Melanie Test
Melanie is a twelve-year veteran of the fitness industry, and her passion for fitness of body and mind is contagious. It's amazing to realize just how unique we all are and how exercise and nutrition can be scientifically applied so that no time is wasted, bodies and minds function more smoothly, and yet the fun needn't end.
Melanie learned to lift free weights in high school and accumulated fifteen years of dance training by the time she entered college, when she took up fitness instructing. Post-college, Melanie became involved in competitive women's rugby, which, over six years, blessed her with a broken finger, broken clavicle, grade 3 shoulder separation, deep quad contusion, torn ACL, and 3 surgeries to repair a repeatedly ripping right meniscus. Whew!
All the while, Melanie was involved with local corporate gyms, teaching many a popular class. Yet she found the club structure greatly lacking. It was too restrictive and profited from luring members into faulty training patterns. Work 'em till they break, and they WILL break. It's a shoddy way to treat people, or so we think.
Melanie has a Master's degree in Exercise Science and has experienced the industry from all angles. She's a Corrective High Performance Exercise Kinesiologist (C.H.E.K.) and studies the research of numerous industry leaders daiy. In such a quickly-evolving industry, it's essential to stay up-to-date.
Melanie also embraces a whole-istic fitness model -- each person needs to be treated as an individual and dealt with as a whole. EVERYTHING matters. From specific movement patterns to breath to thoughts and nutrition -- your potential for true vitality lies in the details.
Ed and Certs
- M.S. Exercise Science & Health Promotion
- NASM Certified Personal Trainer
- NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist
- CHEK Exercise Coach
- CHEK Practitioner Level 1
- CHEK Nutrition & Lifestyle Coach Level 2
- Certified Intermediate Metabolic Typing Advisor
- AFAA Group Exercise Specialist
- ACE Group Fitness Instructor
- Balletone Certified Instructor
- ChiRunning & ChiWalking Certified Instructor
- Trixter X-Bike Trainer
- Nautilus Schwinn Cycling
- Cycle Reebok Instructor
- Les Mills BodyCOMBAT
- National Strength & Conditioning Association Professional Member
- Sunshine Fitness Resources Member
- East Coast Alliance Member
Other Talents
- Print & Logo & Web Design
- see www.melttdesign.com
- Dog Walking
- Thrift Store Discovery
- Chocolate Tasting
- Cake Baking