Meet The Team
Owner and Coach
Ren has spent his career doing what he loves, helping people get their lives back. Ren specializes in working with beginners, every day adults, and older populations. After working as a coach for 16 years, he prides himself in transforming beginners into confident, competent gym goers. Ren finds fulfillment in helping people keep up with their kids or grandkids, move pain free, and do any activity without concern.
Ren earned a bachelor's degree in health science from Vermont State University. He interned at UVM with the varsity strength and conditioning coaches and athletes for two semesters. While he enjoyed the experience, Ren realized his passion was in working with everyday adults and seniors.
Ren completed a six-month intensive mentorship focused on bridging the gap between physical therapy and personal training. The mentorship gave him a deeper understanding of how to work safely with people recovering from injury or working around pain. It's an approach that ensures everyone gets first rate care that goes beyond typical personal training.
Ren is currently studying to become an Exercise Physiologist, a designation that is expanding his knowledge to work with people with chronic illnesses such as heart disease. Fitness is the path to healing from injury, lifestyle related illness, and improving mental health. Ren wants to redefine the gym and personal trainers. The impact trainers can have in healthcare is profound and many lives can be saved.
Ren strives to create a welcoming atmosphere. Fit RX is a space rooted in community and encouragement. Anyone new is met where they are.
When he's not on the gym floor Ren is at home as a husband and dad, the roles he's most proud of. That same dedication he brings to his family is what he brings to everyone who walks through the door.
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Ashley Collier
Co-owner & Operations Director
Fit RX wouldn't exist without Ashley. As the driving force behind the business side of the gym, Ashley handles everything behind the scenes - from managing finances to day-to-day operations and building the brand you see today. While Ren brings the fitness expertise to the floor, Ashley makes sure everything runs smoothly so members can focus on what matters the most: their goals.
A Familiar face to many Fit RX members, Ashley's commitment to this community is personal. She and Ren built Fit RX together from the ground up and that dedication shows in every detail.
Danielle Long
Danielle brings a truly unique perspective to the Fit RX community. As a Licensed clinical Mental Health Counselor, a certified Personal Trainer and a certified trauma informed coach, she understands that getting stronger is a more thank just physical fitness - it's about your whole self.
Her approach combines evidence-based strength training with a deep understanding of how stress, trauma, anxiety and depression can affect the body, Whether you're rebuilding confidence, need prenatal or postpartum support, or simply looking for a coach who meets you where you are, Dainelle creates a safe a supportive space for sustainable growth.
Danielle works with Fit RX on a part time basis and also runs her own practice, Mind and Muscle VT, right here in Essex.
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