Fitness Resume 2008 - Elizabeth Gilbert

Employment

Fitness Instructor
April 2007 - present
Goodlife Fitness
Ottawa, ON

Overall Fitness Coordinator/Liasion (Volunteer Position)
May 2007 - present
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ottawa, ON

Manage all communications, website, posters, etc. Includes SPIN program, Pilates, Tae Kwon Do, Fitness Conditioning. Member of the HQ Aerobics Club.

Fitness Director/Fitness Instructor
September 1998 - December 2006
Yellowknife Racquet Club
Yellowknife, NT
(867) 920-2224
Members: Over 1000

Supervised up to 20 instructors and 3 personal trainers, including hiring and team management.
Oversaw all fitness activities/programming at the club, including developing the fitness schedule,
organizing feature classes and workshops, developing fitness surveys and contests. In charge of
instructor training including arranging and organizing four fitness training weekends hosted by the
club with presenters: Marjorie O’Connor (2001), Krista Popywich (2005) and Helen Vanderburg
(2004, 2007). In addition to my role as Fitness Director, I have also planned, developed, built and
maintained the club’s website. http://www.ykracquetclub.com

Current Certifications:

• 2008, Schwinn Indoor Cycling Certification
• 2007, Goodlife, RPM Certification
• 2007, Can-Fit-Pro Resist-A-Ball – Level 2
• 2007, Fusion Fitness Training (Trainer: Helen Vanderburg) / Can-Fit-Pro Mind/Body Certification
• 2005, AFLCA Assistant Pro Trainer for the NWT (Qualified to give observations and provide workshops for CECs)
• 2005, Keiser Spin Certification (Trainer: Krista Popywich)
• 2004, Can-Fit-Pro Resist-A-Ball – Level 1 (Trainer: Helen Vanderburg)
• 2003, The Method Pilates Certification – Matwork (Physical Mind Institutue)
• 1999, Can-Fit-Pro – Fitness Instructor Specialist (FIS)
• 1998, Alberta Fitness Leadership Certification Association (AFLCA) Group Fitness

• Stott Pilates – Pilates on the Ball
• Stott Pilates – Foam roller, Dynaband, Fitness Circle, advanced
• When Les Mills classes were launched took BodyFlow, BodyPump at Can-Fit-Pro in Toronto
• 2002, Can-Fit-Pro Pre-natal/Post Natal Course
• 2000, AFLCA Resistance Training Course (Trainer: Marjorie O’Connor)

• 2008, Demo team - NewBody, International Women's Show
• 2008, Presenter, Pilates workshop, Catholic School Board, Health and Wellness Day
• 2006, Presenter, "The power of being a Girl" conference hosted by the YMCA. Presented pilates sessions to girls aged 10-14 yrs
• 2004-2005, Pilates and core strength training - Junior girls High Performance Basketball Team - Yellowknife
• 2000-present, Presenter of various workshops: intro to spin, pilates and stability ball
• 2000-2004, CIBC Run for the Cure, lead the warm-up each year for up to 3000 participants
• Fit for Heart fundraiser and event coordinator
• Presenter at the highschools targeting grades 8 and 9 about fitness and options out there

• Heart Saver (Exp Dec 2008), St. Johns Ambulance CPR (Exp Dec 2007)
• Canadian Red Cross First Aid (Exp June 2007)
• Can-Fit-Pro Membership (Renewal May 2008)
• AFLCA (Renewal May 2008)
• AFLCA Assistant Pro Trainer (Renewal May 2008)

• Newbody (Originally trained with Maureen Hagen 1998/1999 in Calgary, AB and Toronto, ON) teaching this class for approx 9 years
• Spinning - teaching approx 4 years, Les Mills RPM
• Get on the Ball
• Hi/Low
• Muscle Conditioning Classes
• Ab Classes (medicine ball, bosu and stability ball)
• Pilates (Mix of The Method and Stott Pilates) - teaching approx 6 years
• Boxercise, Cardio Kick-Boxing
• Tribal Beat – specialty class done to drum music. Combination of Tai Chi, dance and Fitness. Hour long class
• Fusion

• Junior Provincial Basketball Team (Manitoba), Arctic Winter Games Basketball Team Captain and MVP
• 3 time member of the NWT Team for the National Team Squash Championships - Kelowna, Halifax and Calgary
• Manitoba Marathon
• 2007 & 2008 Dragon Boat Race - City Team 2007 / RCMP Team 2008