Claudia Booker Age: 38 Education: BS from Penn State University in Health Education Certification: Certified Personal Trainer from National Strength and Conditioning Association Experience: Sixteen years

Most people assume that looking good and feeling good is just a natural condition for personal trainers. They rarely have any sense that the path to a healthy lifestyle for some trainers may have been rocky indeed.

Claudia lost her father to heart attack when she was nine, causing her emotional problems that brought on anorexia and other eating disorders. At one point as a teenager she weighted 80 pounds. She now looks about as healthy as you can get, but there is no doubt she can empathize with your needs, whatever they may be.

Her original goal was to help people with the same kind of eating problems from which she had suffered, but she ended up enjoying exercise so much that her interests turned to personal training. And as a personal trainer, Claudia’s goal for all of her clients is always going to be an overall healthy lifestyle – a healthy diet, exercise, and a healthy emotional outlook.