BFFC Staff - Personal Trainers
The design of Better Fit Fitness Center Inc. is to provide the areas top personal trainers with the highest quality equipment available, thus giving the client an unmatched facility of personal attention and innovative exercise programming. This level of expertise comes from the variety of specialties that each trainer brings to the studio / gym facility.
Meet Mel Salada – Owner & Personal Trainer
Background / Training:
- Bachelors of Science in Exercise Science
- Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)
- Level One Olympic Weightlifting Coach by USA Weightlifting Organization
- Certified Personal Trainer by California State University Sacramento
- Allegro I, II, and III trained by Polestar Pilates
- Competed in bodybuilding in NPC Organization
- Competed in Olympic Weightlifting with Team Sacramento
- 20+ years in the fitness industry working in retail, personal training, post-acute rehabilitation, and management.
- Current CPR
More information about Mel Salada.
Meet LaMont Providence SAQ, CTI - Personal Trainer
Background / Training:
- SAQ Certified - Speed Agility and Quickness Specialist
- CTI Certified - Circuit Training Instructor
- NESTA Certified - National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association
- ISSA Certified - International Sports Science Association
- Certified in First Aid and CPR / AED
- 5+ years experience in the Fitness Industry
More information about LaMont Providence.
Meet Stephen R. O’Neill - Personal Trainer
Background / Training:
- American Council on Exercise
- International Sports Science Association
- YMCA
- American College of Sports Medicine
Special Training:
- Senior fitness needs and ADL
- Back injury post acute rehab
More information about Steve O’Neill.
Meet Brandy Smith CMT - Massage Therapist
Background / Training:
- Certified Massage Therapist (CMT)
- Licensed and Insured in the City of Sacramento
- AMBP Member
- Massage Therapy Institute - Davis, CA
- Healing Arts Institute - Sacramento
- Over 700 hours of training in various modalities
More information about Brandy Smith.
Meet Ron Curcio - Personal Trainer
Background / Training:
- 17 years training Professional, Olympic, Collegiate, High School through Middle School Athletes
- 10 years as business owner, training Working Professionals, Police, Firefighters and Developing Corporate Wellness programs
- Trained 2 Olympic Champions in Racquetball and Water skiing and 1 Paralympics Champion in swimming
- 10 years working directly with Physical Therapists and Orthopedic Surgeons for Post Rehab Athletes getting them back to competition
- Helped athletes obtain scholarships to such colleges as Florida State, Alabama, Vanderbilt, Rice, Baylor, Naval Academy, Texas Tech, Texas Longhorns, UCLA, SDSU, Stanford and Cal
More information about Ron Curcio.
Meet Laura Elliott-Sisterson - Registered Dietitian
Background / Training:
- Registered Dietitian in the Sacramento area for 17 years, having worked in a variety of settings with both individuals and groups.
More information about Laura Elliott-Sisterson.
Meet Allison Dokken - Personal Trainer
Background / Training:
- ACSM Certified Personal Trainer
- Bachelors of Science in Exercise Physiology - Chico State University
- CPR, AED, First Aid Certified
- Competed 3 years in collegiate softball
- Injury / disorder rehabilitation experience for numerous musculoskeletal injuries
- Experience with cardiac / pulmonary rehabilitation, senior fitness, athletes, and female fitness
- Plyometric, calisthenics, circuit, weight loss, strength, and balance training
- Student at Sacramento City College working towards Physical Therapist Assistant degree and State licensing
More information about Allison Dokken.
Meet Nicole Crapotta - Personal Trainer
Background / Training:
- ISSA Certified Fitness Trainer
- ISSA Certified Sports Specific Nutrition
- Specialty Women’s Aerobics Instructor
- CPR and AED Certified
- Member of the American Dietetics Association
- Student at CSUS majoring in Dietetics with a minor in Chemistry
More information about Nicole Crapotta.
Meet Toraino Singleton - Personal Trainer
Background / Training:
- ISSA Certified - International Sports Science Association
- NAHF Certified
- NASM Certified Personal Trainer (CPT)
- NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES)
- NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES)
- NASM Specialist in Sports Conditioning
- Second Team All WAC in 1993
- First Team All WAC in 1994
- Selected to play in the All Star Senior Bowl out of college
- Attended NFL Combine
- Former Running back for NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Former Running back for NFL Europe, the Hamburg Blue Devils
- 10+ years in training industry
- Bachelors of Science in Sociology
More information about Toraino Singleton.