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Meet Our Fitness Professionals...
Get to know our trainers!
Read about their training experience, areas of expertise, personal hobbies and interests and how they would like to help you achieve your goals.
Click on their name to read each personal bio...
Trainer's Bios
Tammy Cahill
You have probably seen this upbeat and cheerful gal during at least one of your visits to the gym. If you didn’t see her assisting one of our members with their health/fitness needs, you might have caught her on the racquetball courts, running on the treadmill or lifting weights demonstrating her personal commitment and love of being fit. Tammy has now been a personal trainer here at Sonora Sports & Fitness Center since 2002. She declares that she loves motivating and encouraging members to experience the benefits of exercise to understand how rewarding the results can be. Her own quest for a healthier lifestyle began five years ago when she suffered a back injury that put her in physical therapy for over a year. Throughout the healing process, she underwent a life-changing experience. Not only did she recover from the injury, she continued giving 100% during her workouts, to eventually lose 90 pounds.
She has now transferred that passion into helping others incorporate exercise into any lifestyle and reach goals that appear unattainable. Along with being an APEX Fitness Professional, Tammy is a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine and possesses her certifications in Personal Training, Strength Training, Sports Nutrition, Medical Exercise Adaptation for Individuals with Chronic Conditions & Injuries, and Weight Resistance. Her goals include informing people that no matter what their physical ability or medical restrictions might be, there is an exercise program that will benefit you as an individual. In her free time, Tammy enjoys swimming, running, racquetball, and any exercise that challenges her current level of fitness; especially those, she said, “that really make you sweat!” Above all, Tammy enjoys being a living testimony to others that “They can do it too!”
Brie Newton
Brie Newton grew up in Dallas, Texas. Even as a youngster she loved sports and the outdoors. At one time or another, she has participated in tennis, soccer, basketball, volleyball, track, skiing, boxing, rugby, wakeboarding and swimming. She was in the pool before she could walk and taught swimming lessons for several years in Texas. She graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelors of Science in Biomedical Science before moving to San Francisco where she spent three years enjoying city life and developed an interest in boxing and spinning. After spending an exciting 10 months teaching English in Italy she migrated to Sonora. She loves the area and the opportunity it provides to hike, bike, wakeboard/wakesurf, snowboard, kayak, train for triathlons, etc. with other outdoor enthusiasts.
Brie loves working with people and especially enjoys developing programs with clients that help them meet their short and long term goals. As the Youth Programs Director at Sonora Sports and Fitness she is especially excited about giving young people opportunities to get fit and lead active lifestyles. Prior to Sonora Sports and Fitness she was working with local youth through the Friday Night Live Program at A-TCAA. She is a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and also has certifications in Optimum Performance Training for Youth, Integrated Core Stabilization, Integrated Kinetic Chain Assessment, Human Movement Science and Neuromuscular Physiology through NASM. Brie also teaches Boxing Classes. If you want an intense full-body workout, take her class or talk to her about personal training sessions with a boxing format. When not at the gym, you'll find her on her wakeboard, bike, skis, snowboard, or visiting family in Texas.
Jon Miguel
Jon joined our team of trainers once he decided to turn his love for physical activity into something he does for “work.” Jon was born and raised in Hawaii, but did not leave the ocean too far behind when he moved to the Monterey Peninsula area. There he attended school at Monterey Junior College and Salinas City College. He made Tuolumne County his home two and a half years ago when he decided to look for a community with a slower pace of life and a gym with a pool. Once stumbling upon Sonora Sports and Fitness Center, he and his wife of 25 years made Sonora their new home. He, his wife and 11 year old son began swimming with Tuolumne County Aquatics, making swimming a complete family affair. Jon has since become one of the “Stroke and Turn” officials for the group. Jon has been active all of his life. He has surfed for over 20 years and has also competed in various runs, marathons, mountain bike races, century rides on his bike, and has taken part in sprint adventure races. In addition, he has competed in sprint and Ironman distance triathlons as well as dualathlons (run-bike-run) since 1990. To top it off, Jon wakeboards, snowboards, snowshoes, and kayaks. You can see why Jon has a passion for bringing the love of being active to others. He wants to help people make and meet their own personal fitness goals. He knows first hand how being active can help enhance quality of life, and wants you to experience that for yourself as well.
Shanna Huber
Shanna is one of our newest Personal Trainers. She comes to Sonora Sprots & Ftiness with over 20 years experience in the Health & Fitness industry. She moved with her husband, kids, 2 great danes, 2 cats, etc. from the East Bay to Sonora for a healthier lifestyle for her family. Shanna enjoyed dance, ice skaing, gymnastics, music, camping, and horsebak riding as a youth. She loved being Barber (part time) for the Walt Disney Company for 19 years, still allowing time for being a Mom and wife. Even with her crazy schedule she found time for strength training, participated in duathlons, and competitve running with her husband Roy.
Shanna was a little bit of a late bloomer, deciding at 27 to enter the Fitness Industry. She She has (literally) taken the ball and run with it. Shanna has been certified in group fitness (AFAA) for 18 years - teaching many different class formats for Corporate Fitenss, Gyms, Parks and Recreation and assisted with teaching aerobics for high school. Always taking continuing educations classes to keep updated and well informed.
Seven years ago Shanna was asked to get certified in The SilverSneakers Program. This involved a contracted facility where seniors could come and exercise through their medical insurance. She saw immediately that she loved working with senions and special populations. She says, "It keeps me on my toes and my brain thinking about speical situations and how to help people make smart choices in their exercise programs." Shanna went on to obtain certifications in Aqua (NAFTA) and The Arthritis Foundation. Since then she has worked at A Senior Living Community, Club One, City of Antioch, and ran a program at Summerset Orchards in Brentwood. She has also been a speaker for the Arthritis Foundation.
Two years ago Shanna decided to go a step further and get her certification as a Personal Trainer (W.I.T.S.) Shanna can train you on the land or in the water. Sha has a true love for people, family and life! Shanna loves helping people feel comfortable and learn how to achieve their best quality of life through exercise. She says, "There is nothing better than watching people progress, reach their goals and enjoy their everyday activities!" Her motto is "Keep it moving, Keep it Healthy!" P.S. It's GOTTA be fun!
Kathy Boyer
Kathy has lived in Tuolumne County since 1977 even graduated from Summerville Union High School. Kathy lives with her husband of 22 years Robert, and their three children Nathaniel, Jacob and Sarah in Twain Harte. Her oldest, Nathaniel, is at Sacramento State University. Jacob is a senior at Summerville and Sarah is in 4th grade at Black Oak. Kathy’s career in the fitness industry began simply as a goal to learn as much as possible about living a physically active, healthy and fit lifestyle. When she retired from a 20-year career at a local bank she decided to take her passion for health and wellness to a new level and earned a variety of fitness certifications. In fact, Kathy is a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Exercise and Sports Trainers Association and International Fitness Professional Association. She also has a Youth/Sport Specific Certification with the International Fitness Professional Association. She has her Kick Boxing Certification through International Sports Conditionals Association and finally is certified in Sports Conditioning through IDEA CEC.
Her passion for fitness has sustained for many years and has led her to be active in all levels of the fitness industry as coach, instructor, advisor, trainer and of course, participant. As an instructor she has taught Cardio Boxing/Kickboxing, Step Aerobics, Cross Fit, and Youth Fitness classes. Kathy takes pride in providing just the right workout routine to keep each client motivated and challenged through a variety of appropriate and fun exercises. She also balances her clients’ workouts with nutritional information and personal encouragement.
For fun Kathy enjoys watching her three children play sports, spending time and vacationing with her family and continuing her education in health wellness and fitness. For exercise her personal favorites include kettlebell training, cardio boxing and interval ‘boot camp’ style training.
John Wilson
Bio coming soon.
Dee Clifton
Bio coming soon.
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