BIO INFO
LAURA GOODWIN
Laura Goodwin has over twenty years of successful professional fitness experience. Ms. Goodwin has monitored phase IV cardiac rehabilitation program included telemetry, readings of EKGs, and development of patient/ client protocols at Herald Square Fitness, Inc., as an Assistant Exercise Physiologist.
Her path led her to Salomon Brothers Executive Fitness Center, as an Assistant Manager and Fitness Specialist where she helped designed the 47th floor Executive Fitness Center at the 7 World Trade Center located in New York City Financial district. There she trained top –level executives, from fortune 500 companies, on an individual basis. Performed fitness evaluations and exercise tolerance stress tests. Also, there is where she met her biggest challenge, a young investment banker -“The Central Park Jogger” - where through tough training and a warm approach she was able to assist her in her rehab.
She left to move on to Home Box Office Corporate Fitness Center, as Fitness Manager/Specialist. At HBO she created company wide health and fitness seminars including health fairs in which over 2500 employees received fitness evaluations and consultations.
While at HBO, Laura also worked at Columbia University, as a Strength and Conditioning Coach and instructed Olympic lifting technique and Plyo- metrics.
It was in 1998 that Ms. Goodwin followed her dream to leave Corp America to design and own her own Full service 14,000 square foot Fitness Facility. The Training Academy, Inc., located in Fort Greene Brooklyn, New York; it was at that time she specialized in public speaking, marketing, facility design, and management and served over 1500 members, for over 6 years. The Training Academy served many high-end clients, Jeffery Wright, Actor played in the life story of Jean Michele Basquiat , W. (2008) .... Gen. Colin Powell,Casino Royale and the Quantum of Solace, Danny Simmons, artist, novelist, poet and creator of HBO's groundbreaking Def Poetry, Rosie Perez- Actor just to name a few. Laura was honored with the Crain’s New York “Top 40 Business Owner’s Under 40” award of 2003, and many others. In 2004 The Training Academy closed its doors due to the fall out of 911, The Training Academy was located only 8 miles from ground zero.
Ms. Goodwin re entered the corporate work force as an Exercise Specialist at Core: in 2005 and was promoted in 2007 to Fitness Manager and Gym Design Specialist. It is her pleasure to accommodate all your fitness needs.
EDUCATION
City University of New York, New York,
Exercise Science.
ACCREDITATION
• American College Sports Medicine- Health Fitness Instructor certified current since 1996
• American College Sports Medicine Current Member
• USA Weightlifting Sports Performance Coach 2008
• USA Weightlifting Member
• National Academy of Sports Medicine- Current member sitting for exam in January 2008
AWARDS
• 2004 Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
Leadership in Economic Development Award
• 2003 New York Crain’s Business Magazine
Top 40 Business Owner’s Under 40 Award
• 2002 4W Circle Empowerment Award
• 2003 Honored by New York City Controller
Woman’s Small Business
FILM AND TV
• CNN 2008 May High-end Wellness 2008 May
• Spike Lee film 2003 “She Hates Me” Principal Actor “Norma Grand”
• Good-Day NY 2002 Interview on The Training Academy”
• Good-Day NY Dec. 2000 “Kwanza Celebration Fort Greene Clinton Hill “
