Personal Training Staff

Amanda Bati

Major & Graduation Year: Athletic Training 2010
Certifications: ACSM Personal Trainer
Interests: dancing, music, and roller skating
Goals in Life: I want to travel and work with a dance company.
Favorite Workout or Favorite Health Habit: core stability
Quote or Advice to new exercisers: Remember to breathe

Blake Sama

Major & Graduation Year: Mechanical Engineering, Graduation 2011
Certifications: NFPT
Interests: Lifting obviously, taking apart and building pretty much anything, hockey, lacrosse, pretty much anything athletic, listening to music...etc.
Goals in Life: Hard to put in a sentence, but I would say to be successful and feel fulfilled in my life, and to make a difference in other people's lives.
Favorite Workout or Favorite Health Habit: Probably back or legs
Quote or Advice to new exercisers: "Be consistent" and "Hard Work Pays Off" live by that and you will go places.

Mike Roncarati

Major & Graduation Year: Physical Therapy, 2010/2011
Certifications: American Council on Exercise
Interests: Sports, Lifting, Skiing, Good Music, Food and People
Goals in Life: Be a successful Physical Therapist and Strength and Conditioning Coach
Favorite Workout or Favorite Health Habit: Deadlifting
Quote or Advice to new exercisers: In regards to your health, your results are determined by what you put into it. You can be as fit and healthy as you want to be.

Rachel White

Major & Graduation Year: Exercise Physiology, 2009
Certifications: American College of Sports Medicine Basic Life Support
Interests: running, shopping, cooking, listening to all types of music
Goals in Life: To be happy and healthy and find a fulfilling job within the healthcare/wellness field
Favorite Workout or Favorite Health Habit: Spinning
Quote or Advice to new exercisers: Give about two of them, every day, to exercise; for health must not be sacrificed to learning. A strong body makes the mind strong...Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. Thomas Jefferson

Ryan Wright

Major & Graduation Year: Industrial Engineering 2009
Certifications: ACSM
Interests: Natural Bodybuilding, Functional Strength Training
Goals in Life: To one day own my own gym.
Favorite Workout or Favorite Health Habit: The Squat
Quote or Advice to new exercisers: Quote or Advice to new exercisers: "Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."
-Lou Holtz