Senior Mobility and Strength Focused
Small Group Personal Training

If your goals include mobility and strength training, this one’s for you! This Small Group Training session is led by NASM-certified personal trainer and group exercise instructor, Mo Summers. Each session is catered toward health seekers that are looking for personalized and effective guidance in their fitness routine. Unlike Bootcamp, Small Group Training sessions improve your fitness through personal attention and tailored exercise. They are designed to help you achieve maximum results and avoid injury. Each session will include a
health education, goal-setting, and more!

This program is geared towards seniors, but participants of all ages/abilities are welcome!

Cost: $40 Members | $55 Community Guests (6 participants MAXIMUM)
(Cost goes up by $10 on 1/26)
When: February 1 - March 8 (6 total sessions)
Time: 10:30-11:30 AM every Wednesday
Location: BB&T Room | Reidsville YMCA

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• Area(s) of Specialization: Health Seekers, Active Older Adults, Special Populations, Triathlon Training, Boot camp, & HIIT
• Home Branch: Bryan Family YMCA
• Qualifications: UNCG B.S. in Health Education, ACE CPT, ASHI-CPR/AED, Keiser Indoor Cycle Certification, NETA Indoor Group Cycling Certification, TRX Suspension Training, YMCA Healthy Heart Ambassador, & National Board-Certified Teacher in Physical Education
• Experience: Lisa has taught physical education for more than 20 years. After her retirement from teaching she decided to increase the time she spends personal training and instructing group fitness classes at the Y.
• Personal Passion: Lisa loves hiking and challenging herself to accomplish new goals. Most recently, she's competed in multiple Ironman races. 

• Area(s) of Specialization: Post-Rehab Recovery, Strength & Conditioning, Muscle & Strength Gain, Weight-loss
• Home Branch: Bryan Family YMCA
• Qualifications: UNCG B.S. Therapeutic Recreation, AFAA CPT, ASHI-CPR/AED, AFAA Group Fitness Instructor, Jeuser Ubdiir Group Cycle Instructor, Les Mills- RPM, Les Mills-CORE
• Experience: Amanda started as a participant in group exercise classes and later was told to give teaching a try. She fell in love with it and later went on to get her Personal Training Certification. Amanda has been at the Bryan Y for more than 10 years. 
• Personal Passion: Amanda loves reading, traveling, and spending time with loved ones! 

• Area(s) of Specialization: Her goal is to help create a safe, motivational space where members can learn to thrive through movement. 
• Home Branch: Spears YMCA
• Qualifications: NASM certified in personal training, and completing corrective exercise specialist and Intuitive eating facilitator certifications.
• Work Experience: Started in wellness over a year ago, with a lifetime of passion for her own health that has propelled her to share her love of wellness with others
• Personal Passion: Passionate about spending time with her spouse and loving on her pets, 2 dogs and 1 cat, and she loves a good workout.

• Area(s) of Specialization: Strength Training and Body Transformation
• Home Branch: Hayes-Taylor YMCA and Stoney Creek YMCA
• Qualifications: ISSA Certification
• Experience: Assistant Fitness Director at Fit 4 Life Health Club, 15 years as a football coach, and 8 years as a high school track coach.
• Personal Passion: Loves seeing people grow and change emotionally and physically.

• Area(s) of Specialization: Specializes in People with disabilities, individuals that have had strokes and diabetics.
• Home Branch: Eden Family YMCA
• Qualifications: International Sports Science Association, (ISSA) Certified, American Aerobic Association Certified
• Work Experience: Experienced trainer since 1999

• Area(s) of Specialization: Balance & Core Stability, HIIT & Boot Camp, Nutrition & Wellness 
• Home Branch: Bryan YMCA and Spears Family YMCA
• Qualifications: ACE CPT, ASHI-CPR/AED, Les Mills- Body Pump, ACE Nutrition Specialist, Fitour Cycle Certification
• Experience: After achieving her personal training certification, Caroline decided to study for a nutrition specialist certification to enhance the training experience for her clients. In addition, she's just recently attained her Cycle Certification.
• Personal Passion: Caroline is passionate about family and enjoys impacting the people who cross her path
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• Area(s) of Specialization: Weight-loss, Women's Fitness, Strength Training, & Active Older Adults
• Home Branch: Bryan Family YMCA
• Qualifications: B.A. English & Communication from Greensboro College, ACE CPT, ACE Fitness Nutrition, Les Mills- Body Pump
• Experience: Cee started her wellness journey as a client. After seeing amazing results, she decided to share the feeling of achieving such great goals with others. Since then, she's been involved in both Personal Training and Group Fitness.
• Personal Passion: Cee loves being active, dancing, and quality time with her loved ones. 

• Area(s) of Specialization: Personal Trainer, Senior Fitness, Cycle
• Home Branch: Ragsdale Family YMCA
• Qualifications: Elite Instructor for Interactive Fitness Trainers of America (IFTA), Personal Trainer, Group Fitness, Senior Fitness, Advanced Weight Room, Indoor Cycle, TRX Certification
• Work Experience: Have worked at Ragsdale YMC since 2004; Personal Training, led “LiveStrong” Program for several years, instructor for Indoor Cycle. PE Instructor for GTCC; Weight Training, Physical Fitness, and Circuit Training since 2004.
• Personal Passion: My passion is working with others with hopes of passing on my passion for better health and fitness. By working with individuals long enough for them to begin feeling and seeing the difference in their bodies they begin to believe in themselves.

• Area(s) of Specialization: Strength Training and Body Building Techniques
• Home Branch: Ragsdale YMCA
• Qualifications: NCSF Certified Trainer
• Experience: Tom became a personal trainer in July 2022 and has been involved with bodybuilding for most of his life.
• Personal Passion: Nutrition is my passion. Being a vegan, I have eating healthy always on my mind. I feel that is the key to living well. I enjoy computer programing, and video game development, as well as bodybuilding. I enjoy helping people focus on living better and happier lives.

• Area(s) of Specialization: Has experience working with the senior population as well as athletes.
• Home Branch: Spears YMCA
• Qualifications: Degree in Kinesiology from UNCG and NASM
• Work Experience: Has been a trainer more than 5 years and has experience with all ages and abilities
• Personal Passion: Loves to lift, play basketball and listen to podcasts

• Area(s) of Specialization: Senior Fitness and those with early-onset Parkinson’s group exercise class and cycle class. 
• Home Branch: Ragsdale Family YMCA 
• Qualifications: ACE Certified Personal Trainer, Parkinson’s group cycle class instructor (ACE), B.S. in Psychology from UNCG 
• Work Experience: I was a YMCA assistant swim coach for 3+ years at all triad locations. I received my ACE PT certification in June 2021
• Personal Passion: I love swimming! I also enjoy lifting and hiking. I’m a cat person and had a full-time job writhing with sweet kids diagnosed with Autism. 

• Area(s) of Specialization: Sports performance 
• Home Branch: Reidsville Family YMCA 
• Qualifications: ACE certified personal trainer sport performance specialist 
• Work Experience: 2 years of personal training, 2 years coaching wrestling 
• Personal Passion: weightlifting, cars and pets. 

• Area(s) of Specialization: Muscle building, Body Fat Reduction, Volume-Training
• Home Branch: Bryan Family YMCA
• Qualifications: B.S. Kinesiology from UNCG, Fitour CPT, & ASHI-CPR/AED
• Work Experience: Alex played football through junior high school and is an experienced Wellness Coach
• Personal Passion: Alex's passion is to inspire everyone he encounters to reach their peak physical and mental abilities 

• Area(s) of Specialization: Stabilization and Strength Endurance
• Home Branch: Bryan Family YMCA
• Qualifications: NC A&T State University, Bachelor of Science, Sports Science Fitness Management; Certified Personal Trainer - National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), CPR/AED/Basic First Aid Certification - American Safety & Health Institute
• Work Experience: Personal Trainer, Women on Weights Small Group Instructor, Fit3D Coach, and Wellness Coach
• Personal Passion: My personal passion is to help others and no matter your age, “exercise will change your life”

• Area(s) of Specialization: Flexibility, athletic conditioning, exercise post-cancer treatment, strength training, running, fitness for beginners, weight loss, corrective exercise
• Home Branch: Reidsville Family YMCA
• Qualifications: AFAA Certified Personal Trainer, AFAA Group Fitness Instructor, LIVESTRONG at the YMCA Coach, Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring Ambassador, Group Exercise certifications in Yoga, Les Mills Bodypump, Zumba, STRONG Nation, SilverSneakers Classic, SilverSneakers Yoga, Barre and all styles of dance
• Work Experience: Wellness Director at the Reidsville YMCA
• Personal Passion: Running, helping others live their best lives through the power of movement

• Area(s) of Specialization: From Pilates to Silver Sneakers, not just a coach, but also a Life coach. Her focus is on body, mind, and spirit.
• Home Branch: Spears YMCA
• Qualifications: Multiple group exercise formats, Personal trainer, Certified Life coach and Energy healing.
• Work Experience: More than 18 years of teaching and coaching experience
• Personal Passion: Mental health advocate, Running, hiking, relaxing by the ocean and Drag Racing.

• Area(s) of Specialization: Youth Fitness, Sport performance, Active Lifestyle, Improving health 
• Home Branch: Hayes-Taylor YMCA
• Qualifications: B.S. in Sport Science Fitness Management from NC A&T, ISSA Certified Personal Trainer, ISSA Certified Group Exercise Instructor, soon will be ISSA Certified Youth Exercise and Body Building 
• Work Experience: Youth Sports coach, Personal Training, Group Fitness, Motivational Interviewing 
• Personal Passion: My personal quote, "RISE UP and DOMINATE all CHALLENGES to become LEGENDARY "

• Area(s) of Specialization: Strength and Conditioning, Correctional Movement, Functional Training and Special Populations  
• Home Branch: Stoney Creek YMCA
• Qualifications: B.S. in Kinesiology at UNCG, ACSM Personal Trainer (ACSM-CPT), NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist (NASM-CES) 
• Work Experience: Certified Personal Trainer since 2012 and have worked with a range of clients with an assortment of goals in both the gym and healthcare organization. Also, has taught a variety of group exercise classes like Bootcamp, SilverSneakers, HIIT, Circuit Training, Core etc. 
• Personal Passion: I'm passionate about empowering and helping individuals develop beneficial habits to live a happy and full life.  My ultimate goal is to help you optimize your daily activity by integrating movement and exercises customized to you that is both enjoyable and sustainable.   

• Home Branch: Eden Family YMCA
• Qualifications: Certified Master Trainer, Lifestyle Coach, National Exercise Training Association, Certified Health Coach, AASDN Nutrition Specialist
• Work Experience: More than 10 years of personal training experience

• Area(s) of Specialization: Personal training, athletic training, sports coaching, physical therapy and education.
• Home Branch: Ragsdale YMCA
• Qualifications: National Academy of Sports Medicine’s Certified Personal Trainer, SilverSneakers® instructor, and Parkinson’s exercise instructor.
• Work Experience: John is a health and wellness professional with over 3 decades of experience that includes personal training, athletic training, sport coaching, physical therapy and education. He creates fun and exciting programs to help his clients reach their fitness and wellness goals. John understands the physical challenges presented by many of his clients and helps them achieve their “Why”. By meeting his clients where they are, he both motivates and empowers them to maintain their independence.
• Personal Passion: Exercise, outdoor activities, music, reading, writing and singing.

• Area(s) of Specialization: Body Building & Strength Training
• Home Branch: Bryan Family YMCA
• Qualifications: UNCG M.S. in Kinesiology, CSCS-Strength and Conditioning, NSCA-Certified Personal Trainer, NSCA KOREA-Certified Personal Trainer
• Work Experience: Fitness Instructor & Personal Trainer at Sungkyunkwan University (Korea), Physical Training Instructor at Republic of Korea Armed Forces
• Personal Passion: Natural bodybuilding and learning exercise science

• Area(s) of Specialization: Loves to design callisthenic workouts as well as functional strength and weight management
• Home Branch: Spears YMCA
• Qualifications: AFAA certified
• Work Experience: Has been a trainer at Spears Y since 2016
• Personal Passion: Loves to get in her early morning workouts and be outdoors

• Area(s) of Specialization: Specializes in making people feel better about themselves. If you have never worked out, feel comfortable and confident in the fitness center. If you have never run, can turn you into a person with a passion for running.
• Home Branch: Eden Family YMCA
• Qualifications: ACE certification, SilverSneakers, Group Exercise, Sprint 8
• Work Experience: Nearly 10 years in the health and fitness industry

• Area(s) of Specialization: Works with all levels of fitness, from the novice to the athlete
• Home Branch: Spears YMCA
• Qualifications: NASM and IFTA
• Work Experience: Coaching since 2020
• Personal Passion: Loves all areas of fitness, sports and is also a musician.

• Area(s) of Specialization: Mobility/Functional Training, Strength Training, Weight Loss, Weight Gain 
• Home Branch: Ragsdale Family YMCA 
• Qualifications: National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) - Certified Personal Trainer and Senior Fitness Specialist; Athletics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) - Group Fitness Instructor; Parkinson’s Cycle Coach; Associate Degree in Medical Office Administration 
• Work Experience: More than 15 years of experience at the Y and nearly 10 years as a personal trainer
• Personal Passion: I am deeply passionate about my clients, and there’s nothing of more value to me than helping somebody go through an experience that makes them happy, confident, and strong. I am here to help you discover the benefits and joys of training that helped me become the person I am today. I’m here to be your personal guide on your fitness journey. 

• Area(s) of Specialization: Personal training, group personal training, and senior fitness
• Home Branch: Reidsville Family YMCA
• Certifications: NASM Certified Personal Trainer, NASM Group Personal Trainer Specialist, NASM Senior Fitness Specialist, and AFFA Primary Group Fitness Certified.
• Work Experience: My introduction into the fitness world is as a certified group fitness instructor teaching Zumba Gold and Les Mills formatted classes in Virginia and North Carolina. This blossomed into personal training where I have actively worked with many clients in the personal and group training settings at the Reidsville Family YMCA.
• Personal Passion: I want to work with clients wherever they are in their fitness journey to help them reach their fitness destination. My passion is to help motivate clients to keep moving, get stronger, healthier and more fit at all stages and ages in their lives.

• Area(s) of Specialization: Core, Weight loss and Endurance Training
• Home Branch: Stoney Creek YMCA
• Qualifications: ISSA certification
• Work Experience: 14 years as membership staff at Stoney Creek. I've also been personal training for 21 months and teaching our Wednesday evening Core class at Stoney Creek YMCA since January of 2022.
• Personal Passion: Helping others achieve their personal goals.

• Area(s) of Specialization: Strength and conditioning 
• Home Branch: Spears YMCA
• Qualifications: MS, MSCC, USAW, NASE and 1 of 230 Master Level Strength and conditioning in the USA.
• Work Experience: 13 years as Director of Strength and Conditioning at NC A&T University, currently serving as Director of S&C for the Greensboro College football team.
• Personal Passion: Passionate about spending time with his family and he enjoys playing racquetball and caring for his flowers and fruit trees.
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