Personal Trainer
Resume:
VINCENT J. COSTANTINO
Somerville, New Jersey 08876
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Objective To turn my passion into a career by securing a position as a personal trainer where I can demonstrate my knowledge of overall fitness training and ability to help others reach their goals.
Summary • WITS certified fitness trainer with a lifelong passion for athletic achievement and helping others achieve their fitness goals
• Charter member of FitZone and former member of World Gym who has helped countless other members with exercise selection, form, and safety while pursuing my own fitness goals
• Continuously trained one workout partner who was new to weight training, helping him to improve overall fitness while achieving a 60% strength increase over a 1 year period
Certifications Personal Fitness Trainer, World Instructor Training Schools (WITS),
CPR & AED, Red Cross
Training Personal Fitness Trainer Course, World Instructor Training Schools (WITS), 2009
Curriculum and exams included both classroom and practical components covering nutrition, kinesiology and exercise physiology, health and fitness assessment, and exercise program development for general health and fitness, cardio-respiratory fitness, weight management, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and women/children/elderly issues
Experience Personal Trainer Intern, Somerset Pool and Fitness Club, Somerset, NJ, Dec 2009 to present
• Worked closely with three men and three women, ages 20 to 60, helping each achieve their fitness goals through personalized programs and coaching.
• All programs included warm-up, comprehensive resistance exercises (including core), flexibility, and cool-down tailored to each individual’s goals, fitness level, and limitations.
• Modes and levels of exercise were varied to provide overall conditioning and accommodate various injuries, joint pains, and goals such as weight loss or gain, bodybuilding, and localized strengthening or muscular endurance.
• Performed individual assessments for lumbar spine, cardiovascular fitness, abdominal region, chest strength endurance, lower back flexibility, and hip and hamstring flexibility.
• Completed a full assessment, program development, and workout with supervisor role-playing as a new 55 year old male client with hypertension seeking overall conditioning.
• Received training on equipment maintenance and on emergency and safety procedures.
Senior Operations Supervisor
A. Duie Pyle, Carteret, NJ, 2008-2009
Yellow Freight Systems, Elizabeth & Pinebrook, NJ, 1996-2008
• Accountable for all facets of day to day dock activities and personnel in three major LTL freight terminals. Responsible for meeting all load handling, delivery, safety, and documentation requirements, which are key components of overall customer service and satisfaction.
• Assigned and supervised up to 30 employees, routing and tracking freight and trailers, resolving improper bills, enforcing procedures, and ensuring proper computer data entry.
• Headed terminal safety committee and monitored both work environment and personnel activities to insure safe operations and proper lifting techniques.
• Recognized on multiple occasions as the top performing terminal in the region.
Education B.A. in Philosophy, Bloomfield College, NJ, Full Athletic Scholarship and Hall of Fame Inductee for Basketball
A.A. in Liberal Arts, Paul Smiths College, NY, full Athletic Scholarship for Basketball
Diploma, Belleville High School, Belleville, NJ, captain and 3-year varsity member of both football and basketball teams, held state-wide single game basketball scoring record
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