strength, power, and conditioning. During this same time, Kari thought that she would start personal training too. Her parents met at a gym, so it seems that this would be well fitting. She has always had a love for working out, so she wanted to share this with others that do not share the same interest. She fell in love with her job and has now been a trainer for almost 2 years.

Kari graduated with a B.S. in Movement Science from the University of Michigan. She also has her ISSA personal training certification and specializes in functional training, total body resistance training, Olympic lifting/sport conditioning, and naturally, core strength due to her 18 years of flipping around in gymnastics. She also can also help you to map out a nutritional plan that fits your lifestyle and goals. Kari loves being a personal trainer because she enjoys helping people, creating a healthier lifestyle, and assisting them in reaching their goals. “I love working out and I hope to share this love with YOU!” For more information on how to train with Kari, please visit innovativefitnesstrainers.com. You can also email her at knpearce@umich.edu or call her at (734)730-3408.

Hing Ma

 I was a natural born skinny – long neck, flat body and chicken legs. I weighted about 125lbs when i was in High School and stand 5 feet 6 1/2 inches tall. Through personal experience I’ve gained 35lbs-40lbs of muscles and able to look good with clothes on and off. I’ve put in my time to find what works and what doesn’t through trial and error. Each persons body is unique, so program design would have to be different as well. There is no one size fits all training program. I’ve came from a background of strength training and has grown to incorporate different workout philosophies and methods for different people, fitness levels and fitness goals. I was a pro-trainer at NYSC and Tier 3 Trainer at Equinox. With numerous hours of great education and through 4 years of experience, I’m knowledgeable in helping my clients to reach their fitness goals by performing the exercise safe, fun and effective. I’ve designed programs for muscle mass building, tone and definitions (shaping up), weight loss, boot camp, high intensity interval training, body weight training and kettlebell training. At the end its all about you hitting your fitness goals in a specific, measurable reasonable amount of time. The program I’ll design for you is progressive so your body is being challenged and pushed to see effective results. If you’re ready to be committed to have a body of your dreams, lets get started

Brian Freeman

Brian Freeman is a sponsored fitness athlete and nationally published fitness model ,he also holds personal trainer certifications through the National Academy of Sports Medicine, American College of Sports Medicine,International Sports Science Association,and Aerobics and Fitness Association of America,and is also a  corrective exercise specialist certified through the National Academy of Sports Medicine.

From an early age,Brian Freeman excelled in athletics.In high school,Brian was recruited by major universities to play football.After deciding to play at the University of Michigan,Brian,unfortunately,suffered a career ending injury,thus sparking his interest in the human body and how it works.From then on,Brian decided to dedicate his life to health and fitness not only to educate himself,but also to educate others on the importance of being physically active and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Now in his third year of being a personal trainer,Brian focuses mainly on the anaerobic aspect of fitness and nutrition to help you meet any goals you may have. Brian’s main goal in being your trainer is to help you,the client,understand why you are doing a specific exercise,and what the importance of it is.Together,nothing is impossible.For rates please checkout Brian’s training website: Innovativefitnesstrainers.com.

Contactinfo: Cell:(734)-­‐904-­‐8202

Email:Innovativefitnesstrainers@gmail.com

Facebook:Brian Freeman Sponsored Fitness Athlete/Personal Trainer

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Samantha Ray Mifsud

Samantha Ray Mifsud is fitness expert and model known for teaching both private lessons as well as group fitness classes, such as Robert Brace’s renowned NYLean25. She works with all ages, and particularly enjoys working with children (her B.A. in elementary education comes to play in this avenue).

Peter Monge

Peter Monge
NSCA, CSCS PT. Owner of NYFitness

Peter Monge CSCS, is a NSCA Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist with over 15 years experience in the health industry including clinics and lectures at Equinox, The Peninsula Spa and Cardio Fitness Center. Peter has worked with Professional athletes as well as with preventive and post-rehabilitative cases. He also worked as a Consultant for The Harvard Club and Complete Body Development in NYC. He has a BS in Marketing from Rutgers University which has helped NYfitness to develop into a leader in the industry.
His sports background includes: International Swimming competitions, Nationally Ranked Triathlete and competitive Soccer Player.       www.nyfitness.org

Germain Phanord

My studies in sports medicine and my experience in personal training have laid the groundwork for my recent specialty, which is CES (Corrective Exercise Specialist).  My intention is to help my clients to gain total body confidence and to  improve their overall physical health.

I specialize with individuals with both minor andmajor injuries and/or ailments.

I have had the opportunity to practice my specialtyat the elite facility, La Palestra.  There, I worked with chiropractors, nutritionists and doctors who specialized in diagnosing and correcting ailments and injuries.

My client list is diverse and I create a specific program for each person.

I am a perfectionist, and as such, I continue to work diligently to motivate my clients into achieving their goals and returning to full health.

Contact me @       phanord88@gmail.com     (646)409-7199

Germain Phanord

Markus Potter

Markus is known to infuse his clients with motivation and inspiration, while continually making the workouts FUN!!!  His areas of expertise include CORE TRAINING, fat reduction, toning/defining, and maximal strength/power programs.  Markus expects & demands results from anyone he works with.  His clients get RESULTS, because he settles for nothing less.  Markus is a National Academy of Sports Medicine certified personal trainer, and has trained people over the last 13 years from New York, to LA.

He holds a Masters from Columbia University and a BA from San Francisco State University.

He is a life long athlete with many years of experience in Baseball, Volleyball, Track / Cross-Country, Racquetball, and Soccer.  Markus is also a Triathlete and Marathon runner.

Last, remember Newton’s & Markus’ First Law of Motion: “An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion”.

917 327 0743

MarkusPotter@aol.com

Wayne Sims

​​Founder and world-class fitness expert, Wayne Sims was born and raised in the midwest.  ​A pre-med student, he studied Biology and received his Bachelors of Science degree from Indiana University.  Shortly after graduating, he began working for Merck Human Health as a pharmaceutical sales representative.  While medicine was his interest, he quickly realized fitness was his passion.  He began his fitness career as a group exercise instructor at The Firm-Minneapolis.    A former athlete and trained dancer, he became one of the most sought after instructors in the business, teaching master classes in Chicago and Los Angeles.  In 1994 he was offered a teaching contract based in Munich, Germany  which led to a 6 year career as an International Fitness Presenter touring major cities including: Manchester, Athens, Milan, Bologna, Gothenburg and Tokyo.  Teaching to predominantly women at most conventions, the public demand to add personal training to his set of skills couldn’t be ignored.  Understanding the importance of building strong rapport with clients, his personal training business grew rapidly.  In addition, he spent 3 years  based in Amsterdam, managing the group exercise department at Squash City, ​ while making frequent appearances as a guest instructor at Pineapple Studios in London.​

Wayne has trained all types of people, including men, however the majority have been women.  Specializing in fitness for women became his primary focus due to a strong demand and his extensive experience training female clients.  From novice to hard core weekend warrior and everything in between, he utilizes his strong motivational techniques and comprehensive, results-oriented fitness programs to address a client’s specific needs and limitations. Understanding the importance of proper nutrition, Wayne collaborates with a team of expert advisers in the field of nutrition to provide his clients with the knowledge and resources to tackle all aspects of achieving optimal health and fitness.​

​Since relocating from Amsterdam to New York City, year 2000, he has worked for New York Sports Clubs  almost exclusively.  Serving as Group Exercise Coordinator for several years while teaching classes all over New York City and northern New Jersey.  He has gained an ever-expanding fan base while developing a rapidly growing corporate and personal training business under the umbrella of Wayne’s World Fitness. 

http://www.waynesworldfitness.net/

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Dashawnia Catto

Dashawnia Catto translated her life-long experience training as an elite track and field athlete to a career in health and fitness. She adeptly constructs a wide array of customized fitness programs suitable for those both new to structured exercise programs and  the most discerning of fitness enthusiasts. 
A native of Columbus, Ohio, Dashawnia takes a customer-centric approach to her work. She views life with optimism and places a premium on the power of laughter. 
She holds a B.A from Bowling Green State University and is a board certified Personal Trainer with the National Council on Strength and Fitness (NCSF)

Salene Parnese

Salene is an ACSM Certified Personal Trainer, Wharton Certified Stretch Coach and a graduate of the Swedish Institute School of Massage where she studied massage as well as personal training. Salene has had a passion for fitness from a very young age, teaching aerobics and calisthenics at a large gym chain in high school. After being in the financial industry for 10 years, Salene decided to take a chance and do something that she really loves…training. Salene is a strength based trainer who believes in hard work, discipline and effort.

Tribeca Health and Fitness 212-732-9466

Paul Virtue

Paul Virtue is a life-long athlete who understands the challenge, the pain and the dream. As a personal trainer, he is able to give his clients the benefit of his experience. He turns a deaf ear to excuses and facilitates remarkable transformations. Paul believes in the power of the individual to achieve the incredible. He recognizes the satisfaction that comes from this self-mastery of mind and body. And he knows the rewards are well worth pursuing- especially if you are having fun along the way.

http://www.virtuefitness.com/

Holly Goodwin

http://www.hollygoodwin.org/#!

Holly Goodwin is a professional personal trainer based in New York City.  She was born and raised in beautiful Brooklyn, New York, and has a lifelong passion for fitness, proper nutrition, strength training and healthy living.  She is an accomplished athlete and competitor who can deadlift double her bodyweight.  She is committed to changing the world one client at a time by offering her knowledge, energy, enthusiasm and discipline to help each client achieve his or her specific goals.

HOLLY’S CREDENTIALS INCLUDE:

New York State Licensure in Personal Training from the American  Academy of Personal Training
National Certification with the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)
Pre-Post Natal Training Certification
Olympic Power Lifting Certification
Kettle Bell Training Certification
Sports Specific Training
CPR-AED

Holly left a successful career in television to pursue personal training full-time.  She believes that fitness leads to good health and happiness.  She works with a wide demographic of men and women who have varying goals: weight loss, injury and surgery rehabilitation, postural alignment, muscular/structural balancing.  Holly also helps her clients gain muscle mass, improve flexibility and enhance their performance in sports and in daily life.

Ultimately, Holly is a strength based trainer.  She believes in progressive resistance training for men and women of all ages as a basic foundation for muscles, joints and bones. Holly helps her clients establish their goals and then she provides the roadmap to get to the final destination.  She demands hard work and dedication, but the results are worth it.  She believes in the strength and resourcefulness of the human body  that we can all be fit, strong and toned if we train properly and trust our bodies.

Frederick Thompson

Frederick Thompson is an ISSA Certified Personal Trainer with a B.S.in Chemistry and a background in laboratory analysis from Clinical Chemistry to Demilitarizing Chemical Warfare Agents. After spending most of his professional career in the laboratory, Frederick decided to leave the lab and become a personal trainer in 1996.His interest in Health and Fitness began as a young boy when he received his Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and continued through his college years as a gymnast.  At the age of 53 his fascination with health, fitness, nutrition, and optimum performance continues to grow, and inspires him to remain current through avid reading and research in these areas.  Frederick uses his wide and varied education and experiences to provide his client the most scientifically sound training experiences available.  As a Founder and Chief Fitness Officer of Thompson’s Fitness Systems, Inc. Frederick’s mission is to develop fitness solutions for his clients that provide unparalleled results!

Allison Vernon

Thomas Weaver

Project Personal Trainer LLC was founded by Thomas Weaver Jr in 2009 as a place to bring the highest quality personal trainers, strength coaches, physical therapists and fitness gurus together in order to bring our clients and the general public the highest quality and most cutting edge health and techniques and information available today. We will you implement your training program safely, affectively and most importantly efficiently.

A strength coach is specialized at designed periodized programing specific to an individuals needs and goals. All programing is designed with a 52 week template and progressed over the course of that 52 week period according to the clients goals and abilities.

http://projectpersonaltrainer.com/trainer-profiles/thomas-weaver-jr-bs-nasm-cpt-ces-tpi-cgfi-fp1-kba-l2/

Lauren Ashby

I am a New York City-based Certified Personal Trainer, NPC Nationally-Qualified Figure Competitor and Bootcamp Instructor. I started my career at an exclusive boutique gym in Arlington, VA before moving to New York City in 2008.

Since moving to New York, I worked at a large commercial gym but now work as an independent trainer with a broad client base including a Broadway performer, reality TV contestant, college athletes, fitness competitors, post-rehab clients and everybody in between!
I became interested in fitness and weight training after “retiring” from competitive swimming which I did for 11 years. I became a regular at my gym and decided to make it my career after 10 years in the marketing industry. I then decided to take my passion to another level when I became an NPC Figure Competitor in 2009. I have since done four competitions placing as high as second in the Rhode Island Championships in May 2010. I am constantly researching and looking for new ways to surprise my clients and love to educate, motivate and inspire everyone I work with!

CERTIFICATIONS:
AFPA Certified Personal Trainer
AFPA Certified Trainer of Special Populations
AFPA Nutrition and Wellness Counselor
COACH-Team Works Figure and Bikini Team

Website: trainwithlauren.com

Gino Caccavale

CERTIFICATIONS:
NASM: The National Academy of Sports Medicine
AFAA: Aerobics & Fitness Association of America
Crossfit
Cooper Training & Testing Academy
U.S. Army Obstacle Course & Leadership Instructor
Certified Kick Boxer/ Boxing Instructor