Agenda

Jersey Giambrone is the owner and founder of Fuel Bootcamp. A motivational speaker and a 16-year recovering addict. He's spent over 14 years in the fitness industry and is passionate about creating a real impact in people's lives through fitness. He's a Super trainer, an Entrepreneur, and a believer in God. He is also the published author of the book Too Fit To Quit.

Entrepreneur, personal trainer, nutrition coach, and most importantly, husband and father, Dane Miklaus is the CEO/Founder of WORK, LLC, a boutique group fitness studio in Orange County, CA. Launched on a shoestring budget with only word-of-mouth marketing, WORK has been profitable since Day 1 due to exceptional studio design, revolutionary programming, and a relentless dedication to excellent customer service.

A former top 25 trainer in the Equinox Fitness clubs, Dane left the traditional gym world unsatisfied with how the corporate structure treated his clients. After exploring different studio concepts, Dane and his wife Kara opened WORK with the goal of making group fitness more personal. Their flagship location has landed on numerous Best Gym/Studio lists, received performance awards from Mindbody and ClassPass, and is set to be joined by two more studios launching in 2020.

Dane is an NSCA C.S.C.S, certified in TRX, Pre/Post Natal, Precision Nutrition Coach, and holds a Bachelor's degree in Applied Exercise Science from Azusa Pacific University.

Michael is the owner of PG Fit, LLC and is a certified and accredited personal trainer and nutritionist who has helped hundreds of clients reach their health and fitness goals.

Starting at an early age, Michael began competing in U.S. diving and became an All-American. After competing at the collegiate and professional levels, Michael received a Bachelor’s of Science Degree and currently holds several nationally recognized personal training certifications through accredited organizations such as NASM, NCSF, PFIT, NFPT, NSCA, CrossFit, and ISSA. He also has five advanced specializations in corrective exercise and performance enhancement training, rehabilitative exercise training, fitness therapy, and strength and conditioning. Michael is also a certified nutritionist through Venice Nutrition.

Michael is married and has an eight-year-old son. He enjoys running and mountain biking with his Chocolate Lab, playing golf, and the occasional weekend skydive.

Micah Logan is a career entrepreneur.  His career started in the Fitness and Wellness Industry. Micah began his career as a Personal Trainer in 2003.  Over the last 17+ years he has not only worked with hundreds of clients and trained more than 20,000 thousand hours, he’s also built one of Boston’s most reputable fitness and wellness companies.  Next Level Fitness & Wellness is a small group training studio concept with multiple locations in Boston and the surrounding area.  In 2020 Micah decided to Franchise his small group training studio concept and plans to launch the Franchise late 2020 – Early 2021.  Micah is an Executive Board Member of MIFO (Massachusetts Independent Fitness Operators) association and a member of the Fitness Business Assocation.  In addition to his work in the fitness industry, as a small business consultant, Micah consults with small businesses of varying types to increase profits and to create sustainable business models.  In January 2020 Micah became the CEO of a manufacturing company called HushFrame.

Micah has built an excellent reputation as a business owner, entrepreneur, and small business consultant which was reflected in his training facility being awarded the prestigious Boston’s A-List top 5 for Personal Trainers in 2013 & 2014 and the Best of 2015 of thumbtack service award and was honored as #1 rated fitness company in Massachusetts by Top Rated Local for customer service 2019.

Jenna is a dynamic leader who offers education for your brain, body, and business through professional coaching, movement experiences, writing, and speaking.  The balanced alignment of this trifecta is the platform from which Jenna helps hundreds of fitness and wellness professionals access mindset shifts, physical resiliency and empowered individuality in their business practices.  

Jenna is a seasoned Pilates Teacher Educator, a Small Business Coach, and a Certified Health Coach through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. She has evolved her small business from a multi-purpose movement center to an online educational hub and support system for wellness pros. Motivated by her own personal recovery from professional burnout, Jenna hosts online support programs, tours internationally with her speaking and coaching courses, and hosts her wildly popular podcasts, Pilates Unfiltered™ and Moving.

Billy Polson (CSCS), named 'America's Best 100 Trainers’ by Men's Journal magazine, is a three-time fitness entrepreneur, an international presenter, and a business consultant for pioneering trainers and boutique gym owners worldwide.

Billy graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BS in Statistics in 1992. Then, in 2004, looking to build an unparalleled training facility and a community of San Francisco’s leading fitness specialists, Billy founded DIAKADI Fitness, awarded the Bay Area’s ‘Top Trainers/Gym’ for 14 years.

His fitness entrepreneur consulting company, The Business Movement, has assisted thousands of fitness business owners with developing the confidence and momentum for achieving their ultimate brands and business success.  
 

The creator of Fitness Integrated Science™, Lauren Eirk, has spent her life teaching and studying in the health, fitness, and yoga communities, learning from some of the top minds of our time.  She has worked in the health education field for over 30 years.

Lauren is a Mastery Level Muscle Activation Techniques™ Certified Specialist and MATRx Certified Full-Body Specialist Full Body, making her one of 57 MATRx  world-wide leading experts in the treatment of muscular imbalances.  Lauren is an International Continuing Education Provider with an established personal training business since 2006 plus three decades as a certified group fitness instructor and manager.  She is the creator of Yoga with Resist-A-Ball®, a former Resist-A-Ball® and FiTour® Master Trainer and the recipient of the ECA OBOW Award 2007 “Most Mindful Program”.

Lauren’s work has been featured in such magazines as Yoga Journal®, Self®, IDEA® Fitness Journal, American Fitness Magazine, ACE Fitness Magazine, American Fitness Magazine, Fitness First Quarterly Magazine, AKWA Aquatic Exercise Magazine, Business First, Natural Awakenings, and New Woman Magazine. Lauren has presented for such fitness-health organizations and education conferences as IDEA World, IDEA Personal Trainer, Inner IDEA, FACTfest, AFPA, DCAC Fitness, SUCCEED! Conference, ACSM Fitness Summit, AEA/ IAFC, ECA World Fitness, Can-FIT Pro, Fit in the City®, Fitour®, Resist-A-Ball®, and Sarah’s City Workout®

Shannon Fable, 2013 IDEA and 2006 ACE Instructor of the Year, has spent more than two decades helping impressive brands such as Anytime Fitness, Schwinn®, Power Systems, ACE, Silver Sneakers, FIT4MOM and BOSU® as a fitness business and programming consultant.

An experienced educator, freelance writer, and certified Book Yourself Solid® Business Coach, she helps fitness entrepreneurs navigate the industry and make more money. Fable serves on the ACE Board of Directors and is the founder of GroupEx PRO®, a cloud-based group fitness management tool.

With 20 years in the fitness industry, Josh has been fortunate to experience many platforms and maintain success in various economic times.  As a graduate of Monmouth College Josh began his training as the first personal trainer for his college rec center.  While working at Fitness Formula Clubs for 14 years Josh started as a personal trainer and spent the following 8 years as a fitness director.  Passionate about growth and new styles of training CrossFit and Endurance training became calling, working at local Chicago boxes and training triathletes in Lake Michigan. 

Currently, the Director of Training and Development for LifeStart Wellness Josh has found his fitness calling.  He has a team of 120 employees which he oversees for education, development, on-boarding, strategy, and overall support.  

Josh has been able to lead teams and be successful post 9/11, Great Recession and now a Global Pandemic.  Josh says; “I am exactly where I wanted to be in my career.  I am in a position that I can give back and support the community that has been there for me over the past 20 years” 

Ryan Obernesser is the CEO of O.B. Training Inc., Gym Profits LLC, and creator of the Take Back Your Life 6 Week Challenge™ program.  Over the last decade, Ryan and his wife Christina, have built O.B. Training into a specialty training facility that transforms the minds, bodies and lives of every adult and athlete that walks through their doors.

In that time, O.B. Training has grown into a profit machine.  Churning out multiple 6-figures in profits each year despite being located in Utica, NY - a city Forbes named the third-worst place for business and careers in the U.S. in 2015 with a median household income of less than $35,000.

Robert Linkul is the owner of TOA (TrainingTheOlderAdult.com) a personal training studio and online continued education provider for fitness professionals in Shingle Springs, California. Robert is an internationally known continued education provider for fitness professionals with his area of expertise being in resistance training strategies for the Older Adult with physical limitations and/or decreased quality of life. Linkul has his master’s degree in personal training, is the NSCAs 2012 Personal Trainer of the Year award winner, a 2017 NSCA Fellowship inductee, and was voted on to the 2021 NSCA Board of Directors (Personal Trainer Position).

Mark Nutting, CSCS*D, NSCA-CPT D, RCPT*E, ACSM HFD, ACSM CEP, Owner and Master Trainer of Jiva Fitness in Easton, PA, Author of The Business of Personal Training book for Human Kinetics (2018), PFP 2016 Trainer of the Year Legacy Award, NSCA 2009 Personal Trainer of the Year, NSCA Recognized Certified Personal Trainer Emeritus.

Mark holds 12 certifications in the field, 38 years in personal training and health club management, and has been educating and coaching Personal Trainers for 36 of those 38 years. Mark is a leading business coach for personal trainers and club managers.