Born in Manhattan, raised a Jersey girl, currently living in Boston, Ali is a ball of energy and lover of pilates, dance, and everything fitness. A dancer and athlete all her life, Ali has always been passionate about fitness and has always embraced the importance of maintaing an active lifestyle which led her to begin to turn her passion into a fitness career. She has over 8 years of teaching experience and holds various certifications. She is an ACE certified group fitness instructor, trained Mat Pilates instructor, Star 3 Spinning iinstructor, Schwinn Cycling iinstructor, Piloxing instructor & licensed Zumba iinstructor . She teaches all over the Boston area at several of the best gyms, health clubs and dance studios, motivating people and teaching her students how to change their bodies through movement, get results, feel great, and have fun! Whether it's in one of her popular group fitness classes or a one on one training session, her passion for fitness and her energetic personality is contagious and can motivate anyone to work hard and have fun. Her teaching style is disciplined & tough because she believes everyone benefits from that extra push to be the best they can be. Through her knowledge of and belief in a well rounded fitness program, she strives to challenge, motivate, inspire, & educate her students to help them achieve their own unique fitness goals through finding their own, what she calls, FITstyle. She believes one of our greatest abilities is the ability to create change: change our bodies, our minds, our perceptions and our lives. Your FITstyle is the incorporation of health & fitness into your lifestyle; finding the right balance of elements that work for you and that allow for you to live a life you love in a body you love. When she's not teaching classes, she loves to put her student hat on and take classes from other local instructors when she has tiime in addition to balancing a full time corporate job in pharmaceuticals. She's one busy girl! She's also a half-marathon and marathon runner and loves the challenge and thrill of racing. She developed her love of running in 2010 when she set a goal for herself to run her very first half marathon. Since then she's fallen in love, run countless half marathons and 1 full marathon which qualified her for Boston. Currently she's training to race the Boston Marathon in April 2013 for her second full marathon experience. She absolutely loves the fitness community and all the opportunities she's been granted and the people she's met along the way. Her philosophy is you get out what you put in and you make time for what's important. Being fit and healthy is not always easy, but it is always rewarding and that's why she loves her job -- helping people to discover their FITstyle and change their lives for the better. Perfection is only in the eye of the beholder. All you can do is strive to live a life you love in a body you're proud to call home and that, alone, is perfect. MOVE with meaning. SWEAT Everyday. LOVE Life Unconditionally. For more about Ali visit www.alibaldassare.com
