personal training
Our team of personal trainers are dedicated to helping you achieve success. Personal training is a comprehensive approach to fitness that goes beyond generic workouts. It involves tailored programming, expert coaching, motivation, and consistency to help individuals achieve their specific health and fitness goals. Whether you’re an athlete aiming for peak performance, someone on a weight loss journey, or recovering from an injury, personal training provides the personalized support needed to reach and surpass your fitness aspirations.
Key components of personal training
Goal-Oriented Programming
Our trainers create customized workout plans based on your specific goals. Whether you are aiming to enhance athletic performance, shed pounds, recover from an injury, or maintain general health, our training programs are designed to align with your specific objectives.
Experienced Coaching
Our trainers bring expertise and knowledge to guide our members through exercises with proper form and technique. Their experience allows them to adapt workouts to suit any individual’s fitness level, ensuring both safety and effectiveness.
Motivational Support
Achieving fitness goals requires motivation, and our trainers play a crucial role in keeping you inspired throughout your fitness journey. Whether through encouragement, tracking progress, or providing positive reinforcement, our trainers help maintain motivation.
Consistency
The importance of regular, consistent exercise is one of the most important parts of anyone’s fitness journey. Our trainers work with you to establish manageable schedules, ensuring that workouts become a sustainable part of your daily routine.
Adaptability
Our trainers adjust programming as needed, considering changes in fitness levels, preferences, or any challenges or injuries faced by the individual. This adaptability ensures that the training remains effective and enjoyable, no matter what level you are starting from!
Fitness Director
Amy Zaferacopoulos
BS Exercise Science,
NASM CPT,
Precision Nutrition Level 1,
RYS 200-hour Yoga Alliance Yoga Teacher
As a fitness professional and personal trainer, Amy loves to share her passion, knowledge, and experience of health and fitness with everyone around her. She strives to provide clients with the knowledge and skills to lead a healthy lifestyle through safe and effective exercise, smart sustainable nutrition, and sensible lifestyle choices that include all areas of health and wellness.
Our Trainers
ARIEL CASSO
NASM CPT,
CrossFit Level 2,
Precision Nutrition Level 1,
Physical Therapy Assistant
Ariel is a dedicated fitness professional with a passion for empowering individuals to live their healthiest and most functional lives. With a diverse background in personal training, CrossFit, and physical therapy, Ariel brings a unique blend of expertise to the table, making a profound impact on the lives of those she works with.
Lucas Abreu
CPT
Lucas is a dedicated personal trainer, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blue belt, and physical therapy student. With 8 years of lifting experience and 3 years of coaching, he specializes in working with athletes and individuals from various backgrounds.
Chris Barnes
AFSA-CPT
Chris is an ASFA-certified personal trainer. Chris enjoys training athletes and those who may be first returning to the gym from injury. He works part-time in the on-site physical therapy clinic as a PT Aide, making him a great trainer for those who have just finished rehab. Chris is a full-time student at Umass Lowell working toward a bachelor's degree in clinical Exercise Science before going to physical therapy school.
Gabriella Grimes
NASM CPT,
BS Exercise Science,
Precision Nutrition Level 1,
NASM Nutrition
Gabriella has a bachelor's degree in Exercise Science from Merrimack College. She is a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and NASM certified Nutrition Coach.
Matt Saporito
NASM CPT
Matt is a dedicated and highly motivated Certified Personal Trainer with a passion for helping individuals achieve their health and fitness goals. Matt has been interested in and practicing resistance training since he was 15 years old, having trained friends, family, and a handful of clients through his fitness journey.
Reesee Burrus
GROUP FITNESS INSTRUCTOR,
PERSONAL TRAINER
As a NASM CPT and Corrective Exercise Specialist, Reesee enjoys working with people to help achieve their fitness goals. Whether singing while instructing a Group Fitness class or doing functional integrated training with her clients, she loves to keep people moving while making it fun!
Bob Garvin
MASTER PERSONAL TRAINER
Bob has been working as a Master Personal Trainer at the club for the past 13 years. He is also an educator (CEU provider) for the National Academy of Sports Medicine and hosts the Health & Fitness Podcast "Body Talk" which features interviews with health professionals worldwide.
ANDREA WEGNER
PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSISTANT, PERSONAL TRAINER
Andrea earned her undergraduate degree in Exercise Physiology and Pre-Medical studies from the University of Massachusetts Amherst before earning her Physical Therapist Assistants degree from North Shore Community College in 2011. While at UMass Amherst she also played on the Division I tennis team.
