About Our Personal Trainers
Our personal trainers go through an extensive training program and are required to pass a written and practical exam before they are qualified to train clients. Many of our trainers are students who are earning a degree in the profession.
 Name: Philip Barbe
Degree: Criminal Justice
Experience: U.C. certified Personal Trainer (Individual and small group training), former Nasco-Certified Deep Water lifeguard, 2006 Air Force ROTC Physical Fitness Officer, 2006 Air Force ROTC Falcon Team Leader, High School Ice Hockey (4yrs.), High School Track (2 yrs.), Flying Pig Marathon, Air Force ROTC Field Training Graduate, Air Force Combat Systems Officer Candidate.
Favorite Exercises: Lat Row/Pull-down, Free/Weighted Dips, deadlift, hanging leg-raises
Motto/Philosophy: It’s all in the mind…You can learn to tolerate or overcome anything if you condition your mind to allow you to do it. Even so, you don’t have to like it, you just have to do it!
Health Interest: Strength-training; Cardio-vascular fitness (running and swimming); disciplined nutrition; vigorous, well-rounded military-style conditioning
Activities/Clubs: Air Force ROTC, Pershing Rifles
Other Interests: Working out; ice hockey, basketball & football; outdoor sports; UFC and other mixed-martial arts fighting; aspire to serve as a Special Forces Operative or as a pilot or Combat Systems Officer in the armed forces.
 Name: Ashley Berberich
Degree: BS, Health Sciences, concentration in Sports & Biomechanics; pursuing Master's of Education in Health Promotion, Community Health focus at UC
Experience: Nationally Certified by the Scirion Institute of Exercise Physiology (SIEP-CPT). Worked at the CRC for over 2 years as a trainer, fitness instructor and Group Fitness Supervisor. Undergraduate coursework included physiology, biomechanics and fitness testing. I am able to accommodate programs for various populations, fitness levels, and have experience with people rehabbing past injuries. I've participated and coached competitive dance teams, which focused on endurance and toning exercise.
Favorite Exercise: Cardio/strength interval programs
Motto/Philosophy: One's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time - pills or stairs
Health Interest: Injury prevention, women's health and fitness
Other Interests: Dancing, biking, hiking, and really anything fun that comes up!
 Name: Kelly Booth
Degree: Health Promotion Major-concentration in Exercise and Fitness
Experience: Group fitness instructor (mat Pilates, yoga, CSI, Abs of Steel, kickboxing, GRAVITY™ Pilates, GRAVITY™ Group, Spinning, Muscle Works); certified GRAVITY™ Pilates Reformat Evolved & GRAVITY™ Group Instructor, National Spinning certification; high school varsity tennis (four years), high school varsity softball (2 years); CPR, AED & first aid certified
Favorite Exercise: Walking lunges
Motto/Philosophy: Never give up. Nothing worthwhile comes easy.
Health Interest: Balanced fitness approach (nutrition, cardio, strength, and flexibility)
Activities/Clubs: Aerobics, yoga, and Pilates instructor, Personal Trainer. I am at the Rec all the time working or working out myself. During my free time I like to relax at home.
Other Interests: Health in general! I like spending time with my fiancé and watching movies.
 Name: Kathryn Braun
Degree: Two bachelor’s degrees - Marketing & Sport Organization
Experience: YMCA certified personal trainer; student athletic trainer for Miami University’s men’s swim/dive team; YMCA fitness staff; gymnastics coach for young kids
Favorite Exercises: Rollerblading, BOSU™, and trampoline
Motto/Philosophy: “It’s never too late to get fit so why not start now?” & “Don’t keep making excuses, do it for yourself.”
Health Interests: Strength training; fat loss; improving overall fitness level; increasing body self esteem
Activities/Clubs: Working full-time with the Cincinnati Reds (Reds Community Fund); raising money through special events and programs to fund a summer baseball league for at-risk kids in the greater Cincinnati area.
Other Interests: Hanging out with my friends and family; speaking Spanish; watching sporting events
Name: Danny Calhoun
Degree: Business
Experience: Knockout diva boxing instructor (KDIVA); perform strength and conditioning workouts with former UC football players and current professional boxers; UC personal training certification; certified CPR/AED/First Aid; three years UC varsity football athlete; current Ohio National Team Boxing (heavyweight division)
Favorite Exercise: Any boxing, football, or strength/cardio-related exercises
Motto/Philosophy: “All you have to do is believe. No matter what you do, believe.”
Health interest: Improving nutrition and cardiovascular fitness
Other interests: Enjoy traveling, partying, eating a healthy diet, and watching sports
 Name: Erica Fye
Degree: Nutrition and Exercise with Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD)
Experience: Senior majoring in Nutrition and Exercise with (DPD) in Dietetics. Undergraduate course work including: anatomy and physiology, biomechanics, sports medicine, strength and conditioning, behavior and fitness, kinesiology, nutrition and exercise, physics, and physiology of exercise. High school Varsity Track (4 years), High school Varsity Volleyball (4years), High school Swim Team (2 years), Buckeye Sprint Triathlon Participant - 2nd place in age group; Lifeguard at the CRC; CPR, AED, Oxygen, and First Aid Certified.
Favorite Exercise: Running and Abs.
Motto/Philosophy: Never pass up an opportunity for a new experience. Always try something once.
Health Interest: Circuit Training, Weight Loss, Strength Training, and all over Toning.
Activities/Clubs: Anything athletic. Running, participating in Triathlons, racing, Intramural sports at UC including: soccer, volleyball, basketball, flag football, and softball. Member of Theta Phi Alpha Sorority (intramurals chair, assistant finance), Rally Cats, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Alpha Lambda Delta, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Golden Key International Honor Society, Mortar Board Honor Society and the Student Dietetic Association.
Other Interests: I like doing anything for the first time especially if it involves athletics. I have done everything from cliff diving to badminton.
 Name: Patricia Gausepohl
Degree: Associate in Applied Science
Experience: UC certified personal trainer; certified in CPR and first aid, licensed massage therapist
Favorite Exercise: Free weights
Motto/Philosophy: “Commit yourself to a healthy lifestyle - the payoff is well worth it!”
Health Interests: Nutrition; strength training muscle toning; holistic health
Other Interests: Cooking; reading, watching movies & spending time with my husband & our 14 year-old Alaskan malamute & kitty Tabby.
 Name: Pamela Neira
Degree: BA in French, Minor is Spanish; Currently pursuing doctorate degree in physical therapy; UC certified personal trainer
Experience: Member Ambassador at Goodlife Fitness (in Canada); Rehab Tech at Orthopaedic Physical Therapy & Associates; Coach: kids soccer and basketball
Favorite Exercise: Weight lifting-my goal is to enter the Women’s Figure Competition of June 2008
Motto/Philosophy: The key is action – “if you work hard at it, you will be where you wanna be.” – Nas
Activities/Clubs: Alpha Psi Lambda member
Other Interests: I enjoy dancing, watching movies, hanging out with friends, playing sports (soccer and basketball), and traveling
 Name: Rachel Stuck
Degree: Health Promotion major: Concentration in exercise and fitness
Experience: UC Certified Personal Trainer; Red Cross Certified lifeguard; CPR/AED and First Aid Certified; coursework in exercise physiology; high school varsity soccer, track, and basketball
Favorite Exercise: Cardio/ Strength Intervals and Circuits
Motto/Philosophy: If fitness came in a bottle, everyone would have a good body —if you work hard, you will get results.
Health Interest: Nutrition, sport specific training, and childhood obesity
Activities/Clubs: I work as a personal trainer and lifeguard at the CRC, so I spend a lot of time there working out or working.
Other Interests: Pilates; playing soccer; swimming; studying health; hanging out with friends; watching movies and sporting events; healthy eating
 Name: Brendan Wiese
Degree: B.A. Communications
Experience: ACE certified personal trainer; BBU certified mat I Pilates instructor; aquatics fitness instructor; instructional programming (aquatics, mat Pilates, tone & chisel); group circuit training; high school ice hockey & soccer; college club ice hockey & Frisbee
Favorite Exercise: circuit training to build strength and optimize metabolism
Motto/Philosophy: Where there’s a will there’s a way.
Health Interest: Charity 5k’s for myself; optimizing individual body & health of everyone I work with.
Activities/Clubs: I’m always leading classes in aquatics and Pilates. I also have an unending desire to learn new things in the health field.
Other Interests: Health facilities are my home away from home. I also love working the brain (crossword puzzles, Brain Age, braingle.com, & any mental activities).
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