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| Tsipi Mercurio , CPT |
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| Education: |
BS in Physical Education from Wingate Institute, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Certification: |
Certified Personal Trainer
from ACE
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| Experience: |
Twenty Years |
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About Tsipi –
Tsipi says she cannot imagine working in anything outside the physical fitness area. She grew up being very active and got heavily involved in gymnastics and track. When she became a physical education teacher she taught swimming and aerobics classes on the side. Even at 51, Tsipi never walks up stairs, she runs. Tsipi says, “It’s just natural for me to be active, particularly outdoors.”
As soon as she learned that it was possible to become certified as a personal trainer, she pursued it immediately, and the rest is history, so to speak. She inspired her husband to become a personal trainer as well, and together they founded Personal Training Associates.
Tsipi loves to train. She expects to do it until she’s 90. She enjoys every aspect of the business. She’s a natural extrovert, loves to be with people and see them progress.
She says, “I respect people as they are and can gain as much gratification from teaching elderly clients to get out of a low chair as seeing younger clients do 10 chin-ups for the first time. Everyone needs individualized attention. I want to help everyone develop a healthy lifestyle, that they can continue for the rest of their life - and that doesn’t just mean exercise, but healthy eating as well, a healthy mental outlook – everything.”
Posture is one of Tsipi’s particular interests, having completed a 500-hour course on the subject. You can always spot Tsipi’s clients. They stand up straight.
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