Personal Training

The personal training program is a free service that employs CSUB students who are Certified Personal Trainers or Junior or Senior PEAK majors preparing to be certified.  The Trainers role is to create and organize a fitness program to match your personal health and exercise needs.  Services may include, testing and assessment, goal setting, monitored training, proper use of cardiovascular and weight equipment, technique and progression, and nutrition advice.

Please sign up at the fitness desk or call (661) 654-2730 for specific appointment times and contact information for the personal trainers.

 

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Personal Trainers

Sean

Major: English Major, Credential Emphasis  

Minor: History

Certifications: ACE, (American Council on Exercise) CPR/AED

Biography:
Sean is a Senior at CSUB and is planning to pursue an MA and a Doctorate in Modernist American Literature. He is a former Karate and MMA athlete, and has been working as a private personal trainer since February 2012.

Exercise Philosophy: 
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.” 
~ Hebrews 12:1, KJV

“If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.“
~ Hippocrates

 

Juan

Major: Biology  

Certifications: National Academy of Sports Medicine Personal Trainer American Red Cross CPR/AED Adult & Child, CPR Infant

Biography:
Juan is entering his Sophomore year at California State University, Bakersfield. Throughout his life, he has been involved in multiple sports, and has developed a passion for being physically active and helping others maintain their physical well-being. He plans on opening his own fitness facility to help develop and mentor young athletes, as well assist them in constructing a strong base as an individual to help unlock their full potential. He also wants to teach health and physical education in school.

Exercise Philosophy: 
“Your focus and persistency will determine the amount of success you encounter in life.” 
~ Michael Klinkenberg

“Keep learning, train hard, eat clean, and live happy.”
~ Juan

 

Georgia

 

Major: Physical Education/Kinesiology and Teaching Credential

Certifications: Personal Training - American Council On Exercise, Schwinn Cycle, American Red Cross CPR/AED/First Aid

Biography:
I am entering CSUB as a junior. Over the past 18 years, I have been a personal trainer and taught group exercise classes. I am very passionate about fitness and living a healthy lifestyle. With acquiring my degree and teaching credential, I want to continue inspiring and changing lives.

Exercise Philosophy: 
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” 
~ Gandhi

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Fitness Advisors

Leo

 

Major: Kinesiology, Exercise Science

Certifications: CPR, AED & First Aid

Biography:
Leo is currently a senior at CSUB. He is an undergraduate student in Physical Education and Kinesiology. After graduating, Leo plans to receive his Personal Training certificate from a reputable association and continue his education in a graduate program in Physical Therapy.

Exercise Philosophy: 
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” 
~ Socrates

“No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training…what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.”
~ Socrates

Leanne

 

Undergraduate Degree: Physical Education and Kinesiology (Kinesiology option)

Master Degree: Special Education (in process)

Certifications: CPR, AED & First Aid

Biography:
Leanne is currently in the second year of her Master's degree in Special Education. She completed her undergraduate degree in Physical Education and Kinesiology at CSUB. Leanne also played for the Women's Soccer team all four years. After completing her playing career, she was an Assistant Coach for the Women's team. Leanne recently completed the ACE Personal Training class and will be certified before the end of the year. Upon graduating with her Masters degree, Leanne plans to start her own business of coaching children with disabilities in multiple sports.

Exercise Philosophy: 
“It's not the disability that defines you; it's how you deal with the challenges the disability presents you with. We have an obligation to the abilities we DO have, not the disability.” 
~ Jim Abbott

“If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.”
~ Jesse Jackson

Tony

 

Major: Kinesiology, Exercise Science

Certifications: CPR, AED & First Aid

Biography:
Tony is currently a senior at CSUB. He is majoring in Physical Education and Kinesiology. Tony is a former Football Player and Wrestler. He is pursuing a Personal Training Certification from the American Council on Exercise. Upon graduation, Tony is planning on working as a Fire Fighter.

Exercise Philosophy: 
“Friends and loved ones will come and go, but 200 pounds will always be 200 pounds.”
~ Unknown
“I speak my mind. If it offends some people, well, there's not much I can do about that. But I'm going to be honest. I'm going to continue to speak my mind, and that's who I am.”
~ Jesse Ventura