Meet our Trainers and Instructors

Lisa has over 20 years in the fitness profession. She started her weight loss journey and fitness awareness in her early 20s with her own challenges with weight and nutrition. She started working with better food choices and walking, then moved up to running. In 2003 she received her Personal Training Certification through the American Fitness Professionals and Associates, (AFPA) and worked her way up to Personal Trainer Director for a well established fitness center. She then moved on to study Exercise Science… receiving her Kick-Boxing Certification, Spinning Certification, and Tabata Bootcamp™ Certification. She also taught at Plymouth State University as an adjunct faculty member. Her classes included, Resistance Training Instruction, Core Performance, and Law Enforcement Personal Training. In August of 2010 she opened Lisa’s Personal Training. Having gone through the journey herself, she not only knows how difficult it can be to take those first steps, she also knows how rewarding it is to accomplish those goals. When she is not helping others, Lisa enjoys eating well, hiking, physique training, and platform competitions.

Ronda is a Certified Personal Trainer through American Fitness Professional Association (AFPA); Certified in Youth Fitness Training through American Sport and Fitness Association and is a Certified Barre instructor from Barre Above. Ronda is Certified Public Accountant working at Malone, Dirubbo & Company, PC for over 28 years. As a business owner who spends many hours at a desk she came to realize the hard way that there has to be a balance of body movement in our life. It is her love of strength training and the change it has made in her life that has given her the passion to help others enrich their own lives through fitness.

I am a certified personal trainer and strength and conditioning coach through ISSA and NCCPT. I am also a Precision Nutrition Level 1 Nutrition Coach. It wasn’t until my early 30s that I started taking fitness seriously. I had a physical job as a gardener and I needed to be strong to continue doing the work. It was also important to me to set a good example for my children. I’m now in my late 40s, and fitness for me is about being able to hike a 4000 footer with my teenage son, and staying strong and mobile to avoid pain and injury as I age. I believe that fitness is a lifestyle, and I’m looking forward to helping people achieve their goals! I live in Ashland with my husband, 2 children, 2 dogs, 3 goats and 13 chickens. I enjoy golf (most of the time), hiking and traveling.

I started my fitness journey nearly 10 years ago after losing about 35 pounds and developing a love and passion for health and exercise in the process. I decided to take that passion with me to college and I graduated in 2018 with my Bachelor of Science in exercise science. Shortly after, I received my certification as an exercise specialist through ACSM. My experience in the fitness industry prior to Lisa’s Personal Training included working as a fitness instructor at a retirement community, a personal trainer at a community gym, and an exercise specialist at a physical therapy clinic. One of my biggest passions is using exercise as a tool to improve function and quality of life, especially in older adults. That passion has led me to PSU, where I am currently pursuing my doctorate in physical therapy. Apart from work and school, I love to run and hike with my husband and dog.