fu-sion (noun): a merging of diverse, distinct, or separate elements into a unified whole
BIOGRAPHIES
KATY TOMBAUGH, Owner
Certified Personal Trainer, Group Fitness & Pilates Instructor, Registered Yoga Teacher
Katy promises to bring you a fusion of techniques unique to her training style. Trained as a professional dancer, Katy then chose to explore both fitness and yoga, and thus the evolution of FUSION.
Katy attended the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati as well as the Ohio State University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Human Ecology. She is a Certified Personal Trainer with both the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) as well as the National Council for Certified Personal Trainers (NCCPT). She is also a Certified Group Fitness Instructor through the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) and a Registered Yoga Teacher (200-hour with Yoga Alliance).
She has received additional training and certifications in Spinning, Pre- and Postnatal Fitness/Yoga, Resist-a-Ball, Practical Pilates and regularly attends continuing education workshops across the country. Additionally, she has over 12 years experience in teaching classes for students ages 4-94. Most recently Katy has attended Balanced Body's Pilates Reformer Instructor Training and is working toward her 500-hour Certification/Yoga Alliance Registration with her mentors at Yoga on High.
Katy has worked on the Commit to Be Fit initiative with Channel 10 as a featured trainer and was also featured as a fitness model in SHAPE magazine (June 2004).
In addition to her passion for fitness, Katy is also on faculty with the BalletMet Dance Academy and teaches with other fitness studios throughout the Columbus area. This year she has gained valuable teaching experience teaching dance and fitness in Columbus Public Schools through BalletMet's Momentum program and other dance residencies.
Katy prides herself in being a compassionate coach that listens to her clients, developing programs unique to their needs, while giving them the tools they need to experience the results they desire. She continues to consider herself a student; One that is dedicated to learning and sharing these skills and information with her clients and students.
ANDREA NORTON Certifed Personal Trainer, Fitness Instructor, Exercise Physiologist
Andrea Norton has a bachelor of science in exercise physiology with a minor in psychology from Ohio University. Andrea is certified as a personal trainer through the American Council of Exercise and specializes in functional training with a preventative as well as rehabilitative focus. Andrea is certified in sports specific training and will be working towards her Health Fitness Instructor certification through American College of Sports Medicine. Andrea is currently working in cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation as an exercise physiologist. Andrea is passionate about fitness and her enthusiasm is contagious to the many clients she serves. Andrea helps her clients embrace fitness and health as a lifelong activity. She believes that fitness is a journey not a destination and prides herself on her holistic view of fitness. Andrea has trained a variety of client populations and trained people for different events and sports conditioning.
While a student at Ohio University she worked as fitness manager of the Charles Ping Recreation Center where she also did personal training, Pilates, power yoga, and group strength classes. She presented at Midwest FitFest 2007- a regional fitness conference- on training with special populations. One of Andrea’s greatest strengths is her empathetic, caring nature and her ability to understand that people are at all different fitness levels. She motivates her clients and custom tailors each education program to enable them to be successful and healthy achieving their unique wellness goals.
LEE KOCIELA Certified Personal Trainer
Lee is a nationally certified Personal Trainer, certified through the International Sports and Sciences Association. A life long performer in Dance, Theatre and Voice, Lee found personal training to be a passion of his in 2006 when he began training with 24 Hour Fitness in Brea, CA.Here he excelled with his clients and became one of their top trainers, training over two thousand hours in his first year. Lee has worked with numerous individuals on meeting and exceeding their personal goals and desires, utilizing the foundations of exercise physiology and his background in Dance and movement. He is currently a student at Otterbein College in the Acting B.F.A. program and is also pursuing a dance minor. Lee brings compassion and variety to his clients that is seldom seen in one-on-one training.He hopes to be able to change the lives of those around him and allow everyone to experience their inner strength through their commitment to fitness.
KYRSTEN RANDLES Certified Yoga Instructor
Kyrsten Randles, CYT, found yoga after being told that she could not run marathons anymore due to a stress fracture that would not heal.She never stretched before or after running and one Saturday morning a friend brought her to a rather vigorous level 2 vinyasa class.She came out sweaty, humbled and completely ecstatic.After having a metal rod inserted into her leg so that the fracture could heal, she found Ashtanga yoga, the beginning of an intensely personal transformation.She is honored to have studied several times with her favorite teachers Bhavani Maki and Tim Miller and looks forward to meeting Kino McGregor and David Swenson during the course of her 500 hour teacher training program. In her teaching, she also loves helping her students move with the flowing sequences of vinyasa and encourages them to be curious and ask questions. She considers her greatest strength the ability to fall out of a pose without hurting herself.After all, that’s what yoga is all about – learning to work through challenges faced both on and off the mat.
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