About Shawn
I quit smoking when I was 36 years old. I gained weight, quite a bit. Lost it with the help of Weight Watchers (now known as WW). Then decided to start walking, which slowly evolved into running. I was 39 when I started running. Wanting more information on keeping myself healthy, I enrolled at our local community college for a class; “Exercise Science I”. I really enjoyed it and kept taking more classes. Little did I know I was in a program to receive a “FIT Certificate”, which I later discovered readied you to take an exam to become a certified personal trainer. That was not my initial intent! I mean, seriously who wants to hire a 40-year-old trainer with zero sports background? Well anyway, long story short, I took the exam, passed and was on my way to changing my career from a desk job to a personal trainer. After about a year I was able to quit my full-time desk job and work as a trainer. That was 16 years ago and I have never looked back.
Training a wide diversity of clients is my passion, where I get absolute joy. Ranging from 19 to 95, my clients have a range of goals: keeping up with grandchildren to getting ready for a reunion, readying yourself to walk thru Spain or simply wanting to have accountability and fun while exercising. No goal is too small. My certifications include:
I work with stroke clients, Parkinson’s clients, bariatric clients, rehabbing clients, dementia clients, MS clients and many more. Most just looking to stay healthy, get as fit as they can be.
I offer multiple options for your training and your program will always be personalized to you. I really like functional fitness rather than putting people on machines, because it helps us with our daily activities like reaching something off the shelf, getting up off the toilet, taking dogs for walks and keeping up with your grandchildren. I also use high intensity interval training (HIIT) among other options. I love working on balance, strength and posture to help you be the best you can be an have the best quality of life. Together we will create a plan that works best for you.
Feel free to reach out to me, we can discuss your goals and see what you are looking for.
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testimonials
“Shawn takes the dread out of exercising. She is knowledgeable, welcoming, encouraging, and a ton of fun to work with. She changed my mindset about exercise and thus changed my life. That’s huge.”
“I have known Shawn for almost 13 years. She inspires me each and every day. Shawn motivates me, educates me and modifies all of my workouts to fit what I need most that week. I read her book, “Running with Walt” cover to cover in just two days. She is a unique trainer who understands what it means to start getting healthy at any age because she did it herself! I look forward to our sessions as I know each one gets me a step closer to better health. I highly recommend Shawn!”
“Ok… to be honest, we don’t love working out. And when we get in the car to drive to our appointment with Shawn, we say often, “this is why we have an appointment, LOL!” But, we want to be healthier and having Shawn train us, motivate us and create custom weekly strength training workouts is the best! During our joint training sessions we laugh, talk, sweat, and do the workouts we wouldn’t be doing on our own. We may complain a little each time but come back every week because we love Shawn and how we feel afterwards. Shawn is so smart with so much experience and always knows how to customize & improvise our workouts with custom weight amounts and if one of us has a sore shoulder, knee, etc.”
