How long have you been at Parisi?
I have been at Parisi since 2011.

What is your role at Parisi?
My role at Parisi is a Sports Performance Coach.

What is your Sports Performance background?
My Sports Performance background includes being a dual-sport collegiate athlete, previously working in Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, and earning the Parisi Sports Performance certification.

What interest you about working at Parisi?
What interests me about working at Parisi is having the opportunity to train and develop youth athletes in their athletic endeavors by achieving their personal sports performance training goals.

How long have you been at Parisi?
13 years

What is your role at Parisi?
Sport Performance Coach

What is your Sports Performance background?
I have my bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and have been certified with Parisi for 13 years. I’ve been in track and played soccer at IUPUI. I’ve also trained athletes from 5 to 75 years old to help them become well rounded athlete on and off the field.

What interest you about working at Parisi?
I love coaching the young athletes to adults and helping them mold their life around fitness and a healthy lifestyle. I also love that I can take the Parisi program and make it fit anyone’s ability and goals.

How long have you been at Parisi?
In the summer of 2021, I worked as an intern at Parisi for three months. During my time as an intern at Parisi, I completed 700 hours of learning Parisi’s training philosophy and coached many of the youth athletes here. On April 4th, 2022, I began working at Parisi again as a Performance Coach.

What is your role at Parisi?
I am a Performance Coach teaching (Jumpstart, Advanced Strength, Total Performance, Elite Sports Performance) and Personal Training at Parisi.

What is your Sports Performance background?
I attended Ball State University from 2017 to 2021 and while I was there, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to shadow and learn from several of the head strength and conditioning coaches there. At the end of July 2021, I graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in exercise science with a minor in coaching from Ball State.

What interest you about working at Parisi?
I enjoy the challenge of training youth athletes. It’s easier to train more experienced or older athletes, but when training youth athletes it takes more patience to see the progress they make. Although it takes a little longer to see the progress of youth athletes, when that progress is finally made and the athlete sees it, it brings me joy to see how far they’ve come knowing that I had a part in helping them get there and where they’re going.

Certifications:
B.S. Biology

Areas of Interest:
Currently in my second year of my Doctoral Physical Therapy Program. As a DPT, my intent it to be specializing in sports rehabilitation.

What do you do outside of the YMCA:
I played numerous sports growing up including basketball, track and cross country, karate, softball, and most importantly soccer. I played soccer all the way through my undergraduate education (16 years total).

What interest you about working at Parisi?
I understand the importance of sports diversification, but appreciate the pros of sport specialization and think Parisi does a great job at providing both sides of the spectrum for youth athletes. 

Certifications:
Parisi Sports Performance Coach 

Areas of Interest:
Sports

Favorite Exercise:
Leg press, Squats with a Bosu ball 

What do you do outside of the YMCA:
I am a full-time college student, do production for my church's worship team, and I am a youth leader in my church's youth group. 

One interesting fact about you:
I am a cosplayer and attend about 6 to 7 conventions a year.

Certifications:
NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES)
IYCA Youth Nutrition Specialist
IYCA High School Strength and Conditioning Coach
Parisi Sports Performance Coach

Favorite thing about being a trainer:
Making the exercises unique for each person and helping them reach their goals in any way that I can and helping them feel confident in themselves and finding that inner strength.

One thing I wish everyone knew about fitness:
It's not about how hard or how heavy you are lifting, it's about the strength and confidence you feel when you hit your personal goals.

Areas of interest:
Powerlifting/Olympic Lifting

Favorite exercise:
Sumo Squats or any variation of a squat, I also like cleans and deadlifts.

What do you do outside of the YMCA:
I enjoy spending time outside but the occasional movie marathon is needed as well.

One interesting fact about you:
I have visited 30 of the 50 states.

Certifications:
B.S. Sustainability Studies 

Areas of Interest:
I am currently applying to PT schools and plan on becoming a physical therapist

What do you do outside of the YMCA:
Running and sports have been an important part of my life since I was 5 years old. I played basketball in high school at Crown Point and ran track at IU specializing in the 400-meter dash. 

Certifications:
B.S. Kinesiology, USAW1 Coach 

Areas of Interest:
Kinesiology/Sports Performance and looking to continue my education and pursue a Master’s degree in those areas.

Future Goals:
As a performance coach, I want to continue learning and developing so that I can give my athletes the greatest opportunity of achieving their full potential in every aspect of life, including sports.    

Quick Facts:
I’ve been Olympic weighting for 2 & 1/2 years now and do competitions 
Recently got certified as a USAW1 coach 
My favorite metal band to listen to is Silverstein

Certifications:
ISSA Certified Personal Trainer
Parisi Sports Performance Coach 

Favorite thing about being a trainer:
Helping people reach their goals and better themselves.

One thing I wish everyone knew about fitness:
Is that if you commit to it, it can really change your life.

Areas of interest:
Mobility, Flexibility and Strength

Favorite Exercise:
Squats

What do you do outside of the YMCA:
I like to play sports, and travel. 

One interesting fact about you:
I played college football.