RESUME:
NANCY MAURER
Certified Personal Fitness Trainer; WI Certified Massage
Therapist; Certified Yoga & Pilates Teacher
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Volunteer Work –
AMTA Newsletter Editor, Author & Columnist,
Presentations given – March 2000 – Stress Relief Through Yoga, Massage
& Fitness
at Somers Elementary School for Staff; May 20, 1996 – Nutrition &
Digestive System at Stocker Elementary School, Fourth Grade, and Nutrition &
Fats at the Waybridge Homeless Youth Program; August 27, 1995 – Instructor
Training Presentation & meeting on Safe Exercise at NuWoman Health &
Fitness.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Personal Training since 1991, Fitness Instruction since
1991,
Quality Life Fitness & Wellness -
Independent Contractor as Personal Trainer &
Instructor, Massage
Therapist; RUSD - Yoga Teacher; YMCA - Personal
Trainer & Instructor;
Design Line Hair Salon, Tanning,
& Fitness Spa -
Fitness Manager, Personal Trainer, Yoga & Aerobic Instructor; Southport Fitness -
Fitness Floor Instructor; NuWoman Health & Fitness -
Personal Trainer & Aerobic Instructor.
CERTIFICATIONS:
Wellness/Fitness Certificate – University WI Parkside
12/2002; Diploma -
EDUCATION:
University Wisconsin Parkside
– Kenosha, WI
Wellness/Fitness Certification: Exercise
Physiology, Prevention & Care of Injuries, Sport & Fitness
Marketing, Anatomy & Physiology 1 & 2; Biomechanics; Lifetime Wellness;
Fitness Program; Management; First Aid & Medical Self Help; Orientation To Coaching; Biology & Sociology of Aging; Aging Foundations.
International Correspondence
Schools, Scranton,
PA Diploma granted January 16, 1990
Major:
Fitness & Nutrition GPA:
4.00
Course
Emphasis: Anatomy; Exercise
Physiology;
Course emphasis: Techniques;
Teaching Methodology; Anatomy & Physiology;
Philosophy, Ethics, Sutras & Lifestyle; Practicum; Contact
hours.
Total Hatha Yoga Teacher Training - 500 hours.
Wisconsin Institute of Natural
Wellness
– Racine, WI Sept. 1997 –
June 1998
Massage
Therapy – course emphasis: Human
Anatomy & Physiology; Chinese Medicine and Herbs; Hands-on Massage Therapy
& Oriental Bodywork; Tai Chi Chah; Meditation; Business; & Medical
Intake.
Major:
Health Unit Coordinator – GPA: Deans List, Spring 1997
Attended
Medical Terminology; Customer Service, Health Unit Coordinator Functions;
Keyboarding
for Office; Leadership Development; Speech & Communication; Blood
Pressure
Measurement; Principles of Nutrition; and Psychology.
OTHER
EDUCATION: Resist-a-ball
(Stability Ball) Training; Personal Training/Coaching by Telephone;
Intuitive Eating Program; Beyond Diet & Exercise Program; IDEA
Specialty
in Weight Management; IDEA
Specialty Recognition in Strength (Resistance) Training;
Phoenix
Rising Yoga Therapy - level 1; Orthopedic
Massage levels 1, 2, & 3 + certification;
Sports Massage – 52 hours; Neuromuscular Therapy – 98 hours; Positional
Release
Therapy – 26 hours;
Medical/Clinical Massage; Fibromyalgia & Cancer Recovery Massage;
other college courses; and many
fitness, massage, and yoga seminars, conventions, & workshops since 1989.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: IDEA - Health & Fitness Association; AMTA - American
Massage
Therapists Association; IAYT - International Association of Yoga Therapists;
Yoga Alliance.
AREAS
OF SPECIALIZATION / INTEREST: Cardiovascular training, 5 Zone Training;
Getting the most out of your strength training through proper movement, safety
& correct posture;
Deconditioned - Getting started on the right track &
sticking with it; Women with weight issues; Women’s Fitness ages 35 - 55;
Active seniors; Walking programs & Nordic Walking; Yoga; Yoga for Special
Needs (MS, Fibromyalgia, Arthritis, Chair);
Pilates - matwork & reformer.
PERSONAL
ATHLETIC HISTORY:
Softball, county leagues 9 years;
Softball city leagues
17 years; Softball Coaching 3 years; (Total Softball - 29
years); Volleyball, Basketball, Flag
Football, Walleyball, Racquetball, Tennis, Handball, and Bowling.
PUBLICATIONS:
(Partial List)
“Attack the fat in your diet”, Gateway Gazette,
November 1994
“Become a better student through exercise”, Gateway
Gazette, November 1994
“Weight Training” Action Magazine, August 1995
“In a Couch Coma?” Action Magazine, September 1995
“Attack the Holiday Bulge”
Action Magazine January 1996
“Envisioning The Future of Fitness” Essay contest -
one of the top 10 Finalist - appeared in
IDEA Health & Fitness Source, July - August 2000
“Helping Your Massage Career Through Fitness”
Two articles appearing in Connecting
Hands, July 2005 and October 2005