I have 15 Years Military Service Training Marines, Soldiers and Navy for Fitness/Combat. Don't let that scare you into thinking I am just about hardcore training. I am a professional board certified trainer and I use my experience to find the correct training program for every individual. That is why I have clients who are 86 years old who are working on balance. It is also why parents trust me to train their teenagers for sports. Nobody drops off their 12 year old for anything that they don't trust.
I became part of the Personal Training Department at Gold's Gym in 2004.
SPORTS TRAINING :
I am a Performance Enhancement Specialist and Sports Fitness Specialist. The NASM-PES is THE CERTIFICATION for performance sports. You will find these initials after trainers for the Phoenix Suns, Atlanta Braves and many more. So for sports training, you want to ensure you are training with someone who knows more than just how to play the sport but knows how to make your body perform and train to get better at a sport using proven scientific methods. I have always been athletic and a runner. I have run 9 marathons (26.2 miles) and three ultramarathons (2 being 36 miles and one being 56 miles) in addition to many other relays, 10K, obstacle courses, etc.
DIET/NUTRITION:
I am the only certified Fitness Nutrition Specialist at any of the 3 Gold's Gyms. And there are many people going around calling themselves "nutritionists". Ask for a credential and I think you will find most do not have one. A eating plan that works is one that is custom for you but also one that follows scientific guidelines backed by decades of government research by the USDA.
REHAB/CORRECTIVE:
I am the only Corrective Exercise Specialist (NASM-CES) at any of the 3 Gold's Gyms. I have extensive experience training people with a wide variety of health and medical issues. Some examples of these are brain injury, MS, Spinal Cord Injury, Cardiac and Pacemaker Rehab, Diabetes, Hypertension, Hip Replacement and several others. Some of the additional certifications for these are listed below. I am also certified in Goniometric Assessment (the assessment of joint range of motion and muscle length, correlating them to movement dysfunction).
SPINAL FITNESS:
Gold's Gym Chapel Hill is the one of the only places in the SouthEast where you can use the MED-X Spinal Fitness Equipment which is scientifically proven to train, strengthen and stretch all 29 muscles of your spinal cord. I am trained by MED-X on the Spinal Fitness System and I have been training people on it since 2004.
PUBLICATIONS:
One of the things I really enjoy about my career is being able to inform and educate. I have had the opportunity to do this in several formats and publications including The Chapel Hill News and Views and Atlanta Tennis Magazine. I also write several blogs including 4fitbodies.com and douglasvillenutrition.com
Additional Certificates of Training from NASM:
NASM (OPT) Weight Management Training
NASM (OPT) Senior Client Training
NASM (OPT) Teen Youth Training
NASM (OPT) Prenatal Client Training
NASM (OPT) Cardio Fitness Training
NASM (OPT) Cardio Performance Training
NASM (OPT) For Fat Loss Training
NASM (OPT) For Max Hypertrophy (Body Building 1)
NASM (OPT) Program Alt for Max Hypertrophy (Body Building 2)
NASM (OPT) Goniometric Assessment
NASM (OPT) Low Back Injury. Preventive: Assessment and Solutions
NASM (OPT) Predictive Factors and Solutions for ACL Injury
NASM (OPT) Strategies for Forward Head and Shoulder Posture
NASM (OPT) Programming Alt. for Golf
