"Since I started working out with Northwest Personal Training, I have never missed a session - my trainer would kill me if I skipped out! I have lost 20 lbs already!" - John Fazzolari, Fazzolari Homes
Featured Event Girlfriends & Dudes Triathlon Short distance triathlon along the beautiful Columbia River including a Kids Tri too! Date: 7/25/10
Philosophy: "I believe in achieving dreams, challenging one's individual limits, training hard and becoming the best that you can be. When you make a commitment and focus your mind on any endeavor, anything is possible. Fitness can make you feel alive and take you beyond your wildest dreams.
Anybody, given the proper guidance, motivation and support, can aspire and soar to new heights! Satisfaction guaranteed! I couldn't ask for a better career. To know that I've played a small
part, directly or indirectly, in helping someone become more healthy and fit is about as rewarding as it gets."
Presenting Specialties:
Business and Leadership Skills, Group Fitness (Step, Cycle, Muscle-conditioning, Kick-box, Dance, Yoga, Pilates), Personal Training Program Design, Muscle-conditioning, and Exercise Science.
Brief Bio:
Sherri McMillan holds a Master's Degree in Exercise Physiology and was awarded the 2006 IDEA Program Director of the Year, Inaugural IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year, 1998 CanFitPro Canadian Fitness Presenter of the Year, and was a finalist for the 2005/2006 ACE Fitness Educator of the Year.
She has been in the fitness industry for over 18 years and has presented hundreds of workshops to thousands of fitness leaders throughout Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, England, Spain, South America,
Asia and the U.S.A. She is the Author of 5 Fitness Books and Manuals (Go For Fit - The Winning Way to Fat Loss, Fit over Forty - The Winning Way to Lifetime Fitness, The Successful Trainer's Guide to Marketing, Hiring and Training Master Trainers, and The Business of Personal Training) and is the star of a variety of educational Fitness DVDs.
She is a Nike, Nautilus, Twist Conditioning and PowerBar sponsored Fitness Athlete and is a fitness columnist for various newspapers, magazines and journals throughout the world. She is the owner of Northwest Personal Training and Northwest Women's Fitness Club in Vancouver, Washington and Portland OR which was recently awarded the 2006 Better Business Bureau's Business of the Year.
Awards:
• 2006 IDEA Program Director of the Year
• 2006 BBB Business of the Year
• 1998 IDEA International Personal Trainer of the Year
• 1998 CanFitPro Canadian Fitness Presenter of the Year
• 2005/2006 American Council on Exercise Fitness Educator of the Year - Finalist
• 2005 IDEA International Fitness Director of the Year - Top 3 Finalist
• 2005/2006 - Fastest Growing Business in Clark County Award Winner
• 2006 - Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Oregon
• 2002 "Top 40 under 40" Business Award
Educational Background:
• Master's Degree in Exercise Science - University of British Columbia
• Bachelor's Degree in Human Kinetics - University of Windsor
Educational Products:
• Author of "Go For Fit - The Winning Way to Fat Loss"
• Author of "Fit over Forty - The Winning Way to Lifetime Fitness"
• Author of "The Successful Trainer's Guide to Marketing"
• Author of "Hiring & Training Master Trainers"
• Author of "The Business of Personal Training"
• Star of various fitness education DVDs for Fitness Professionals
Spokesperson:
• Nike
• PowerBar International
• Twist Conditioning
• Nautilus
Presenting Experience:
• IDEA Presenter (1996-2007)
• Can-Fit-Pro Presenter (1994-2008)
• I.H.R.S.A. Presenter (1998-2000, 2006-2008)
• Taiwan Fitness Conference (1999, 2002)
• Brazil Fitness Conference (1999, 2002, 2003, 2007)
• Spain Fitness Conference (2002)
• Great Britain Fitness Professionals Fitness Conference (2000, 2002)
• BodyLife Germany Presenter (1998)
• Over 200 workshops worldwide impacting thousands of fitness leaders
• Australian & New Zealand Network & Filex Presenter (1998-2000, 2002, 2004, 2007)
Media Experience:
• Co-Founder and Operator of Go! Fitness Magazine
• Fitness Columnist for the Oregonian Newspaper
• Fitness Columnist for The Province Newspaper
• Fitness Columnist for Chatelaine Magazine
• Fitness Columnist for The Columbian Newspaper
• Fitness Columnist for Vancouver Business Journal
• Fitness Columnist for LaCamas News
• Fitness Columnist for NW Women's Journal
• Fitness Expert on Vancouver Television
• Various articles appearing in Shape, Self, Health, American Health For Women, Fitness, Muscle and Fitness, Oxygen, and other various Health and Fitness Magazines
• Various articles appearing in IDEA, CanFitPro, PtontheNet, IHRSA, Network and other various Fitness Trade journals
• Various television appearances on KATU, Good Day Oregon, CTV, Global, BCTV, Rogers and more
Committees:
• IDEA Personal Trainers Committee (10 year term starting April 1998)
• CAN-FIT-PRO Advisory Board Member (12 year term starting 1996)
• Clark College Personal Training Advisory Committee
Certifications:
• IDEA Master Personal Trainer Status
• CanFitPro Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor
• American Council of Exercise
• Master Member of IDEA/ACSM
