My name is Steve Johnson. Exercise and fitness has played a major role in my life going back to elementary school. It all started with a trip I took to Chicago, where I would spend the summer with my cousin. The usual activities were in line for grade school age boys, little league baseball, summer camp, miniature golf, etc. However, I believe it was the night my uncle took us to go see “Conan the Barbarian”, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. I went home that night and performed what seemed like 1000 push-ups and sit-ups. I was sore for days! That created a fascination in exercise and fitness which later propelled me into a high school sports career competing in football, baseball, track and wrestling. I later moved on to play football at Fork Union Military Academy with future Heisman and NFL great Eddie George. I continued my football career at James Madison University, where I received my Bachelors of Science degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science.

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Over the years of working at Fitness Together, I’ve worked with hundreds of clients each with their own unique set of goals and abilities. I’ve worked with adolescence as young as 10 and adults well into their 80’s with goals ranging from fat loss, increased muscle mass, general fitness or just maintaining strength and coordination, as with one client I trained with cerebral palsy. Having worked with such a vast pool of clientele, I feel I’m able to draw upon a wealth of knowledge and experience to help you achieve your fitness goals.

While attending Alexandria Technical College. I gained two solid years of hands on experience with personal training at school, Minnewaska fitness center, and with Alexandria Blizzard Hockey Academy. I transferred to Southwest Minnesota State University to get a Bachelor's degree in Exercise Science. In the first 5 years of my training career. I've worked with close to 100 general population clients, and over 300 athletes. Mostly high school level hockey players, and a few junior league players. I am looking forward to helping a lot more people accomplish their fitness goals. Especially here at Fitness Together. From my experience working at six other gyms, I totally think Fitness Together offers the best experience for their members and trainers. Communication, hospitality, and the success of accomplishing goals here is far greater then the other gyms I have worked at. By far my favorite work environment since I started training.

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Whenever I am not busy being a personal trainer, I am busy filming my own hunting, and fishing trips. I also love spending time with family and catching up on the latest news in Minnesota sports.

Hi! My name is Emily and I grew up playing almost every sport I could - I started with gymnastics but stuck with diving throughout college. Sports led me to become interested in how the human body and exercise interact. I have trained various levels of clients between doing biomechanics research, cardiac rehabilitation, collegiate coaching, senior fitness, and physical therapy rehabilitation. I enjoy getting to know each person I work with and help them find exercise to be enjoyable and/or rewarding.

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In my free time, you can find me either snowboarding or bouldering depending on the season or playing with my husky mutt, Finn!