About Cassandra:
Qualifications/Accomplishments:
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ACSM Certified Personal Trainer (since 2011)
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NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (since 2022)
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Author of “Every Day Fitness for Everyday People: Level 1” (available on Amazon!)
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Competitive adult figure skater since August 2018
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Have been teaching off-ice strength and conditioning for figure skaters since March 2022
Education:
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University of New Orleans – New Orleans, LA -
Exercise Science major, Nutrition minor, 2002-2005 -
West Chester University – West Chester, PA -
Exercise Science major, Nutrition minor, 2006 -
Everglades University – Boca Raton, FL -
B.S. Alternative Medicine, graduated June 2009
Continuing Education:
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Strength Training for Young Athletes
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Prescriptive Stretching
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Competition Recovery Strategies
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Strength Training Anatomy
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ACSM Certified Personal Training 3-Day Workshop
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NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist 3-Day Workshop
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Primal Exercise Consultant certification
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Functional Fitness Consultant certification
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Senior Fitness Consultant certification
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Diploma in Health Studies
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Diploma in Outdoor and Physical Education Studies
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Postural Assessment
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Integrative Back Rehabilitation Regression to Progression
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High Intensity 300
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Knee Rehab Course
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Low Back Disorders
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Soft Tissue Release
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End Back and Neck Pain
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Form and Function – Assessing Movement Patterns
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Optimal Muscle Training
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Rebuilding the Base
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Angles, Positions, and Variations
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Step by Step – Gait, Posture, and Deceleration
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Squats, From Essential to Exceptional
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Standing Tall – Exercise for the Aging Spine
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The Bionic Elder – Exercising with New Hips or Knees
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The Defiant Senior – Exercise to Manage Chronic Disease
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The Essential Hip – Reversing Gluteal Amnesia
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The Knee – Top Trends in Training
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Walk the Walk – Functional Ambulation Drills
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Metabolism and Women
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Weight Management Secrets and Lies
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All About Ginseng
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Cheap Tricks of Personal Training
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Action Plan for Menopause
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Motherwell Maternity Fitness
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How Hormones Change the Training Game for Women
Noteworthy Remarks:
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Owner/operator Rocky Water Mercantile in Melbourne, FL
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Mushinoto Ryu Jujutsu Brown Belt
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Co-Owner/operator of Roman's Artifacts (3d printing company)
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Makes all her own figure skating costumes as well as her son's and others (hire me to make yours!)
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Loves to knit, play harp, travel, kayak, do yoga, read, hike, etc.
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2025 Adult Eastern Sectionals Bronze II Ladies Gold Medalist, Bronze I-III Emotional Performance Showcase Gold Medalist, Bronze Solo Free Dance I-II Silver Medalist
