Our Staff

Charlie Markowitz

Certified Personal Trainer

Charlie is currently working on receiving a two year degree through Oakland Community College.  He is certified in Personal Training through World Instructor Training (W.I.T). With a love for exercise and over all physical fitness Charlie is pursuing a degree in exercise science and technology as well as a career as a professional mixed martial artist.

Charlie has lived in West Bloomfield Michigan all of his life, but has traveled all over the U.S. Including states such as Washington, Wisconsin, Florida, Tennessee and Georgia. Charlie’s dream vacation would be a trip to the Olympic National Rain Forest to go camping and exploring the mountains.

Charlie’s favorite workout is a hard mixed martial arts workout. He enjoys hard cardio sessions mixed with intense mixed martial arts sparing and Brazilian jiu jitsu. Charlie’s philosophy on working out and being a personal training is that it can be a very enjoyable thing and can help improve your life in many ways and if he can be the one to help you make those improvements he would like nothing better.

Charlie enjoys long distance runs, hiking, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and spending time with his friends.

Alon Albalak

Certified Personal Trainer

Alon recieved a degree in Kinesiology from Michigan State University, with specializations in fitness leadership and coaching. He is certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association as a personal trainer.

Most of his life, Alon lived in Michigan, but recently spent 5 months in Israel, training high schoolers to be ready for the army. He has coached youth basketball, as well as being a sprint coach on the state champion, East Lansing High School track team. In addition to youth level athletics, Alon was an intern with Michigan State's department of strength and conditioning, training the football, basketball, and hockey teams.

One of Alon's dream vacations is to go on safari in the Serengeti. He tries to incorporate many different disciplines into his workouts, including swimming, plyometrics, weightlifting, circuit training, and yoga. He believes that one of the best feelings, and methods of instilling confidence is to set a goal and reach it.

Aside from working out and personal training, Alon loves to cook many types of food. He also likes animals so much that at points in his life, he was considering veterinary sciences.

Reid Skory

Certified Personal Trainer

The key to fitness success is knowledge and consistency, not the latest fad diet or exercise craze. Reid’s training philosophies are grounded on scientifically based training principles while understanding the mental challenges associated with serious lifestyle change. In his training programs Reid believes in a systematic progression through various exercise phases to “trick” your body into consistently producing lasting results. The body is a magnificent system which adapts to diet and exercise very quickly. Due to this nature of adaption Reid stresses the importance of working with a knowledgeable professional who continually monitors individual progress and manipulates training to ensure continuing results.

Certified through the National Academy of Sport Medicine he’s trained to work with clients of all ages and goals ranging from weight loss to strength gain and athletic performance. For Reid, health and fitness isn’t simply a career it’s a life-long passion.  Much of his free time is spent reading about the latest exercise and diet research in various trade journals, testing them on himself and incorporating what works into his client’s exercise programs. Reid has been weight training for nearly 8 years and in that time has experienced the many ways in which our bodies adapt to different stimuli. Recently he’s focused his personal training efforts toward bodybuilding and competed in his first show in late 2011. When he’s not focused on health and fitness you’ll likely find him biking, kayaking, camping or fishing. During his off days he also enjoys relaxing with friends watching an NHL, NFL or college football game.

Jackelyn S. Smith

Certified Personal Trainer

Jackelyn received her higher education at University of Michigan – Flint in Education with prerequisites to Doctorate of Physical Therapy.

Jackelyn is certified in Fitness Training through both National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA).  She is also certified in Performance Nutrition.  With a strong passion for fitness and overall health, Jackelyn is pursuing a graduate degree in Physical Therapy.  One day Jackelyn would like to combine forces in both Personal Training and Physical Therapy.

Being inspired by so many wonderful people throughout her lifetime, she feels a strong need to give back so to give others the chance to thrive in fitness and in life overall.  “Health is everything (mind, body, &spirit), Once healthy in all areas, possibilities are endless!!” 

Jackelyn enjoys, running, spending time with family and friends, meeting new people, drawing/painting, reading and anything else involved in wellness and personal growth.