Downtown Fitness Club Staff and Instructor Bios


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The Downtown Fitness Club Staff and Instructor Biographies

	Instructors	Personal Trainers
	Cathleen Bush Steve Gilden Tara Palmer Heidi Aberi Summer Torrence David Contestato Tom Somerville Rick Robbins Shelley Contento John R. Wagner Jeffery Young, RYT	Ray Cali Megan Cormack Brian Quinn Dan Lewis 'aka' Sgt. Dan

Instructors

	Cathleen Bush Cathleen is our Pilates instructor at the DFC. She holds a current certification in Pilates Mat through the Pilates Center of Rochester Group. Cathleen has six years teaching experience in group fitness and dance, along with 14 years personal experience with dance and body therapies. She also works as a Registered Nurse in Labor and Delivery at Unity Hospital and is currently working to become a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Cathleen believes that life cannot be fully lived without attention to health and wellness and exemplifies this with her students at each class.
	Amanda Wirth
	Kim Hutchings
	Heidi Aberi Heidi Aberi teaches Turbokick, Turbocamp, AB Lab & Butt Busters at the DFC.
	John H
	Michelle Karch
	Tom Somerville Tom teaches Yoga Flow, Pilates on the Ball, Functional Training and Chakra Meditation at the DFC
	Rick Robbins Rick is our Turbopump instructor at the DFC. He is certified in Reebok Body Pump as well as Spinning and, in addition to being with the DFC since our beginning, has been leading fitness classes for 6 years at the U of R, Midtown Athletic Club and the JCC . Rick says, “The satisfaction from a great workout is like polishing off a bag of Chips Ahoy (without the guilt!). Fitness should be fun! See ya in class..." Rick also has some of the best music you’ll ever hear!
	Alison Lovett
	John Wagner John R. Wagner, Jr. is certified by Grand Master William C.C. Chen to teach T’ai Chi. John teaches Master Chen’s short form, sword, push hands and Qigong 18 healing therapies at the Rochester T’ai Chi Ch’uan Center where he is the treasurer. T’ai Chi is an ancient Chinese martial art and is practiced mainly for health and fitness. Other benefits are improved balance and reduced stress. His martial arts experience began with the University of Notre Dame fencing team becoming co captain in his senior year. He started to learn T’ai Chi in 1995 and has been teaching since 1999.
	Jodi Johnson

Personal Trainers

	Ray Cali 23 years experience - B.S. in Physical Education from Cortland State and a M.A. from Brockport State - Certified Personal Fitness Trainer and a Certification Specialist through American Fitness Association of America - Personal Fitness Trainer Certification workshop presenter for AFAA - Certified Physical Best Health-Fitness Specialist with AAHPERD - Has his permanent NYS Teaching Certificate in Physical Education and Mathematics and is a teacher with the Rochester City School District
	Megan Cormack 6 years experience - B.S. in Physical Education in Exercise Physiology from SUNY Brockport - Certified Personal Trainer through American Fitness Association of America(AFAA) - Certified Aqua Fitness instructor through AFAA and teaches Aqua Fit at the DFC - Team captain of the gymnastics team and the Most Outstanding Athlete Award for the swimming and diving team
	Brian Quinn 2 years experience - Founder and Creator or Every Day in May fitness challenge; www.everydayinmay.com - Certified Personal Trainer through American Fitness Association of America(AFAA) - Certified Aqua Fitness instructor through AFAA and teaches Aqua Fit at the DFC - Certified BOSU instructor through AFAA and teaches BOSU Circuit at the DFC
	Dan Lewis 10 years experience - Certified personal trainer through the American Council on Exercise - Group Fitness Instructor through the American Council on Exercise - Previously worked at the Sweat Shop in Albany, NY as an instructor for 7 years and a personal trainer for 3 years