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Personal Trainers

The Weight Club has a number of certified personal trainers available to help members attain their goals. Look through the following list of trainers to find one that you think will help you in your quest for personal fitness, and then come to the front desk at The Weight Club to set up a personal session with your trainer and meet them in person! Trainers are listed in alphabetcal order by last name.

 
Don Belote
Trainer: Don Belote
Certifications
  • ISSA - International Sports Sciences Association
  • Certified Personal Trainer
  • Specialist in Performance Nutrition
Education
  • B.S. in Biology with emphasis in Microbiology from Virginia Tech
  • Minor emphasis in Chemistry and Sociology
Areas of Expertise
  • Strength training Performance training
  • General Nutrition and Supplementation
  • Clinical Laboratory - 20 years
  • Works with all ages
  • Post injury recovery
  • Increase quality of life training
Experience
  • 20 Years
Accomplishments
  • Member - NCA - National (Laboratory Personnel)
  • Clinical Laboratory Scientist
  • Founder and Teacher of The Optimal Weight Management Class
 
Laura Davis
Certifications
  • International Sports Science Association
Education
  • International Sports Science
  • Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education
  • Specialization in Special Education
Areas of Expertise
  • All levels of fitness
  • Women’s Health
  • Nutritional Health
  • Weight Loss and Toning
  • Strengthening and conditioning
  • Sports Performance
 
Frank Galya
Certifications
  • NCSF Certified Personal Trainer.
  • ISSA Specialist in Performance Nutrition.
  • HKC Hardstyle Kettlebell Instructor certification
Education
  • B.S. Civil Engineering, VA Tech 2002
Areas of Expertise
  • General fitness and weight loss
  • Strength and Conditioning
  • kettlebell instruction
Experience
  • 30 years experience with weight training and general physical conditioning.
Accomplishments
  • Former competitive drug free powerlifter.
Contact Email: fgalya@vt.edu
540.494.9243
 
Laura Hines
Certifications
  • NSCA - Certified Personal Trainer
  • Les Mills BODYSTEP™
Education
  • B.S., Exercise, Sport, Health and Education, Radford University
  • M.S., Ed. Health and Physical Education, Virginia Tech
Areas of Expertise
  • General fitness
  • Circuit Training
  • Sport specific training
  • Speed and Agility
  • Olympic and Power Lifts
Experience
  • Personal Trainer since 2010
  • Graduate Assistant with Virginia Tech Strength and Conditioning
  • Strength and Conditioning Coordinator for Blacksburg Youth Girl's Soccer Club
  • Ran track at James Madison University
  • LesMills BODYSTEP™ instructor since 2010
Contact Phone: 540-333-0343
Email: hineslm@vt.edu

Not being an athlete doesn't mean you can't train like one. The physical demands placed on athletes require strength, flexibility, endurance, speed, balance, body awareness and coordination. By training like an athlete you will challenge your physical limits and discover what you are capable of. Whether you want to compete with professional athletes or just look like one, athletic based training is a great way to go.

 
DeWayne Moore
Certifications
  • National Academy of Sports Medicine Certified Personal Trainer
  • NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist
Areas of Expertise DeWayne Moore has been a personal trainer for three years, and during that time he has worked with dozens of clients at three fitness centers in Blacksburg,VA and Cary, NC. He is certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine and has a specialization in corrective exercise. His focus is functional movement, which assesses a person’s kinetic patterns and determines muscle imbalances which could potentially lead to injury. DeWayne designs workout regimes to correct those problems and to increase functionality not only for fitness, but for everyday activities as well. Once functional equilibrium is established, he guides clients through performance training designed to teach them how to use their muscles more efficiently, gaining the greatest possible response and benefit from their time spent in the weight room. These abilities are invaluable for all training focuses—from weight loss to sports—and a certified personal trainer such as DeWayne is capable of maximizing a client’s potential for growth and learning.
Experience
  • Personal trainer since 2005
  • Corrective Exercise Specialist since 2008
  • VT Recreational Sports Personal Training Supervisor since 2008
  • Cycle instructor since 2009
Contact Phone: 757.209.4571
Email: dmo23@vt.edu
 
Jake Parks
Certifications
  • ACE certified Personal Trainer
  • ACSM certified Personal Trainer
  • CPR and First Aid via the American Red Cross
Education
  • Exercise and Health Promotion, Virginia Tech, 2009
Areas of Expertise
  • Special Populations
  • Preventive and Therapeutic Exercise
  • Nutrition Consultation
  • Weight Management
  • Strength Training
Experience
  • Personal Trainer 2006-Present
  • 3 Clinical Internships in Rehabilitative Medicine
  • Instructional experience in wrestling
  • Member ACSM 2008-Present
Accomplishments
  • 2008 NGA World Bodybuilding Championships – 3rd men's middleweight
  • 2002 Trigon Bay Bridge Marathon Division Winner
  • 2001 Richmond Marathon 8th in Division
Contact Email: jake@jacobparks.com
Website: http://www.jacobparks.com
 
Essie Shure
Certifications
  • NSCA (National Strength and Conditioning Association) - Certified Personal Trainer
  • NESTA (National Exercise and Sports Trainers Association) - Certified Nutrition Coach
  • JOHNNY G SPINNING - Certified Spinning Instructor
  • AMERICAN RED CROSS CPR/AED CERTIFIED
Areas of Expertise
  • Strength Training/Body Toning
  • Sports Specific Performance Training
  • Nutrition Coaching
  • Various Class Instructing
  • Spinning Instructor
  • Hip-Hop-Cardio Instructing
Experience
  • Certified Personal Trainer, 2003 - Present
  • Nutrition Coach, 2004 - Present
  • Spinning Instructor, 2002 - Present
  • Various Class Instructor, 2001 - Present
  • Coaching Experience - soccer, track, cross-country
Accomplishments
  • Authored and modeled for various health and fitness articles in: 'WOMEN'S HEALTH', 'NIKE', 'ADIDAS', 'MIZUNO',
    'COOLMAX', 'REVGEAR', 'GOLD'S GYM', 'INMAG'.
  • Appeared in various fitness commercials and exercise videos.
  • Hip-Hop Fly-Girl on FOX's 'THE NFL SHOW', 2002-2003.
  • SOCCER scholarship, College Of Lake County.
 
Vaughn Twigger
Certifications
  • ACE - Personal Trainer
Areas of Expertise
  • Body Building
  • Sport specific strength and conditioning
  • Weight loss
Experience
  • 2004-Present
Accomplishments
  • Natural Body Building for 2 years
  • 2005 INBF Weight Club Show 1st Place Men's
  • 2004 Virginia Tech Body Building Competition 1st Place
  • 2005 Muscle Mania Junior Body Building Competition 1st Place
  • 2005 Placed in top three in five Nationally recognized Body Building Competitions
  • Played for a professional soccer team in England
  • Won Numerous Track and Field Awards in High School
 
Kurt Weidner
Certifications
  • ISSA Certified Personal Trainer, SPN, FT
Education
  • SUNY Geneseo
Areas of Expertise
  • Body Building
  • Sport specific strength and conditioning
  • General Conditioning
  • Nutrition
Experience
  • 2003-Present
Contact email:kurt_weidner@yahoo.com
phone:(540)558-8575
website: http://www.kurtweidner.net

Certified Personal Trainer

1 session - $45.00
5 sessions - $200.00
10 sessions $350.00
20 sessions - $680.00

Those who choose to set up "on account" will be changed $35.00 per session.

(A session is one hour long and can be split into two half an hour sessions also)

All members with at least a month of membership are entitled to two Orientation sessions. These sessions are are very general in nature and meant to ensure you're getting the most out of your membership by having one of our staff take you through a workout covering a wide range of the equipment and facilities that The Weight Club has to offer. Please see the front desk about scheduling an Orientation session.