Chuck Rowland, Certified Personal Trainer

While completing his career as vice president for a multinational financial services organization, Chuck was planning his “second act”, a career as fitness professional. In 2002, he became a certified personal trainer (CPT). For three years, he operated on parallel tracks, splitting time between both industries. Satisfied that he’d found his passion in fitness, he abandoned the world of finance in 2005.
In the years since, Chuck spent countless hours training privately and working for a commercial club. In addition to his basic certifications with both the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA), he has since added NASM’s Corrective Exercise Specialist and Performance Enhancement Specialist certifications to his credentials. In his indefatigable quest for fitness knowledge, Chuck has completed instructor courses in Ki-Hara Resistance Stretching; TRX Suspension Training; and Kettlebell Training.

Due to his broad fitness interests, experiences and qualifications, Chuck says he’d be uncomfortable if classified as anything other than a fitness professional who facilitates peoples’ performance of daily life activities, their participation in chosen recreational activities, or their achievement of particular fitness goals. Whatever the client objective, he believes that his responsibility is to bring the client to where he/she moves better. He says, “When people move better, they feel better and vice versa. The better they move, the more likely they are to achieve any fitness goal without injury”. That, he feels, is both a bedrock concept and guiding principle.