Ernie founded All Canadian Fitness in 1993, following a 5-year professional football careerin the CFL. Prior to his time in the CFL, he earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Health Promotion from Purdue University where he attended on an athletic scholarship and was a 4 year letterman with the Boilermaker football team. He has also earned Certification as a Personal Trainer, Lifestyle and Weight Management Consultant, Indoor Cycling Instructor and as a Medical Exercise Specialist.
Since 1993, Ernie has worked full time as a Fitness Consultant and Personal Trainer supervising over 25000 individual workouts. He has appeared on radio and television as a featured guest on City-TV's "Breakfast Television" and has been featured in ChatelaineMagazine. Ernie is also a regular guest on CHML-AM 900 radio and CHTV's @ Home show as a fitness expert. He has also lectured professionally on a variety of health and fitness related topics since 1993.
A married father of two, Ernie is active in running, weight lifting and mountain biking and is an avid guitarist with classic rock band, "Swimming to Vegas" and a voracious reader that brings uncommon energy to all of his clients.
Adam Higson- (CANFIT-PRO) Certified Personal Trainer
Adam is a CANFIT-PRO Certified Personal Trainer and an elite international athlete that brings an exciting mix of talents to All Canadian Fitness. Since 1996, he has trained a variety of individuals privately and in groups while maintaining the discipline to further his own career as a Martial Arts competitor, specializing in Muay Thai Boxing.
From 1994 to 2003, Adam has won Muay Thai and Kickboxing Championships throughout North America, including the Inter-Continental Middleweight title in 2002 that was broadcast nationally on TSN. In 2004, Adam also won TSN's "King of the Gladiators" tournament. Since then, he has competed professionally in Canada, Japan and Europe.
Adam is driven to succeed and is constantly adding to his already impressive skill set by doing Continuing Education on all aspects of health and fitness. He is passionate and respectful and is an inspiration to all that train with him. Drawing on a wealth of personal experience and from the experiences of his "students", his workouts combine many elements of fitness to create "focused yet fun" workouts that always see results.
Adam's other interests lean towards music and movies and even cooking since he has also worked as a sous-chef! His greatest asset is his ability to relate to all types of people and to help them to maximize their workout time with him.
Sheila Wynne Fung- (CANFIT- PRO) Certified Personal Trainer
-Awarded Karate Black Belt 2008
Sheila is a CANFIT- PRO Certified Personal Trainer that brings 100% commitment to her clients. Her diverse fitness interests and pursuits have allowed her to create a positive environment where her clients can thrive and achieve their best while having fun. Because of this, she has become one of Hamilton's most in demand Fitness Professionals! She motivates participants with a variety of training principles that she has mastered while teaching "Spinning", Pilates, Stability Ball and Progressive Resistance Training classes. She has also lead high energy, challenging Cardio Kickboxing classes and has led children's karate classes.
As a Certified Personal Trainer, Sheila believes in moving clients through a series of challenges that help them to always achieve results and never hit a plateau.Her clients are usually stunned when they realize just how far they have come!
On the personal side, Sheila has earned her Black Belt in Karate and is a performing artist. She is a singer/ songwriter/ guitarist that performs original compositions in a variety of club settings.
With a degree from McMaster University in Communications and Comparative Literature that was earned with Honours and Distinction, Sheila is also a passionate reader and writer.
Andrew is an extremely creative trainer that has the flexibility to fit with in with any client or client situation. A native of Newfoundland, Andrew was an extremely popular and busy trainer in St. John's working at an exclusive Personal Training and Lifestyle Studio. It was there that he learned his craft and had the priviledge of developing programs for a varied clientele that had a myriad of fitness needs.
Andrew was also an honour student at Memorial University of Newfoundland where he studied Engineering and was awarded 2 academic scholarships. His eduational background has helped him to approach fitness and training as something to be studied, absorbed and then refined before it can be taught to others. He is driven by a thirst to acquire more knowledge about how to bring about results for his clients and is extremely creative in his application of exercise protocols.
As an athlete, Andrew has competed in basketball, soccer and track and field. His specialty, however, is Olympic Weightlifting. In 2003, he finished fourth at the National Junior Weightlifting Championships and also finished second in the Newfoundland/ Labrador Weightlifting Championships in 2002 and 2003.
In his spare time, Andrew enjoys weightlifting, mountain biking and playing and studying guitar.
Matteo Tino- (CANFIT-PRO) Certified Personal Trainer, CSCS
A native of Toronto, Matteo is the most cerebral Personal Trainer you will ever meet! To Matteo, problems are only challenges that need to be studied.... and then attacked! While attending McMaster University and studying for his Kinesiology degree, he was also the goalkeeper for the men's Varsity Soccer Team and was able to apply his studies in a very direct way. Aside from being a Certified Personal Trainer, Matteo is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). The CSCS is the most prestigious and highest certification that a personal trainer can attain.
Matteo is a true student of the game of fitness and has the ability to inspire people to greater levels of fitness by using proven methods and also by applying the knowledge he has acquired in his own training. A firm believer in "functional fitness", Matteo believes that all training should have a direct carryover to everyday life and should improve upon one's ability to perform daily tasks and/ or athletic pursuits.
Another of Matteo's passions is writing. While attending McMaster and studying for a second degree in mechanical engineering, he is a regular contributor to a blog that features a wide variety of health related articles. He has written about many subjects which can be accessed here: www.the-healthreport.blogspot.com/
Matteo's other passions include music, travelling, training and food!
Roseanne came to All Canadian Fitness with an extensive background in business management, bookkeeping and accounting. She has both operated her own businesses and worked in large corporate settings like Home Depot and Athlete's World. In the past Roseanne has owned and run companies in retail and private organization.
Her people skills, enthusiasm and passion are self evident upon meeting her. Roseanne's many talents range from public relations to project management, administrative duties and even carpentry, electrical and repair work.
Roseanne is fully committed to helping All Canadian Fitness grow and prosper and is excited at the prospect of using all of her talents to help ensure our future success.
As a former client of All Canadian Fitness, Roseanne remains committed to her own health and fitness. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with friends and family, working on design projects and especially riding her beloved motorcycle!
Liesa Schramayr- Business Liason
Liesa is the co-founder of All Canadian Fitness and has been instrumental in our growth and development since 1992. A graphic artist by trade, Liesa has worn many hats and has performed office administrative duties, bookkeeping, design work, payroll and banking duties, public relations, marketing and even has taught cycling classes as a Reebok Certified Indoor Cycling instructor.
Liesa's outstanding intuitive and communication skills have made her a valuable asset to All Canadian Fitness for over 15 years and she will continue to be instrumental in all projects from design to implementation.
Liesa's passion is helping others and has spearheaded the charitable works that All Canadian Fitness has performed in the past and will continue to do in the future. As someone living with MS for over 10 years, Liesa is especially driven to work with the local Hamilton MS Society Chapter.
A mother of two children, Liesa is an insatiable reader and she loves travelling, listening to music and spending time with family and friends.
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