Hendrick Health Club - Abilene, Texas

Dayna believes fitness is about living a healthy life. It is not about quick diet fixes or a fixation on exercise. To achieve a great body and a sense of well being, you must make a choice every day to eat better and move. Training with Dayna, you will discover how exercise can be fun and rewarding. You will not want to miss a workout.

Dayna specializes in helping women stay strong and youthful. She loves the vitality of the young teenagers willing to learn more about weight control and the value of exercise. Women of all ages will appreciate the simplicity Dayna is able to convey when exercising with "real weights". You will leave feeling confident and stronger. Even men will be astonished after a workout with Dayna. If you don't think a small girl can make you cry, challenge her to prove you wrong.

Dayna has been working in the fitness industry for more than six years personal training and teaching group classes. Just recently, she has added STOTT Reformer Pilates to her list of credentials. Reformer Pilates is an amazing workout: less stress on your body, yet balance and symmetry. Let Dayna show you an amazing way to have fun and stay fit without the pain. Dayna has helped clients with back, knee, and shoulder pains. Wouldn't you love to walk away feeling well again, too?...more energized?...back to the old you?! Contact Dayna at dhuffington@hendrickhealth.org.

Jacquelyn Cox attended Westlake High School in Austin . Her passion for soccer brought her to Abilene where she played for Hardin-Simmons University. Jacquelyn graduated in 2007 with her bachelor's degree in exercise science, and she currently works for Hendrick Health Club as a STOTT PILATES® instructor and a lead counter sales representative.

With a sport and exercise-affiliated background, Jacquelyn has discovered a deeper and more balanced approach to fitness through Pilates. She believes Pilates is the missing link for anyone seeking increased muscular strength, flexibility and endurance with a focus on protecting and restoring the spine.

Jacquelyn enjoys spending time with her one-year-old son Jaden, attending Hardin-Simmons sport games and other community events. She is training for local fun runs and has her sights on completing a marathon in 2009. She has a passion for helping people incorporate life-long fitness and health in ways they will enjoy and become addicted to.

Jacquelyn would like to show you how intelligent exercise can give you a more meaningful experience that will carry over into life outside of the health club.

"With Pilates training, I can help you build a strong core so that you may avoid many of those long-term problems while improving the quality of your life right now."

After a career in restaurant management, Kevin saw how easy it was to slowly gain weight without paying attention to one’s lifestyle habits. As a result of years watching Americans’ poor eating habits and his own disappointment in personal weight gain, he decided to make a career change. As most fitness professionals start their career with personal training, Kevin has worked as a personal trainer before branching into leading the Apex Bodybugg nutrition program at Hendrick Health Club.

Kevin believes that women and men can benefit greatly from Pilates. It will help with all types of functional movement. This includes everything from daily actions like stepping out of a car to sport-specific moves. Pilates will focus on strengthening the vital little muscles that support your hips, torso, shoulders, and back. We tend to "lose" these muscles if we don't use them, which is why so many people end up with devastating hip, back and rotator cuff problems.

Leah Pruitt graduated from Abilene Christian University in December of 2004 and attended Wylie High School. She is married to Jacob Pruitt and has lived in Abilene most of her life.

Leah currently works at the Hendrick Health Club as a health promotion specialist, the group fitness manager and STOTT PILATES® instructor. She has been with Hendrick Health Club since July 2005 and has loved every part of working at Hendrick!

Leah has participated in many sports her whole life and has played sports on the collegiate level. She likes to continue staying active through group exercise at Hendrick Health Club and her new found passion STOTT PILATES®! She likes many different avenues of fitness and believes Pilates can benefit all types of people--from athletes and fitness fanatics to the inactive and first-time exerciser. There are levels for everyone!

Leah would like to share her passion for fitness by finding each person’s niche in the Pilates repertoire. She believes that STOTT PILATES® can appeal to everyone whether you have goals to improve posture, live a more active life or become more aware of your body (just to name a few of the benefits), STOTT PILATES® supports and makes each goal attainable.

Leah's other interests are outdoor activities such as fishing, hiking, walking her two dogs and any other type of sport indoors and out!

Renee has more than 20 years of experience in the fitness industry. She received her Bachelor of Science in corporate fitness from Abilene Christian University. She began her journey teaching low impact, step, high impact and water aerobics. She worked at Hendrick Medical Center in the physical therapy department teaching aquatic exercise to patients as well as water aerobic classes and was certified by the Cooper Institute and the National MS society in Aquatics. She also has completed a certification in Pilates from Fitour and Body Jam from Les Mills. Renee is passionate about fitness and would like to help everyone achieve their goal of becoming more physically fit.

"I want to show you the art of living well."

Sam Matta is originally from Carlsbad, NM. She was awarded a Santa Fe Film Festival scholarship which allowed her to come to Abilene

She has been dancing since the age of three with the CHS Dance Company in Carlsbad in the arts of ballet, jazz, hip hop, lyrical, modern and tap. She also has competed in tumbling gymnastics with Catz Gymnastics in Carlsbad.

Sam has been a children’s cheerleading coach, gymnastics coach and has won several performance arts awards. In addition, sam was awarded Girls State Governor of New Mexico in 2005. You can see Sam every Friday on KTAB for "Fitness Friday."

Sam has been a part of Hendrick Health Club for four years while in college. She is a certified instructor for Body Jam and Body Attack. She currently is finishing her undergraduate degree at Hardin-Simmons University in mass media with a minor in Spanish, and she plans to continue with a masters degree in communication.

"I feel that STOTT PILATES® is so much more than exercise; it is an art that involves practice and dedication. With time you will see how your mind, body, and spirit can transform into something strong and beautiful."

Velvet Chesser has more than 20 years experience in the health and fitness industry. She started attending group exercise classes at a local church in the 80s. She loved it, and exercise became a passion.

She became certified as a group exercise instructor through the YMCA. There, she started her career in step classes, spinning, personal training, kickboxing, water, senior and youth classes, nutrition, yoga, Pilates and boot camp. As fitness director at her local YMCA and Fitour ProTrainer, she appeared on television and in schools sharing her knowledge and experiences.

She currently is pursuing her bachelor's degree in exercise and sport studies at McMurry University. Once you meet Velvet you will see and feel her passion for helping people achieve their health and fitness goals.