About
John is proud to be an ACE certified Personal Trainer, Group Fitness Instructor and Health Coach, and to have completed several ACE specialty programs in areas such as behavior change, weight management, sports nutrition, senior fitness and functional training.
John is also very proud to be a Z-Health Master Practitioner. Z-Health is an integrated curriculum of 11 multi-day courses that teach the functional neurology aspects of such things as pain relief, strength development, vision and vestibular training, fall and injury prevention, and athleticism. Z-Health Master Practitioners have completed testing assessments for each of the courses as well as additional advanced material that delves more deeply into underlying neurological structures and their expression in daily and sports movement (https://zhealtheducation.com/master-practitioners/).
Additionally, John has been practicing T’ai Chi for over 20 years and taught weekly classes at the Charlottesville T’ai Chi Center (http://www.charlottesvilletaichi.org/instructors/) for over 10 years. John focuses on always allowing the client's body to speak for itself through attentively assessing and re-assessing the effects of different drills and exercises. His goal is to discover what the client's body and nervous system need today to move towards greater freedom and liberated ability, and the best strategies to empower the client to move towards greater enjoyment in movement itself.
My Skills
John primarily deals with improving his clients' well-being, stamina and strength, while navigating and addressing issues such as:
Balance and Inner Ear Problems
Joint Stiffness, Pain and Arthritis
Low Back Pain
Muscle Pain
Abdominal and Gut Issues
Weight Management
Injury Prevention
Professional Associations / Memberships
ACE Fitness Personal Trainer
ACE Fitness Health Coach
ACE Fitness Group Fitness Instructor
Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner
Member - American Association of Drugless Practitioners
Functional Movement Systems - Level 1 and 2 Certification
