Team

Education: Bachelor of Arts in psychology

Specialties: Strength, Conditioning, Muscle gain and toning, Functional training, Cardiovascular endurance, Core strength, Agility

Experience: I was a member of the women’s track and field team for eight seasons at New Mexico State University. Exposure to several coaching styles and techniques over a lifetime as an all-around athlete has given me a greater understanding of the importance of individualizing training to reflect clients’ personal goals and to prioritize their health.

I have applied this understanding to empower personal training clients to achieve their goals as well as while coaching youth basketball, track and field and volleyball. I maintain a coach mentality because I believe in motivating clients to achieve their personal bests while pushing past their comfort zones.

Why Personal Training: I am a personal trainer because I believe in the power of movement as therapy. I use sports and working out as a form of moving meditation. I encourage clients to get out and move and to take advantage of the many ways that the world provides to keep active – from the gym to playgrounds, to stadiums, to park benches.

Maintaining an active lifestyle has shaped my life in many constructive ways, and I have witnessed others transforming their lives too after implementing physical activity and healthier habits. The same habits that you develop to push past your limitations in the gym or weight room carry over into your personal life and create a greater ability to overcome and a new sense of resilience. Seeing clients whom I have trained and athletes whom I have coached demonstrate this is beyond gratifying.

Why Body Mechanix: I train at Body Mechanix because I love the community of people. From the first afternoon that I set foot in Body Mechanix, I observed everyone greeting one another and saw an environment in which people came to work and to be put to work.

This gym offers equipment that ensures a dynamic workout each session and the space to utilize all its fun tools. As longtime members and/or clients affirm that Body Mechanix offers some of the best trainers and facilities, I am proud to be part of a team that is so highly regarded by its community.

Role: Personal Trainer/Fitness Coach

Education: Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology: Exercise and Movement science, San Francisco State University

Certification: NASM CPT

Specialties: weight loss, conditioning, mobility and therapeutic/rehab exercise

Experience: I grew up around a training great named Marlon Gomez my entire life, so fitness and exercise in my blood. The Fitness/Kinesiology field is my passion I played baseball and basketball in middle school and high school, developing a fascination with how the body operates. I had the goal to become a physical therapist, but through internships and experience at the university I worked with all kinds of patients and clients. One of my fondest memories was working with children with disabilities in the city furthering my knowledge of how the body works and how to help it.

Why Personal Training: There’s no better satisfaction than when someone comes up to you and says you made a difference in their life, while studying for my degree the most gratifying experiences were working with individuals whether injured, disabled,etc and helping make their day. Fitness has been great to me and I hope to reach people, to show them how great fitness is.
Throughout various points in my teens especially from 16-20 I was lifting but it didn’t become a passion until I was 22 coming back after a break started from injury. Working out is a necessity in life and a celebration of what the body can do, it took me years to break the belief of physical activity as punishment because working out is the greatest feeling in the world.

Why Body Mechanix: I grew up going to the gym, mostly the kids club in the younger years but I’ve been around this gym be it in San Leandro or Castro Valley for 7 years. Body Mechanix is family the crew in Castro Valley is family, it was here I found the passion for fitness. I was here when we struggled and was here when we rose the camaraderie never changed, glad to be part of the Body Mechanix family.

Role: Boxing Coach

Education: Practicing Boxing since 1989. Practicing Muay Thai since 2005.

Specialties: Boxing, Muay Thai

Experience: First competed in the 82nd Airborne All American week in 1989. Trained and Competed in Muay Thai and Boxing.

Why Personal Training: I am a personal trainer because I've been fortunate enough to learn from former and present champions. My style of teaching is how I was taught. And that's preparing for a fight-- and to have fun and get a great workout while doing so.