 Rae Owner/Manager |
 Doug Owner/Trainer |
 Bill Group Fitness Manager/Fitness Consultant |
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Amy Fitness Consultant |
Leanne Fitness Consultant |
Leigh Ann Fitness Consultant |
 Chris Personal Trainer |
 Sandi Consultant/Instructor |
 Dan Personal Trainer/Instructor |
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Michelle Instructor |
Sarah Instructor |
Elizabeth
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 Jackie Instructor |
 Linzy Child Care |
 Keisha Child Care |
 Marie Child Care |
 Jim Maintenance |
 Whitney Intern |
Sarah Wanzo Sarah is from the Gulf Coast of Florida. She started in yoga and gymnastics at the age of three. She was on the dive team throughout high school, and started boxing her senior year, continuing though college where she became the golden gloves champion in her weight class. She started teaching yoga to boxers at 18, and then became a personal trainer and certified in cycling, step, Total Toning, etc. She moved to Fernandina for her job as an Air Traffic Controller. She loves teaching to help people realize their goals and to help them feel better inside and out. Bill Comai Bill was raised in the small town of Pigeon Michigan but later found his way to Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he graduated from Western Michigan University with his degree in physical education. Bill has been teaching group fitness and personal training for 5 years and over that time has found one certain truth that he works by: “Earned, never given." Bill feels that anybody, anywhere, anytime can achieve anything they want, but make no mistake about it. If you choose to follow him, it will be earned! Bill, his lovely wife Krista, and their two dogs, Harley and Sasha, decided to make Fernandina Beach home to escape the cold Michigan winters and are definitely here to stay. Bill simply asks that when you don’t think you can do one more rep, and you feel like that last minute is impossible, take a deep breath, smile, and remember this… "The most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well." -Baron Pierre De Coubertin Elizabeth McCranie The youngest of five, a graduate from the University of Florida, and a native to New England, Elizabeth has always had a passion for exercise and fitness. She has competed in figure competitions and is currently teaching cycling and preparing to teach Body Pump. Married for over 16 years and the mother of two amazing boys, Elizabeth finds it a must to pass this lifestyle on to her family. Through healthy diet, an active life style and a positive attitude, she hopes not only to affect those close to her but also those she is privileged to meet along the way. Jackie Norton Originally from Austell , Georgia (Home of Six Flags over Georgia ), Jackie moved to Fernandina in August 2006. She enjoys spending time on the beach with her husband Corey, her two daughters Katie and Cheyenne, and their dogs. In her free time she enjoys riding her Harley Softtail Deluxe along side Corey with his Streetglide. She Iikes playing softball, deep sea fishing and staying FIT!! Jackie loves to dance and is a Zumba instructor and a certified BodyPump instructor. Jackie keeps busy working full time as a Billing Specialist, but her real passion is in advancing her fitness career. Jim Hiott Jim, aka Handyman Jim or Capt. Jim ,is a Navy Vietnam Veteran living in Fernandina Beach with his lovely wife of 41 years, Shirley. Jim has been a fitness fanatic for 40 years. He says it enables him to keep up the active life style that he loves, which includes diving, boating, reading and traveling. He is also a master scuba diver, Staff Officer in Coast Guard Aux. and runs his own dive and salvage business.
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After completing high school in Tallahassee, Florida, Rae moved with her family to Pensacola to attend Pensacola Christian College. Later, she discovered a talent in wallpaper installation, and became one of Amelia Island’s best installers. Her thirst for fitness began when she joined the Amelia Wellness Center in 1996 in an effort to ‘gain weight.’ Some guy named Doug, the General Manager of Amelia Wellness Center, decided that he would work with her to achieve her goal. Approximately, two years later, she had achieved her goal. The weight she gained included: a husband, a house, a health club, and eventually a dog named Jasmine. Rae currently manages the club’s operations and continues to run a very tight ship at home. She has been a Certified Personal Trainer, a Certified Aqua Aerobics Instructor, a Board of Health Food Handler, Apex Supplement Certified, a Florida Department of Health Tanning Bed Operator and is now a Certified Body Pump Instructor. As the CLUB 14 FITNESS Manager and Operator, her job is to keep the ship steered and moving in the right direction. Doug Lane Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, then raised in a small Wyoming town, Doug has always had a love for competitive sports. Track and field, bicycle racing, basketball, weightlifting and kickboxing are just a few of the many things he has done. In 1990, he became interested in bodybuilding while enrolled at the University of Northern Colorado and changed his major from Education to Exercise Physiology. Doug competed in bodybuilding all throughout college, winning the Southern Colorado and taking 2nd in the Mr. Wyoming. Eventually, employment brought Doug to Florida in 1995 to become the General Manager at the Amelia Wellness Center. In 1997, Doug met and married Rae. Together they purchased the club and ran it until 2006 when Doug decided to start CrossFit Amelia Island. He currently holds CrossFit classes and private coaching sessions which challenge clients on a daily basis! Amy Ryan Amy moved to the island in 1996 from Fort Wayne, Indiana, and became a member of the Amelia Wellness Center (now CLUB 14 FITNESS). She was hired in 1997 to be the club’s Membership Accountant. She left in 1999 to take advantage of some opportunities in Jacksonville. Life happened and seven years later, Amy found herself at 180 pounds and miserable. She knew that the only way she was going to gain control of her life was to get healthy again. She knew she could change if she could surround herself with people who were positive about being healthy. For Amy, that meant coming back to the club as a member, then taking a part-time position as a Fitness Consultant. She was back at her home gym and within three months had lost 35 pounds! She has now lost and kept off a total of 50 pounds, crediting the encouragement of both the staff and members of CLUB 14 FITNESS! Leanne Church Leanne joined the CLUB 14 FITNESS family in December of 2007. She has lived in Fernandina Beach since childhood and graduated from FBHS in 2006. Leanne is studying toward a B.S. in Nutrition. She is an APEX Certified Fit Pro and in May 2009 she attended a Robb Wolf nutrition seminar in West Palm Beach to become CrossFit Nutrition Certified. Leanne is a strong advocate of the Robb Wolf: Paleo/Zone approach to nutrition. Sandi Morelli is originally from Boston and has been living in North Florida for the past 17 years. She has studied Tai Chi for 14 years and holds a second degree black belt in Sholin Karate. Sandi teaches a Tai Chi class and is the smiling face greeting the members as she runs the club each Sunday. Leigh Ann Puca Leigh Ann is a local Fernandina Beach gal who has been a member of CLUB 14 FITNESS for over 15 years. She first realized her love for fitness at the age of 12 when she joined the fit kids program at the club. She now has three children of her own: Daylee, Davin and Dane and a wonderful husband, Mark. Leigh Ann is an active member of her church and also enjoys camping with her family and going to the beach. She’s the friendly face who greets you when you work out in the wee hours of the morning Monday through Friday! Chris Antczak Chris hails from Watterbury, Connecticut, and is the youngest of five siblings. He graduated from Alliance College, Pennsylvania, in 1984 with a Bachelors in Science. He then went on to National College of Chiropractic in Lombard, Illinois. He graduated in 1989, then interned at Chicago General Health Center. In 1990, Chris and a partner opened Spinal Logic Chiropractic Center. In 1998 he went out on his own, opening Antzak Chiropractic Holistic Health Care Center with a full gym facility where he not only rehabilitated his patients but provided personal training as well. Chris believes “we are born whole, we die whole, therefore we should be treated whole.” Seeking a slower pace of life to raise his two young children, he and wife, Lorrie eventually moved to Fernandina on the recommendation of his brother who lives on St. Simons Island, Georgia. Chris came to CLUB 14 FITNESS as a full-time trainer in 2006 to bring his experience and expertise to our clients. He enjoys helping them not only reach their fitness goals but become “whole” as well. Dan Cermak Those who know Dan fervently hold to the belief that he was not born of this world. He did however manage to get into the University of Chicago and emerged four years later with a degree in Biology. He then went on to graduate school at Colorado State University where he studied reproductive endocrinology specializing in hypothalamic-pituitary interaction. While there, in the middle of the night staring out at racks and racks of test tubes yet to be analyzed, Dan had an epiphany. “I don’t want to do this," he cried. “I want to be an aerobics instructor.” That was more than 25 years ago, and the rest is history. Join him in his never-ending quest to become a world class instructor and personal trainer. Michelle Arseneau Originally from Connecticut, Michelle grew up in a large family of 8 children, so, to be noticed, she was very active and competitive! After having her first child, she reluctantly tried group fitness with afriend in March of '95. She got certified to teach group fitness later that year and hasn't stopped since! She currently holds certifications with AFAA, Les Mills Body Pump, and Zumba Gold. She has also dabbled in Whitney Lamar Whitney Lamar was born and raised in Fernandina Beach. She graduated from Fernandina Beach High School in 2004. Whitney will complete her Bachelor’s of Science in Health at the University of North Florida in April of 2010 with a major in Community Health and a minor in Exercise Science. She will be interning at Club 14 Fitness from January until April then will assume a full-time position as a Fitness Consultant. Her main focus during her internship at the Club will be the Forever Fit Challenge. Whitney is a former competitive gymnast with a love for fitness and living a healthy lifestyle.
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Club Hours: Mon-Thurs: 5:30 a.m. - 10 p.m. ; Friday: 5:30 a.m. - 8 p.m. ; Saturday: 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. ; Sunday: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Childcare hours: Mon-Fri 8-11 a.m. ; Mon-Thurs 5-8 p.m. ; Fri 5-7 p.m. ; and Sat 8:30 - 11:30 a.m.