the sarasota fitness team
Principals: Virginia Phillips and Al Roach
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Virginia Phillips and her husband, Al Roach, are co-owners of 20 Minutes To Fitness of Sarasota, Florida, Inc., a strength-training studio located in Lakewood Ranch (Sarasota, Florida). Each brings their own area of expertise to the venture. Phillips' background in health, nutrition and fitness makes her the perfect choice to oversee the studio and its programming. Roach will lead the management side of the business, using his law and management consulting experience. Using the Sarasota 20 Minutes To Fitness studio as a model, future plans include developing the 20 Minutes To Fitness concept as a national franchise.
In addition, the Sarasota Team includes:
- Advisory Board Member: Dr. Shelly Kennedy, D.C., Casey Schulte, P.T. & Laura Miller R.N.
- Operations Manager/Personal Fitness Coach: Angela Begin
- Lead Trainer/Personal Fitness Coach: Dale Kuehne
- Personal Fitness Coaches: Beth Berberich, Sheri Clarry, Jason Gipe, Eveline Grondin, Melanie Kasper, Bryan Lipps, Justin Peters & Laurel Russo
The Sarasota Team has over 45 years of personal fitness training experience, over 20 years of general nutrition experience, national certifications from ISSA, ACE, & AFAA, and each are certified in the 20 Minutes To Fitness "slow cadence, high intensity" training protocol.
Standing from left to right: Sheri Clarry, Bryan Lipps, Eveline Grondin, Martha Castleberry, Dale Kuehne, Shelly Kennedy, Jason Gipe, Cathy English, Al Roach, Beth Berberich
Sitting from left to right: Melanie Kasper, Virginia Phillips, Angela Begin
Not Pictured: Justin Peters
