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ABSTRACT: Nitric oxide is a universal molecule that regulates many different functions in an organism. In the eye retina nitric oxide plays both a regulatory role by modulation of the synaptic transmission between photoreceptors and bipolar cells and a toxic role in apoptosis induction in the outer nuclear layer and in the layer of ganglion cells. In this paper there has been made the first attempt to estimate the endogenous NO concentration in retina layers in vivo. The concentration of the nitric oxide was determined by two indepen- dent techniques: ESR spectrometry using spin trap for in vivo determination and NO-sensitive microelectrode for in situ determination in the survival isolated frog retina. The distinct NO con- centration was detected only in the ganglion cells layer (~0.25 μM) and in the inner segments layer of the photoreceptors (~0.6 μM). The activity and the kinetic characteristic of the NO-synthase localized in the same layers were also determined. Key words: retina cells layers, nitric oxide, ESR, NO-sensitive microelectrodes.Rossiĭskii fiziologicheskiĭ zhurnal imeni I.M. Sechenova / Rossiĭskaia akademiia nauk 02/2015; 100(7):852-60.
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ABSTRACT: The variability of control samples is the main problem in clinical proteomics and reliable sources for estimation of variability of normal content of different proteins are not numerous. Most of the investigations of normal human tear proteome include pool of samples as reference materials. But it is impossible to use such experimental approach to establish the range of variability of different tear proteome components. This study is the first attempt to estimate the variability of proteins content in healthy donors tear using high-performance liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry. The protein profiles from 11 individual healthy donors were analyzed. Essential variability of the minor proteins was revealed while the presence of 6 major proteins in all 11 samples was invariable. We found the Lacritin glycosylation in all samples of tear fluid received from healthy donors. It seems that this modification is typical for healthy donors tear. The analysis of the pool samples was also carried out to estimate the availability for this approach for the search of ophthalmologic diseases biomarkers.Rossiĭskii fiziologicheskiĭ zhurnal imeni I.M. Sechenova / Rossiĭskaia akademiia nauk 04/2013; 99(4):527-36.
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ABSTRACT: It was shown that retinal ischemia entailed apoptosis in the inner layers of the retina. Administration of an NO-synthase inhibitor suppressed the development of ischemic apoptosis. To ascertain whether nitric oxide could induce the retinal apoptosis by itself, a nontoxic NO donor—dinitrosyl iron complex (DNIC) with glutathione—was injected into the vitreous body. DNIC at low concentrations induced apoptosis in the same retinal layers as in ischemia. However, with increasing DNIC doses, the number of apoptotic nuclei decreased markedly. Simultaneous administration of excess glutathione prevented apoptosis at any DNIC dose. The obtained data demonstrate the neurotoxic properties of the excess of nitric oxide in the retina.Biophysics 03/2012; 57(2). DOI:10.1134/S0006350912020121
Article: Role of NO-synthase in regulation of protein metabolism of stretched rat m. soleus muscle during functional unloading[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Gravitational unloading causes atrophy of muscle fibers and can lead to destruction of cytoskeletal and contractile proteins. Along with the atrophic changes, unloaded muscle frequently demonstrates significant shifts in the ratio of muscle fibers expressing fast and slow myosin heavy chain isoforms. Stretching of the m. soleus during hindlimb suspension prevents its atrophy. We supposed that neuronal NO-synthase (NOS) (which is attached to membrane dystrophin-sarcoglycan complex) can contribute to maintenance of protein metabolism in the muscle and prevent its atrophy when m. soleus is stretched. To test this hypothesis, we used Wistar rats (56 animals) in experiments with hindlimb suspension during 14 days. The group of hindlimb suspended rats with stretched m. soleus was injected with L-NAME to block NOS activity. We found that m. soleus mass and its protein content in hindlimb-suspended rats with stretched m. soleus were preserved due to prevention of protein degradation. NOS is involved in maintenance of expression of some muscle proteins. Proliferation of satellite cells in stretched m. soleus may be due to nNOS activity, but maintenance of muscle mass upon stretching is regulated not by NOS alone.Biochemistry (Moscow) 02/2012; 77(2):208-16. DOI:10.1134/S0006297912020137 · 1.30 Impact Factor
Article: Modification of the nitric oxide concentration regulates the development of the apoptosis in the eye retina[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Using model elaborated it was shown that the retinal ischemia initiated the development of the apoptosis in the inner layers of the retina. Administration of NOS inhibitor prevented the development of the apoptosis in the retina. To ascertain if nitric oxide could induce the retinal apoptosis by itself the nontoxic donor of nitric oxide (dinitrosyl iron complex) was injected intravitreally. Administration of DNIC in low concentrations induced the development of the apoptosis in the same retinal layers as in ischemia. The injection of dinitrosyl iron complex at the higher concentration resulted in the decrease of the apoptosis level. Administration of dinitrosyl iron complex with excess of glutathione didn't lead to the development of the retinal apoptosis. The obtained data demonstrates the neurotoxic properties of the excess of nitric oxide in the retina.Biofizika 01/2012; 57(2):325-30. · 0.43 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Cytoskeletal and contractile proteins degenerate during functional unloading of muscle. The ratio of myosin heavy chain (MHC) expression changes simultaneously. We have supposed that NO can be a signal molecule related to the regulation of protein metabolism upon muscle unloading. To test this hypothesis, Wistar rats underwent functional unloading for 14 days without and with peroral administration of L-arginine (500 mg/kg) as NO precursor. Significant decreases in m. soleus mass, NO, nNOS, dystrophin, Hsp90, p-S6K, and type I MHC mRNA contents were found in the group of animals with unloading without preparation compared to those in control and in the group with unloading and administration of L-arginine; at the same time, increased contents of atrogin-1/MAFbx and MuRF-1 (p < 0.05) were found. No difference in the IGF-1 mRNA content between all three groups was found. Atrophy was significantly less pronounced in the group with unloading and L-arginine administration compared to that without the amino acid, and no destruction of cytoskeletal proteins was observed. We conclude that administration of L-arginine upon functional unloading decreases the extent of m. soleus atrophy, prevents the decrease in it of type I MHC mRNA, and blocks destructive changes in some cytoskeletal proteins. Such effect can be due to the absence of increase in this group of the content of some ubiquitin ligases and decreased intensity of the p70S6 kinase synthesis marker.Biochemistry (Moscow) 05/2011; 76(5):571-80. DOI:10.1134/S0006297911050075 · 1.30 Impact Factor
Article: Prevention of muscle fibers atrophy during gravitational unloading: The effect of L-arginine administration[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Gravitational unloading results in pronounced atrophy of m.soleus. Probably, the output of NO is controlled by the muscle activity. We hypothesized that NO may be involved in the protein metabolism and increase of its concentration in muscle can prevent atrophic changes induced by gravitational unloading. In order to test the hypothesis we applied NO donor l-arginine during gravitational unloading. 2.5-month-old male Wistar rats weighing 220–230g were divided into sedentary control group (CTR, n=7), 14-day hindlimb suspension (HS, n=7), 14 days of hindlimb suspension+l-arginine (HSL, n=7) (with a daily supplementation of 500 mg/kg wt l-arginine) and 14 days of hindlimb suspension+l-NAME (HSN, n=7) (90 mg/kg wt during 14 days). Cross sectional area (CSA) of slow twitch (ST) and fast twitch (FT) soleus muscle fibers decreased by 45% and 28% in the HS group (p<0.05) and 40% and 25% in the HSN group, as compared to the CTR group (p<0.05), respectively. CSA of ST and FT muscle fibers were 25% and 16% larger in the HSL group in comparison with the HS group (p<0.05), respectively. The atrophy of FT muscle fibers in the HSL group was completely prevented since FT fiber CSA had no significant differences from the CTR group. In HS group, the percentage of fibers revealing either gaps/disruption of the dystrophin layer of the myofiber surface membrane increased by 27% and 17%, respectively, as compared to the controls (CTR group, p<0.05). The destructions in dystrophin layer integrity and reductions of desmin content were significantly prevented in HSL group. NO concentration decreased by 60% in the HS group (as well as HSN group) and at the same time no changes were detectable in the HSL group. This fact indicates the compensation of NO content in the unloaded muscle under l-arginine administration. The levels of atrogin-1 mRNA were considerably altered in suspended animals (HS group: plus 27%, HSL group: minus 13%) as compared to the control level. Conclusion: l-arginine administration allows maintaining NO concentration in m.soleus at the level of cage control group, prevents from dystrophin layer destruction, decreases the atrogin mRNA concentration in the muscle and atrophy level under gravitational unloading.Acta Astronautica 05/2011; 68(9):1486-1494. DOI:10.1016/j.actaastro.2010.02.013 · 1.12 Impact Factor
Article: [Nitrites can be reduced in retinal vessels during hypoxia and protect the retina against ischemia and apoptosis].[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The possibility and the mechanism of the reduction of nitrites in retinal vessels under the acute hypoxia in vivo have been investigated. An experimental model of the rat retina ischemia was elaborated using the laser coagulation of retinal vessels. It was demonstrated that the vessel thrombosis does not occur if the nitrite concentration in the vessels is increased. It was proposed that, under acute hypoxia, nitrites are reduced to NO, which results in a drastic vasodilatation. Considering that the effect takes less than a minute, this reduction cannot be due to hypoxic acidosis but is more likely associated with NO reduction by heme proteins. It was found that the increased concentration of nitrites protects the retina from the development of ischemia progress and that the preliminary administration of nitrites prevents apoptosis in the retina and a decrease in its photoelectric activity.Biofizika 08/2010; 55(4):687-92. DOI:10.1134/S0006350910040160 · 0.43 Impact Factor
Article: Effect of NO on satellite cell proliferation during functional unloading and muscle stretchingDoklady Biological Sciences 06/2010; 432(1):167-70. DOI:10.1134/S0012496610030014
Article: Protective effect of nitric oxide on cytoskeletal proteins in rat soleus under eccentric exercise[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: An in vivo study was performed to see whether deterioration of the muscle cytoskeleton caused by eccentric exercise could be counteracted by raising the tissue content of nitric oxide. In Wistar rats that ran downhill on a treadmill inclined at 16° for 40 min at 20 m/min, the desmin content in m. soleus measured 24 h later declined by 15%, and the percentage of ruptures in the dystrophin layer was three times higher than in the control. Destruction of cytoskeletal proteins was also pronounced in rats pretreated with a blocker of NO synthase before exercise. By contrast, animals that received a nitric oxide donor (L-arginine) prior to running had control levels of desmin and dystrophin. It was concluded that nitric oxide can protect muscle cytoskeletal proteins in a single eccentric exercise.Biophysics 06/2009; 54(3):361-364. DOI:10.1134/S0006350909030191
Article: Structural and catalytic polymorphism of human enzymes: Novel potential platforms for biomedical diagnostics[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: This review focuses on some intermediate results on the path from the gene and enzyme structure to physiological responses and personalised medicine. Bioinformatics of genetic and protein-structural polymorphisms, theoretical methods of predicting the influence of single amino acid substitutions on the structure and catalytic activity of enzymes are considered. For a large group of enzymes, interrelations between genetic modifications, structural changes of the proteins and the detected physiological and clinical manifestations are discussed. In this respect, highly productive techniques to determine the catalytic activity of an enzyme as well as non-invasive proteomic approaches are of particular interest. A non-invasive proteomic analysis using mass-spectrometric protein identification of human exhaled breath condensate and tear fluids has been chosen.Biotechnology advances 06/2009; 27(6):945-59. DOI:10.1016/j.biotechadv.2009.05.010 · 9.02 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We studied the development of retinal ischemia in rat eye after laser coagulation of blood vessels. Typical signs of ischemia manifested in the retina after 24 h: development of stable retinal edema, decrease in the b/a index (ratio of the electroretinogram b and a-wave amplitudes) to 1-2 units, pronounced disorders in the retinal microcirculation system, leading to ischemia of the inner layers of the retina. The proposed model is convenient for studies of the development of acute retinal ischemia, is easily realized, and reproduces some acute ischemic diseases of the retina.Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine 07/2008; 145(6):688-91. DOI:10.1007/s10517-008-0174-7 · 0.36 Impact Factor
Article: The relation between sphingomyelinase activity, lipid peroxide oxidation and NO-releasing in mice liver and brain[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: We used animal models to study connection between oxidating system and sphingomyelin signaling cascade, because this models are more close related to people disease. Activation of n-sphingomyelinase (n-SMase) in mice liver and brain is coincided in time with increased level of peroxide products (conjugated dienes) after injection of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha). We found that ceramide can induce peroxide oxidation and lead to accumulation of TNF-alpha in animal organs. Nitric oxide (NO) donors (S-nitrosoglutathione and dinitrosyl iron complex) reversibly inhibited activity of n-SMase and decreased level of lipid peroxidation products. This data proposed that both SMase and messengers of oxidative systems could be targets for NO-derived oxidants.FEBS Letters 11/2005; 579(25):5571-6. DOI:10.1016/j.febslet.2005.08.085 · 3.17 Impact Factor
Article: P.5.105 Action of β-amyloid peptide and TNF-αon sphingomyelin cycle signaling system and lipid peroxide oxidation in rat brain sectionsEuropean Neuropsychopharmacology 04/2005; 15. DOI:10.1016/S0924-977X(05)80507-3 · 4.37 Impact Factor
Article: Connection of lipid peroxide oxidation with the sphingomyelin pathway in the development of Alzheimer's disease[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by progressive decline in cognition, memory and intellect. It has been hypothesized that amyloid-beta peptide (A-beta) may have a prominent role in neurodegeneration. Oxidative mechanisms have been implicated in this pathway. There is substantial evidence that inflammatory mechanisms, induced by tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), are also involved in AD. TNF-alpha activates receptors linked to multiple effector systems, including a sphingomyelin pathway and peroxide oxidation. We have determined the changes of neutral sphingomyelinase activity, sphingomyelin and ceramide contents, and the level of lipid peroxide products (conjugated dienes), in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus and cerebellum of rats within 3 h and 7 days of intracerebral injection of A-beta and TNF-alpha. A single injection of A-beta and TNF-alpha has been shown to increase the level of peroxide products in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex within 3 h and 7 days. Sphingomyelinase activity and ceramide levels have been found to increase 7 days after A-beta administration. We found that activation of the sphingomyelin pathway lies downstream from the oxidative stress.Biochemical Society Transactions 03/2004; 32(Pt 1):144-6. DOI:10.1042/BST0320144 · 3.19 Impact Factor
Article: [The role of sphingomyelin cycle and tumor necrosis factor alpha in toxic effect of beta-amyloid peptide].Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova / Ministerstvo zdravookhraneniia i meditsinskoi promyshlennosti Rossiiskoi Federatsii, Vserossiiskoe obshchestvo nevrologov [i] Vserossiiskoe obshchestvo psikhiatrov 02/2004; 104(3):55-61. · 0.05 Impact Factor
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Zac Vawter, 31, is to put the revolutionary prosthetic to the test on Sunday, when he attempts to climb 103 flights of stairs to the top of Chicago's Willis Tower.
The whirring, robotic leg will respond to electrical impulses from muscles in his hamstring, with Mr Vawter's thoughts triggering motors, belts and chains to synchronise the movements of the prosthetic ankle and knee.
Mr Vawter hoped to reach the top of the tower in an hour - longer than he would have taken before his amputation, but in less time than it would take him to use his normal prosthetic leg.
Researchers at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago are to monitor his progress carefully. After his attempt, Mr Vawter will have to leave the experimental leg behind with scientists, who believe that it is still years away from being marketable.
Bionic - or thought-controlled - prosthetic arms have been available for a few years, thanks to pioneering work done at the Rehabilitation Institute. With leg amputees outnumbering people who've lost arms and hands, the Chicago researchers are focusing more on lower limbs.
Safety is important: if a bionic hand fails, a person drops a glass of water. If a bionic leg fails, a person falls down stairs.
Mr Vawter has already tested the leg behind closed doors, using it to kick a football and practising climbing stairs. He was able to take part in the test thanks to the foresight of surgeons who amputated his leg after the accident in 2009. During the operation, a surgeon repositioned the residual spaghetti-like nerves that normally would carry signals to the lower leg and sewed them to new spots on his hamstring. The surgery, called "targeted muscle reinnervation", would allow Mr Vawter one day to be able to use a bionic leg, even though the technology was years away.
The $8 million project is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense and involves Vanderbilt University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Rhode Island and the University of New Brunswick.Source: AP


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The Empower Personal Fitness Training Team
Our team is really what sets us apart from other gyms, fitness centers or training studios. While we each have our own areas of expertise we work collaboratively as a team and together we have amassed decades of knowledge and experience in the fitness industry. We meet weekly, we share ideas, we share clients and we regularly attend continuing education so that we stay current with scientific research and trends in the fitness industry – all to ensure that you see results. We bring the passion, the knowledge, the motivation…you bring your commitment.
Jessica M. Bottesch
Jessica M. Bottesch
Co-Owner, Durham & Raleigh
Jessica is co-owner of Empower Personalized Fitness. She and Ronda Williams founded the company in 2004 and share responsibility for all aspects of the business. Her main focus is on the advertising, marketing and client relationship functions. She works collaboratively with Empower's management team to help Empower realize its vision of Empowering people and communities to live stronger, healthier, happier lives. Jessica is also an Independent Consultant with Arbonne, an international company that promotes botanically-based health and beauty product.
Through Jessica's efforts, Empower continues to expand its client base and professional knowledge. She has developed a dynamic team of the finest fitness professionals in the area and imparted her passion and enthusiasm for an integrated approach to health and wellness. And, together she and Ronda have integrated Arbonne products into the Empower experience.
With athletic training practice at both the high school and collegiate level and over 20 years experience in the health and fitness field, Jessica has trained clients of all ages, run athletic enhancement programs, worked with clients suffering from orthopedic injuries, and helped hundreds of people reach their health goals and incorporate fitness into their lifestyle.
Jessica is nationally certified and a North Carolina state licensed athletic trainer. She is certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) as a Sports Fitness Specialist (SFS). She is also a certified BLS Healthcare Provider trained in CPR + AED rescue by the American Heart Association. Jessica is an active member of the National Athletic Trainers Association, the National Strength and Conditioning Association, the National Academy of Sports Medicine and IDEA Health and Fitness Association.
Jessica received her B.A. in Exercise and Sports Science and her M.A. in Athletic Training/Sports Medicine from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. GO HEELS!
Ronda Williams
Ronda Williams
Co-Owner, Durham & Raleigh
Ronda is co-owner Empower Personalized Fitness. She and Jessica Bottesch founded the company in 2004 and share responsibility for all aspects of the business. Her main focus is on business development, strategic planning and creating and assessing benchmarks for success and growth.
Since opening in 2005, Ronda has helped Empower increase its footprint by almost 2/3 its original size, achieve important tactical milestones, develop and implement best practices and ensure that Empower is ready and able to adapt to the demands of the marketplace.
With over 20 years of experience in the health and wellness field, Ronda has worked in several different settings including the clinic, high school and on the collegiate level as the Head Athletic Trainer. She has also taught high school Health, Physical Education and Sports Medicine classes. Ronda's knowledge of pre and post rehabilitative therapeutic exercise coupled with her passion for teaching others the importance of establishing and maintaining healthy lifestyle behaviors led her to pursue a career in personal training.
Ronda is a nationally certified and North Carolina licensed athletic trainer. She is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and a certified BLS Healthcare Provider CPR + AED by the American Heart Association. She holds active memberships with the National Athletic Trainers Association, the National Strength and Conditioning Association, the National Academy of Sports Medicine and IDEA Health and Fitness Association.
Ronda received her B.A. in Exercise and Sports Science with a concentration in Sports Medicine from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed her master's degree in Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management with a concentration in Sports Management at North Carolina State University.
Ronda enjoys the challenges surrounding the growth and development of a small business. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, being outdoors, spending time with her husband and daughter, reading and playing with her dogs Bailey and Winston.
Nestor Paonessa
Assistant General Manager
Nestor Paonessa
Asst. General Manager, Durham
Nestor brings over 10 years of combined experience in the fields of sports medicine and personal training to the Empower team. He has worked with clients of all ages and abilities, and specializes in exercise programming for sports conditioning, weight management, injury prevention, post-injury rehabilitation, and general health and wellness. Nestor's life and fitness philosophy is simple: "If it is to be, it is up to me." He strives to live and train by those words, and hopes to instill them into every client.
Before joining the Empower team in 2012, Nestor served as the Assistant Fitness Director at Alamance Country Club in Burlington, NC, where he developed and administered fitness programs for the club's diverse membership, including golf and tennis conditioning, post-rehabilitative exercise, endurance sport conditioning, senior fitness, and exercise for persons with chronic diseases and disabilities. Prior to that, Nestor worked as a Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he was directly responsible for the healthcare of NCAA Division I wrestling, cross-country, and track and field teams. These experiences have provided Nestor with the tools and knowledge to adapt to and meet the needs of a diverse clientele.
Nestor is a BOC Certified and NCBATE Licensed Athletic Trainer, an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, an ACSM Exercise is Medicine credential holder, and is currently pursuing additional certification as an ACSM Health Fitness Specialist. He holds a Master of Science degree in Exercise and Sports Science from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in Exercise and Sport Science with concentration in Athletic Training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
When he isn't busy working or cheering on the Tar Heels, Nestor can be found running outside with his wife Ashley, hiking and backpacking in the North Carolina wilderness, playing tennis, scuba diving and sailing in the Caribbean, or cooking and playing the piano at home.
Blaine Warren
Personal Training Director
Blaine Warren
Personal Training Director, Durham
Blaine has almost a decade of experience as a personal trainer and exercise physiologist. He has worked with clients from the age of 8 to 95 and everywhere in between. He is passionate about using his knowledge and personality to help people reach their goals through exercise and positive lifestyle changes.
Blaine has experience training athletes of all levels from beginners to professional. He has helped numerous golfers and tennis players sharpen their performance, and he is an avid golfer and tennis player so he has a unique level of understanding when it comes to the physical demands of these sports. Blaine has also worked with people with a wide range of medical issues including heart disease, Parkinson's, dementia, stroke, autism, cancer, high blood pressure and obesity. His patient and steady approach translate well to a variety of personality types.
Blaine earned his Bachelor's degree from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, majoring in Kinesiology with a concentration in fitness leadership. Blaine is certified as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Blaine joined the Empower Team in 2012.
In his free time he enjoys running, strength training, and playing golf and tennis, as well as watching the Tar Heels with his wife Leigh and their pit bull Sampson.
Chris Lathrop
Personal Trainer
Chris Lathrop
Personal Trainer, Durham
In 2010 Chris received a Bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he majored in Kinesiology with a concentration in Fitness Leadership. He spent his senior year working with individuals suffering from chronic back pain and studied the effects of strength training on Parkinson's disease. Before joining the Empower team, Chris gained extensive practical knowledge prescribing exercise to adults over 50 in the UNCG HOPE Program (Helping Older Participants Exercise) as well as training other individuals with a variety of different physical limitations. His diverse experiences have given him a greater understanding of the ever evolving dynamic between our physical and psychological selves. These experiences have led Chris to use a variety of different approaches to help clients stay active and reach their goals. From seniors coping with chronic pain, to 20 year olds getting in shape for boot camp, Chris has used his education and creativity to develop exercise programs for a diverse group of clients. He believes in using exercise programs that safely lead each individual toward their goals without leaving them bored from repetition. Chris approaches exercise from a realistic standpoint and understands that everyone must discover what wellness means to them.
Chris is a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) through the American Council on Exercise (ACE) and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).
With his free time Chris enjoys playing golf, running, and just being outdoors. He also likes spending time with his German Sheppard and loves to learn about American History.
Angelo Iovino
Personal Trainer/Group Fitness Instructor
Angelo Iovino
Personal Trainer/Group Fitness Instructor, Durham
As a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserves Angelo brings energy and motivation into his training sessions. His fitness philosophy is one that incorporates creativity and humor in hopes to create a fun environment that will ignite you to give 100% and keep you coming back for more.
Angelo joined the EMPOWER team in 2013 and is eager to help spread their fitness ideals throughout the Triangle Area. Angelo has experience working with people from a wide range of ages and athletic abilities. His group fitness skills range from circuit training, to aqua fitness, to choreographed workouts and beyond. He also has been a practicing percussionist for several years and incorporates his passion for music into his classes.
Angelo received his Bachelor of Science degree as a Health Fitness Specialist through East Carolina University in 2011. He is also certified through the American College of Sports Medicine as a Certified Personal Trainer. Angelo's original passion for group fitness stems from his work with Les Mills and his group fitness certifications through the Les Mills organization.
In his spare time, Angelo enjoys remaining active by doing HIIT, playing sports, staying outside and playing music with friends and family. He also tries to surround himself with positive, like-minded people who keep him motivated and full of life.
Tiffani Cox-Kuchyt
Personal Trainer
Tiffani Cox-Kuchyt
Personal Trainer, Durham
Tiffani has over ten years of experience in the fitness industry working with clients of various ages, ability levels and health conditions. Tiffani believes in being knowledgable and educated in all forms of training techniques and applying the best methods to help her clients reach their fitness goals and improve their quality of life. Providing her clients with creative workouts that constantly challenge them to grow and improve is what makes her clients eager for their next session. Her clients have included both healthy and the clinical population from cancer treatment patients to professional competitors.
Before joining the Empower team in 2013 Tiffani has held several positions within the health and fitness field. Her previous positions include personal training at commercial and private facility and working as an Exercise Physiologist and Human Performance Specialist for Shepherd University. Her past experience has provided a wealth of knowledge and understanding of physiology and biochemical process that occur due to exercise induced stress. Tiffani has used this information to designing specific programming for the clinical population including cancer, MS, Rheumatoid Arthritis, joint replacement patients, PTSD and TBI.
Tiffani is certified as a Personal Trainer and Group Instructor with the American College of Sports Medicine, National Association of Sports Medicine, and the National Association of Speed and Explosion. She is also a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association who awarded her "Female Athlete of the Year 2010″. Tiffani graduated with her Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology and Exercise Physiology from Shepherd University and her Masters of Science in Enhanced Athletic Performance, Injury Prevention and Corrective Exercise from California University of Pennsylvania.
In her free time Tiffani enjoys spending time in the great outdoors with her husband Patrick and their Basset Hounds Clark and Jessie. She is also an experienced Bikini and Figure competitor with the NC and VA NPC organization.
Amanda Fontaine
Personal Trainer
Amanda Fontaine
Personal Trainer, Durham
Amanda Fontaine has experience in the fitness industry working with a variety of clientele, from children to older adults, professional athletes and general fitness clients. She provides a fun training environment, is energetic and always encourages people to reach their goals. She constantly changes the workouts to challenge you and create variety. Amanda joined the Empower TEAM in 2013.
Before joining the Empower TEAM, Amanda worked as a Performance Specialist with Spectrum Sports Performance in Orlando, FL. She began as a Sports Performance Specialist Intern and then was hired as a Performance Specialist. There she found her niche and passion working with the General Fitness Clientele.
Amanda is currently a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). She graduated in May of 2013 with her Master's Degree in Sports and Exercise Science-Applied Exercise Physiology from the University of Central Florida where she also received her undergraduate degree with a Bachelor's in Health Sciences. She is also considering continuing her education with a PhD in Sports Medicine.
Amanda danced for over 16 years and pre-professionally with the Orlando Ballet. For fun Amanda enjoys doing mud races, salsa dancing, and playing tennis. Amanda has a huge passion for fitness and overall well-being and is thrilled to be a part of the Empower TEAM.
Greg Maness
Personal Trainer
Greg Maness
MS, CSCS, USAW Level 1 Sport Performance Coach, ACE-certified Personal Trainer
Greg Maness
MS, CSCS, USAW Level 1 Sport Performance Coach, ACE-certified Personal Trainer
Greg is an experienced fitness/sports performance professional that has worked with clients of various ages, backgrounds, and fitness levels. In addition to having worked with adults looking to improve their health and fitness, he has served as a sport performance coach working with both scholastic and professional athletes. Whether a client is a student-athlete, a weekend warrior, an elite/professional athlete or simply someone looking to improve their overall health and fitness, Greg believes that he can help that individual reach their respective life or performance goals.
Prior to joining the Empower Personalized Fitness TEAM, Greg worked as a sport performance coach for an area training center, where he trained adults looking to improve their health and fitness, as well as a variety of scholastic athletes and professional basketball players. In addition, he has worked as a personal trainer for an area training studio. He has also played a variety of sports. Greg's experiences as an athlete, as a sports performance coach and as a personal trainer have reinforced his belief that in the "game of life" we are all athletes. As such, we need to train for performance.
Greg is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), a USA Weightlifting Level 1 Sport Performance Coach, an American Council on Exercise-certified Personal Trainer, a National Academy of Sports Medicine Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES), a Training for Warriors Level 1 Instructor, an International Youth Conditioning Association Youth Speed & Agility Specialist Level 1, and he holds a U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Track and Field Technical Certification. In 2001, he received a Bachelor of Arts in Exercise and Sport Science from East Carolina University, with a minor in history. In 2007, he received a Master of Science in Exercise Science and Health Promotion (Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention) from California University of Pennsylvania.
Greg enjoys attending sporting events, reading, traveling, watching movies/TV, and working out/training. As an adult, he has competed as a member of baseball and ice hockey teams. He is also a competitive amateur weightlifter, having competed in his first meet in January 2012. Greg is the happy owner of a beautiful beagle girl, Frannie Savannah.
Cody Johnson
Personal Trainer
Cody Johnson
BA – Exercise and Sport Science, NASM – CPT
Personal Trainer
Cody Johnson
BA–Exercise and Sport Science, NASM – CPT, Professional Trainer
Cody has experience working with clients of all ages, exercise abilities, and backgrounds. He approaches his training sessions with a fun, entertaining, and personable attitude while constantly challenging his clients to reach their fitness and wellness goals.
Prior to joining the Empower TEAM in 2014, Cody held a position at Chapel Hill Training, a small private personal training studio in Chapel Hill, NC. He was also a fitness professional and administrative intern with EMPOWER before joining the TEAM as a personal trainer. His experiences have exposed him to a variety of training philosophies that he has combined to formulate his own with the intent on helping his clients achieve their goals. He believes in a functional approach to exercise with a major focus on ensuring an enjoyable workout.
Cody is a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM). In 2014, Cody received his degree in Exercise and Sport Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He hopes to further his education by obtaining a Master's Degree as well as earning his Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) certification through The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).
In February 2012, Cody joined the UNC-Chapel Hill varsity Football team as a walk-on. His tenacious effort and dedication earned him a full scholarship his senior year. In his free time, Cody likes to play pick up sports, work out, and enjoy his time with friends and family.
Patty Shoaf
Personal Trainer
Patty Shoaf
Personal Trainer | USA Cycling Certified Coach | Durham
With over 20 years of experience in the fitness field, Patty's expertise and knowledge enable her to assist clients with a full range of fitness needs. Patty guides her clients through every aspect of their workout, maximizing their training time and helping them to perform better than ever. From the competitive athlete to those simply wanting to get fit, Patty has the know-how to help all of her clients succeed. She takes the guesswork out of the equation leaving only measurable results. Patty joined the Empower team in 2006.
An avid athlete, Patty is a former collegiate basketball player, the winner of several natural bodybuilding competitions, and a former professional cyclist. She is currently training for Aquabike events, which involve swimming and biking. Patty earned the bronze medal as a member of Team USA Duathlon. During this season, she was the 3rd ranked duathlete in the United States, and was named to "Inside Triathlon's" IT list. In 2011, Patty became an Ironman, completing IM Louisville as a race walker. She was selected as one of the Ironman Foundation's highlighted athletes to tell her story of triumph over osteoarthritis. She is a coach and trainer who truly cares, and wants to inspire her clients.
She is certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and American Council of Exercise (ACE) as well as USA Level II certified cycling coach, with a power meter distinction. Patty received her B.A. in Physical Education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
When she is not training clients or herself, Patty enjoys playing with her little 2.5 pound dog Lancie.
Kelly McLaughlin
Personal Trainer
Kelly McLaughlin
Personal Trainer, Durham
With over 10 years of experience in the health and wellness field, Kelly joined the Empower team in 2012. She comes to Empower with great background of working with a variety of clients, ranging from young children to young at heart adults in their 80′s. She believes that everyone is in a unique position with both their strengths and their needs, and she takes pride in designing individualized workouts to help her clients achieve their fitness goals. With a patient, yet passionate approach to training, Kelly wishes to motivate others to accomplish things they never believed they could.
With a BA in Psychology and a minor in Exercise Science, Kelly graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of NC Chapel Hill in 2000. She is a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM).
"Walking the Walk" is critical to Kelly. She comes from a competitive swimming background, where she competed for UNC all 4 years, and ended her swimming career at the US Olympic Trials in 2000. She now is an age group elite triathlete, and has finished in the top 5 of her division in 3 out of the 4 Ironmans in which she has raced. She has been named as an All American triathlete numerous times, and has won a variety of NC and SC races since she took up the sport in 2001.
Most of her free time is spent at the pool training herself or playing with her young swim protégés, riding her bike, or running.
J.J. Yager
Customer Relations Specialist
J.J. Yager
Director of Client Relations, Raleigh
J.J. joined the Empower TEAM in October 2013 as Director of Client Relations, Raleigh. She views fostering relationships as her most important role in sharing Empower's health and wellness mission with the community. She brings a wide range of experience with her including her previous position in Member Services at Lifetime Fitness where she also served as a coach for Run Club and Cycle Club.
J.J. has degrees in Biology and Chemistry from St. Andrews Presbyterian College where she played soccer and served as captain of the women's soccer team. St. Andrews gave J.J. her first coaching position and she has enjoyed sharing her love of soccer, and later running and cycling, ever since. She believes that challenging yourself to be fit makes you more capable in every aspect of life.
In her spare time, J.J. loves to be outside whether she is running, riding her bike, camping, gardening, or playing with her dogs Finn and Hazel. She also loves to travel to new places and learn about different cultures. She will read anything you put in front of her, but her favorite authors are David Sedaris and Bill Bryson.
R.J. Lisander
Yoga/Meditation Guide
R.J. Lisander
Director of Client Relations, Yoga Instructor, Durham
RJ Lisander, RYT 500, has been practicing yoga for over five years and shares with her classes her love of the practice of yoga through the integration breath work, yoga postures, mudra and yoga nidra meditation, while delicately weaving anatomical and physiological information with the philosophy of yoga to inform her classes of the flow they are experiencing. Influenced by the grounding of her yoga therapy background and the energetic, vinyasa-like rhythm of Prana Flow®, RJ's classes provide balance and an overall feeling of well-being. Come and experience the transformation that occurs when the mind, body and breath are aligned.
Prior to being a yoga therapist and yoga instructor, RJ was an interior decorator for national and international home decor organizations.
RJ is a member of International Association of Yoga Therapists, Yoga Alliance and is CPR AED certified. RJ holds a 200-hour Prana Flow® teacher certification from Evolve Movement, Raleigh, NC and is working toward her 1000-hour certification in yoga therapy through a combination of intensive study with Joseph and Lillian LaPage at Kripalu and internships. Additionally, RJ holds a Bachelors of Arts in English with a minor in Creative Writing from West Virginia University.
Ugonna Ukwu
Group Fitness Instructor
Ugonna Ukwu
Group Fitness Instructor, Durham
Ugonna has over 10 years of experience in the fitness industry. She has worked with clients young and old, beginning health seekers to elite athletes, and courageous overcomers of various health challenges. Ugonna likes to use motivation and enthusiasm to inspire her class participants to maximize their workout and have fun while doing so. She believes that exercise can be personalized and enjoyable as a lifestyle, not a short term forced goal.
Before joining the Empower team this year (2013), Ugonna has held various positions in the health and wellness field. She has served as a group fitness instructor, dance choreographer, and personal trainer for community events, the YMCA, Pulse, Yale University and UNC Chapel Hill. She has also served as a health coach and educator through a City-wide Blood pressure intervention program and a biometric screener for various employer-sponsored health fairs. Such experiences have enabled Ugonna to utilize many different instructional and motivational techniques to empower various levels of clients to perform optimally and practice healthy lifestyle habits.
Ugonna is a certified group fitness instructor and personal trainer through the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA). She has held past certifications as a group fitness instructor through National Exercise Trainers Association (NETA, formerly known as NDEITA) and Interactive Fitness Trainers of America (IFTA). She has also been a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), and a Health Coach through the National Society of Health Coaches (NSHC).
In addition to being a fitness enthusiast, Ugonna enjoys Latin and international dancing (salsa, bachata, cha cha, kizomba, rumba), blogging, and serving in her church and local community.
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Sydney Decker
Group Fitness Instructor
Sydney Decker
Group Fitness Instructor, Raleigh
Sydney has over a year of experience in personal training, group fitness, and athlete performance training. She grew up playing softball, soccer, and martial arts. Upon high school graduation, Sydney changed gears and started doing boxing, kickboxing, and MMA training. Sydney is a positive and supportive person who is passionate about helping people get excited about exercise as well as giving them the knowledge and tools to make it a lifetime commitment. She believes in challenging yourself, setting goals, and balanced diet and exercise. Her philosophy is that each individual has to find an activity that they enjoy, that is varied, and also have an overall balanced well-being for it to be sustainable. Sydney has worked will many different special populations with ages ranging between 8 to 85.
Before joining the EMPOWER Team in 2013, Sydney held positions within the health and wellness field. She has worked at several gyms such as Meredith College, LA Boxing, Duke Diet and Fitness, and Cardinal Gibbons HS as a personal trainer, helping athletes with weight lifting, speed and agility training, and as a boxing and kickboxing instructor. While completing her bachelors degree in Exercise and Sports Science from Meredith College, Sydney did an internship at Duke Diet and Fitness.
Sydney is a Certified Personal Trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and will graduate from Meredith College with a BS in Exercise and Sports Science in December of 2013.
In her free time, Sydney enjoys playing sports, being outside, running, spending time with her family and her Great Dane Gracie.
Caroline Pope
Group Fitness Instructor
Caroline Pope
Group Fitness Instructor, Raleigh
Caroline Pope has been teaching group fitness classes for six years. While attending kickboxing classes during high school, she became fascinated by fitness. She was able to combine her lifelong dance experience and love of music with powerful, rhythmic punches, kicks, jumps, and combos to get an amazing workout. Caroline has worked with college students, local athletes, middle aged and senior populations and believes every person, no matter their ability or age, can be motivated and pushed to not just achieve optimal health but prevent pathology. She aims to bring something exciting and new to each class to keep participants' minds and bodies constantly challenged. Caroline joined the Empower team in 2013. Caroline began teaching kickboxing classes her freshman year at UNC-CH and quickly expanded to other cardio and strength classes, including cardio dance and interval training. Core and lumbopelvic integration are fundamental pillars of her classes. She has been a mentor to instructors in training and has taught various classes at O2 fitness and Healthtrax in Raleigh. Each gym has different populations and fitness levels, and part of the lure for Caroline is discovering how to make classes fun and individualized in a group setting. Caroline is certified as a Group Fitness Instructor through the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) and is Group Kick certified through Body Training Systems (BTS). She received a BA in Psychology and Spanish from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2012 and is currently in her second year at Meredith College to obtain her Master of Science in Nutrition degree this May. After her dietetic internship next year she will become a Registered Dietitian to continue helping people achieve optimal health and wellness. When she's not studying, Caroline enjoys traveling with her newlywed husband Taylor and dog Tybee, dancing, painting, doing hot yoga, and trying new cuisine.
Amanda Caruso
Personal Trainer/Group Fitness Instructor
Amanda Caruso
AFAA –CPT, ACE- Group Fitness
Personal Trainer/Group Fitness Instructor
Amanda has been involved in Personal and Group Fitness for almost 4 years. She started her career in the pool setting, as a private swim instructor and then became an Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor. She has worked with all different skill levels and works to help modify for the needs of class participants. Fitness is a journey and never a destination; once we reach one goal we need to create a new goal. Also wellness is not a one size fits all, it is important to try an array of different types of exercise and find what fits you best. Amanda Caruso joined the Empower team in 2014.
Amanda has been a personal trainer in Western New York for 3 years before relocating to North Carolina. There she taught a variety of classes each week, including cycling, yoga, functional fitness for older adults, aqua, and strength and core based classes.
Amanda is an Aerobics and Fitness Association (AFAA) certified Personal Trainer and American Council on Exercise (ACE) certified Group Fitness Instructor. She holds specialty certifications in MaddDogg Spinning, TRX Level 1 Suspension Trainer, multiple BOSU certifications, and multiple FiTOUR certifications, including strength, core and functional training, stability training, and aqua.
Her passions for fitness lead her to her recent challenges, of competing in Ironman Triathlons.
Adam Decker
TRX Instructor
Adam Decker
TRX Instructor
Adam Decker's passion for fitness, along with his desire for learning and exploration with different fitness modalities makes him an excellent addition to the Empower Team. He has been working as a personal trainer for several years, recruiting clients and helping them to obtain their goals in the triangle area. Working in a local Pilates studio since 2012, his focus has been strongly based form and alignment, insuring clients will have a safe and effective experience with their training. His broad range of clientele includes children as well as people in their 60s and beyond. He has worked with people who are very fit, as well as numerous individuals who are working out for the first time. His collaboration with Physical Therapists and Structural Integrators' has helped people who are recovering from injury continue onward in their progress, developing specific plans for the needs of these clients.
Before joining the fitness world and most recently joining Empower, Adam was and is a singer with a deep passion for music. Starting his professional music career in 2005, and has appeared in the Top 20 in America's Got Talent Season 2, and on the Top 40 in American Idol Season 11, in 2012. He studied theater at Cortland State University and Vocal Performance at Ithaca College (NY). Adam is currently lead singer for the local pop sensation, Spaceship Days and they continue to gig locally, regionally, and nationally with this up and coming band. They recently won Video of the Year at the Carolina Music Awards in July!
Adam Decker is a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine, and a Certified Total Resistance Exercise Trainer. His passion and drive for continuing education has made his knowledge of anatomy and kinesiology apparent through his practice. His commitment to improving the health an well being of his clients makes him the quintessential group fitness instructor of the triangle. His free time is spent writing music, watching collegiate and professional football, and spending quality time with his wife and son. We are proud to call Adam Decker one of our own.
Elijah Sacra
Yoga/Group Fitness Instructor
Elijah Sacra
Yoga/Group Fitness Instructor
Elijah is a United States Marine Corps Veteran, a career health and wellness practitioner, trainer and educator with twenty-three years of experience. He upholds the ideals of upscale, honest, friendly, and professional service. Elijah's commitment to high standards and professionalism has won him acclaim from the media, peers and his clients. Utilizing his knowledge of Human Performance, Wellness, Holistic Nutrition & Health Coaching as a blueprint, he empowers his clients to achieve optimal wellness and become their own guru. He has worked extensively with private clients, executives, families, corporations, sports teams, the military and law enforcement while delivering services in homes, fitness studios, gyms and wellness centers. His services are targeted to the beginner all the way to the elite athlete. He has extensive experience working in concert with physicians, physical therapists and occupational therapists while delivering services to populations under clinical care. These include patients of obesity clinics, those recovering from surgeries, individuals living with traumatic brain injuries, amputees, cancer patients, the blind, and many who suffer from chronic illness and injuries. Elijah's philosophy and methodology is grounded in postural alignment, breath connection, mindful functional movement, nutrient density and emotional wellness. He applies these tenets to core performance, strength and conditioning, flexibility, cardiovascular health, skill development, corrective and rehabilitative exercise, nutrition and holistic health coaching. He has studied with some of the most elite mentors in functional movement, yoga, mind-body medicine, strength and conditioning and nutrition. In 2009, Elijah founded Semper Fidelis Health & Wellness (SFHW.ORG), an all volunteer 501c3 nonprofit organization providing holistic and integrative health and wellness education and training to Wounded, Ill, and Injured service members, veterans and their caregivers. Their curriculum is delivered as professional military education for hundreds annually to clients under the medical care of the Department of Defense and the Veterans Administration. He has served on an Executive Roundtable and Vision Sharing Board for Non-Profit and Community Participation in Achieving "World Class" Standards of Care and Services for Wounded Warriors at the New Joint Services Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and is currently on the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Veterans Business Association.
Rachel Wright
Yoga Instructor
Rachel Wright
Yoga Instructor, Raleigh
Rachel began practicing yoga her senior year of college. Over the years her passion for the practice has overshadowed all other paths including: Off Broadway acting debuts, teaching theatre to the amazing children in Manhattan's West Village, and the amusing sea of experiences and interests that accompany young urban life. Rachel joined the EMPOWER Team in the Fall of 2013.
Her passion for yoga was fueled by different schools all over the world. Most recently she returned from Koh Samui, Thailand where she completed a 500 hour Ashtanga based teacher training. This incredible and intense schooling increased her worth as a teacher by broadening her knowledge base and stabilizing her personal practice. Rachel also received a 200 hour teacher training at New York City's Prana Flow infused Sonic Yoga. In addition she earned a Kid's Yoga Teacher certification from New York's big hearted, industry leading, Karma Kid's Yoga. Lastly, she received a Mom and Baby Teacher certification from the experienced Joythi Larson in New York City.
Rachel loves the transformative power of yoga on her mind, body, and spirit. She believes the practice will allow you to transcend to a level of higher awareness giving birth to a healthier, happier, and truly free life.
Anne Constable
Yoga Instructor
Anne Constable
Yoga Instructor, Durham
Anne has been teaching yoga since 2004, when she completed her 240 hour training at North Carolina School of Yoga. Since then, she has completed workshops in Prenatal Yoga, Senior Yoga, and Yoga for Athletes. Anne is passionate about teaching yoga because of its many benefits, including relieving stress; increasing self- awareness, flexibility and strength; improvements in posture, balance, and respiratory and cardiac functioning; and its positive effects on mood, spirituality, and overall wellness. Her ultimate goal is that every student is energized, relaxed, and more positive at the conclusion of every class.
Before joining the EMPOWER team in 2012, Anne taught a variety of yoga classes throughout the Triangle area. Most recently, she taught a multilevel class at the YMCA's American Tobacco Campus. She also taught Yoga for Active Older Adults at the Lakewood Y. At the YMCA, Anne had the opportunity to teach adults of all levels and ages, modifying the class for their individual needs and abilities. She has also taught classes for educators after school, and community classes in three neighborhood clubhouses. At Blue Point Yoga Studio in Durham, she taught prenatal yoga which focused on preparing for "conscious birthing" through increasing the strength, comfort, and confidence of the students; breathing exercises to increase comfort during pregnancy and delivery; increasing the connection between mother and baby; and offering support and a sense of community among the students.
Anne is employed as a speech-language pathologist in Wake County Public Schools. She received her undergraduate and Master's degree from UNC-Chapel Hill. In her free time, she enjoys walking her dog, cycling, practicing yoga, reading, attending concerts, and socializing with friends and family.
Pilates Instructor
BS/M.Ed, ACE, AFAA, IFTA
Pilates Instructor, Durham
Lauren is a fitness/wellness/health promotion specialist. She is experienced in fitness/wellness program planning, design and implementation with a primary focus on promoting adherence by offering motivation and support. Lauren is certified to teach a variety of fitness formats and has found that Pilates training is a form of exercise that allows participants to fully experience the mind/body connection.
Lauren Mangili is currently the Associate Director Campus Recreation/Director of Fitness at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since 1995. Before working at UNC Lauren had several years of experience working in Campus Recreation, specifically with fitness/wellness and student staff development at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. Lauren completed her undergraduate degree in Health Management/Business Administration from the University of Arizona and a graduate degree in Health Promotion & Exercise Science at Bowling Green State University.
Lauren and her husband, Mike, have three sons (Nick, Tony and Joey). She is an avid sports spectator/fan and enjoys teaching/participating in a variety of group fitness class formats and believes "with a positive attitude anything is possible!"
Anna LaBarre
Dietitian / Nutritionist
Anna LaBarre
Dietitian / Nutritionist, Durham & Raleigh
Anna is a registered dietitian and licensed dietitian/nutritionist. She is an experienced nutrition educator, counselor and coach; she teaches a whole foods and whole body approach for preventing and treating disease, inspires realistic and sustainable lifestyle changes, and provides encouragement and accountability on one's journey to achieving personal health goals.
She specializes in weight loss, empowering clients to heal overeating and emotional eating tendencies, decrease food cravings, practice mindful eating and cultivate a healthy relationship with real food. She is experienced in heart disease prevention and reversal (improving all modifiable heart disease risk factors, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and triglycerides and elevated blood sugar levels). Others areas of her practice include using foods to reduce inflammation and improve inflammatory conditions, increasing energy and improving mood through diet, and helping those with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity to navigate the gluten-free diet.
Anna obtained her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Foods and Nutrition from Meredith College in Raleigh, NC. Her graduate work includes research in sustainable food systems, local and organic foods and farmers' markets. Anna's work experience includes the associate dietitian role at the Rice Diet Program in Durham, NC. Teaching nutrition classes and workshops, facilitating group discussions and giving cooking demonstrations were among her primary responsibilities. She has also worked at Personalized Nutrition, Inc., a private practice of dietitians. Anna has avidly been involved in the Durham-Chapel Dietetic Association, serving on the board for more than 4 years, including the role of President. She is also a member of the North Carolina Dietetic Association and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
In her free time, Anna enjoys being outdoors, especially gardening or hiking the Eno River Trails. She also loves to cook and spend time around the table with family and friends.
Lori Glenn
Massage Therapist
Lori Glenn
Massage Therapist, Durham
Lori Glenn is a graduate of the Medical Arts Massage School in Raleigh and has been licensed in North Carolina since 2003. Her interest in bodywork began in college with arts and life drawing classes. Lori is also a level 2 Reiki Practitioner certified in the Usui Shiki Ryoho system. She has received training in massage methods such as Swedish, Deep Tissue, Trigger Point, Hot Stone Massage and Reflexology and is currently working toward her certification in Visceral Manipulation with The Barral Institute.
Lori has worked in the corporate environment for almost seven years doing chair massage, working to improve her clients understanding of their body while sitting at a desk daily. She is also a certified GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® trainer and has been fortunate to study with master trainers Kathy Van Patten, Sebastian Plettenberg, Miriam Barbosa and with the creator Juliu Horvath. Teaching this movement has deepened her understanding of the body and how it moves. Lori also teaches educational workshops to couples and groups in massage and movement.
When Lori is not working on clients, she is involved in working with a few different non-profits and charity events. She sits on the board of Barefoot Acupuncture and Wellness. She has been involved with a local ladies arm wrestling charity event and has helped organize a Halloween event with CIS of Durham. She also enjoys spending time with her dog, Boone.
Brent Best
Personal Trainer/Group Fitness Instructor
Brent Best
Personal Trainer/Group Fitness Instructor
Brent has over 8 years of experience in the fitness industry. He obtained his bachelor's degree in Health and Fitness from East Carolina University and worked at the student recreation center while he completed his studies. Following graduation be begun working in corporate wellness at various sites working as a fitness specialist, group fitness instructor, personal trainer, and program manager for fitness and wellness departments throughout Research Triangle Park.
Brent is certified through the American Council of Sports Medicine as a health fitness specialist, fitness nutrition through the American Council on Exercise, the Interactive Fitness Trainers of America for group exercise, and is a certified Spinning instructor. He has worked with a diverse clientele ranging from youths to senior citizens, and beginners to collegiate athletes. Two of Brent's biggest priorities when it comes to working with participants and clients are increasing their knowledge base and making sure they have fun. "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish, feed him for a lifetime" is one of his favorite philosophical quotes and he believes nothing gives you that extra motivation to push a little harder and come back the next time than the fact that you enjoyed yourself previously.
Brent is an avid sports fan and regularly participates in recreation basketball, flag football, soccer, and beach volleyball. He also enjoys spending time with loved ones, laughing (a lot), traveling, and not making a mess in the kitchen when attempting to cook.
Kim Sulman
Group Fitness Instructor
Kim Sulman
Kim was born and raised north of Toronto, Canada. She played college soccer while completing a degree in political science with post graduate studies in Technical Communications and Human Resources Management. But from the time she laced on her first pair of figure skates at 5 years old she lived, breathed and loved almost every form of physical activity. She tackled all kinds of competitive sports – soccer, track, cross-country, softball, basketball, European team handball, hockey, water skiing and ultimate frisbee. She was encouraged (two older brothers and a twin sister) to get dirty, get scratched up and give it her all. So she did, in sports and in play. She ran (and got stuck) in farmer's fields, and disappeared for hours through corn fields and apple orchards. She swung from swings and trees, climbed playground structures and cliffs, scaled rocks and railroad tracks and played hide and seek and tag until the street lights came on or the cow bell rang. She played hard, had tons of fun and yes, got fit! She was lucky enough to channel her love of sports and training professional career when she moved to Durham in 2005.
Before joining the Empower team, Kim has held various positions in the health and wellness field. She served as the Group Fitness Director at the Durham YMCA's, a Group Fitness Instructor and Personal Trainer at the Durham YMCAs and JCC as well as running outdoor corporate bootcamps and fitness themed summer camps for elementary aged girls. She also teaches physical education at Montessori schools in the triangle area.
Kim is a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) through the American Council on Exercise with over 7 years' experience teaching a variety of group fitness formats to all ages and experience levels. Her experience as Group Fitness Director, instructor, trainer and PE teacher allow her to look at group fitness with many hats and makes sure her classes are inspiring, challenging, safe and FUN.
In her free time Kim enjoys trail running, music festivals, exercising outdoors with bands and sandbags, mindfulness meditation, and playing tennis, soccer, ultimate and any other sport with her husband Mark and their two daughters, Zoe and Talia.
Sara Owens
Yoga Instructor
Sara Owens
Yoga Instructor
Sara Owens enjoys teaching yoga as a complement to fitness training and life's stresses. Her classes are accessible to everyone, down to earth, playful, and fun! A recent 'core-convert,' her classes tend to be core focused, balanced by a healthy dose of stretching and relaxation. Her off the mat loves include coffee, naps, and laughing.


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There are a whole lot of people lying. That is how you get ahead in government and the left is obviously afraid of Mr Cain..
LOL "I can't recall" -- the last refuge of the really guilty.
So this brings the total of lying women to 4. Oh, and one lying campaign staffer too. That's five people, with no connections, that are all lying about Herman Cain being a sexual harasser. Seems plausible.
"And as far as these latest charges. I don't' even remember."
A classic non-denial denial.
He can deny the accusations because because as I understand it, if there was a settlement, it can't be opened to reveal what the subject of the settlement. So it's just his word against theirs.
"the left is obviously afraid of Mr Cain."
Are the neocons seriously deluded enough to think that someone advocating a national sales taxes has a snowballs chance of winning? I mean, come on. You people can't be serious.
For him to totally deny makes me wonder if she is really lying. According to her statement it would seem almost impossible that someone did not see them together. Come on they were at a seminar. For him to deny would mean he would have to pay off a fair number of people. For the moment, I think this lady is lying and the question is why?
How many women has he groped that he does not even remember.....I wonder how many other women are afraid to come out....
As a former HR rep I can tell you with certainty that 50% of all sexual allegations are both true and false. Problem is it is "Hey, Mr. Cain...when did you stop beating your wife?" Once the message has been made you cannot take it back.
This gal is looking for a reality show. Maybe she is getting married soon.
Let me suggest that we shouldn't be too quick to judge the Cain situation; it is fluid. Facts may come out about accusers, etc. Gloria Allred is not the most credible attorney.
No two circumstances are ever the same, but the American public has a way of sorting these things out: http://bit.ly/vpLob1
I would like to see someone actually address why this woman was fired from the NRA. A former co-worker of hers has made a statement stating that she was basically fired for making false sexual harassment charges.
Big Intrusive Government social issues Republicans are true believers in Herman Cain. True believers will stick with him to the bitter end even though, like Obama, he has deeply disappointed his true believers.
This is giving both social issues Republicans and true believers a chance to show their morals. But they apparently have none.
Another woman is now stating that he has exposed himself, another is accusing him of rape and has evidence, and he had sex with an intern. Oh wait, that was Clinton. Never mind.
The accuser isn't the one on trial here. What's on trial is Cain's character and whether he's up to being president. Cain should be defending himself with the facts, not whimsy.
Maybe now Herman Cain understands what it means for someone to make repeated, unwanted advances on you. What goes around, comes around.
Cain has shown us his man-sized cojones, now how about a look at his intelligence? After all, we're trying to elect a president here, not sell a racehorse.
I suspect that more information will come out. If Cain's name was Kennedy or Clinton there would be no problem. Since his name is Cain there may be a problem. Different standard. There should be a different standard and for my vote that rules out Gingrich unless he is the only option.
Should be really simple to check the hotel records to see if she was upgraded to a suite???
Oh, yeah, we know, Hermie, they are all lying. And the Restaurant Assoc. obviously thought so too, because they paid a settlement out rather than having that follow you and them to court. Right....
How do you prove that which is false? The burden of proof falls on the accuser. Of the millions of people out here anyone can say anything about anyone and the press reports the facts - this is what she said not exactly the truth about what really may of happened.
Gloria Allred is a master of holding back information until just right moment. Now that Cain has called her client a liar, it's 50-50 that we'll see something more.
You can watch the clip from Herman Cain's interview with ABC News in which he says he doesn't remember meeting Sharon Bialek here:
Don't remember? Well, you shouldn't have been so drunk.
Oh yeah, the left is lying - please - we WANT Cain as the nominee - he's totally unready for the general election. Blaming the left and the media is just lame - candidate shoots himself in the foot - who's holding the gun?
These are all a bunch of lip-flappin', gum-slummin', tongue-twistin' liars who ought to be --
Wait. What was her name again? Sharon? Oh, yeah, I remember her. She was hot.
If Cain is denying knowing this woman or being there then this should all clear up soon. The press will dig up that part of his story and he is either lying (and he's crazy) or the woman is lying (and she's crazy).
Herman, if you're accused of sexual harassment, blame yourself.
Young grasshopper Herman, do you need big daddy Bill to show you some tricks with the ladies. The ladies never accused me of harrassment. BIG Cigars.
I wouldn't be completely surprised if it's all true.
I wouldn't be completely surprised if it's just a collosal smear campaign.
This is the presidency at stake and that's a big enough prize for a whole lot of lying to happen.
It's classical too: an offense normally committed in private, often unreported and without a shred of evidence left behind.
At least if they accused him of being a serial killer there would be his yard to dig up.
Who knows? Nobody but the ones who were (...or weren't) there.
i don't know her and she put my hands there
What is really amazing is that, while four different women have supposedly "lied" about Cain's sexual misbehavior, not one woman has come forward to "kie" about any of the other Republican front runners. Cain seems to be having a really bad run of luck here, to have been chosen out of the blue by all these "lying" females. If he really wants to show them for the "lying" women they are, perhaps a good start would be for him to work with the NRA to release them from their confidentiality agreements (in the case of the two who appear to have signed them).
Here's a man who I watched on T.V. say he is so seemlessly anti-abortion that he believes even women whose pregancy is the result of rape should have to carry the fetus to full term; who suggested we build an electrified fence at our borders to kill illegal alens (later downgraded to "just joking"); who said if you're broke or poor, you have no one to blame but yourself (apparently he hasn't heard about sheer accidents of birth and heredity, illness in various forms, the offshoring of jobs, and all sorts of other social and economic vissicitudes); and who wants to increase the net,overall tax burden on 85 per cent of all Americans who are not well off -- i.e., the poor and middle class -- with a 9 percent sales tax, so that the wealthier elements of our society (including Herman Cain himself) can have their marginal income tax rates reduced from 35 percent to 9 percent on ordinary income, and from 15 percent to zero on dividends and capital gains. How could anyone believe that a nice guy like that could be running around harrassing women?
From the article: "I don't even know who this lady is."
Translation: "I behave inappropriately with so many women, I can't possibly be expected to remember them all."
Herman, you buy me some deep fried twinkies and some a that lobsta like that lady Martha Ginyard serve me, and I'll go car ridin' with ya.
He doesn't remember this woman, but then he didn't remember the two women who were given payments until later he did, and then he didn't remember how much the payments were until later he did, and then he didn't remember that China has very publicly had nuclear weapons for almost 50 years.
If nothing else, we need a president with a better memory!
Say goodbye, Herman. What a joke that he would even be a candidate. Is this what we have become?
The latest accuser seems to be in a bit of a financial bind. Does that make her statement untrue? Not on the face of it, but perhaps the best place to settle all the above is in court. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/8877514/Herman-Cain-accuser-forced-to-deny-she-came-forward-to-make-money.html
I have no particular liking or respect for Herman Cain who is inadequately experienced and entirely unqualified to be president of the United States. However, if people are going to find him guilty because of this pattern (multiple accusations of inappropriate advances from unconnected women), I would like to remind them of two things. One: the absence of connection between the accusers is unproven and two: there is nothing quite as incendiary as an accusation of sexual aggression when carried out by a black man on white women. I have no idea who the other women are but the latest one is clearly. We may pretend to live in enlightened times but civilized tolerance is an awfully thin veneer. Guilty or not, you're done Mr. Cain.
Ok, so I'm a little confused. It's ok for a sitting president to get serviced by an intern in the Whitehouse (in fact the left & the media adored him for it) but Herman Cain is a no good scoundrel because some babe's are making these acquisations? No, no that's not a double standard at all. Bunch of racists, thats what you are.
My pizza is burnt.
The neocons are falling over themselves trying to get a lobbyist elected as the President.
you want a job ,boy I have a job 4 u
What happens to journalistic ethics and standards when Cain is found to be lying? Cain's defense is something I understood in the beginning, but as off late, it is becoming an embarrassment. Cain is not worth the effort on part of Fox News and WSJ.
Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd,
Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd.
I was a witness in a sexual harassment case. Two women were accusing the money holder - the boss. A couple of months before they presented their charge, one of the women did something (at work) towards me that was highly sexually aggressive. When I came forward as a character witness against that one woman, I was suddenly said to have done all sorts of things to her on the job. They did not even blink. The settlement gimmick gets them quick bucks. Much cheaper to settle than pay much bigger bucks to clear one's name.
I would be the last female alive to try and ruin somebody's career. But any woman half way decent looking will tell you this stuff happens all the time. You give a man a little power, and a lot of times they will use it in the stupidest way possible. I'm not picking on the men, women have their quirks too. A truly stand-up guy won't do this kind of thing. I am no Herman Cain fan. The 9-9-9 plan was enough to scare me off. Can you imagine paying an extra 9 percent sales tax on top of your regular state sales tax on the things you buy, even your utility bills? I hope we Americans can see past the charisma and sales jobs some of these candidates throw at us. I will be doing my homework on the presidential candidates and truly hope my fellow voters do the same.
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Sotheby's is auctioning a handwritten memo by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs that describes changes Atari could make to its World Cup Soccer arcade game according to CNET.
It was written in 1974 by Jobs when he was only 19 years old.
PC Magazine said Sotheby's has listed a four-page, handwritten manuscript Jobs wrote for his then-supervisor Stephen Bristow, and expects it to sell between $10,000-$15,000.
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According to Sotheby's, Jobs details a way "to improve the functionality and fun of World Cup, a coin arcade-game with four simple buttons and an evolution from Atari's Pong game."
CNET reported that Jobs worked at nights at Atari for a brief time in 1974 and employed Steve Wozniak, who would become his Apple co-founder, to help whittle down the hardware required for a prototype of a single-player version of Pong, the game that would go on to become Breakout.
Jobs left Atari that summer to travel in India, and upon his return to California lived in a commune, CNET wrote.
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Originally posted by deltaboy
if i remember correctly, China pretty much failed to defeat the U.S. in the Korean Peninsula. even wen the American troops were outnumbered big time.
Originally posted by jadechina
i am not an agent and not CCP.
today is 15/8/05,do you remember 15/8/1945.
60years!we chinese all remember that day!
and we will not forgive Japesese.
though troops of US and some eastern countries had invaded china.
we all forgive them.
i will not forgive JAP.i cannt tell you the reasons in english,thats very complaicated
i want to know your attitude toward jap
Originally posted by jadechina
i cannt tell you the reasons in english,thats very complaicated
i want to know your attitude toward jap
Originally posted by Nygdan
I think 'japanese' might be a better way to say it. When I saw the title of this thread I thought, in fact, that it was comming from an American. A lot of people in the US will never forgive Japan for Pearl Harbour, and will simply never trust them enough to permit them to have a real military or have any sort of power because of it.
Originally posted by ulshadow
dude... when did US ever invade China?????????? I think you mix it with western european nations like britian, France, etc. the United States never invade China...!!! prove me wrong.
I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.....[snip]........In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested.
Originally posted by James the Lesser
Also Japan drunk? That's easy, in their culture if a guest drinks a glass, they do to, if they drink another, same thing.
So a big Round Eye drinks a six pack and is ready for business, a japanese man drinks a six pack as custom goes and is passed out on the floor.
Also the japanese women like the ganjii(foreiger) from America because we apparently treat our women better and they know it.
Gozaimasu Japan.(Literal teanslation is Excuse Me Japan or Sorry Japan but would be in this context known as Forgive Japan, if I spelled it right)
Originally posted by jadechina
Someone doesnt know what exactly what the topic is so I change the topic.
I just show my viewpiont:never forgive Jap.
I can not express all my viewpoints because of my poor English.
I can not express my anger when I mention any topics about Japan,including the war,the crude Japanese soilders.
They killed 300000 in Nanking!Sometimes I cried for my dead people but I remember what the Japanese own to us forever,till the day I die.That's blood!
But Japanese doesnt have the correct attitude toward the history.
Like Japan, Germany committed crimes in WW2,but Germany has very different attitude.


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