Gina Baski – Founder, TriFit Club & Studios/TriFit MultiSport + Triathlon Coach
Sports and fitness have always been a part of Gina’s life. Gina was involved in competitive gymnastics and swimming for over ten years. She worked as a swimming instructor, coach, and personal trainer while attending college and graduate school. After completing a B.S. from Cal Poly and an MA from SDSU she continued her work as a part-time trainer and began teaching college in San Diego, CA. Shortly after meeting her husband, Gina quit her job as a college professor and resumed her passion as a personal trainer and coach.
Gina is the co-founder and CEO of TriFit Club & Studios. Today Gina is certified as a personal trainer, weight management consultant, yoga instructor, cycling instructor, Pose Running Coach, and as a USA Triathlon (Level II) Coach. Gina has served as a triathlon coach for Team in Training, the largest endurance program in the world. Gina has volunteered her time and resources for the AIDS Ride, AIDS Lifecycle, Santa Monica-Venice Christmas Run, and the Arthritis Foundation’s California Coast Class ride. In addition, she has worked with Olympic endurance and strength coaches who have been instrumental in helping her to develop smart and effective training programs for her clients.
Inspiring her clients to find their athletic potential and discover something new within them is Gina’s greatest passion. Whether through nutrition, strength and endurance training, or training for their first race – Gina always strives to help clients maximize their goals, have fun and create a balanced lifestyle of health and well being. Gina has competed in two Ironman Triathlons and various other multi-sport races.
Bernard Baski – Head Triathlon Coach
Bernard Baski, from Montreal, Canada, has worked his way through the ranks from an amateur to a professional hockey player; Bernard also developed a career as a Strength and Conditioning Coach at one of Canada’s world renowned hockey training camps. His desire to help young up and coming players was a turning point in his career.
After relocating to Southern California, he soon after met his wife-to-be Gina, a health and fitness professional. Their combined knowledge, passion, and commitment as coaches helped many individuals transform their lives. The couple quickly became recognized as dynamic and visionary in the world of health and fitness with the rare gift to empower and enhance their client’s health and well-being.
In the early 90’s, Bernard’s exposure to endurance sports and his passion for the sport of triathlon as an Ironman competitor helped him develop a successful training approach with his wife Gina, Bernard co-founder and owner of TriFit Club and Studios a 30,000 square foot facility also introduced one of six recognized USAT Training and Testing Performance Centers in the U.S. designed to accommodate the needs of both beginner to elite athletes.
Bernard’s certifications include USA Triathlon Level II, POSE Tech Running Level II, USA/ASCA Swim Level I. He is nationally certified as a Strength and Conditioning Coach and is nationally certified with BikeFit, LLC as one of their top fit specialists in the U.S. and Canada.
His performance based approach to training and adaptation, strength, flexibility, technique and cardio has been recognized as both unique and effective in improving an athlete’s overall results. Bernard’s extensive experience and knowledge in the multisport world, his love of coaching, and his competitive edge has attracted a diversified group of clients.
USAT Olympic Elite Development Team- Chris Foster
MLS 2009-2010 Under 23 MVP- Raul Mendiola
Para-triathlete ITU 2011 Gold Medalist- Danielle McLaughlin
NHL Toronto Maple Leaf – Nathan Perrott
USATF All American Under 23- Drake Johnson
Email: info@tfmultisport.com or call TriFit Club & Studios and ask for Bernard in the Performance Center.
Rad Hallman – Swim + Triathlon Coach
Rad has been involved in the multisport community since 2000 as a coach and as an athlete. In 2002, he raced for Team USA in the Duathlon World Championships. Since then, he has raced in Triathlon Nationals and completed three Ironman distance races among dozens of other races from sprints to rugged xterra challenges.
Currently, he is the head coach for the University of Southern California Triathlon team. Under his coaching, the USC women’s team finished 9th in the country last year with a top 20 overall finish for the combined team. Within the collegiate program, Rad has taken tri newbies from his or her first race to overall podium finishes in the span of a nine month season.
Rad has also coached for the Team in Training Ironteam, raising money for cancer research while training people from all walks of life to complete an Iron-distance race. Year in and year out, the greatest fears of triathletes boil down to the swim. With a balanced, technique-oriented approach, Rad has coached athletes afraid of water more than waist deep to complete the 2.4 mile challenge of an Ironman. He has also taken athletes, stuck on a plateau, to new levels of achievement in the water and beyond.
Rad teaches two master swim workouts a week at TriFit, offers one-on-one private instruction, underwater swim video analysis, and will hold several clinics throughout 2011. Rad also develops individualized programs for athletes competing in every distance of running and triathlon.
Email: Rad@TriFitLA.com
Josh Horowitz – Cycling Coach
Josh is a professional cyclist and director and head coach of the Adageo Energy Professional Cycling Team. Josh has been racing for over 20 years and is a licensed USAC coach, certified personal trainer and spin instructor. He has written over a hundred training articles for websites and magazines on a variety of topics including nutrition, periodization training, power based training, race strategy, mental training and weight loss.
Josh is also the founder of Ultimate Sports Psychology and the creator of The Ultimate Sports Psychology Hypnosis CD Series. Clients include 3 time Tour of California winner and Tour de France podium finisher Levi Leipheimer, US National Champion Chris Baldwin and Italian National Champion Marco Pinotti.
Josh teaches two indoor cycling classes a week at TriFit and offers one-on-one cycling coaching and programming.
Email: Josh@TriFitLA.com
Aron Gadhia – Cycling Coach
Aron is a USA Cycling licensed cycling coach, an expert bike fitter, an N.A.S.M. certified Personal Trainer, and a Category 1 road and track cyclist.
Aron has been immersed in a career centered on physical fitness since the early 1980′s when he began weight training and bodybuilding. His original interest in bodybuilding culminated in a fourth place finish at the 1992 ABCC All Natural Mr. California Contest. Aron obtained his fitness trainer’s certification at N.A.S.M. in 1994 while working as a trainer at Jackson Souza’s Training Facilities in Santa Monica and Malibu. In his spare time he also worked at Paulseth and Associates Physical therapy as an aid as well as trainer for rehabilitated patients.
Aron began road racing a mere 6 years ago. His talent was obvious when he upgraded from a USCF Category 5 to Category 3 during the course of his first season. During his second season of racing (2004), Aron dominated Category 3 racing and won the Southern California Cup, reflecting his status as the #1 Category 3 in all of Southern California and Nevada. He also won the Category 3 State Championship Criterium and placed second in the Category 3 State Championship Road Race.
Now regularly lining up alongside top professional cyclists in the Pro/1/2 Category, Aron has already shown that even against the very best he is a talented sprinter on the track and the road. He has won 4 Elite State Championship titles as well as numerous State and National medals on the track as well as the road.
Aron is available for professional bike fitting and one-on-one cycling coaching and programming.
Email: Aron@TriFitLA.com
Kirsten Wagner – Testing
Kirsten Wagner was a collegiate soccer and All-American lacrosse player who also coached lacrosse at the University of Notre Dame for several years. From 1998 – 2000 she was a strength and conditioning graduate assistant for the athletics department at Columbia University in New York where she earned a master’s degree in Applied Physiology and graduated as a member of the Kappa Delta Pi honor society in education. After school Kirsten ran the Center for Health and Wellness for the Saint Barnabas Health Care System in Livingston, NJ. In addition to managing the center she was also the head exercise physiologist for the Athlete Development Program and the Obesity and Weight Management Center while continuing to coach club lacrosse in her spare time.
For the last two years Kirsten has been the head of the TriFit Performance Testing Center, one of only five official Certified USAT Performance Testing Centers in the U.S. Kirsten follows Olympic Training Center protocols for exercising metabolic, lactate and resting metabolic tests. Kirsten teaches TriFit core conditioning classes twice a week and she works one-on-one with clients as a strength and conditioning coach. Kirsten is also a USA Triathlon (Level I) Coach and works closely with other TriFit coaches developing training programs for various multisport races. In her free time you can find Kirsten outdoors and always active, she loves to spend time with her dog Lucky.
Kirsten teaches two core conditioning classes a week at TriFit, is available for testing services, and one-on-one personal training.
Email: Kirsten@TriFit.Net
Nick Baggetta – Strength & Conditioning Specialist
Nick Baggetta is from Louisiana where he started playing soccer at the age of 6. As he got older and started high school as a 5’9”, 135 pound freshman on the varsity soccer team, his nickname was “Baggs of Bones”, a play on his last name and small size. Determined to prove the guys wrong, during the summer between his freshman and sophomore years he put on 20 pounds of muscle and shed the nickname. This started his ongoing passion for physical fitness and overall health and wellness. After high school, he played soccer at William Carey College and Barry University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and Sports Medicine. Upon completion of his degree and with an internship at Broward General Medical Center’s Wellness Center and Cardiac Rehab Program under his belt, Nick became a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA, one of the most respected certifications in the industry. With a degree and a top certification in hand, Nick began training privately and in corporate health clubs, with clients ranging from NCAA college athletes to cardiac rehab patients in their 60s, always providing a fun, informative, and effective program tailored to their particular goals, experience, and abilities. Nick’s training style is a mix between bodyweight training, traditional strength training, and interval training. His passion for living a healthy life helps keep him and his clients in top shape and provides a rewarding exercise experience. Nick is constantly keeping up to date on the latest research and trends in the fitness industry to create dynamic and ever-changing programs. He still plays soccer and tennis to keep his competitive juices flowing.
Email: Nick@TriFitLA.com
Beth Sobel – Registered Dietitian
Beth is a registered dietitian, certified yoga instructor and athlete and is passionate about food, health and wellness. She earned her masters degree of science in nutrition and clinical health psychology from Bastyr University, a leading natural medicine school in Seattle, WA. Beth believes that healthy living is best achieved when the body and mind are mutually supported with nourishing practices. She has an extensive and diverse background as a nutrition therapist, in the culinary field and as a mental health therapist. Her experiences include working as a dietitian in a variety of settings including hospitals, integrative medicine clinics and community health centers.
Her approach to helping others cultivate a healthy internal and external environment includes implementing healthy eating practices, exploring relationships to food and our food system, adopting a positive belief system, learning self-care and discovering balanced living. She believes that every individual is unique, and therefore tailors wellness plans to meet each person’s needs, lifestyle and goals. Beth currently offers on-site nutrition services including one-on-one counseling at TriFit Club & Studios.
Email: Beth@TriFitLA.com
