Fitness Staff

P: 515-294-6905

E: nhudson@iastate.edu

What can I help you with?: Fitness activities, fitness assessments, equipment usage, personal training services, nutrition education services, fitness certification information, campus wellness resources, and finding career opportunities in fitness.

ISU Rec Services start date: May 2008

Hometown: Ames, Iowa by way of Scotia, New York.

Favorite ISU Tradition:Walking around the zodiac in the north entrance of the Memorial Union.

What do you enjoy most about your job?: The daily opportunity to engage students in creative learning about fitness and themselves.

“In my spare time I like to”: Cycle on the various bike trails in Iowa and to hike in national parks across the country.

“Something unique that most people don’t know about me is”: I have been the main character in the following plays: Alice in Wonderland and Hansel and Gretel.

Attend her Summer 2022 Fitness Classes: Wellness Yoga at 12:10 pm on Tuesdays

P: 515-294-3234

E: mhyndman@iastate.edu

P: 515-294-4982

E: jasonv@iastate.edu

What can I help you with?: Programs, Student Development, Assessment

ISU Rec Services start date: Fall 2017

Hometown: Palm Harbor, Florida

Favorite ISU Tradition: Lancelot and Elaine

What do you enjoy most about your job?: Seeing the impact we make on the student well-being.

“In my spare time I like to”: Cook Greek food while singing 90’s party hits at the top of my lungs.

“Something unique that most people don’t know about me is”: I have an embarrassingly large comic book collection.

Teaches: Line Dancing

Hometown: Des Moines, IA

Major: Kinesiology – Pre-Physical Therapy

Fitness Certifications: Future ACE Group Fitness Instructor

Teaches: Barre

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “Focus on the step in front of you. Not the whole staircase.”

Attend Her Spring 2023 Fitness Classes: Barre at 4:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Hometown: Herkimer, NY

Major: Psychology and Criminal Justice

Fitness Certifications: soon to be ACE Group Fitness Certified

Teaches: Boxing Circuit, Core

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.” Dr. Mae Jemison

Attend Her Spring 2023 Fitness Classes: Boxing Circuit on Mondays and Tuesdays @ 5:30pm and Complete Core @ 5:20pm on Thursdays

Hometown: Glenwood, IA

Major: Economics/Political Science

Fitness Certifications: Soon to be ACE Group Fitness Instructor Certification 

Teaches: Hip Hop, Dance + Sculpt, and Restore

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

Attend Her Fall 2022 Fitness Classes: Hip Hop at 6:30pm on Thursdays, Dance + Sculpt at 4:30pm on Sundays, and Restore at 5:30pm on Sundays

Hometown: Nevada, IA

Major: Kinesiology Grad Program

Fitness Certifications: YogaFit Level 1

Teaches: Yoga, Female Focused Yoga, Pilates, and Aqua Agility

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “Obstacles do not block the path, they are the path” – Zen proverb

Attend Her Summer 2022 Fitness Classes: Yoga at 7am Mondays and Wednesdays, Pilates at 5:30pm Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Pilates at 12:10pm on Fridays

Hometown: Norwalk, Iowa

Major: Diet and Exercise

Fitness Certifications: ACE Group Fitness Instructor, American Red Cross CPR/First Aid

Teaches: Cross Training Fitness, Women and Weights

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “If change doesn’t happen today, the loop continues tomorrow.”

Attend Her Summer 2022 Fitness Classes: Complete Core at 4:30pm on Thursdays, Cross Training Fitness at 5:30pm on Thursdays, and Cyclone Circuit at 12:10pm on Fridays

Hometown: Van Meter, IA

Major: Human Development & Family Studies

Fitness Certifications: soon to be ACE Group Fitness Certified

Teaches: Pilates and Complete Core

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “Train your mind to see something good in every day!”

Attend Her Spring 2023 Fitness Classes: Pilates at 12:10pm on Monday and Complete Core at 5:20pm on Tuesday

Major: Agricultural Business

Hometown: DeWitt, IA

Teaches: Pilates, Barre, & Aqua Agility

Fitness Certifications: ACE Fitness Instructor

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “Your goals don’t work unless you do!” 

Hometown: Davenport, IA

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Fitness Certifications: 200-hour CYT, YogaFit Level 1, YogaFit Level 2

Teaches: Yoga

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.”

Attend His Fall 2022 Fitness Classes: Yoga at 6:15-7:15pm on Mondays and Wednesdays

Hometown: Rockwell City, Iowa

Major: Agriculture and Society, Journalism and Mass Communication

Fitness Certifications: ACE Group Fitness Instructor Certification 

Teaches: Barre

Favorite Inspirational Quote: Don’t let “potential” be written on your tombstone.

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Hometown: Ames, IA

Major: Masters of Education in Student Affairs

Fitness Certifications: ACE Group Fitness Instructor Certification

Teaches: Cycling, Complete Core

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “Enjoy the little things in life because one day you’ll look back and realize they were the big things”

Attend Her Summer 2022 Fitness Classes: Cycle Fit at 12:10pm Tuesday, Thursday, Cycle Fit at 5:30pm on Tuesday, and Complete Core on Tuesday at 4:30.

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Hometown: Harlan, IA

Major: Kinesiology

Fitness Certifications: YogaFit

Teaches: Yoga, Meditation

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “A bird sitting in a tree isn’t afraid of the branch breaking because her trust is not in the branch but in her own wings. -Unkown

Attend Her Fall 2022 Fitness Classes: Relax & Renew at 10:00 am on Mondays, and Sunrise Yoga at 7:00 am on Thursdays

Hometown: Corydon, IA

Major: Kinesiology – Exercise Science

Fitness Certifications: ACE Personal Trainer

Teaches: Aqua

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” ~ Audre Lorde

Attend Her Fall 2022 Fitness Classes: Aqua Agility at 5:30 pm on Tuesdays and Aqua Deep at 5:30 pm on Thursdays

Hometown: The Woodlands, Texas

Major: Kinesiology

Fitness Certifications: ACE Group Fitness Instructor

Teaches: Jump Fitness and Power Barre

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “Progress over perfection.”

Hometown: Cedar Rapids, IA

Major: Kinesiology

Fitness Certifications: ACE Group Fitness Certified

Teaches: Jump Fitness!

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “Success is not final; Failure is not fatal; It is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston Churchill

Attend Her Spring 2023 Fitness Classes: Jump Fitness on Mondays and Wednesdays @ 4:30pm

Hometown: Patna, India

Major: Management Information System

Fitness Certifications: Soon to be ACE Group Fitness Instructor Certification

Teaches: Barre

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “Practice and all is coming.”

Attend Her Fall 2022 Fitness Classes: Barre on 7:30-8:20pm on Wednesdays, 12:10-12:50pm on Fridays

Hometown: Manilla, IA

Major: Kinesiology Pre-Physical Therapy

Fitness Certifications: ACE Group Fitness Instructor

Teaches: Boxing Circuit

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “Be so completely yourself that everyone else feels safe to be themselves.” -unknown

Attend Her Spring 2023 Fitness Classes: Boxing Circuit on Wednesdays and Sundays @ 5:30pm

Hometown: Belmond, IA

Major: Kinesiology – Exercise Science

Fitness Certifications: ACE Personal Trainer

Teaches: Cross Training

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” -Michael Jordan

Attend His Fall 2022 Fitness Classes: Cross Training at 5:30pm on Thursdays

Hometown: Bettendorf, IA

Major: Environmental Engineering

Fitness Certifications: Soon to be ACE Group Fitness Instructor Certification

Teaches: Boxing Circuit

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

Attend Her Fall 2022 Fitness Classes: Boxing circuit 6:30-7:20am on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Hometown: Cedar Rapids, IA

Major: Kinesiology and Health

Fitness Certifications: ACE Group Fitness Instructor

Teaches: Dance Party

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “Give your time, energy, and attention to things that bring you joy, peace, and purpose.”

Attend Her Fall 2022 Fitness Classes: 4:30-5:20pm on Thursdays

Hometown: Peoria, IL

Major: Dietetics

Fitness Certifications: YogaFit Level 1

Teaches: Yoga and Pilates

Favorite Inspirational Quote:  “Every day may not be good, but there is good in every day.” Alice Morse Earle

Attend her Summer 2022 Fitness Classes: Pilates at 12:10pm on Mondays and Wednesdays, Yoga at 5:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Hometown: Jesup, Iowa

Major: Diet and Exercise

Fitness Certifications: ACE Group Fitness Instructor

Teaches: Cycling

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “Choose to be your best you.”

Hometown: Ames, IA

Major: Diet and Exercise 

Fitness Certifications: ACE Group Fitness Instructor Certification 

Teaches: Cycle Fit, Complete Core!, and Cyclone Circuit

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “Success depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.” -Arnold Palmer

Hometown: Iowa City, IA

Major: Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Nutritional Sciences, Ph.D.

Fitness Certifications: ACE Group Fitness Instructor, 200-hr YogaFit

Teaches: Yoga, Barre

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “There is no such thing as one-way liberation.” – Glennon Doyle

Attend Her Fall 2022 Fitness Classes: Yoga Flow at 5:15 pm on Tuesdays

Hometown: Cedar Rapids, IA

Major: Diet and Exercise

Fitness Certifications: ACE Personal Trainer

Teaches: Yoga

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “The most effective way to do it, is to do it” – Amelia Earhart

Attend His Summer 2022 Fitness Classes: Sunrise Yoga at 7:00am on Monday

Hometown: West Union, IA

Major: Kinesiology Exercise Science, minor in Nutrition

Fitness Certifications: ACE Group Fitness Instructor

Teaches: Cycling

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “Nothing is impossible. The word itself says “I’m possible!” – Audrey Hepburn

Attend Her Spring 2023 Fitness Classes: Cycle Fit on Wednesdays @ 6:30pm and Bachelor Cycle on Mondays at 7:00pm

Hometown: Urbandale, IA

Major: Human Development & Family Studies and Anthropology

Fitness Certifications: ACE Group Fitness Instructor 

Teaches: Women & Weights

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “Keep going, because you did not come this far just to go this far.”

Attend Her Spring 2023 Fitness Classes: Women & Weights on Mondays and Wednesdays @ 5:30pm

Hometown: Algona, IA

Major: Chemical Engineering

Fitness Certifications: YogaFit Level 1

Teaches: Yoga

Favorite Inspirational Quote: The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. –Eleanor Roosevelt

Hometown: Dysart, IA

Major: Biology with a minor in Psychology

Fitness Certifications: Soon to be ACE Group Fitness Certified

Teaches: Barre

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “Every day may not be a good day… but there is good in every day” Alice Morce Earle

Hometown: San Luis Potosi, Mexico

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Fitness Certifications: Soon to be ACE Group Fitness Instructor

Teaches: Cross Training, Cyclone Circuit, and Cyclone Sculpt

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle

Hometown: Crystal Lake, Illinois

Major: Kinesiology

Fitness Certifications: ACE Group Fitness Instructor and B1 Zumba Instructor

Teaches: Zumba and Cyclone Sculpt (can sub in Barre, Dance and Pilates)

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “Be Curious, Not Judgmental.”

Hometown: Bettendorf, IA

Major: Kinesiology Pre-Physical Therapy

Fitness Certifications: ACE Group Fitness Certified

Teaches: Cycling

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” -Thomas Jefferson

Attend Her Spring 2023 Fitness Classes: CyZone+ Cycle at 5:15pm on Wednesdays

Hometown: Ankeny, Iowa

Major: Diet and Exercise

Fitness Certifications: ACE Group Fitness Instructor

Teaches: Cycle Fit, Bachelor Cycle, and Cyclone Circuit

Favorite Inspirational Quote: “You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script.” – Oprah Winfrey