Personal Training

Angela decided to begin her career in the health and fitness industry as a personal trainer in 2001. She wanted to improve people’s quality of life by increasing their strength, balance, cardio fitness and flexibility. Her experience includes training a diverse population of youth through older adults and strives to come up with innovative workouts that are challenging yet never boring. Angela also teaches boot camp, cycle boot camp and stays busy with her three young children.

Instructor Beth Thomas has a strong background in fitness. Her career began in 1996 at the University Fitness Center in Wisconsin, where she was the Group Exercise Director and an instructor for a variety of fitness classes. After graduating with a degree in Physical Education with a minor in coaching, she became a certified strength and conditioning specialist. She continued to teach and train at several health clubs, and competed in many triathlons, both sprint and Olympic distances. In 2008, Beth moved to the St. Louis area and started at the Renaud Center, where she is now an instructor. Beth’s background in teaching and competing gives her the experience and insight needed to develop safe, effective and fun workouts that are personalized for each client. You’ll also find her leading Dynamic Training, Cardio Dance Fitness and Boot Camp classes. When she is not training or working out, Beth enjoys spending time with her husband and four children.

Specializing in athletes, Brad has extensive experience in designing a training program that fosters development of the whole athlete. He is a former exercise physiologist at Lindenwood University’s Exercise and Performance Nutrition Laboratory. His coaching experience includes strength and conditioning training for athletes playing baseball, softball, soccer, volleyball and water polo. Brad also has trained clients suffering from the complications of obesity, people with autism, and special programs in Functional Movement Screening (FMS) and Survival of the Fittest. Outside of the Renaud Spirit Center, Brad has trained athletes in Kisumu, Kenya; Reykjavík, Iceland; Budapest, Hungary; at Barcelona Escola de Futebol in São Paulo, Brazil; Granada, Nicaragua; and across the United States.

Natalie is a highly self-motivated athlete with a unique ability to encourage her clients to push themselves above and beyond their “comfort level.” Her considerable experience in endurance training, weight training, and core and stability training has translated into success with many clients. Throughout her life, Natalie has enthusiastically participated in physical fitness. She fondly recalls competing in a 5K race with her family when she was eight years old. As captain of the rugby team at the US Air Force Academy, she led the team to the national championship competition. Currently, she leads her “team“ of four children in a daily homeschooling adventure. If Natalie is not at the gym in the early morning hours, she’s probably out running. “I love to run,” she says. “It’s an efficient way to burn calories and relieve stress, and requires no coordination and only a pair of shoes.” Although her favorite race distance is the half-marathon, she’s run four marathons, and she’s making plans to add to that number.

Sue Rowland is living her dream and enjoying every minute of it. She retired from government service after a 30+ year career, most of it as a city clerk. Sue is the proud grandma of four boys and a girl, and the grandkids are the main reason Sue and her husband relocated from North Carolina to Missouri after they both retired. Home is where the heart is, and the grandchildren own Sue’s heart! In her spare time Sue likes to spend time with family; take long walks, hikes and bike rides; play tennis, pickleball and basketball; lift weights; and customize workouts for her personal training clients and group fitness participants. She also likes to read fiction, especially mysteries.

As an active youth and teen Matt grew up playing soccer and basketball and running track throughout his high school career. Winning several awards and setting records, Matt went on to run track at Illinois College where he continued to set several records that he still holds today. Pursuing his passion for health and wellness, Matt graduated from Illinois College with degrees in physical education, health, and science. He then began teaching Adaptive Physical Education for special needs students in addition to coaching soccer and track. He has helped train many high performance high school athletes to prepare them for their college sports and still competes in soccer leagues and track meets as an adult. Matt love training clients of all ages and abilities ranging from young athletes to older adults. When he isn’t working out Matt enjoys reading, riding motorcycles, and watching old movies.