Tresha Dunn, 44.
Classes: Dunn teaches TRX classes using a variety of methods — Pilates, yoga and tai chi; boxing with weighted gloves; kettlebells and weighted balls. She also does a boot camp at Udall Park and works with individual clients in a variety of ways, including with a RipSurfer X. “It’s a surfboard-type mechanism that mimics surfing, so you lean and it’s functional movement,” she says.
Where: Desert Sports and Fitness, 2480 N. Pantano Road; Udall Park, 7200 E. Tanque Verde Road. Dunn also works with clients in their homes.
Client demographics: She works with many post-rehabilitation clients, such as those with joint replacements, diabetes or a terminal illness. Most are 55 or older. In her classes, Dunn sees 20- to 70-year-olds.
Number of years in the industry: About 26.
Set in motion: “I started when I was 18 when I was in college,” she says. “I started working at a spa, and I was going for my degree in nutrition.” She decided a desk job wasn’t for her and pursued personal training, eventually becoming a medical exercise specialist and starting her own business in post-rehab conditioning.
Favorite workout: “It’s a combination,” she says. “If I was going to be in a gym, interval training is my favorite, using TRX, kettlebells and a ball. Trail running and hiking would be close to the top of my list, and then sand volleyball, which I play here. I also really enjoy being in the water, swimming and surfing.”
Exercise tip: “The biggest thing I preach to people is they have to be in a good emotional state for anything to work for them. … If they need to spill their guts, we push really hard. I focus on making sure that they have happy souls to better their bodies.”
