York City Group Fitness Instructor

Linda Minarik

Fitness Professional

Ace Certification No. F44581

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New York City 10033 www.lindasarts.com

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Aim: to bridge mind-body disciplines and vigorous fitness workouts. Practical—personal interface with participants. Unique approach—expand concept of integrated fitness, one person at a time. Passion—restore what’s missing from today’s fitness climate: (1) Brain benefits of moving to the musical beat. (2) True aerobic endurance. (3) Correct exercise form, with understanding. (4) Awareness of muscle engagement during each move. (5) Independence—confidence when taking other instructors’ classes. Class Formats Taught

Specialties: Aerobic Dance, Gyrokinesis®, MELT Method® Other formats taught: balance, barre, body sculpt, step aerobics, stretch, Urban Rebounding, water aerobics

Signature creation: Get Benched™

An upper-and-lower-body aerobic, balance, and strength workout, using the bench. And a very special specialty: BodyWeight Sculpt

+

: builds upper-body strength using the body's own

weight. Challenging full-body workout combining resistance training with endurance development. Includes non-stop, choreographed sequence of planks and pushups. Not for the faint of heart. Teaching Experience

Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires, Lenox, Massachusetts New York Health and Racquet Club, Whitehall Street, Cooper Square, 13th Street, 21st Street, 23rd Street, 50th Street, 56th Street, and 76th St. locations, New York City Equitable Athletic and Swim Club, 787 7th Avenue @ 52nd Street, New York City Past experience: Chelsea Piers, Crunch Fitness, Equinox Fitness Clubs, Gold's Gym, 92nd Street Y, New York City

Athletic Training

Gyrokinesis®: Young-Ah Kim (Movement and

Beyond Studio), Billy Macagnone (Body

Evolutions Studio)

Aerobics teaching instruction: Dale Stine,

Mirabai Holland

Aerobics competition: Kevin Creegan, Peter

Frame

Bodybuilding training: James Windus

Classical ballet: Kirill Matveev, Natalia Stavro,

Setsuko Maruhashi

Rhythmic gymnastics: Ekaterina Sknarina,

Alexandra Apjarova

Yoga: Nina Ries

Alexander technique: Linda Babits, Karen Bayer,

Jane Kosminsky

Karate: Master Min Pai

Books Authored

The Little Pocket Book of Stretching with Ease for a Pain-Free Back, CICO Books, London and New York, 2017.

Stretching with Ease, CICO Books, London and New York, 2015. Education References

Teachers College, Columbia University in the City of New York Upon request. M.A. in music education

M.Ed. in music

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