Personal Trainer Bios
Kate Gerard
Group Fitness Instructor and Personal Trainer
Experience, Education and Training Beliefs:
AFAA Certified Group Fitness Instructor, and APEX Fitness Systems Certified Personal Trainer, and has been employed by ActivEdge (formerly Aspen Athletic Club) in Cedar Rapids since January of 2003.
I have been instructing Group Fitness classes for 20 years, teaching a wide variety of formats which I thoroughly love! I have been a Personal Trainer for nine years, and enjoy working with people from all walks of life with differing fitness levels, health conditions, and individual goals.
I have additional certifications in Yoga, Pilates, Body Pump, LeMond Cycling, BTSF Kickboxing, Turbo-Kick, BOSU, Resist-A-Ball, SilverSneakers I, II, II, and APEX BodyBugg. I also hold a 4th Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon-Do, a martial art in which I competed throughout Iowa and the Midwest, and taught classes for several years.
My passion as a Personal Trainer and Instructor is helping people of all ages gain confidence and feel better about themselves by achieving their fitness goals and improving their health through proper exercise and nutrition. I believe that “health” is a balance of the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of ourselves which are the cornerstones of the foundation for living a quality and fulfilling life.
My philosophy regarding living that quality and fulfilling life is to make our overall health and well-being not only a priority, but a lifestyle, and to enjoy the journey on the path to achieving our goals, whatever they may be.
I have a wonderful son who lives in Philadelphia, and two beautiful dogs. I love walking my dogs, and I enjoy the outdoors, traveling, music, reading, eating healthy, delicious food, hiking in the mountains and attending church.
Jolissa Ohrt
Education:
Graduated from Wartburg College with a B.S. in Psychology
University of Northern Iowa Master’s Degree in Health Promotion/Fitness Management
Experience:
ACSM Personal Training Certified – Apex Certified – 3 years personal training/ group fitness instructor
Interests:
Playing and coaching sports, being outdoors, cooking
Quote :
“Destiny is not a matter of chance, but a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved”
Quote :
“Whether you think you can or you whether you think you can’t, you’re right”
Kyle Petersen
Education:
BA Fitness Management – Wartburg College
APEX Certified
Interests:
Fitness, football, golf, poker
Training Philosophy:
The “why” is more important than the “what”. Anybody can blindly throw together a series of movements, sets, reps.
Gary Rowray
Experience, Education, and Training Beliefs:
Certified APEX Personal Trainer, Massage Therapist – Carlson College of Massage Therapy. Been training since 2002 (formerly Aspen Athletic Club), now the current ActivEdge location.
I enjoy personal training and the inspiration I get helping my clients through their good and bad times. My goal is to get you to progress from day 1 to your finish line, and be educated while you stay motivated. I will help you understand and organize your lifestyle, and help you achieve your goals as a lifelong event. I want to maximize the hour I have with you so that your other 23 hours in the day are best spent.
We will map out each day, week, and month to determine proper calorie intake vs. calorie burn through exercise/daily life. Through the time spent together I will closely monitor weight, body fat, measurements and chart your picture progress. This will help ensure that everyday we are doing the correct things. If you have a goal, I will be more than happy to work with you on making that goal an essential lifestyle change
Quote:
“The future depends on what we do in the present”
Amanda Rouse
Education:
ACSM-Certified Personal Trainer
APEX & BodyBugg Certified
Certified BODYPUMP Instructor
BA Fitness Management – Wartburg College 2008
- 2+ Years experience in Personal Training and Group Exercise
- 2 years experience competing in softball at the collegiate level
- Competed in 2008 DAC Sprint Triathlon, Denver CO
- Particpates in several local 5K races
I am passionate about health and fitness and love sharing my knowledge and expertise with various members of the community. If your fitness goals are to lose weight and look better in your clothes, I am the trainer for you. I will challenge and encourage you to meet your health and fitness goals whether you are an experienced exerciser or are just getting started!
Nathan Specht
Education: Wartburg – Fitness management - Been a personal trainer here at ActivEdge Fitness for over 2 years
Hobbies: Running marathons, coaching wrestling, boating, anything outdoors
Quote: So you wish to conquer in the Olympic games, my friend? And I too, by the Gods, and a fine thing it would be. But first mark the conditions and the consequences, and then set to work. You will have to put yourself under discipline; to eat by rule, to avoid cakes and sweetmeats; to take exercise at the appointed hour whether you like it or no, in cold and heat; to abstain from cold drinks and from wine at your will; in a word, to give yourself over to the trainer as to a physician. Then in the conflict itself you are likely enough to dislocate your wrist or twist your ankle, to swallow a great deal of dust, or to be severely thrashed, and, after all these things, to be defeated.
