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Deena Russo

Deena believes in a "Fit Family" lifestyle and encourages parents and children to lead a healthy, active life. Giving her clients the tools they need to get in shape and stay in shape as a family is one of her happiest achievements.

Deena Russo is a certified personal trainer and weight loss specialist in Santa Monica. Her clients are women and men of all ages from high school students to seniors. She encourages women to stay fit before, during and after pregnancy with specific pre-natal and post-partum exercise techniques. She has been involved in the fitness industry in New York and Los Angeles for the past 14 years.

Her experience in New York includes private training and aerobic at Nassau College, Long Island as well as many other gyms in the Tri-State area
She currently resides in Santa Monica, CA and provides training at a variety of locations including private homes and gyms. On weekends, Deena leads a fitness group for outdoor activities in Santa Monica, including the famous Santa Monica Stairs. She enjoys taking clients on outdoor excursions where aerobic activity is mixed with resistance training for body sculpting.

Deena works in conjunction with holistic doctors, chiropractors and acupuncturists to assist her clients with physical limitations or special rehabilitation needs. She has recently trained clients for the Avon Breast Cancer Walk in San Diego as well as many other walking/running fund raisers.

Her career in fitness began as a talk show host for a New York based television health show entitled "Creative Wellness. The show covered such topics as exercise, nutrition, self empowerment and holistic healing. She has worked as a self esteem coach and has led guided meditation and goal setting groups.

Deena is also a working mother. She understands the unique challenges of balancing family, career and a healthy lifestyle. She develops programs for her clients incorporating cardio, balanced nutrition plans, strength training and more to achieve maximum weight loss, fitness and body shaping goals - all while addressing the needs of busy professionals, parents on the run and stay at home parents. If it's a trainer who genuinely cares about people and motivates her clients to push past their comfort zones and become leaner, stronger, healthier and more self confident, it's Deena you want.