I specialize in losing weight, improving balance, and gaining strength and mobility in all areas of the body. I am dedicated to making every workout a client-oriented and up-lifting experience. By working out in a supportive and non-intimidating atmosphere my clients are able to make continuous progress and achieve their goals.

Everybody in your family can benefit from practicing fitness. Having your whole family improving their fitness and supporting each other on the way to better health will be our ultimate goal. Schedule your workout session, and make your First Step to Fitness now.

Seniors and new moms get $5 off

ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist

A.A.S. in Personal Fitness Training

M.S. in the Field of Biology

Objectives

To help you to reach your goals in fitness

Education

Professional Fitness Training Program, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR, 2007-2009

Relevant Curriculum: Anatomy and Physiology, Psychology

Pre-Nursing Curriculum, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR, 2005-2007

Relevant Curriculum: Anatomy and Physiology, Psychology

Vinnitsa State Agrarian University, Vinnitsa, Ukraine 1999-2004

Relevant Curriculum: Sciences and Workplace Safety

Experience

Adaptive Recreation, City of Eugene Recreational Program, Eugene, 03/09 – Present

Performed one on one training sessions and group classes for individuals with limited mental and physical abilities

Therapeutic Exercise Center, Lane Community College, Eugene, 09/07–06/09. Internship

Worked with teenagers, middle-aged and older adults implementing and developing exercise programs. Specialized in losing weight, improving balance, and gaining strength and mobility in all areas of the body. With my training, my last client with arthritis improved her flexibility by 60% and lost 12 pounds of fat in 2 months of training.

Fitness Education Center, Lane Community College, Eugene, 09/07–03/09. Internship

Conducted fitness assessments, personal training and small group classes, equipment orientation, and customer service.

Skills

Performed fitness assessment techniques for flexibility, muscular strength, cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular endurance, and developed appropriate exercise prescriptions

Have 200+ hours of personal training experience

Worked with population recovering from heart attacks, strokes, cancer, car accidents, shoulder injuries, hip, ankle and knee replacement; also worked with populations that have arthritis, high blood pressure, Down’s syndrome, Retts, autism, MS, fibromyalgia and cerebral palsy

Fluent in Russian and Ukrainian languages

Professional Organizations/Extraculiculum activities

Member of ACSM and AFFA

Safe Return Personal Training, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 2008

Transitioning individuals from physical therapy environment to a conventional gym.

Come Back to The Body Workshop, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR, 2009

Learning to enhance sensory perception

ACSM Northwest Conference, Seattle, WA, 2009

AFFA Teaching Yoga Workshop, Vancouver, WA, 2009

Utilizing Functional Principles to Improve Your Workout Workshop, Eugene, OR, 2009

Management in Perspective, Fundamentals of Business Management, E-Learning, 2009

Volunteer Experience

Adaptive Recreation, Eugene, OR (2,5 months)

Volunteers in Medicine Clinic, Eugene, OR (50+hours)