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Three languages (Russian, Spanish, English) International level Russian figure skater (Youth) 4x National Medallist of Russia weightlifting Florida Weightlifting USAW top 7 2023 Nationals qualified USAW
Bachelors in Linguistics (in process) CPR / AED NASM in process
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Alex is a dedicated individual whose journey in the field of exercise science has been marked by resilience and a passion for helping others achieve their fitness goals. Graduating from Ball State University in 2023 with a Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in exercise science. This entailed a comprehensive range of subjects including human physiology, psychology, anatomy, personal training, biomechanics, and the business of exercise.
Alex also earned his NASM certification and NCCA accreditation, demonstrating a high level of expertise in the field. Furthermore, Alex’s dedication to safety and well-being is underscored by his CPR and AED certification, ensuring the utmost care for his clients.
Alex has been working out in the gym since 2016 and made significant strength and muscle gains each year since then. Alex’s journey towards becoming a fitness expert took a significant turn in 2021 when a life-altering event occurred. After breaking his back, Alex found himself bedridden for several months. This experience became a catalyst for a profound transformation in his approach to health and fitness. It was during this challenging period that Alex honed his understanding of rehabilitation and the importance of a holistic approach to well-being.
Following his recovery, Alex’s determination to regain his physical strength and mobility fueled a renewed commitment to fitness. This personal experience ignited a desire to share their knowledge and passion with others. Leveraging social media and his connections at college, Alex ventured into freelance personal training, reaching out to a diverse clientele with varying fitness objectives.
With a unique blend of academic knowledge, professional certifications, personal triumph over adversity, and a genuine desire to assist others in their fitness journeys, Alex has made a lasting impact on the lives of many. Through his guidance and support, clients have achieved better and healthier physiques, marking Alex as a true asset to the world of exercise science and personal training.
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Alex is a dedicated individual whose journey in the field of exercise science has been marked by resilience and a passion for helping others achieve their fitness goals. Graduating from Ball State University in 2023 with a Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in exercise science. This entailed a comprehensive range of subjects including human physiology, psychology, anatomy, personal training, biomechanics, and the business of exercise.
Alex also earned his NASM certification and NCCA accreditation, demonstrating a high level of expertise in the field. Furthermore, Alex’s dedication to safety and well-being is underscored by his CPR and AED certification, ensuring the utmost care for his clients.
Alex has been working out in the gym since 2016 and made significant strength and muscle gains each year since then. Alex’s journey towards becoming a fitness expert took a significant turn in 2021 when a life-altering event occurred. After breaking his back, Alex found himself bedridden for several months. This experience became a catalyst for a profound transformation in his approach to health and fitness. It was during this challenging period that Alex honed his understanding of rehabilitation and the importance of a holistic approach to well-being.
Following his recovery, Alex’s determination to regain his physical strength and mobility fueled a renewed commitment to fitness. This personal experience ignited a desire to share their knowledge and passion with others. Leveraging social media and his connections at college, Alex ventured into freelance personal training, reaching out to a diverse clientele with varying fitness objectives.
With a unique blend of academic knowledge, professional certifications, personal triumph over adversity, and a genuine desire to assist others in their fitness journeys, Alex has made a lasting impact on the lives of many. Through his guidance and support, clients have achieved better and healthier physiques, marking Alex as a true asset to the world of exercise science and personal training.
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NASM Certified Personal Trainer
ASFA Certified Personal Trainer
Fitness Nutrition Specialist
Senior Exercise Specialist
Youth Exercise Specialist
USA Gymnastics Certified
CPR Certified
Posing Coach
Competition Prep & Lifestyle Client Coaching.
3 Regional Shows – Two Overall Wins
4 National Shows – IFBB Pro Card Win
8 IFBB Pro Shows – Top 4 & Top 10
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Sean brings dedication, passion, and expertise to his training. Hailing from the great northern state of Michigan, he is ready to take on clients of all ages and abilities to help them reach their fitness and health goals. As a father of three daughters, Sean maintains a busy lifestyle with a work hard/play hard mindset. He is no stranger to adversity and overcoming challenges, as he became profoundly deaf at the age of 16-months. His first language was American Sign Language and in 2014, he received his first set of cochlear implants at the University of Michigan to allow him to hear and communicate even better. Sean views all clients individually and customizes programs for their personal abilities. Despite his own challenges, Sean pushes himself and his clients to be the best versions of themselves.
Sean’s fitness career began at Grand Valley State University, where he worked as a weight-room attendant at the student recreation center. He graduated in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology Pedagogy (physical education). Sean’s love for sports and fitness led him to becoming a personal trainer in 2011 at Snap Fitness in Howell, MI. That same year, he became a certified personal trainer through NASM. In 2012, Sean and another trainer from Snap Fitness partnered to open MI Fitness in Brighton, MI. Sean managed the training program at MI Fitness from 2012- April 2019. During these years, he began a side hobby of videography to create marketing material for social media and a video training library. In May 2019, Sean formed his own fitness brand, Sean Rhinard Fitness, which offered customized personal training, group training, online training, and apparel. He operated out of the Michigan Institute of Athletics and The Training Room in Brighton, MI until his move to Sarasota in October, 2019. Sean looks forward to building new relationships with the SRQ team and its members.
• Bachelors Degree in Kinesiology
• CPR / AED Certified
• NASM Certified
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Sean brings dedication, passion, and expertise to his training. Hailing from the great northern state of Michigan, he is ready to take on clients of all ages and abilities to help them reach their fitness and health goals. As a father of three daughters, Sean maintains a busy lifestyle with a work hard/play hard mindset. He is no stranger to adversity and overcoming challenges, as he became profoundly deaf at the age of 16-months. His first language was American Sign Language and in 2014, he received his first set of cochlear implants at the University of Michigan to allow him to hear and communicate even better. Sean views all clients individually and customizes programs for their personal abilities. Despite his own challenges, Sean pushes himself and his clients to be the best versions of themselves.
Sean’s fitness career began at Grand Valley State University, where he worked as a weight-room attendant at the student recreation center. He graduated in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology Pedagogy (physical education). Sean’s love for sports and fitness led him to becoming a personal trainer in 2011 at Snap Fitness in Howell, MI. That same year, he became a certified personal trainer through NASM. In 2012, Sean and another trainer from Snap Fitness partnered to open MI Fitness in Brighton, MI. Sean managed the training program at MI Fitness from 2012- April 2019. During these years, he began a side hobby of videography to create marketing material for social media and a video training library. In May 2019, Sean formed his own fitness brand, Sean Rhinard Fitness, which offered customized personal training, group training, online training, and apparel. He operated out of the Michigan Institute of Athletics and The Training Room in Brighton, MI until his move to Sarasota in October, 2019. Sean looks forward to building new relationships with the SRQ team and its members.
• Bachelors Degree in Kinesiology
• CPR / AED Certified
• NASM Certified
HIIT Training Specialist
Paul was born in Maryland, but joined the U.S. Air Force at 18 and was afforded the opportunity to live and travel all over the world. Paul, whose had a life-long love of martial arts, begin training with a boxing coach in 2004 in an effort to get in optimal physical condition for his first deployment to Afghanistan. He was inspired by the mental and physical benefits he experienced and started boxing clubs at various bases across the world to help soldiers alleviate some of the stress inherent with being deployed to combat zones. After his enlistment in the military, Paul moved to Florida and began investing more time and effort into his martial arts training and competition, and eventually began teaching. Paul has found the combination of martial arts and yoga to be the most effective tools for optimizing the mind, body, and soul. He recently made the full-time transition to pursuing his dream of helping as many people as possible improve their mental and physical health through the practice of martial arts and yoga, as well as to compete professionally in multiple combat sports.
Paul is an active fighter whose been competing in various martial arts since 2007. He has over 10 fights across multiple combat sports including boxing, kickboxing, MMA, and muay thai. Paul is a Striking Specialist and Yin Yoga Instructor with prior experience as a personal trainer, CrossFit Level 1 Certified Instructor, and Mixed Martial Arts coach. He’s also taught multiple Kid’s Anti-Bullying and Women’s Self-Defense Seminars.
• Certified Yin Yoga Instructor
• Striking Specialist
• Certified Ninja
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Paul is from Arlington Heights, IL (Chicagoland) and has lived and practiced throughout the midwest, west, and Florida. He was an average high school sprinter/jumper and football player but fell in love with sports, training, and human performance. He attended Illinois State University where he played club rugby while earning his BS in biological sciences. His passion for coaching lead him to success as a high school science teacher and track and cross country coach. Paul earned his master of arts degree in health & physical education from Adams State University, and went from there back to teaching and eventually full-time coaching and consulting.
Following a golden opportunity to be a personal trainer in Chicagoland in 2006 Paul moved to Florida in 2016 where he began to build his personal and sports performance coaching business.
As an athlete, coach, and trainer, Paul’s domain is about self-care, discipline, and results. As your personal Gym SRQ trainer, Paul sees his role as being about up-to-date education, professional service, and positive and empowering relationships.
Paul has almost three decades of high quality experience as a sports coach, strength & conditioning specialist, and personal trainer.
As a sports coach he has coached many outstanding teams, and over 1000 athletes, with several to state and NCAA national medals, including champions, and a Olympic Trials qualifier.
As a competitor Paul has run seven marathons, raced in countless running and cycling races and triathlons, and stood on two national and one international weightlifting podiums.
As a trainer Paul has positively influenced all of his clients from a super-diverse clientele, while helping to truly transform several of his client’s entire lives.
• Bachelor of Science – biological sciences.
• Master of Arts – health & physical education with emphasis in coaching.
• ISSA Certified Personal Trainer.
• ISSA Certified Nutritionist.
• USA Track & Field Level 2/4 in Sprints and Throws.
• USA Weightlifting Level 1/4 Coach.
• 2X Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
• PowerPlate certified instructor.
• CPR/AED certified
Training Specialist
Max Specializes in a functional style of training that anyone can benefit from by establishing baseline, building a foundation and following a clear and logical progression built on continual improvement and development of proprioception, strength, balance, stability, coordination and flexibility by utilizing fundamental exercises that are supportive to our physiology that apply to sport and every day life which improve one’s body function, figure and long term well being.
Max has had a incredible passion for fitness, athletics and movement arts since embarking on his own journey exploring many different styles of training from weightlifting to gymnastics and ninja warrior over the last ten years and has spent the last couple of years working with a wide variety of people from training seniors to moms and dads to coaching youth gymnastics and ninja warrior.Through his experience with his own injuries and dysfunctions as well as those of many of his clients and students has helped him develop a unique perspective to training and an understanding of how adaptable and capable the body can be and that exceptional results are accessible to everyone regardless of age background or skill level by placing an emphasis on form and building a foundation of basic strength, flexibility and motor control in essential body movement patterns.
• NASM Certified personal trainer • Integrated Core Training
• Integrated Balance Training
• Integrated Resistance Training
• Integrated Neuromuscular Stretching
• Cardio Respiratory Training for Sports Performance
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Hunter was born and raised in Venice, Florida. In 2017, he started college at University of South Florida, and there. he found his true passion of health and fitness, becoming a personal trainer and group fitness instructor through the university’s prep courses. He worked at USF’s Recreation and Wellness Center until he graduated in December 2021 with a Bachelors in Health Sciences. He moved back to Venice and soon after found his new home at GYM SRQ.
Hunter was first exposed to fitness while he was in high school, and it slowly grew to be his purpose in life. He holds a Bachelors degree in Health Science with a Minor in Nutrition. He is a certified personal trainer and group fitness through ACE and hold a TRX certification.
• B.S. in Health Sciences
• ACE Certified Personal Trainer
• ACE Certified Group Fitness Instructor
• TRX Suspension Course Certificate
• American Red Cross CPR/AED certified
Training Specialist
In more than 20 years, Don has worked with clients of different ages and shapes.
The one thing that remains constant in his training is his philosophy. He believes in a holistic and balanced approach encompassing basics like lifestyle change, even standing and sitting postures. Instead of emphasizing on weight loss, he focuses on body composition: lean muscle to body fat ratio. Don believes that without such attention to the basics, one is prone to hitting a plateau or even worse, getting injured.
Don has competed extensively as a bodybuilder all over Asia. Since arriving in the U.S. in 2006 he has won numerous competitions:
• 1st Place, Men’s Open Bodybuilding Bantamweight, 2007 Space Coast Bodybuilding & Figure Championships;
• 1st Place, Men’s Open Bodybuilding Bantamweight, 2007 NPC Florida State Bodybuilding & Figure Championships;
• 1st Place, Men’s Open Bodybuilding Bantamweight, 2014 Tampa Pro Tim Gardner Extravaganza;
• 1st Place, Men’s Open Bodybuilding Bantamweight, 2016 Dexter Jackson Classic.
National Association of Sports Medicine – 1995
Training Specialist
Chloe Delisle was born and raised in Sarasota, Florida. A teacher at heart, Chloe is respectful while encouraging others around her to thrive. Chloe prides herself on making others feel comfortable with new tasks and achieving goals at their own pace. She was exposed to the gym life at an early age, as her father owns and operates multiple successful gyms in the South Florida area. With her father’s influence, Chloe has been dreaming of becoming a NASM CPT since she was a little girl and has achieved her goal. Chloe’s youthful exuberance and dedication to fitness is exemplified through her relationships with clients and the care she puts into each aspect of her job. With her friendly and approachable attitude, Chloe is always willing to share her knowledge.
CrossFit Level 1 Certification
Training Specialist
CrossFit Level 1 Certification
Front Desk Concierge
A lifelong technologist, I discovered CrossFit when I realized I needed to step away from the computer and get in shape. Little did I know the impact it would have on my life, both physically and mentally. Now I love sharing in the journey with others, whether it’s coaching or throwing down in a WOD together.
CrossFit Level 1 Trainer
Managing Partner / Training Specialist
Sohni (Saw-nee) Epp is one of GYM SRQ’s owners and offers Sarasota a full assortment of services! From assisted stretching, strength training and positive energy, her goal is to ensure you leave the club feeling a sense of accomplishment and see results to follow! She motivates clients through self- empowerment and making small changes each day. With an emphasis on proper body mechanics, she is laser-focused to help you attain your goals!
Benefits of working with Sohni include but are not limited to the following: form corrections and perfection, safety, progression, stretching and recovery advice, emotional support and nutritional guidance.
Favorite lesson learned: Balance has a direct correlation to strength. The stronger you are, the better balance you have! This can be applied both mentally and physically. Sohni can help you to build and find your balance inside and out!
• Certified Personal Trainer
• Medical Exercise Specialist
• Sports Medicine Trainer
• Special Population Specialist
• Advanced Stretching Specialist • Prescriptive Stretching Specialist • Corrective Exercise Specialist
• Sports Nutrition Specialist
• CPR/AED Certified