Dale Sheppard-Quick Fit Owner  Dale Sheppard the owner of Quick Fit was a personal fitness trainer for the largest national chain of health clubs for 12 years before deciding to open a facility of his own in Dec '06. During that time he worked part time while obtaining a Dietetic degree and an Exercise Science (Athletic Training) degree. After graduating in 2001 from the University of Toledo he started working full time as a fitness trainer and took only three months to reach master level personal trainer becoming the only one in Ohio and one of few in the country. Also, Dale earned national recognition twice for being a top twenty fitness trainer in the country out of approximately three thousand fitness trainers and in 2009 was voted Best Personal Trainer in the Toledo City paper’s “Best of Toledo” contest.  This experience along with being a former United States Marine helped him to develop a fitness concept that he feels is the most effective and efficient program available, helping Quick Fit members and personal training clients attain maximum results in minimum time.

 Alex Gomez-Fitness Assistant/Instructor  Alex is a certified personal trainer through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).  In addition, Alex attended Stautzenberger College where he completed a degree in Personal Fitness Training.  He took an interest in fitness because sports were a big part of his life growing up.  Wrestling from age 5 all the way through high school and playing football from age 13-17  quickly helped him to realize the positive impact being physically fit has on such demanding sports.  Along with working at Quick Fit Alex volunteers for adolescent and high school wrestling programs to try to show the participants the right path for being active and doing things the healthy way.  With the desire to help people in general along with his knowledge and experience and the way fitness has impacted his life and others, Alex feels this translates to a formula for success for anyone seeking the services of a fitness trainer.

Dustin Supan-Fitness Assistant/Instructor  Dustin has a bachelor’s degree in Wellness and Corporate Fitness from Defiance College. He participated in Varsity Football in college where he started all four years, and has participated in football, basketball and track since the age of 10. Dustin chose to go into the health field because it has been a major part of his life from being in sports for so long. Sports and healthy living is very important to him and he wants to help others stay in shape and live healthy lives. He is a very motivational, friendly and outgoing person.

Denise McCallister-Fitness Assistant/Instructor  Denise has been a certified group exercise instructor for over 25 years.  She was certified to personal train in 1998.  Always wanting to improve and expand her knowledge she became certified by the IDEA association to teach nutrition in a classroom setting.  Denise preferred to counsel nutrition one on one so she pursued her nutrition certification from NASM.  During the six years she worked for another facility she was also active within the Perrysburg school system helping to educate the youth about healthy eating and the importance of staying active.  Since then she has done some wellness coaching in a doctor’s office for patients that were in need and was certified in 2007 as an intrinsic coach doing corporate wellness coaching.  She is very excited to be working for Quick Fit as a Fitness Assistant.

 Dayre Carpenter-Fitness Assistant/Instructor Dayre is a certified personal trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).  Being very active and involved in sports growing up, the fitness field was a natural choice.  After watching two close family members pass away from diseases that are curable/preventable by exercise, Dayre became certified through ACSM. Working with the elderly population as a CCA she realized the strong need for educating our senior population on exercise. While volunteering at a Christian Fitness facility Dayre became certified to teach Silver Sneakers, a course just for our senior population.  She has a strong desire to help people learn to improve their health so they can obtain a better quality of life.

Russell Jackson-Fitness Assistant/Instructor Russell is a native of Greensboro, North Carolina. After graduating high school he joined the military. He served five years active duty and is currently with the US Navy reserves. After his five years of active duty he became interested in physical fitness. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, majoring in exercise science (Athletic Training). Currently, he is working on his Masters Degree in Exercise Science (Biomechanics Concentration) at the University of Toledo. He plans to obtain a PhD in Biomechanics at the University of Toledo.   His fitness experience includes being a command fitness leader with the Navy reserves and a group-fitness/personal trainer at the Health and Wellness Center in Charlotte, NC.