Mike Urquhart is a certified Indoor Cycling Instructor, Group Fitness Instructor and Personal Trainer.  His formal training and education is in the field of biology/ physiology. He has been teaching indoor cycling classes for 15 years.  His classes involve many aspects of cycling conditioning and many variations of aerobic conditioning.  He has been a personal trainer for 18 years. He started as a fitness trainer for the US Army while he was serving.  He has designed a multitude of indoor cycling programs. Mike is also a Certified Triathlon Coach.  He has been in the sport of triathlon for over 25 years. He has coached all levels of athletes.

Krystal Greene has worked as a physical therapist since 1963, and in the field of biological analysis and correction since 1994.  She holds PhD’s in nutrition and sport conditioning, and has been teaching group fitness for well over 30 years.  Krystal has been an avid cyclist for 20 years and has been coaching off and on for several years. (She is currently not on the road as someone absconded with her racing bike.)  She teaches indoor cycling classes for 2 health clubs in Tucson, and is so pleased to be a part of the O2 Modern Fitness Team!

Spencer Roberts is a Masters’ degree level exercise physiologist with 18+ years of diverse experience in personal training and health and wellness education, among other things.  He has counseled individuals seeking guidance in personal wellness, making suggestions of necessary lifestyle changes, including exercise and nutrition, and also created and implemented comprehensive diabetic and asthmatic education programs.  He competed in triathlon for more than 18 years and was a three-time member of Team USA in the World Duathlon Championships.  Spencer has many years of experience teaching indoor cycling, and is very excited to use the Spinning method and his own personal style to O2 Modern Fitness.

 

Laurie is a certified group fitness instructor and personal trainer.  She is an avid outdoor cyclist.  She bike commutes on a fixie and single speed and enjoys road riding and racing as well.  Laurie has competed in the sport of triathlons for 10 years.  She began spinning 12 years ago as a means to improve her road cycling skills.  She is excited about bringing her cycling enthusiasm to the classes at O2! 

 

Julie Cornelius is a certified AFPA cycle instructor, and started cycling on the road 5 years ago and immediately fell in love with the sport.  She loves the challenge of the sport and enjoys meeting fellow cyclists. She really enjoys the health benefits of cycling and uses cycling as a way to reduce the stress of graduate school.  Julie even met her husband through cycling! She is also passionate about eating healthy, and she has her own nutrition consulting business.

Barb is excited to teach Spinning at O2! She started taking indoor cycling classes seven years ago to get in better shape and went on to complete several marathons, triathlons and long-distance cycling events. From there, Barb served as a coach for the Cycling, Marathon and Triathlon teams for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training Program. Spinning helped give her the confidence to test the limits of her endurance and Barb looks forward to helping her Spinning students build this same confidence. When not at O2, Barb loves discovering new music, especially small or local bands, and enjoys incorporating this music into her Spinning classes.

Laura Shriver’s love affair with yoga started over 10 years ago. Having been a competitive swimmer, an avid cyclist, climber and runner, the art of using her body as a vehicle in which to learn about herself was a well-ingrained concept.  This concept was solidified with hours and years of vigorous training.  It wasn’t until Laura started exploring yoga that she woke up to a softer side of discipline, studentship, and devotion. Through yoga, Laura has learned the art of loving and appreciating her body and the extraordinary things that it can do. The love affair of yoga has meant awakening to Laura’s truest potential, embracing goodness, and being grateful for the splendor that resides in her and in all other beings. A yoga practice has given Laura the gift of awareness into how to train her body with compassion, something that now pulses through everything she now does on and off the mat. 

Rachel Alter's interest in yoga started during a stay at an ashram in India.  She woke up early on the morning of her 23rd birthday to practice and has been practicing almost every day since.  While she may not have the years of experience that some teachers offer, her passion more than compensates.  Rachel finds herself open and optimistic and much more willing to take each obstacle and the lessons that it provides since exposing herself to the spiritual teachings and philosophy of yoga.  Physically, yoga provides Rachel (and she hopes her students) with a fun workout that is both vigorous and relaxing at once.  One of the aspects of yoga that Rachel finds most attractive is its versitility and usefullness in daily life.  Since Rachel started riding bikes, she is certain that yoga contributes to injury prevention, balance, strength, and stamina.  These benefits are evident both physically and psychologically, and Rachel hopes to inspire others to find such things on and off their yoga mats and bikes.  In addition to practicing yoga, Rachel loves being outdoors, swimming, biking, taking photos, and playing with kids.  When she's not teaching yoga, you'll most likely find her on her bike or in headstand at a park somewhere!

Chadwick offers yoga classes, indoor cycling, and chair massage.  He is a member of the O2 racing team and is working towards a certification in Pilates.   He is grateful to be a part of O2 because it allows him to immerse himself in three areas that have been prevalent in his life: bicycling, yoga and bodywork. He was first introduced to yoga when he was young and felt like it was something that added balance to his life.  In 2004, Chadwick discovered Anusara Yoga and found himself completely drawn in by its fullness and depth. He found his teacher Darren Rhodes and was encouraged to begin the process of becoming an instructor. In 2007 he completed 300 hours of teacher training through Yoga Oasis, a studio dedicated to Anusara Yoga. The experience of teaching has urged him to go beyond what he knows and dig deeper as a practitioner of yoga to offer back his findings to his students. Chadwick's other interest is helping people heal through massage. With his chair massage, Chadwick offers a blend of swedish massage and shiatsu.  Yoga has in many ways deepened his understanding of the body and has lent itself to the treatments that he offers at O2. Giving bodywork reminds him to be present and feels that it helps those that he's working with to do the same. He works hard to make sure that he creates a safe, secure environment so that people are able to experience their unique whole selves again.

Dave is the newest member to the team here at O2, he's a Certified Personal Trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine, a Sgt. in the Army Reserve, co-owner of a collective coffee shop, a runner, calisthenics nut and a musician.  Dave is a proponent of the whole body approach to fitness.  His HIIT classes and personal training sessions are designed to shape our clients into athletes of life through the use of dynamic, full body, multi-planer exercises at high-intensities.  Whether you are working with kettle-bells, sledge-hammers, calisthenics or  suspension trainers, let Dave push you to a higher level.  Drive your lactate threshold higher, your resting heart-rate lower, and develop balance, endurance, and strength while burning a massive amount of calories at the same time.

Aron is an American Council on Exercise Certified Personal Trainer and TRX and Spinning instructor who works with all ages and abilities.  A ten year veteran of traditional resistance training methods such as free weights, machines, and bands, he specializes in body weight-resisted exercise, or body leverage training.  This interdisciplinary approach to fitness emphasizes economy of movement with simple, versatile, and effective techniques.  Aron's greatest thrill in life is to help others help themselves, whether their goal is to lose weight, build muscle, gain a competitive edge, prevent injury, or simply improve their overall sense of well-being.