Welcome....Not every day is a good day but something good happens everyday!

Hello everyone,

Welcome to my blog dedicated to my AWESOME clients and friends and family.

I hope to update this frequently so check back regularly!

Quick bio about me....
I grew up in Beaver, PA and graduated from Penn State (WE ARE!) in 2006. I am in the process of a career change actually as I obtained a Bachelors Degree from PSU in IST (Information Sciences and Technology) and worked from IBM as a Security Consultant out of college as a mobile employee. After a few years of working from home, I began to discover that a desk job was not for me! I enjoy technology but my true passion is fitness and working with people. After my personal weight loss journey (I used to weigh 240lbs at my heaviest) and completing a few marathons, I decided that I wanted to make my passion my career. I first joined the Air Force and currently am a reservist for the Pittsburgh 911th Air Force Reserve base and serve as the Fitness Monitor for my squadron.

Utilizing some of my GI Reserve Select Bill education money, I went back to school to NPTI (National Personal Trainer Institute) in Orlando, FL where I obtained my Personal Trainer certification. I hope to move back to FL someday as my greatest passion is for warm weather and beaches! But for now, I bleed Black and Yellow and call the burgh home. HERE WE GO STEELERS!

In my free time (which isn't much with the hours at Urban Active) I love my Crossfit group R.A.W. (Realize the Athlete Within) where I have some inspirational trainers (Vitamin Amy, Molly and Jerame Tuman especially) and train with awesome people (too many to list but you know who you are!).

I also love playing golf and watching almost any sport. Favorite teams are of course the STEELERS, Penn State anything, the Pens, Pirates (although that is like rooting for a three-legged...wait a two-legged horse in the Kentucky Derby) and Orlando Magic.

I also love my Friends as you all know, you can't choose your family but you can choose your friends. I think life is about the places you see (especially beaches), the things you do and the people you meet.

Money doesn't buy happiness (although money does buy a wave-runner and I never saw anybody frown on a wave-runner...seriously those things are AWESOME).

Well that is a small peak into me......more to come....whether you like it or not