Highline Athletic Club has a team of highly qualified and motivated Personal Trainers ready to assist you. Your Personal Trainer will design a safe and effective workout program to meet your individual needs and goals. Our trainers are passionate about their work and careers as Personal Trainers.

Do you want to make a positive impact on your health and fitness? Allow HAC's Personal Trainers to show you the way! Use our Personal Training Information Form to send us the dates, times, trainer and type of training you're interested in. We'll get right back to you. All information is kept strictly confidential.

Amy has been passionate about fitness her entire life. After giving birth to her son, she became the Vice President of the MOMs Club in Bellingham. This gave her the opportunity to lead walking clubs, which developed into training with other moms for 5k’s and duathlons. Amy found getting other individuals involved in a healthy lifestyle to be so gratifying that she decided to make fitness her second career. She believes the key to writing the most effective program is achieved by listening to the client. Amy is currently on the advisory board for the Highline Community College Personal Fitness Training Program.

”A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Lao Tzu

Education / Certifications:
· B.S. Illinois State University
· N.S.C.A. Certified Personal Trainer

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Autum has a great passion for optimal health and wellness. Growing up watching most women in her family struggle with obesity, she knows first-hand the daily challenges of choosing to walk a different path, and the importance of nutrition and exercise in maintaining a healthy mind and body. Autum is a firm believer in living a balanced life, yet she also knows the value of reaching deep within oneself to achieve higher goals. She will empower you with tools to feel better everyday and show you how applying focus and quality, coupled with a positive mindset, will produce the results you are looking to achieve.

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”

Education / Certifications:
· B.S. in Exercise Science and Wellness, Bastyr University
· A.C.S.M. Health/Fitness Specialist

Achievements & Interests:
Dancing! hiking, resistance training, rock climbing, snow-shoeing, cross country skiing – movement!

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Fereti has been a successful lifestyle and fitness consultant since 1994 specializing in weight loss management, functional training and body sculpting. He has an extensive international fitness background, having worked at the “Les Mills Club” in Auckland, N.Z & the “Recreation Health Club” in Melbourne, Australia. Fereti is passionate about creating a positive experience for each client based on their individual goals. He believes that consistency is paramount in achieving a balanced and healthy lifestyle.

Education / Certifications:
· I.F.P.A. Advance Personal Trainer Certification
· Apex Certified Personal Trainer

Acheivements & Experience:
· IFBB Central North Island Championship 1997– 1st
· IFBB Nationals Championship 1997– 3rd
· Rugby, Football, Soccer, Martial Arts, Fitness and Bodybuilding

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Jaime has enjoyed fitness her entire life & now enjoys teaching fitness to others. She has been involved in dance, gymnastics, basketball, swimming & now stays active through hiking along with other activities. Jaime attended Highline Community College & received her personal training credential (AAS). Jaime did her internship at Valley Medical Center where she worked with rehab patients as well as Olympic athletes. Today you can find Jaime hiking Mount Si or dancing through the HAC locker rooms. She enjoys fitness and believes that everyone else should as well.

Reach for the stars, even if you miss you'll land among the stars.

Education / Certifications:
· ACSM Certified Personal Trainer
· HCC & AAS Personal Trainer, Highline Community College

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Karen is passionate about fitness and living a well- balanced life. She has been involved in fitness for 15 years and has been a professional fitness trainer for 4 years. Karen understands the emotional side of obesity as well as its challenges, having lost 85lbs herself and has kept it off for 10 years. Karen is also a type II diabetic and has dealt with the ups and downs of this disease and what it takes to stay healthy nutrition wise.

She believes that making “Lifestyle changes” is the key to health and wellness and she does this with understanding and personality, making fitness fun! Karen is committed to helping clients of all fitness levels and empowering them to believe in themselves and what they REALLY can do! She approaches most of her personal training on “Functional Training” a program based on exercises for daily living such as dealing with balance, stability, core, mobility and flexibility. Karen has also body built for health issues and enjoys to strength train.

Education / Certifications:
· Professional Fitness Technologist - Ashmead
· Mindfulness and Stress Release Associate

Acheivements & Interests:
“I have dealt with clients that have cancer, diabetes and obesity issues and there is nothing better then to see them reach their goals and change their lifestyle!

Some of my interests are dancing, hiking, speed walking, strength training, baseball, volleyball and art."

Education / Certifications:
· ACSM Certified Personal Trainer

Keith has guided people from all walks of life through individual, customized training routines, specializing in programs for people on-the-go. His tailor-made programs have met with great success for working moms, busy professionals, teachers, students & retired seniors as well as many others.

Want to lose a few pounds, build muscle or totally re-sculpt your body? Keith will design the unique system to get you there. He also spent 2 years working as a nutrition counselor & certifier for the Women, Infants and Children's Program (WIC) in Portland. Keith will educate you with real-world fitness tools that have been proven to work.

Education / Certifications:
· NACM Certified Personal Trainer

Acheivements & Experience:
· 2010 NPC Empire Classic Bodybuilding Masters Over 40, 3rd Place
· 2009 NPC Empire Classic Bodybuilding Masters Over 40, 9th Place
· 2006 NPC Evergreen States Bodybuilding Nvc Champion, 3rd Place
· 2005 NPC Empire Classic Bodybuilding Heavyweight Champion, 4th Place

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Rueben has been involved in the fitness industry since 1989. He worked for 8 years in a medically based fitness center with such services as cardiac / pulmonary rehab, physical therapy, diabetic rehab, sports medicine clinic, and weight management classes. He enjoys the challenge of working with different people. Rueben believes that you should never stop learning about all aspects of "optimal" health and that exercise can and should grow into a fundamental expression of ones zest of life and our passion for fulfillment.

 Education / Certifications:
· A.C.S.M. - Health Fitness Instructor
· A.C.E. - Certified Personal Trainer

Achievements & Interests:
· 8 + years in Martial Arts
· Regional Full Contact Martial Arts Competitor
· Strength Training, Rock Climbing

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Scott has been involved in the fitness industry since 1984 and a personal trainer with more than 15 years of experience. In that time he has had the opportunity to work with a very diverse group of individuals. Whether he is working with athletes seeking that competitive edge, or individuals interested in improving their quality of life. His passion is evident in the results that his clients experience.

He provides the tools, guidance and positive support to help individuals reach their goals. However it takes a clients desire to learn and work hard to get the results. By setting short and long term goals he can help individuals recognize the overall benefits of their efforts.

 Education / Certifications:
·ACE Personal Trainer Certified
·U of W, Sports Medicine and Human Performance Certification

Experience & Interests:
·Special Olympics Coach
·Trainer/Keeper coach to U-15 Premier Soccer Team
·Flexibility, Agility and Strength Training
·Hiking, Bicycling

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