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Your Trainers

PERFORMANCE offers a wide variety of trainers to fit each client's specific goals and personalities.
 
Contact a trainer from the list below - or - contact us at the studio, and we can select a trainer that will best fit your specific requirements.

Kyndra Belden

  • Certified Personal Trainer - AFAA

  • Certified CPR/AED 

Hello! Coach Kyndra here! I’ve been a personal trainer and group trainer for six years. I was an athlete growing up and have always loved movement from dance, gymnastics, Bodycombat to strength and conditioning training. I believe working out is crucial for an enriched life! By making fitness a consistent part of your life, you are not only staying physically healthy but also fueling your mind, both allowing you to live your best life! Move...Fuel your Mind...Feed your Soul.

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(503) 754-7779‬

kyndra.belden@gmail.com

James Burckhard

  • Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist - NSCA

  • Masters, Exercise Physiology

  • Certified CPR/AED 

After completing my Master’s Degree in Exercise Physiology I moved to the Bay Area to start my Personal Training career. I’ve been training for 15 years now and enjoy the challenges of helping clients meet there goals. I also completed the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist certification by the NSCA. This allows me to work with both general population and athletes. 

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FOREVER FIT

925.891.4314

burckhja@hotmail.com

Will Cole

  • Certified Personal Trainer - (NCCPT)

  • B.S. Kinesiology: Fitness, Health and Nutrition

  • Certified CPR/AED 

I grew up along the central coast of California and moved to San Diego to play collegiate football for SDSU. I graduated with a B.S. in Kinesiology and became a personal trainer and manager at a unique local gym where I learned my craft of strength training.  After a successful 14 years of training in San Diego, my wife and I packed up our belongings and moved to the East Bay to raise our daughter closer to family.  This move has provided me with the opportunity to start my own personal training business called WillPower Fitness and I’m excited to offer my unique philosophy and training to our community.

 

My style of training is considered a hybrid of physical therapy and strength training. Using manual resistance allows for gentle rehabilitation yet builds on strengthening. This type of resistance training creates leaner muscle, stronger connective tissue and increased flexibility. 

 

Typically when people think of a personal trainer, they immediately imagine a person guiding them through exercises with machines and weights.  However, my training is very unique.  Although I may incorporate weights into my training, I often become your “machine” by using my body to control resistance.  This allows for a more efficient way to challenge your muscles, working around any limitation you may have. I have extensive experience safely training individuals with arthritis, rotator cuff tendonitis, joint/hip replacements, and low back pain.  I adapt the pace and program to benefit your comfort, helping you achieve your goals.  Maintaining your muscular strength and endurance allows you to have a better quality of life, whether it involves keeping up with your grandkids, traveling across the country, or playing a better round of golf.  I am confident I can customize a fitness program that works for you!

 

WILLPOWER FITNESS

925.448.1852

will@willpowerfitnesseastbay.com

Christy Dalton

  • Certified Personal Trainer (ACE)

  • Certified Group Fitness Instructor (ACE)

  • Sports Nutrition Specialist (ACE)

  • TRX, SuspensionTrainer

  • Marathon Training Coach

  • Certified CPR/AED 

 

I am an ACE Certified Personal Trainer & Group Fitness Instructor. I have been actively instructing classes & training clients at numerous fitness facilities in the Bay Area for over twenty years. I have specific training in TRX, Core Strength & Conditioning, Balance-Stability & Flexibility, Functional & Sports Specific Training, Exerball/tubing & Bosu. I have coached track for Miramonte High School and Orinda Intermediate School as well as led marathon training groups. Outside of fitness I am a mother of two teenage boys and live locally in Orinda. 

“I love to teach people that with hard work and dedication, you can make great changes at any age”. Watching body/mind transformations occur is what motivates me with training both myself and my clients. I have been a competitive athlete since my youth. After years as a gymnast, she moved into endurance training competing in triathlons and multiple marathons including Boston - finishing top in her division. I eventually felt ready for something new and decided to venture into the world of Figure Competition. I completely changed my diet and exercise program & started my personal mind/body transformation. I have consistently placed top three in all of my competitions and am now a nationally ranked Figure Athlete. “It’s rewarding to set goals for yourself & adjust your training, diet and mind set so that you can achieve them. I like to pass this school of thought on to my clients.”

 

925.324.5032

dalton888@icloud.com

Greg Francisco

  • Certified - Heart Zone Training Specialist

  • Certified Flexibility Technician -Maximum Performance International

  • Certified Lifestyle & Weight Management Council (ACE)

  • Certified Personal Trainer (ACE)

  • Member - American College of Sports Medicine

  • Certified CPR/AED 

 

As the owner of Healthwise Fitness & Consulting, Greg has been dedicated to helping Clients reach their health & wellness goals for over 20 years. Through sport specific, rehabilitative and multi focused Training, Greg has been a dedicated student to the ever evolving & fast changing, Health & Fitness field. He also specializes in Active-Isolated Stretching, Heart Zone Training, Program Design, and Nutrition. 

 

HEALTHWISE FITNESS & CONSULTING

925.930.4584

hwfitness@sbcglobal.net

www.healthwisefit.com

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LeAnna Kievning, M.A.

 

Specializing in:

 

Once I got into working out, I was hooked. I had so much enthusiasm…enough to share with others. I feel deeply fulfilled bringing fitness and all its myriad of benefits into my client’s lives, in a safe and effective manner. Being a Personal Trainer is clearly an important part of why I've been put on the planet…it gives me a tremendous sense of purpose.

 

Some of my career highlights so far have included earning the title “Trainer of The Month” at New York City’s elite Upper East Side club, Casa Specialized Private Fitness. Celebrity members of Casa included Cindy Crawford and Matt Lauer. I have also been featured in Shape Magazine’s “target training” articles in April and October of 2006. 

 

I completed the transpersonal psychology Master’s program at John F. Kennedy University in September, 2007. I combine my education in this field with my Personal Training expertise to help people achieve their goals and transform their lives, taking into account mind, body, and spirit.

 

My training philosophy combines modern functional training with more traditional, classic fitness modalities. I carefully guide clients to the best shape of their lives and teach them how to maintain it.

 

Now, as a mother of 2, I have tremendous compassion for other moms in need of time saving yet effective fitness programs to help better balance their lives and prioritize self-care. I now offer online program design, so that busy moms with crazy schedules can order a customized program delivered via email that can be completed anywhere. I can help find a solution no matter how time pressed your busy life may be.

 

TRAIN WITH LEANNA

925.639.3875

trainwithleanna@gmail.com

www.trainwithleanna.com

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Jenny Ong

  • B.S. Exercise & Sport Science, University of Utah

  • Health Fitness Specialist, American College of Sports Medicine

  • Certified Level 1 TRX Suspension Trainer

  • Certified Level 2 TRX Sports Medicine

  • Certified Schwinn Indoor Cycling Instructor

  • Certified CPR/AED 

 

It was at my last duty station when I was in the gym helping some soldiers with resistance training to improve their scores on their Army Physical Fitness Test, that I realized how much I enjoyed teaching.  I love introducing new challenges to the mind and body.  After my 7-year career in the Army, I finished up a degree in Exercise & Sport Science at the University of Utah.  I was able to combine my two joys of teaching and anatomy by being a teaching assistant in the Anatomy Lab.  My passion continued with 2 years of teaching Water Aerobics, Indoor Cycling, and Resistance Training Classes.  I moved to the Bay Area in 2009 where I continue sharing my passion for teaching Indoor Cycling, Personal Training, Small Group Training, and TRX Instruction.

 

Small Group Training and Personal Training can build a bond similar to the camaraderie between soldiers.  It is a relationship built by hard work and working towards a common purpose. 

 

Our bodies are amazing machines.  If you create a mind-body connection, then you will have an intelligent machine.  I have witnessed my clients accomplishing this connection.  My clients have had some amazing accomplishments (just to name a few):  Triathlons, Marathons, Hiking Half-Dome, Feeling Fit and Strong Throughout Pregnancy, Feeling Energized for Grandchildren, Reversing Osteoporosis, Recovering From Hip Replacement, Recovering From Injury/Surgery, Reducing the Amount of Medications, Century Rides, Obstacle Course Racing... 

What will your intelligent machine accomplish?

 

BODY BY JENNY

801.608.8991

jenny@bodybyjenny.com

www.bodybyjenny.com

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Erika Schuler

  • B.A. Liberal Studies and Child Development

  • Certified CrossFit®, Level 1 Coach

  • Certified CrossFit®, Movement and Mobility Level 1

  • Certified CPR/AED

I am the youngest of three girls, and was born and raised in Walnut Creek. In my family, sports, fitness and health were always a big part of our lives. My father played tennis for De La Salle and went onto play for UNR in college, and always taught the importance of staying healthy and active. My mother, who has a career in education, showed me the delight that can come from helping people empower themselves and overcome daily obstacles to get to a place where they can look back, and see their personal growth.

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With that foundation, after graduating from college, I thought l would follow in my mother's footsteps. I seamlessly brought together the satisfaction of education and the importance of living a healthy lifestyle. I became a CrossFit® Level 1 certified coach and started a path towards a career in personal training.

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Since then I have continued to dedicate myself on various aspects of overall wellness, fitness, diet, and even more importantly – listening to my client’s needs. I  take extreme pride in listening to my client’s needs and wants; pushing and guiding them to achieve their personal health and fitness goals.  I live every day to the fullest and I sincerely believe that no goal is unreachable with a solid foundation and positive mind.

 

I train my clients through TRAIN-FOR-LIFE with Lauren van Keulen, and can be contacted through her.

 

TRAIN-FOR-LIFE

train.for.life.withlauren@gmail.com

www.train-for-life.com

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Lauren van Keulen

  • B.A. Kinesiology: Health & Human Performance

  • ACSM, Certified Exercise Physiologist

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  • NASM, Certified Personal Trainer (CPT)

  • NASM, Fitness Nutrition Specialist (FNS)

  • Female Health & Performance Specialist (FHPS)

  • TRX, Suspension Trainer 

  • TRX, Level 2 Sports Medicine Trainer 

  • CrossFit, Level 1 Trainer 

  • Certified CPR/AED 

 

Over the past 10 years I have worked with my clients on development, progress, gaining confidence, and accomplishing goals.  

 

I believe in setting GOALS and accomplishing them, one at a time.  Together my client and I identify, build, and achieve goals through hard work, focus, perseverance, passion, support, and encouragement.  In my small group and outdoor training, we create community by working together in a team environment that welcomes all ages and skill levels.  I want my clients to have fun, run, jump, and play while being pushed to their limits to achieve a fitness level they have not experienced before.  They also gain satisfaction by seeing a decrease in body composition, inches lost, increased muscular strength, improved endurance, a more active metabolism, more energy, better mood, and overall health awareness.

 

Every day of training includes goals and accomplishments.  That is why my work as a trainer and coach is truly rewarding and FUN!  No matter what obstacles one may face on a daily basis, my job as a trainer and coach is to train, inspire, motivate, and empower my clients to be fit for what life throws at us.  Fitness is the backbone of life.  Having this solid platform will allow you to conquer life with confidence, strength, and positivity!

 

TRAIN-FOR-LIFE

train.for.life.withlauren@gmail.com

www.train-for-life.com

 

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Jennifer Weland

  • Certified Personal Trainer (NASM)

  • Certified Lifestyle & Weight Management/Health Coach (ACE)

  • Certified Nutrition Coach (Precision Nutrition)

  • Fitness & Sports Nutrition Specialist (ACE)

  • Certified CPR/AED 

 

No body and no situation is the same, so there is no one-size-fits-all approach. As I like to tell my clients, we are all snowflakes–unique in our physiology, circumstances and motivations. When you work with me, we’ll take a holistic approach, focusing on the core elements of good health—nutrition, movement, stress management, quality sleep and a healthy gut. Your action plan will be personalized, rooted in practical, modern training and coaching principles, and incorporating my daily habit method to build up the lifestyle behaviors that will help you achieve your goals.   

 

Having been significantly overweight and out of shape a few times in my life, I know firsthand how difficult it can be to make big changes in how you eat, how you move and how you approach your health. It’s easy to get started. It’s not easy to keep going and to be consistent. And since consistency is key to success, that’s why working with a coach can be life-changing. I’ll be there to help you set goals, inspire you to reach them, and hold you accountable when you just don’t feel like making healthy choices. Along the way, I’ll teach you how your body works and how to work with your body so you can look and feel your best. 

 

Evolve Fitness & Coaching offers private personal fitness training for individuals and pairs, health and nutrition coaching and online fitness programs. In addition, I have also published the Flat & Happy Recipe Guide, with more than 100 recipes that will inspire you to cook more and fill your body with nutritious foods that taste delicious. Grab your copy on my website (available in digital PDF and print formats). 

 

EVOLVE FITNESS & COACHING

925.289.9039

jennifer@evolvefitnessandcoaching.com

www.evolvefitnessandcoaching.com

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Gary Schroeder

  • Certifiable

 

I am NOT a trainer. I am however, very passionate about keeping my body and mind fit as I age.

 

Together with Greg Francisco, we reopened this studio with a new name and a drive to make it the ideal facility for like-minded, goal oriented trainers and clients to congregate. I believe we have been successful. Please let us know if you agree, as well as provide us with any feedback...so we can make PERFORMANCE even better. After all, we built it for just one reason...YOU, the client.

 

In 2014 my wife, Pam and I started a non-profit we call pads4pets. We have been taking donations of used and unwanted yoga mats and repurposing them for the many homeless animals and their human caregivers in San Francisco. To date, pads4pets has distributed over 400 pads to very deserving four legged friends. 

 

PERFORMANCE

415.706.0941

gary@performancelafayette.com

www.performancelafayette.com

www.pads4pets.org

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