Trainer Profiles: BodyBalance Fitness
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From one-on-one kettlebell training to fire department program implementation, BodyBalance fitness with Mike Stefano and Ashley Hughes is the place to get fit.
Come explore the cutting edge nature of kettlebell training. Ashley is a professional kettlebell lifter and holds a Master of Sport ranking, held by only a few others in this country. Mike is top level coach, assisting at AKC certifications alongside Valery Fedorenko.
If you're a firefighter and need to get fit, Mike offers everything from private lessons for FDNY candidates to department seminars, workshops, and programming. Mike literally wrote the book on firefighter fitness and exercise.
FireFightersWorkout.com also offers online programming, a very convenient, but effective approach to fitness for both firefighters and the general public designed via an online profile.
For a variety of programming options, please visit our complete fitness program directory page.
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Check out this brief mini-clip of Mike and Ashley in action at a recent kettlebell workshop.
RECENT WORKSHOP:
RECENT WORKSHOP:
Michael Stefano
ACCOMPLISHMENTSBooks:
Firefighter's Workout Book
CPAT Prep Hand Book
DVD's:
Firefighter's Workout DVD
Certifications:
ACE Personal Trainer, AKC Kettlebell Coach, Power Yoga
Training Specialty:
Firefighter Fitness, Kettlebell Fitness and Sport
Organizations:
BodyBalance Fitness, FireFightersWorkout.com, East Coast Kettlebell Club, American KB Club, American Council on Exercise
Online Publications:
Train For Life News, FDNY CPAT Prep News, ECKC Kettlebell News >> Library of Articles
Fitness Programs:
>> View Full Program Directory
Website:
>> FireFightersWorkout.com
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Mike was born in the borough of Brooklyn in the spring of 1958. He joined the FDNY in 1982, advancing to the rank of captain before his retirement in 2005. Mike resides with his beautiful wife Kim, on Long Island, NY.
In 2000 he wrote The Firefighter's Workout Book (published by HarperCollins New York), and instant success, selling over 70,000 copies, and is used by several colleges and academies as their firefighter fitness text book. He is also the creator of the Firefighter's Workout DVD and editor-in-chief at FireFightersWorkout.com and The Train-For-Life Newsletter.
Mr. Stefano's articles have been published in magazines and newspapers, including Self, Men's Health, Fire Rescue Journal, as well as numerous others. Online his programs have reached millions via AOL, MSN, Yahoo! and eDiets.com. He is also the health and fitness editor at Firehouse.Com. Mike has been an ACE certified personal trainer for over ten years, establishing BodyBalance Fitness in 2005, a firefighter / kettlebell gym on Long Island, NY.
In 2006 Mike was appointed as the American Kettlebell Club, Fire and Rescue Advisor, and is currently a professional kettlebell instructor. His top student and fellow coach, Ashley Hughes achieved the rank of Master of Sport in Kettlebell Lifting in ten short months.
At the same time Coach Stefano founded the East Coast Kettlebell Club, dedicated to bringing true kettlebell lifting to firefighters, as well as the general population.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Mike will be at the Firefighter Combat Challenge in Asheville, NC on May 22 through 24. He'll be holding his Fit For Fire Seminar on May 22 in Asheville. For more information, please go to: COMBAT CHALLENGE.
Ashley Hughes
ACCOMPLISHMENTSTitles:
Kettlebell Master of Sport
awarded in Miami, Nov. 2007
Athletics:
World Class Synchronized Figure Skater, Lifeguard and Swimmer, Surfer
Certifications:
AKC Kettlebell Coach, Master of Sport
Training Specialty:
Firefighter Fitness, Kettlebell Fitness and Sport
Organizations:
BodyBalance Fitness, FireFightersWorkout.com, East Coast Kettlebell Club, American KB Club
Online Publications:
ECKC Forum Manager >> Forum
Editor FireFightersWorkout.com
Fitness Programs:
>> View Full Program Directory
Website:
>> EastCoastKettlebells.com
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Ashley Hughes was born in 1983. Ms. Hughes learned how to swim at age three and went on to become and All-County swimmer with the Long Beach High School Swim Team. Some of her relay records still stand today.
At age four she began training to figure skate. She attained a Senior Ladies Freestyle rank before entering high school. In college, at Miami University (Oxford, OH) Ashley skated at an international level with the Senior Synchronized Skating Team. Along with Ashley, the team competed around the world, including France and Switzerland, and ranked second in the country and ninth in the world.
Growing up in a small beach community on the south shore of Long Island, Ashley became obsessed with the ocean and outdoor activities. For eight years she was an Ocean Lifeguard. Ashley is an avid surfer (even during those frigid New York winters) and prides herself on pursuing whatever she does to its fullest extent. This belief in herself and others around her crosses over to Ashley's success as a professional Kettlebell lifter and trainer.
Today Ashley is a Master of Sport ranked Kettlebell Lifter, and coach with the American Kettlebell Club. Ashley specializes in both kettlebell and firefighter specific training. She is currently on the list of firefighter (#6019) for the FDNY, and has hopes of one day becoming a New York City firefighter herself. Ashley is also lead trainer at Body Balance Fitness and the East Coast Kettlebell Club where she shares her knowledge and demonstrates her abilities daily.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Ashley will be competing at the AKC Classic kettlebell lifting competition that's being held in Las Vegas on May 3 of 2008. For more info on attending the classic, send email to: americankettlebellclub@gmail.com