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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 and NCPAD Specialty 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, teaching group fitness classes at City Fitness and its corporate sites and leading continuing education workshops and master classes, Elie is an Adjunct Professor in American University’s Health and Fitness Department. During her 15 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.
Elie has an educational background in music, theater and education, and in her free time enjoys dancing of all kinds, travel, and playing in an English handbell choir.
 Nino Malong
Nino is an AFAA Ceritifed Personal Trainer, and teaches youth fitness and kickboxing classes at City Fitness and corporate sites. He has studied Jow Ga Kung Fu since 1996, and has competed with Team Jow Ga in tournaments since 1997. He is currently ranked 2nd in the United States for Jow Ga forms and 3rd for Men’s Lightweight Sparring. He has medalled every year since he began competing.
Kristy Salsbury
Kristy is an ACE-Certified Personal Trainer and fitness enthusiast. She enjoys sharing her love for exercise and is dedicated to helping clients achieve their personal best. A Pittsburgh native, Kristy moved to DC to pursue studies in Finance and International Business at the George Washington University, and in 2006 earned an MBA in Marketing from the University of Maryland. She enjoys exercise and training so much that she took it on as a second career and joined the personal training staff at City Fitness in 2007.
Kristy’s training approach focuses on creating effective exercise routines that compliment an individual's hectic lifestyle. She is capable of designing programs that meet a wide range of personal and fitness goals, and enjoys working with all types of clients—from beginners to those who are focused on taking their workouts to the next level.
  Rex Samuell
Rex is a Registered Yoga Teacher, an AFAA Certified Personal Trainer and has completed the certification process for National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM-CPT). Since high school, his training has incorporated calisthenics, resistance and circuit training, running, and gymnastics, while, since college, he has explored yoga, mostly ashtanga vinyasa and alignment-intensive forms of asana. His yoga teacher is David Ingalls of the Ashtanga Yoga Center in Washington, DC, and he draws inspiration for his practice from Richard Freeman, Godfrey Devereux, and Sharath R.
Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Rex moved to Kentucky to pursue a BFA in Theatre/Acting at the University of Kentucky, graduating at the top of the class in the College of Arts and earning Phi Beta Kappa. He moved to Washington D.C. in the summer of 2003. He currently teaches at City Fitness on Monday nights, and he also teaches yoga at the World Bank, the Department of Labor, FHFB, and the National Zoo. Rex wants to motivate you to integrate your body, your mind and your breath, using yoga, core training, and traditional resistance exercises. He is available for both yoga one-on-one and small group sessions through City Fitness Personal Training Division.
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