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 Tom Brose
Tom holds the titles of General Manager and Director of Personal Training at City Fitness. In addition to being a NSPA certified personal trainer, he teaches kickboxing (see the video). Tom is also the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the American University Rugby team.
Tom moved to Washington DC to attend American University, where he earned a degree in International Studies. Originally looking to further his fitness with a part time job at a gym, Tom walked into City Fitness and found a career. The ability to make a positive impact on the health of individuals and see them embrace exercise made the choice easy.
While Tom has trained competitive athletes and many “hardcore” exercisers, he feels it is also important to focus on clients who do not yet understand or enjoy fitness. Helping them get comfortable in the gym, he aims to motivate as well as teach each client how to meet their goals.
 Elie Cossa
Elie holds the following certifications: ACSM Health & Fitness Instructor; CET Cancer Exercise Trainer and NCPAD Inclusive Exercise Trainer; ACE Clinical Exercise Specialist; Lifestyle & Weight Management, Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor; and AFAA Aerobic Instructor and Step Aerobics Instructor. She is the Membership Administrative Manager and Staff Trainer for City Fitness. In addition to personal training, she teaches group fitness classes at City Fitness and its corporate sites and leading fitness education, continuing education workshops and master classes. A main focus in her teaching and training is injury prevention and post-rehabilitation work.
During her 17 years as a teacher and trainer, she has worked with breast cancer survivors, post-rehab clients, seniors and other special populations, as well as the general public. Elie helps direct and is a lead trainer for Fit Physique’s educational programs including Core Fitness Professional (CFP), Quality Instructor Training (QIT+), Quality Personal Training (QPT+), and Samayama Yoga (SYT) programs. As a co-teacher for Project F.I.T., she worked in conjunction with the International Women’s Democracy Center to provide fitness instructor training programs for women in public or assisted housing. She is also a former Adjunct Professor in American University’s Health and Fitness Department.
Elie has a background in music, theater and education, and in her free time she enjoys dancing of all kinds, travel, and playing in an English handbell choir.
 Sogbe Konate
Sogbe Konate is a nationally certified Personal Trainer, a Massage Therapist, and a group exercise instructor specializing in West African dance fitness. She enjoys working with people of varying backgrounds and challenges—each new client provides an opportunity to learn and to educate. Her experience at Potomac Massage Training Institute in Washington, DC, has provided her with an in-depth working knowledge of the body. She applies this working knowledge to all facets of her fitness career.
Sogbe enjoys cross training and short duration, high-intensity training. In addition to dance, she has also participated in triathlons. Parlez-vous francais? Have a multi-cultural session in French!
Alex Lofgren
Bio to come.
 Nino Malong
Nino is an AFAA Ceritifed Personal Trainer, and teaches youth fitness and kickboxing classes at City Fitness, its corporate sites, and at American University. He has studied Jow Ga Kung Fu since 1996, and has competed with Team Jow Ga in tournaments since 1997 ranking and receiving medals every year he has competed. He is currently studying Brazilian Jiu Jitsu with Cesar Cabrera and is a Blue Belt under Team Renzo Gracie DC.
 Robin Zeffiro
Robin Zeffiro is an ACE certified personal trainer and group fitness instructor. She has taught in corporate offices, parents’ wellness programs and a number of gyms in DC. She specializes in teaching Balletone (a fitness class for the nondancer) and Bootcamp.
She is an adjunct faculty member of the American University Health and Fitness department, where she teaches Group Exercise and Principles of Weight Training. She also works there as a personal trainer. Her focus is on making working out fun, even for those who have not fallen in love with exercise yet.
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