This expert has 25 years of management experience specializing in human resources, operations, and talent acquisition. She has worked in the fitness industry for 15 years as an owner, general manager, and consultant. In addition to having expertise in general fitness club operations, program development, and management, she brings extensive HR and organizational development expertise to her clients. This expert has been a featured speaker at the International Health, ...
This expert is the only American weightlifting coach to have athletes medal at the Junior Worlds, Senior Worlds, Master Worlds, Pan-Am Championships, Pan-Am Games, and the Olympics. His instruction has produced 43 Senior National Champions, 82 Junior National Champions, 41 Youth National Champions, 31 Junior World Team Members, 9 Senior World Team members, 4 Youth World Team members and 3 Olympians. As a professional athlete, he competed at the Olympics, as well as ...
This fitness celebrity has been participating in strongman competitions since 2003 and has been a powerlifter since 2006. In 2013, he was the first American to compete in the MAS Wrestling World Cup in Russia and served as the Head Coach of Team USA in the 2014 World Championships in Siberia. A gym owner in Northern California, he has promoted and hosted many weightlifting competitions. He's also a published author for MILO, REPS Magazine, and fiveonfive Magazine....
This highly qualified expert is the owner of major gymnastics facility in Texas and has an extensive background in the field of gymnastics. She is a co-author and director for the Instructor Training Program for the Gymnastics Association of Texas and serves as a GAT board member. She has served on the USAG Preschool Advisory Board as well as the USAG Safety Review Board. In addition to speaking for USA Gymnastics National, Regional and State Congresses, she has been a ...
This gymnastics expert is a former collegiate athlete at the University of Georgia, where she earned distinctions as an All-American and Team Champion. She gained experience supervising gymnasts as an assistant coach at both the University of Iowa and the University of Maryland. Currently, she owns and operates a gymnastics school in western Massachusetts, coaching young athletes to win state championships....
This expert starting boxing at the age of 11 and began his professional career in 1993. The World Boxing Organization recognized his as the third ranked Welterweight in the world. Having retired from his career as a professional athlete, he now serves as the head boxing trainer at a successful San Diego area gym and his contributed his talents to both TV and film productions....
This expert is a sport scientist, trained in exercise physiology and bio-mechanics. He recently served as the National Director of Education for the National Strength and Conditioning Association in Colorado Springs, CO. He has served as the Director of the Monfort Family Human Performance Research Laboratory at Colorado Mesa University. At the U.S. Olympic Committee in Colorado Springs, he was Recovery Center Leader, Head of Sport Biomechanics and Engineering, and ...
This expert is the founder and president of a management consulting and turnaround firm specializing in new gym start up, fitness club sales and gym troubleshooting for the fitness and health club industry. With over 25 years of experience owning, operating and managing clubs of all sizes, he lectures and delivers seminars and workshops across the country on the practical skills required to successfully build teamwork and market fitness programs and products. He has been ...
This highly qualified expert has over 25 years of experience in business, international, consumer credit, underwriting, and collections. He received his BBA in accounting from the University of Hawaii and is a certified consumer credit executive (CCCE) by the Society of Certified Credit Executives. He started his career off at American Express as a manager and team leader for credit review and collections call centers. In this role, he led a 20 member call center team ...
With over 30 years of experience training in various types of gym and fitness facilities, this expert has a particular insight into the field of personal training and fitness facility safety. He has extensive experience with national standards and guidelines for fitness facilities, personal training standards, the design, installation, and usage of fitness equipment, and fitness program design. This expert earned his BA in physical education from the University of Alaska ...
The Peloton indoor cycling bike has become more than just a home workout, it has become something of a status symbol. But despite the company’s explosive growth since founding in 2012 and a loyal following of millions, Peloton has faced…
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Jones v. LA Fitness Int’l, LLC Citation: 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 101747 Facts The plaintiff was playing basketball on an indoor court at a health…
This case involves a 9-year-old boy who was injured after attempting a maneuver on a balance beam. The incident occurred at a gym that trains children in gymnastics. The boy was learning a new handstand move in a class of…
This case involves an elderly woman with a history of pulmonary fibrosis who was swimming in a private pool at her retirement community. At 5:37 am while the woman was swimming, the entire reservoir of chemicals was pumped into the pool through…
This case concerns a young, healthy male health club member who was seriously injured in the sauna after a workout. The deceased was an avid exerciser and regularly attended the health club in question. After a high-intensity workout, the deceased decided to…
This case involves a man who had recently signed up for a new gym, and was given a complimentary fitness exam. During the exam, the personal trainer instructed the plaintiff to lift a large weight in a compound motion. The…
This case involves a woman who was injured when she slipped and fell inside of the health spa facilities at her gym in Delaware. At the time of the incident in question, the woman had finished her workout and was…
This case involves a client in Virginia who severely injured herself during a personal training class held at her local gym, where the facilities are fairly dark and loud. The plaintiff was at the health club in a class where members…
This case involves a young boy who sustained injuries at a gymnastics facility in Minnesota. On the date of the incident in question, the boy was instructed by his coach to perform a front handspring into a foam pit. The facility…
This case involves a sixteen-year-old male student who was injured and later died in his school gym after he had been “slap boxing” with another student. On the day in question, the student had finished eating lunch and headed to…
