Meet the Staff

We’d like to take this opportunity to get you better acquainted with the fine Personal Training Team of Fitness Together. We are proud to employ the finest that our industry has to offer.

	OLIVER – Owner/Operator: Oliver has been a long time aficionado of Health & Fitness with over 29 years of exercise training experience. He enjoys all that the Health & Fitness industry encompasses. Prior to taking over Fitness Together of Colorado Springs (south) Oliver owned and operated small-town Health Clubs, while studying Kinesiology, Exercise Science and Business. Ollie holds several certifications, with specialties in athletic/sports conditioning, injury/post-rehab, bodybuilding, powerlifting and senior fitness and looks forward to passing on that knowledge to you. To this day, he still enjoys lifting hard and heavy, having medaled at recent State powerlifting competitions.

	CHRISTY: As an All-American Field Hockey player, Christy has won a number of awards in her sport, enabling her to take that experience to training other athletes in both one-on-one and group exercise settings, as well as training individual clients with various needs. With her degree in communications, Christy has excellent interpersonal skills when it comes to relating to her clients and understanding each individual’s needs towards attaining their goals. Her hobbies include trying to find her way around the Springs, running, biking, shopping and just having a good time.

	SHERMAN: As a sports and fitness enthusiast from youth, Sherman comes to Fitness Together with quite an impressive background. Sherman earned his degree in Exercise Science from UC Davis, along with obtaining certifications as a Strength & Conditioning Specialist and a Performance Enhancement Specialist. He is also certified in sports medicine as a NATA Certified Athletic Trainer. Sherman specializes in working with rehabilitation patients, seniors, the full gamut from beginners to athletes (weekend or competitive). Along with his experience as a Fitness Professional, Sherman is also skilled in rehabilitation, working in physical therapy/orthopedic clinics and high school athletics. Other than training clients, Sherman enjoys mountain biking at all the wilderness parks in Colorado Springs, as well as any other Front Range or high country trails; strength training; road cycling; and snowshoeing.

	DEREK: Having spent over a decade of his life in the gym, Derek definitely understands the effort required, along with the best tools to utilize, to help others reach their physical potential and sustain a new healthy lifestyle. Derek is a graduate of the National Personal Training Institute and certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Along with general Health/Fitness needs, specialties include sport-specific training and conditioning, functional/core training, and post-injury conditioning. Outside the gym Derek enjoys roaming the mountains both on foot and bike, snowboarding, snowshoeing, camping, music and art.