James Rudd
CSCS*D, PHI Pilates
Owner, Trainer since 2004
BS Ind Mgmt, Purdue

Personal Trainer, Pilates Instructor, and, as a co-owner with Linda, the numbers guy in the business. Jim is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) with the NSCA and as a Mat and Reformer Pilates instructor through Powerhouse Pilates. His clients range in age from 11 to 89, and include men and women looking to tone up and lose weight; high school and college athletes in search of speed, agility, and quickness (SAQ); younger athletes in need of flexibility, joint stability, or core strength; and those who recognize the benefits of exercise but want to do it right under professional guidance. Jim uses all the equipment and his knowledge of core strength, balance and strength to personalize every workout to his clients needs and wishes. He developed and employs a HIIT (high intensity interval training) program designed to increase fat burn and cardiovascular fitness.

Running, lifting, golf, tennis, skiing, and hiking are among his current athletic activities while he formerly participated in marathoning (with a 2:37 to his credit), sailing, multiple track and field events, basketball (he grew up in Indiana), baseball, volleyball, and the occasional touch football game. He also enjoys home improvement projects, cooking, piano, photography, and travel.

Jim graduated from the Purdue University and joined the Air Force as a pilot, serving a tour in SEA, and currently flies for US Airways (yes, he is a busy guy). Linda and Jim were married in 1983 and have one daughter, Shelby, who attended Princeton University and dove on the Ivy League champion swim and dive team.

Linda Rudd
ACE certified, ACSM HFS
Owner, Started training 1996
BS Phys ED, Syracuse

Linda is the operations manager at Elm Street Fitness and co-owner with husband Jim. Linda has been a personal trainer since 1996 having focused on in-home fitness for many years before purchasing STS Fitness and Health Center with Jim in 2005. She has a Physical Education degree from Syracuse University and was originally certified by ACE, adding the prestigious ACSM Health Fitness Specialist when she began seeing clients with a wide variety of health issues.

Born and raised in Western New York State, she worked for United Airlines as a flight attendant, and served in ramp, customer service, and in-flight management positions before resigning from United to be at home with her daughter, Shelby. Linda also volunteered in the Junior League of Northern Virginia serving on the board of directors for in various positions. Learning the fine art of customer service when service was paramount in the airline industry, Linda applies the same basic principles in her approach to personal fitness training and ownership of a fitness studio.

Putting the customer first and treating every client individually is her trademark. She sees clients from 29 to 70 and loves the challenge of working with and helping them achieve their goals. She obtained a Moms in Motion pre/post-natal certification and provides up-to-date, safe, and effective exercise programs for moms-to-be and new moms. She enjoys working with a wide variety of clients including older adults with health issues as well as helping prospective brides get into shape for their wedding day.

Linda really enjoys providing challenging, appropriate, enjoyable, safe and varied workouts. She says it makes it fun to go to work everyday. Her hobbies include walking, running, working out, and playing tennis. Linda also enjoys spending time with her family and friends and living in Northern Virginia.

Dana Locke
ACE certified
STS Trainer since 1994
BS, Boston University

Personal Trainer, certified by ACE, and Medical Exercise Specialist, Dana has been with Elm Street Fitness/STS since its founding in 1996. She has been training for over 15 years and many of those clients are still working with her. Her clients vary greatly in ability and age, but they all have a common commitment to achieve the benefits of exercise. While Dana is results oriented and takes exercise very seriously, she enjoys bring fun to her sessions and makes them non-intimidating. Exercise, she believes, should be an enjoyable part of every day, not a chore.

Dana bikes, runs, and strength trains almost every day of the week. She is a graduate of Boston University and is the mother of three boys (all varsity athletes) and has spent countless hours on the sidelines of most every sport. Her oldest graduated from Williams College, where he played football for all 4 years. Her middle son graduated from William and Mary, and her youngest attends Christopher Newport. Her hobbies include cooking and antiques.

Amy Augustin
ACE certified
Started Training 1994
BS Wellness Leadership,
USF

Amy has been with Elm Street Fitness/STS since 2002 and working in the fitness field for over since 1996. She is certified as a Personal Trainer through ACE and has a degree in Wellness Leadership from the University of South Florida.

Her career in fitness started in South Florida where she worked w ith physical therapy services, personal and group training, and corporate fitness. Considering her experience and expertise, STS was fortunate to have the opportunity to employ her shortly after her move to the Washington area. Amy has been a real asset to Elm Street Fitness/STS and selected as Trainer of the Year in 2004.

Amy’s personality and demeanor is very upbeat and warm while maintaining a professional attitude. She is always available to share her knowledge and learn from others. That attitude makes her very popular and her services are in high demand.

Amy is a mother of two, Aiden and Shea, and very much enjoys spending time with the children. She also makes time to exercise because she knows the positive effect on her health and well-being. Her personal workout consists of weight training supplemented with cardiovascular work. She believes that exercise should be enjoyed and part of our daily lives bringing balance to our life style.

Roxanne Archibald
ACE certified, NSPA
Training since 1997
BS, U of New Brunswick

Roxanne is certified by ACE as a Personal Trainer and a Group Fitness Instructor and a Pre/Post Rehabilitation Specialist by the NSPA. She joined Elm Street Fitness/STS in 2007 and has many years of experience in the fitness field. Her clients are as varied as her experience including men and women from 18 to 90 of all physical fitness levels. Their wide variety of goals; power and strength, flexibility, and the ability to do the activities of daily living are goals that Roxanne has helped them to meet. Fifteen years of attending jazz technique, ballet, theatre jazz and flexibility classes have provided her an awareness of movement and dancer’s center which she applies to her training techniques.

Roxanne is a graduate of the University of New Brunswick in Canada. She is married with two children, Michelle and Seann. Athletic concern include running, lifting, skating and dance. Travel, musical theater, and hockey are her favorite interests, Go Caps (she is from Canada).

Bianca Privitera

ACE Certified

Kettlebell Fitness Instructor

Les Mills Body Attack Certified

NASM Dot-Fit Nutrition Certified

Recently moved from Rochestor, NY and joined Elm Street Fitness as a Tabata Instructor. With her sparkling personality and limitless energy she quickly became a client favorite.

Her previous personal trainer inspired her to become a trainer and help others achieve their own personal goals. Bianca keeps her workouts creative, fun, and energetic and, of course, intense. She has designed and implemented successful bootcamps, youth fitness programs  and was a team leader for the 2009 and 2010 Body Transformation Challenge.

Bianca is the mother of twins and has been married since 1990. She enjoys hiking, swimming, cycling, and running.

Beth Silveri
ACE certified,
PHI Pilates, PMI
Started training in 1998
Slippery Rock U

Beth is an ACE certified Personal Trainer and a PHI certified mat and reformer Pilates Instructor. She has been a personal fitness trainer since 1996 and a pilates instructor since 2006, Beth is a very capable in all training areas and specializes in functional and circuit training..

We have found that the most special thing about Beth is her devotion to her clients, and vice versa. She is lovely inside and out, following her philosophy; “Exercise is the prescription for healthy body and mind.”A Pennsylvania product, she attended Slippery Rock University as a student of exercise science and moved to the DC area in 2003. She is continuing her Pilates instruction with the Physical Mind Institute and expects to receive a certificate when she completes her practical experience..

In her off time, Beth enjoys running, skiing, sewing , reading, and watching Steelers football (you can take the girl out of PA, but ……).

Lynn Durbin
NATA
BS Sports Medicine
Marietta College
Grad Program ExerSci, GWU
Trainer since 1992

A native of Long Island, New York, Lynn is a certified Athletic Trainer and Pilates Instructor who has worked with athletes at all levels of competition from your elite athlete to the weekend warrior. She has worked as a personal trainer since 1994. Lynn has trained with PHI Pilates in both Mat and Reformer protocols and is available for private sessions.

Most of her clients have been adults with special needs or medical conditions. Upon graduating from Marietta College in Ohio with a major in Sports Medicine, Lynn went on to complete a graduate program at George Washington University in Exercise Science. At George Washington, Lynn gained some valuable experience working in their Wellness Resource Center as a health educator.

Lynn has 2 children at home and stays involved in community and civic affairs, editing a community newsletter, serving in a PTA presidency, and promoting awareness of child safety with the Safe Kids Coalition of Fairfax County. Lynn has a very positive attitude, excellence health knowledge, and an assuring calm manner that helps her clients make notable progress. She always has her client's best interest in mind and makes significant effort to help them enjoy the journey towards improved health and fitness.

Donald Poindexter
NASM Certified

Kickboxing Instructor

Trainer since 1998

Donald, is a fitness professional with over 12 years experience, beginning in 1998 as a well-known kickboxing instructor in the Northern Virginia and Washington D.C area. His passion for fitness led him to receive his personal trainer certification in 2003 from the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM).

His creative and unique training has led Donald to personally train and develop specific training programs for people of all ages and fitness levels. His clients range in age from 8 to 85, from elite athletes to first time exercisers. Donald is also a Public Speaker and Author of health and fitness related topics that include weight management, nutritional strategies, exercise fundamentals and flexibility techniques particularly for a population of people that have busy schedules and minimal time for exercise and are looking for a efficient and effective training methods.

Clients like training with him because each workout is fun, exciting and challenging.

Most actually look forward to working out with Donald!

AAHFRP

Medical Exercise Specialist

Strayer University

Training since 1990

Jennifer Rice
NPTI Certified, 2009

Virginia Tech, BS Design

Jennifer joined Elm Street Fitness in 2010 and has become a favorite of the both her clients and our staff. Her caring attitude and enthusiasm combine to create a person that you know you can trust and will always do her best.

Each day is a new day and Jennifer keeps her clients workouts fresh and appropriate for that day. She incorporates many elements of pilates, flexibility, and strength training while emphasizing form and alignment.

Jennifer has taught cardio classes, tabata, and weight loss workouts in addition to her personal training workload.

Ron Boykin

Personal Trainer since 1996

Certified by the National Council on Strength & Fitness

Martial Arts Master

  Taekwondo, Hapkido, Gumdo

Former Taekwondo National Champion

Self Defense Expert, Nationally Published

Martial Arts Hall of Fame, 2004

Ron came to Elm Street Fitness after closing his own successful martial studio in Arlington. We are very fortunate that our paths crossed at the right moment because Ron is a real asset to Elm Street and our members.

His workouts are a mixture of martial arts and traditional resistance training. The martial arts portion involve a highly energetic cardio workout as well as muscular endurance and balance. We have a few clients who have added a day or two of his martial arts instruction because of the low impact, high aerobic nature of his instruction.

In addition to personal training, Ron will be teaching classes in self defense and martial arts to include the beautiful balance and control required by the discipline.

Tosha Kranz

ACSM Certified

Tosha is a certified personal trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine.  She believes the personalized attention and individual support that one on one training provides is beneficial to every age and fitness level.  Tosha brings creativity to program design and keeps training sessions interesting and challenging.

Tosha has been a certified group exercise instructor through the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America since 2002.  She has taught classes such as Step, Balletone, spin, hi/lo, and sculpt.  Tosha enjoys choreographing classes and her goal is to create a class environment to ensure fun for all participants.

Janice Adamshick

ACSM, NASM Personal Trainer
MS Exercise Science, George Mason University
BA Psychology, San Jose State University

Janice is originally from San Francisco, where she worked in human resources for eight years. After moving to Northern Virginia in 1986, she took an extended break from work to be home full-time with her two young sons. During that time, she decided to pursue a second career in exercise science. Janice has always enjoyed a variety of outdoor and indoor exercise activities; she also studied ballet for eight years.

She has worked with clients ranging from 14 to 74 years of age and has a special interest in individuals who are over 40 and those who have orthopedic or metabolic health issues. Janice enjoys all aspects of exercise program design and firmly believes in the importance of functional core strength (very much like a solid foundation for a building). She incorporates core work into every client’s program, emphasizing exercises that do not excessively stress the spine.

Janice is delighted to be relocating to McLean and joining the team at Elm Street Fitness. When not working, she enjoys gourmet cooking and dining, and frequently attends local classical music and theatre performances. She also loves to travel, especially to visit her sons in Charlottesville and Boston, and of course – San Francisco