Staff – “Our Passion Is Your Happiness”

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Jesse Lipscombe

President & Founder of P.H.A.T. Training

Jesse “The People’s Trainer” Lipscombe has been active in the health and fitness industry, in some fashion, for the past 18 years. As a professional track athlete he has the practical knowledge to understand the drive, dedication, and passion it takes to achieve any goal big or small. Ranked in the top 15 in the Commonwealth he understands what it takes to be successful. He loves to infuse his life as an entertainer into his training techniques. His life has taken him from one side of the world to the other, from the stage to the field; and, now to you. Dynamic training and pulling the athlete out of everyone one of his client’s fuels his enthusiasm, and makes each training session as exciting and new as the first. As a certified personal trainer, Jesse is qualified and ready to meet any and all of your training needs.

Lipscombe has been a member of the Canadian National Track team for 5 years, and has three national championships under his belt (2 in Canada, and one in the USA – NCAA). Lipscombe also has been provincial champion over forty times. “The People’s Trainer” can also be seen in many film and television broadcasts.

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Stacey Hogbin

Partner & Training Manager

Stacey’s passion for health and fitness is contagious. She truly believes that fitness can be a part of anyone’s life, and she is committed to empowering others to live life to the fullest by adopting a healthy and fit lifestyle. Stacey also focuses on achieving balance in life between mind, body and spirit, as a balanced life is a healthy life! Once goals are set, Stacey’s top priority is to educate and motivate to ensure that those goals are met.

Stacey’s goal of empowering others with fitness does not end with her clients. She is a PTS Pro Trainer for Can-Fit-Pro, which allows her to teach and certify other fitness professionals in the industry. She is also a Master Trainer for the Canadian Bender Ball Education Team.

When you exercise consistently you are better today than you were yesterday, your confidence grows and creates a better you… so let’s get started!

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Daina Soon

Certified Fitness Coach (studio manager)

Daina fell in love with the idea of competition and what it takes to be a successful athlete at a young age. Her passion for fitness combined with her love of working with people is what drew her to a career as a personal trainer. Daina is still very active in many sports and believes that taking time out for yourself and the things you love to do, is the key to having a healthy balance lifestyle. She thrives on helping clients realize their goals.

Daina enjoys working with a variety of clients including weight loss, muscle building, endurance training and those who just want to use fitness to have an active, healthy lifestyle. True Success for Daina is improving her client’s quality of life.

“My favorite part of training is watching a client realize their potential… No limits!”

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Brandon Jacobs

Certified Fitness Coach, Personal Online Trainer, RMT

Brandon taught Physical Education for grades 1-12 for four years, but realized that his true passion was helping people to reach their health and fitness goals. He played college level volleyball and ran his own personal training business for the four years he taught. Ultimately, he strives to excel in all aspects of his life and looks forward to helping people change their lives. Life is all about relationships, and through his eclectic teaching and coaching style, he is positive he can help people reach any goals they may have. He is currently a registered massage therapist. He believes in having a great deal of balance in life, along with a healthy mind and healthy body, and is excited to share and expand his many years of experience.

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Lee Hodgins

Certified Fitness Coach

Lee Hodgins is Certified as a Personal Trainer Specialist through Can-Fit-Pro and has been a passionate fitness junkie most of his life.

Lee became interested in extreme sports at an early age and spent nearly 16 years studying martial arts, beginning with Shito Ryu Karate at the age of 15. After moving to the U.S. in 1981, Lee advanced to more aggressive fighting styles which were popular there at the time, including Kyokushinkai, arguably the first and most influential style of full contact Karate.

After returning from the U.S. in 1985, Lee found new fitness interests and soon devoted much of his time to weight training, combined with more gentle styles of martial arts including spending nearly 5 years learning the meditative movements of Taoist Tai Chi.

Having spent over 20 years in corporate Human Resources and Learning & Development Lee is also an expert Adult Educator, specializing in wellness and lifestyle management. His extensive background along with his knowledge & passion for personal fitness, allows Lee to offer a very unique and potent combination of holistic knowledge to his clientele.

Lee continues to derive great passion from all forms of fitness and believes his experience gives him a unique perspective on developing the skills, confidence and personal discipline his clients need in order to succeed at their own personal fitness & lifestyle goals.

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Sasha Newton

Yoga Instructor

Sasha has been practicing yoga for ten years and has been teaching Ashtanga Yoga since summer 2008. After completing the required training hours and practicum she became certified with the Yoga Alliance to be recognised across Canada as an Ashtanga yoga instructor. Sasha hopes to provide instruction of yoga as a full fitness regime as well as introduce the fundamentals of yoga to add to people’s already established fitness goals. Since discovering the power that yoga has had in her life, she hopes to share the physical, mental and spiritual aspects with others.

Newest Phat members: Karim Anglin, Amy Trefry, Nolan G. )pics and bios coming soon!)