After a 30-year career as a Marketing and Sales Professional with a lifelong interest in fitness, I am now pursuing my passion full-time to help others improve their health and live happier, more active lives.
I have been an American Council on Exercise (ACE) personal trainer for 22 years and an ACE-certified Health Coach for 6 years. I’m newly certified as an ACE Group Fitness Instructor. In 2003-2004(when there were still VHS tapes!), I created the Exercise With Mommy video series (Back in Shape With Baby and Energize & Exercise With Your Preschooler) in my spare time. Years later, I partnered with Dr. Sheila Devanesan, Obstetrician-Gynecologist, to design an obesity prevention program for pregnant women. This program received grant funding and became Fit4AllMoms at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital.
Focused Fitness Solutions is the perfect business name to sum up the types of programs that I like to design for individuals and communities. From targeted programs to help women going through menopause lose weight to guiding pregnant and new moms to exercise safely, and bringing functional fitness programs to older individuals, each population requires reviewing research, understanding recommended guidelines, and deep knowledge of effective program design and behavior change.
Beyond the “science” comes real life! I was a full-time working, single mom so I had lots of practice figuring out ways to stay fit while raising my son. Creating convenient and affordable ways for people of all incomes and backgrounds to maintain a fitness routine, eat healthy, and build a community is the goal of everything I create.
While some of the programs offered by Focused Fitness Solution cost money, hosting classes and developing online content to help those who may not have the resources to focus on improving their physical and mental health is important to me.
Stay tuned for more to come as “Exercise in Faith” grows to bring fitness resources into underserved communities and to our young adults who need uplifting opportunities for joy and positive connection!