Experienced Certified Personal Trainer in Niagara, Ontario, determined to help you reach your goals!

Brett's Resume

Highlights of Qualifications

• Dynamic Group Fitness Instructor, Personal Trainer, Coordinator and Educator with 14 years of experience in the health and fitness industry.
• Outstanding builder of professional relationships with members, clients, colleagues, community partners and emerging fitness professionals.
• Enthusiastic personal and group activator with vibrant communication skills
• Educator of the Year Nominee at Niagara College, 2012
• Master of Education Degree (MEd) from Brock University
• Bachelor of Physical Education Degree (BPhEd) from Brock University
• Certified Personal Trainer (CSEP-CPT), Group Fitness Leader (YMCA), Standard First Aid/CPR/AED Level C Rescuer

Professional Skills and Accomplishments

Fitness Instruction, Training, and Coordination

• As both a Group Fitness Instructor and Certified Personal Trainer, I have facilitated hundreds of group fitness classes and thousands of personal training sessions over the past 14 years; in a multitude of settings, with diverse members and clientele. I have done so as an Instructor/Trainer at prominent Niagara fitness facilities, including; YMCA of Niagara, The Club at White Oaks, Kinetic Synergy and Niagara College
• Similarly, as a Freelance Fitness Entrepreneur, I have offered personal and group training, outdoor fitness programming and fitness leadership consulting, while conducting all associated business functions such as; marketing, sales, community outreach, client recruitment and retention, website development, etc.
• As a freelance fitness professional, I have partnered with corporate clients to deliver workplace fitness classes, health promotion initiatives and educational programs, while promoting, leading and managing all aspects of my business.
• As Fitness Coordinator with the YMCA (2005-2007) and again in 2017, I demonstrated compassionate leadership through recruiting, training and coaching a staff and volunteer team of fitness professionals
• During my time as Fitness Coordinator, I also co-created the Youth Fit Program for youth aged 10-13, and co-developed and co-facilitated a ground-breaking twelve week Corporate Fitness Challenge in which 60 participants across 12 regional businesses engaged in regular exercise as a team to raise funds for local charitable organizations.

Fitness Program Management, Leadership and Community Outreach

• As Regional Manager of Health and Fitness, I was responsible for leading the strategic direction, design and implementation of health and fitness services across 6 YMCA membership centres in Niagara.
• Collaborated with Niagara Region Public Health to develop, market and launch a region-wide health, fitness and nutrition education program, called YMCA Kick Start in 2017.
• Coordinated field placement opportunities for over 60 second-year Fitness and Health Promotion students at 25 agency partners throughout Niagara and Southern Ontario, with Energy Fitness being a prominent partner.
• Built and strengthened relationships with host agency partners including; school boards, community organizations, health systems and private businesses, while seeking out fresh new opportunities for development of field placement experiences for students.
• Identified needs of regional health and fitness industry employers through program reviews, while designing and delivering professional development to address them.

Teaching and Program Development

• As a Post-Secondary Educator in the Fitness and Health Promotion Program at Niagara College, I delivered innovative and engaging learning sessions in classroom, lab, field placement and on-line formats to hundreds of students annually, and was selected as an Educator of the Year nominee in 2012, by students. Classes frequently taught included; Leadership and Counselling, Group Exercise Leadership, Fitness Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Introduction to Wellness and physical fitness lab classes for emergency services students.
• Mapped curriculum and created a new first-year class for the Fitness and Health Promotion Program, called “Valuing Health Living” launched in 2015.


Professional Experience

Personal Trainer | Group Fitness Instructor 2018
Kinetic Synergy Fitness & Wellness Studio Welland, Ontario

Co-Curricular Engagement Coordinator 2017-2018
Brock University St. Catharines, Ontario

Regional Manager, Health and Fitness | Fitness Coordinator 2016-2017
YMCA of Niagara Niagara Region, Ontario

Personal Trainer | Group Fitness Instructor 2015-2017
4C Fitness (self-employed) Niagara Region, Ontario

Field Placement Coordinator | Part-Time Instructor 2010-2016
Niagara College Canada, Fitness and Health Promotion Welland, Ontario

Group Fitness Instructor 2007-2011
The Club at White Oaks Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Fitness Coordinator | Fitness Team Leader 2004-2007 YMCA of Niagara Welland and Niagara Falls, Ontario


Education and Professional Training

Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, Welland, Ontario
• Certified Personal Trainer (CSEP-CPT) 2012-Present

YMCA Canada, Welland, Ontario
• Certified Group Fitness Leader
(Group Strength, Group Cycle, Group Choreography, Aquatic Fitness) 2006-Present

Schwinn
• Certified Indoor Cycling Instructor 2005-Present

Canadian Red Cross, Welland, Ontario
• Standard First Aid / AED and CPR Level “C” Rescuer 2006-Present

Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario
• Master of Education Degree (MEd) 2014

Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario
• Bachelor of Physical Education Degree (BPhEd) 2003