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Fitness Coaches
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Tim Church
Tim Church has become a fitness icon in Charleston over the last 11 years. During the last decade, Tim has coached a variety of clientele, including celebrities and professional athletes. Tim shares his passion for health & fitness by speaking to local civic and business groups. Tim is active with Charleston area Toastmasters organization He has appeared on Fit on Fridays shown on channel 5, Ask the Expert with 1250 WTMA, and many other media and public awareness venues throughout the country.
Education and Certifications:
Tim is certified through the National Academy of Sports Medicine with the CPT and advanced flexibility specialist, FreeMotion Master Trainer, Body Balance for Golf Performance, Scientific Core Conditioning, and Precision Cycling.
Hobbies:
Golf
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Catherine Stephenson
Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana Catherine (lovingly nick-named "Coo") began her fitness career at the age of 15 by working at the front desk at Franco's Athletic Club. After High School she went to college on a tennis scholarship in North Carolina. Coo took a year off to go to Boulder, Colorado to spend time with her older sister who had just retired from professional cycling. While there she worked at Rally Sport Athletic Club and continued to teach spinning to world class athletes living in the area. Eventually she transferred to College of Charleston and was able to walk on to the C of C tennis team. She later graduated from C of C with a degree in Communications.
Catherine plans to continue spreading her passion for fitness to others by encouraging them to lead a healthy way of life and to help them learn more about fitness and how the body works. Eventually she would like to focus on adolescents and help them to build self-esteem at an early age.
Education and Certifications:
Communication Studies from the College of Charleston, NASM CPT, AFFA, Mad Dog Athletics (spinning), Group POWER.
Hobbies:
Running half marathons, hiking, kayaking, playing tennis, drinking good coffee and relaxing on Sundays.
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Brett Bracken
Brett grew up in the up-state of South Carolina in a small town called Honea Path. It's a very small town where everyone knows your name and your family.
During his 4 years at Charleston Southern University Brett was a member of the CSU track and field team where he was an indoor and outdoor all conference athlete and multi time letterman. In his spare time Brett started working on his Master's program in Health Exercise and Sports Science at The Citadel.
Fitness as a career came to him once Ihe developed an injury in college from running track and realized when college was over he could not go on running for a living, so he decided to help the next person achieve their goal. The fitness industry was also his way of staying close to what has been very important in his life and placing him one step closer to achieving his goals.
After college track and field was over he needed to find a sport that would satisfy his high-energy nature, so he tried cycling, swimming, Scottish games, and many other sports, but the one that he found the most challenging was beach volleyball. Brett plays about five competitive tournaments a year up and down the east coast and just about every weekend hecan be found out the Isle of Palms playing volleyball.
Education and Certifications:
Graduate of Charleston Southern University with a degree in Kinesiology, American College of Sports Medicine Health and Fitness Instructors Certification, studying for NASM CPT certification.
Hobbies:
Surfing, cycling, swimming, Scottish games, and sports in general to painting, reading, movies, and learning new stuff.
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Marietta Colberg-Hall
Marietta is a native of the Caribbean Island of Puerto Rico and has been involved in the fitness industry full-time since 1994. She has instructed a wide variety of classes including Functional Strength, Body Conditioning and Kickboxing and Group Indoor Cycling for over 8 years. She is master presenter for LeMond Fitness in South Carolina, Central and South America. Marietta also worked as a Group Exercise Coordinator, in charge of 150+ instructors in 6 major clubs in Seattle, WA. She also worked in Corporate Fitness with the Starbucks Company, and the Oncology Hospital for children in Tacoma, WA.
Her passion, energy and commitment to educating people about health and wellness are exemplary in the fitness industry. She enjoys presenting new concepts and ideas to a group, and defending a position with objectivity and determination.
Education and Certifications:
Graduated St. George Academy and earned a BA with a major in Human Resourses and minor in Marketing from Interamerican University, San Juan, P.R., NASM CPT certified, AFFA, ACE, LeMond Fitness Cycling, Keiser, Pilates Mat workout (Physical Mind Institute) and BTS Group Power.
Hobbies:
One of Marietta's favorites past times is sailing and racing Hobie Cat sail boats. She was president for the Puerto Rico Hobie Cat Assoc. for 4 years and was head coach for the P.R. Sailing team at the 1998 Central American Games.
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Jim Shields
Jim grew up in Wyoming, but after more than 20 years in South Carolina he is ALMOST used to Charleston's heat & humidity!
He is now a semi-retired consultant who works with the few remaining small specialty chemical companies to help them compete with large multi-national corporations.
Jim was a college wrestler & later served as team captain & trainer of one of Chicago's most successful corporate 10K teams. Competitive running, especially marathons, is no longer in the picture, but Jim can occasionally be spotted jogging with his dog on Headquarters Island. He is a long time student of the martial arts who teaches weekly classes in Aikido.
Education and Certifications:
Double major BS in Chemistry & Biology from Indiana University, NASM CPT, Mad Dogg Athletics (Spinning), Group POWER
Hobbies:
Outdoor sports, especially golf & beach bocce ball, current events, cooking & martial arts
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