Stacey Lerman - Group Fitness Director
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HI! My name is Stacey and I will guide you to your weight loss goal and help you to increase strength, flexibility, cardiovascular capacity and happiness!
Our Company, Intelligent Fitness, has operated for nearly 10 years and we offer the most demanded classes of Group Fitness in our, "Group Fitness without the Group," Environment. Unlike Public Gyms that seek to impress you with fancy equipment and an overabundance of classes, I have composed classes of original composition and brought together instructors who do the same. We constantly update and change according to the latest fitness technologies.
Class times are subject to change and revisions to the schedule are periodically made. Contact our office with your questions. Here are the current array of classes:
I have found the most qualified instructors who care about you and your personal goals. Here at Intelligent Fitness, your success is my utmost concern. In addition to my distinction as a Group Fitness Instructor through the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) I am certified as a National Academy Sports Medicine Fitness Instructor and Corrective Exercise Specialist since 2005. I realize that you must not only have a class that you enjoy and helps you to reach your goals, but one that is instructed in the safest and most effective way possible!
We interview many instructors for positions but only a few get an opportunity to join our staff. Why? We expect the finest and safest instructors that care about you and your goals! Though some profess to care about your goals, try calling your instructor or your studio's owner after hours.
Only the finest instructors stay with Intelligent Fitness and that is our secret. WHY does the competition of large gyms and small centers follow our every move and borrow our concepts of business methodology? Why is Intelligent Fitness still growing and evolving while other centers close their doors? Why does Intelligent Fitness continue to thrive at 10 years? Come find out!
We are not new-comers and haven't just been in business for a year or two. We are experienced, seasoned professionals. You will find our instructors to be educated, hands on, and committed to helping you achieve your personal goals! Instructors and teachers - not performers!
If you ever find that you have questions, comments, concerns, or ways in which we can make our classes better, feel free to email me at my address below and I will be happy to listen. I am here to help!
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-Stacey Lerman, B.S.,NASM-CPT,CES,AFAA-GEI
Group Fitness Director, Owner
Jill Gevisenheit
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Jill holds her B.F.A. in dance from the university of Michigan and her Masters in Dance and Movement Therpay from Hunter College.
From treating mentally disabled hildren and adults to the understanding and practice of Movement Therapy, Jill's diverse knowledge and experience combined with her aerobics, marathon and teaching philosphy will help you to feel strong, realize balance and strive to reach the best shape of your life!
Vanessa Russell
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Vanessa Russell - Club Cardio/Club Tone
Vanessa is a long time dancer, a health educator and a ZUMBA enthusiast. Always a proponent of the benefits of dance, ZUMBA has helped her to transform her body and her life leaving her the happiest and healthiest she has ever been. Vanessa is dedicated to helping others obtain these same benefits through dance fitness. Branching out to go beyond Zumba, Vanessa has choreographed Intelligent Fitness' concepts of fitness into a fun filled dance class called "CLUB CARDIO." Come enjoy this great class and find out why Vanessa remains true to her background in education. Vanessa creates an environment where anyone and everyone can learn and her classes are high energy, fun, easy to follow and will help you to meet all your fitness goals!
PHIL SOTTILE, FITNESS SPECIALIST -FOUNDER
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PHIL SOTTILE ACSM- HFI CERTIFIED, NSCA-CPT, CFT, CPT,FT, PRCS
A.A. - Communication
Professional Overview: Phil Sottile has worked to become recognized to as a sought after authority on health and fitness management! Sottile has owned/overseen the operations of 5 Fitness centers (2 large public gyms and 3 Private (franchise) fitness studios) and is the driving force and mind behind Intelligent Fitness. Sottile has 20 years of experience in the health club industry, previously pioneering a cyber/brick and mortar fitness company that reverse merged into a public offering, while also certifying, testing, and educating other fitness instructors as a contributing author to a fitness certification course, has extensively lectured to students at Dowling and Nassau Community colleges, motivationally spoken to high school students, educated senior citizens, has hosted his own broadcast of INTELLIGENT FITNESS on 105.3FM, 98.7FM, 107.5FM , and 540AM Radio, has appeared on NEWS12 LONG ISLAND as “Personal Trainer to Long Island’s Kids” and has been reported on by several local magazines, newspapers, and bodybuilding periodicals. Sottile's business and Evaluation Methodologies have been borrowed by many gyms and trainers on Long Island and the industry and his copyrighted principles are the cornerstone of client success.
Sottile hosts his own cable TV program on Long Island Cablevision that is an educational/ empowerment show for fitness, wellness, and other controversial topics, The Intelligent Way to Fitness. Sottile is known to be risque’, racy, and outspoken on a variety of issues ranging from health and fitness, to marketing, advertising scams, relationships, politics, economics and consumer strategies.
Additional professional credentials include:
* Guest author to Natural Bodybuilding and Fitness Magazine
* Expert Author to ezinearticles.com and Longisland.com
* Committee expert for B.O.S.C.E.S of Suffolk as a contributing developer of its Personal Training Program Curriculum (2006-Present)
* Former contributing Fitness Columnist to New York SportScene Magazine
* Former contributing Staff writer for Fathers and Sons Magazine (fathersandsonsonline.com)
* Published author of Health and Fitness articles in various magazines and on the web
* Author: What Men Want, "A Guidebook for Women, By Men.
* Promoter/Co-Founder - Long Island Experience Promotions. The promotions division of Intelligent Fitness holds the largest Drug Free Bodybuilding Show per year on Long Island and Sottile is the show's entertainment supervisor and creative choreographer. The show has turned out 8 Professional Athletes over its 9 year history, as well as begin over 150 drug free bodybuilders' careers in the natural sport. (2002 - Present)
* Short Film producer: Path of the Natural. Sottile’s film short on an athlete’s turn to drugs, has received acclaim on the web as a 'classic' endeavor of Drug Free promotion of his bodybuilding shows.
Athletic Background:
Additionally, he is a drug-free bodybuilding competitor and finished within the top 5 at the INBF’S 2007 WORLD AND NATIONAL events. At 29, Sottile was the youngest Promoter and Amateur for the INBF's bodybuilding shows, The INBF Natural Long Island Experience and All Natural Revolution and is untouched on LONG ISLAND as the premier Drug Free Bodybuilding Promoter.
Since 2002, Phil Sottile has been personally responsible for introducing over 150 new Natural Bodybuilders to the sport through his promotional endeavors. As a result, several of these competitors have turned Professional using the Long Island Experience and All Natural Revolution as a jump off point. Since 2002, many new professional Figure and Bodybuilding competitors can thank the Long Island Experience for providing a forum to turn PRO and enter the WNBF! Behind the scenes and with quiet input, he has coached and personally worked with several competitors that have won their competitive classes on their first or second attempts, guiding these athletes to the Pro-cards. Sottile and his bodybuilding shows specialize in first time athletes looking to enter the Drug Free bodybuilding world.
Education:
Phil has an undergraduate education and background in Corporate Finance/Accounting and Administration/Marketing, holds an Associates Degree in Communication from the University of Phoenix, and holds several levels of certified distinctions from Health Fitness Instructor to Fitness Therapist from the most respected, nationally accredited Organizations, such as; The American College of Sports Medicine, The National Academy of Sports Medicine, The National Strength and Conditioning Association, The International Sports Sciences Association, and The American Association of Health, Fitness, and Rehabilitation Professionals. In addition, Sottile is completing his degree in Business Education in the fall of 2013.
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