ABOUT ANNALISE

my background

My childhood consisted of ~10 years of hip-hop classes and figure skating lessons. In 2012, I was diagnosed with severe scoliosis, which led me to start physical therapy and moving my body. I started taking group fitness classes (Barre, Pilates, TRX, Cardio Dance and Zumba) in 2015 and fell in love with being a student. In 2019, I started teaching Zumba. After years of struggling with social anxiety and unable to do school presentations, I never expected to stand in front of a class and teach. In 2020, I began my journey as a personal trainer.

Although I have always been active throughout my 24 years of life, my love for fitness grew immensely once I discovered the weight room in my high school gym, and ever since then my fitness journey has flourished. I hope to provide a fun and welcoming, but also challenging, workout environment to all clients. 

Aside from my fitness background, I am a psychology major, a  PN1-SSRC, and working on becoming a PN1-NC. My dream career since middle school has been a LMHC. I love being there for people and giving them advice, as well as psychoanalyzing. The way the brain works has always been fascinating to me. I always say mind and body go hand-in-hand, so I decided to create BINDZONE (a zone for your body & mind) to combine both of my passions into one place. Fitness is my outlet for any stress and chronic pain in my life, so my hope is to allow it to be your outlet as well by creating a safe space for you with our team and members!