Emily Boll
ACE Certified Group Fitness Instructor, Personal Trainer and Lifestyle and Weight Management Coach, Owner of BCH
- *Honolulu Boot Camp Trainer
- *Corporate Fitness Trainer
- *Personal Trainer
*Kona Ironman Finisher 2011
As an ACE certified Personal Trainer and Lifestyle and Weight Management Consultant, Emily began her career in health and fitness trainer back in 2001. She is a veteran gymnast with 11 years of competitive gymnastics training. Emily currently teaches several Boot Camp Hawaii classes as well as Corporate Fitness Boot Camps at Austin Tsutsumi Associates, SSFM International, UH Manoa, and Honolulu Community College.
Outside of fitness instruction, Emily enjoys outdoor sports including running, biking, swimming, and cross-training. She is a finisher of many marathons, half-marathons, and triathlons. Her most recent awards include 1st place in her age group in the ANA Lanikai Sprint Triathlon 2011, 1st place in the female relay in the Puuloa, Waterfront Sprint Triathlon 2011, and 2nd place in her age group in the Honolulu Triathlon 2011. She competed the Rhoto 70.3 Half Ironman in Kona on June 5, 2011, finishing 15th place in her age group and in the Kona Ironman World Championships on October 8, 2011.
Emily holds a Master’s degree in Education and Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of California at Los Angeles. Whether outside on the road or in the ocean, inside a studio or a gym, Emily works with a diverse client-base ranging from first-time exercisers to advanced-leveled athletes. She truly believes that each client can be successful in making active lifestyle changes in his or her already challenging daily life.
Jen Siegal
AFFA Certified Personal Trainer
USA Boxing Level 1 Coach
- *Honolulu Boot Camp Trainer
- *Corporate Fitness Trainer
- *Personal Trainer
In 1998, Jen began competing as a professional boxer and soon after became an assistant coach at her local gym. Her love for boxing and fitness translated into a love of seeing other ordinary people fall in love with boxing and fitness. Since then she has had the privilege of training elite athletes, soldiers, busy professionals, and even busier stay-at-home moms. As a volunteer boxing coach, Jen devotes time during the week to several boxing programs on Oahu. For more than one reason, not least of which being a lack of competition opportunities, her own personal fitness goals have shifted from being a professional boxer to a kettlebell sport athlete. She is currently training and hopes to compete within a year. Jen is a happy mother of her 4-year old son, Leonard, who aspires to one day be a super-hero, and the person of Honey, her lovely Boxer dog. She looks forward to many years in Hawaii, raising my boy and enjoying the benefits of being a fitness trainer in paradise.
Scoop Slyman
USA Weightlifting Sports Performance Certified
- *Honolulu Boot Camp Trainer
- *Corporate Fitness Trainer
- *Personal Trainer
Scoop has been training clients and athletes for six years from middle-schoolers preparing for football season, to Team USA softball pitcher, and Olympic silver medalist Monica Abbott. Scoop also has run many boot camps and fitness classes. He recently graduated with a Masters Degree in Kinesiology at the University of Hawaii where Scoop prepared UH’s student athletes physically to play their sport. He has been an instructor with us at Boot Camp Hawaii for 3 years.
Cameron Prendergast
NASM Certified Personal Trainer and 200-hour Yoga Instructor Certified
- *Honolulu Boot Camp Trainer
- *Corporate Fitness Trainer
- *Personal Trainer
Cameron’s fitness background lies primarily in recreational sports, running, surfing and most prominently in yoga. Throughout college while pursuing a degree in music at the University of Colorado, he found himself spending more time in the gym, the yoga studio and cycling around Denver than playing my guitar. This was the first indicator that he had probably chosen the wrong passion to pursue. Regardless, he finished his degree in 2008 and moved to Australia. After a year of travelling Cameron found himself in sunny Honolulu, once again running and cycling, exchanging the thin Colorado air for the temperate tradewinds of Hawaii and the mountains for the ocean.
Cameron has lived in Honolulu for three years now, and in that time has not only discovered a deep love for the islands, but also an even deeper interest and passion in fitness through running, hiking, cycling and surfing. Most recently he has immersed himself in yoga, completing a 200-hour yoga teacher training under Dorian Wright at Power Yoga Hawaii. Cameron has been practicing yoga off and on for 8 years, and finally decided to make it an investment in his goals. He is also an NASM-certified personal trainer, focusing on body weight training, plyometrics, balance and flexibility training. Long-term goals involve training in massage therapy and eventually a Masters degree in Physical Therapy.
Kamalei Otero
AFAA Certified Personal Trainer, AFAA Group Exercise Certified, AFAA Multi-Client Trainer
- *Ewa Boot Camp Hawaii Trainer
- *Triathlon Training Swim Coach
- *Pearl Harbor Personal Trainer
As the “rascal” child growing up in Wahiawa, I have always found physical activity as a way of achieving a sense of calm in my life. I’ve participated in activities including soccer, water polo, swimming, running, cycling, surfing, hiking, yoga, and weight lifting and as an adult have narrowed my activities to triathlon and surfing (for now). My journey to becoming an AFAA certified Personal Trainer and Group Exercise Instructor was anything but direct, I graduated from Linfield College studying Biology and the sciences, thinking I wanted to be an academic. Through my own journey to continued health and fitness I have unknowingly inspired friends and family to take up a healthy lifestyle of their own. I am passionate about helping others find what is fun for them, as I believe exercise can and should be fun, and hope you’ll develop your own passion for fitness and health. I have started another exciting journey in my life with the birth of my daughter in June of 2012 and look forward to the day my husband, daughter and myself cross a finish line together.
Paula Sheenan
ACSM Certified Personal Trainer, AFFA Group Fitness Instructor, and AAAI Master Personal Trainer
*Ewa Boot Camp Hawaii Trainer
*KROC Center Fitness Trainer
*Waipahu YMCA Fitness Trainer
Completed the Breakers Newport R.I. Marathon October 2007, Honolulu Marathon 2010 & 2012, Avid runner, having run ½ marathons and 10ks around the USA (Bolder in Boulder , Great Aloha Run/Hawaii, 20K Hawaii , Vermont , Maine , Human Race/World 10K Hawaii, CMS Strider, Competitor in the National Corporate Cup San Diego , CA 2008 – Participant in Bronze Medal)
Rebecca Gaster
ACE Certified Personal Trainer, AFAA Group Exercise Certified
- *Honolulu Boot Camp Trainer
- *ACE Personal Trainer
*AFFA Group Exercise Trainer
As an ACE Certified Personal Trainer and AFAA Group Exercise Certified Instructor, Rebecca enjoys exercising with and motivating others. Also a certified American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor, Rebecca has been teaching children and adults how to swim and improve their technique for over 10 years. She currently teaches boot camp classes for Boot Camp Hawaii and leads Command PT at Pearl Harbor Naval Base.
Outside of the gym, Rebecca enjoys the beach as well as hiking and surfing with her husband. A native of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Rebecca has always enjoyed being on the water. Whether on a boat or on the sand, her free time is spent in the salt air.
Rebecca holds a degree in Communication from Virginia Tech, and worked for the American Cancer Society as an Event Planner for Relay For Life before moving to Hawaii. Rebecca enjoys working with clients of all ages and abilities and believes that anything is achievable with hard work and dedication.
Substitute Instructors:
Michelle Fredrickson
Certified Personal Trainer, Kickboxing Instructor, Conditioning Coach
Michelle’s passion and commitment for training others stems from her longtime involvement in Mixed Martial Arts. She began her fitness journey 21 years ago when she started training and competing as a martial artist and amateur kick-boxer. Michelle’s love for mixed martial arts was instantaneous. By the age of 16, she was instructing others in martial arts, teaching technical classes, and running conditioning drills. While she took a short break from coaching, she pursued a degree as an Elementary Educator and have been teaching for the past 8 years in California, China, and now Hawaii.
Michelle has combined her love for teaching with her passion for fitness. She attained her AFAA personal training certification in May 2008. She enjoys helping clients meet their personal fitness goals by combining High Intensity Interval Training with Boxing and kickboxing techniques. This provides a fun atmosphere while helping students to meet personal fitness goals.
Michelle understands the commitment and discipline needed to reach fitness goals. She have trained with top MMA athletes that currently compete on the professional circuit. She competed as a martial artist, kick-boxer and ran a half-marathon. Training others allows me to share my love and passion for keeping a healthy mind, body and spirit.
Tyson Nishihara
Boot Camp Hawaii Fitness Trainer
While growing up in Mililani, Tyson Nishihara played 4 years of football for the Mililani Trojan during high school. Through his commitment to football, he became aware of how important it was to exercise and live a healthy life, sparking his interest in pursuing a degree in Exercise Science. Tyson currently attends Western Oregon University and is going into his senior year, achieving an Exercise Science major. As an intern with Boot Camp Hawaii, Tyson hopes to become a personal trainer in his career to come.
Tyson loves being physically active and is heavily involved with water sports (Surfing, bodyboarding, bodysurfing, wakeboarding, and stand up paddle). When away from home, Tyson enjoys snowboarding, spending most of his time at Mount Hood. In between and after classes, you can find him at the school gym lifting weights or doing cardio.
Tyson recently broke his collarbone while snowboarding in Canada and is unable to do any physical activities. But now he is healed and his main motivation/goals are to achieve his full physical strength, improving his body and perseverance. Whenever he surfs, runs, works-out, or stays physically active, Tyson is relieved from his stress or worries, letting his mind be free from everything.
Coco Zhang
Certified Yoga Instructor
Finding out that her calling in life was yoga, Coco gave up a career in the business while living in Tokyo, Japan to pursue a teaching career with Yoga. After several years of practice, in 2008, Coco completed her 200 & 300 hours of RYT Yoga Alliance training andcertification with a base in the fundamentals of Hatha yoga.
Additionally, she’s spent time extensively studying Ashtanga under Ken Harakuma of IYC Tokyo, Richard Freeman in Boulder, CO, and has briefly trained with and translated work for David Keil, as well continues her daily regimen of morning Mysore style Ashtanga training here on Oahu, having just completed the 2nd series and progressing to the 3rd.
Also 2011,she had the teacher training with Rusty Wells who is the founder of Bhakti flow yoga.Coco’s home town is Shanghai and she has spent almost 10 years living in Japan, traveling the globe and across the US training under multiple well known Ashtanga yogis as well as training in the art Thai yoga massage. Coco brings her dedication, passion, and friendly smile to the yoga studio, and combines it with her training fundamentals in Hatha yoga and Ashtanga to create a unique Vinyasa Power yoga class that challenges students to build their inner core, increase flexibility, and sweat their stress away. Coco is trilingual in English, Japanese, and Mandarin.
Nohea Marlow
Certified Yoga Instructor
Nohea has been an athlete her entire life and knows that nothing is more important than keeping our bodies fit and healthy. She fell in love with yoga many years ago when she was in college, going through a lot of changes in life, looking for something to help center herself. More than providing her with a great way to stay in shape, yoga gave her a whole new clarity of mind and body, and outlook on life. She’s practiced many different types of yoga including hatha, bhatki, raja, kundalini, ashtanga, iyengar, and power yoga, and has learned the importance of finding your own personal practice through any technique, and making it your own.
Nohea is a teacher of yoga, but more importantly, she is and will always be a student of yoga. She would love to study as many different forms of yoga as she can throughout her life, and eventually attend a school of Ayurveda as well. Nohea believes that diet and nutrition is just as important as exercise and am fascinated with the ancient practice of holistic healing. It is her goal to help others connect with their mind, body and spirit through yoga, and through that practice connect with a higher power in themselves and the universe.
Christina Carran
Certified Personal Trainer and Nutritionist
Growing up in Colorado, Christina was always actively involved in sports, from soccer to snowboarding to mountain biking. However, it wasn’t until 2002 after exploring the role of diet in her own life that she realized her passion for nutrition and fitness as a career. Christina now holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Dietetics and a Master’s of Science in Applied Nutritional Science with an Emphasis in Nutrition & Fitness.
Since beginning her career in nutrition and fitness, Christina has implemented a children’s nutrition series, launched an adult weight loss program and created two successful three-month weight loss challenges at a local fitness center. In 2008, she expanded the fitness side of her career as an AFAA Certified Group Fitness Instructor at Travis Air Force Base in California where she began teaching classes, including those for military members on profiles and leading squadron PTs. She then went on to become an AFAA Certified Personal Trainer in 2009. Later that year she launched her own business, Carran Nutrition and Fitness, offering in-home and online nutrition consulting and personal training.
In addition to her time at the gym, Christina enjoys hiking and camping with her husband and dog, running with friends, playing soccer, and snowboarding… however, now that her husband’s career in the Air Force has brought her to Hawaii, she’s hoping to trade in her snowboard for a surfboard!
Christina has worked with clients and friends of all walks of life – from 6 years old to 60, from the completely unmotivated to the passionately fit, from stay-at-home mothers to parents who barely have time for dinner when they get home from work; and she loves it all! Christina believes that each individual has the right and ability to be the best version of his/herself, and that nutrition and fitness has to be tailored to meet that individual’s needs and goals. Seeing the obstacles people overcome and changes they make for themselves through diet and fitness, whether external or internal, is by far the most rewarding part of the job and what makes Christina love going to work every day.
Janna Young
NASM Certified Personal Trainer & AFFA Group Fitness Instructor
Janna Young is a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and AFAA Group Fitness Instructor. She has a Master’s Degree in Public Health from the University of Hawaii and a B.S. in Biological Sciences and Exercise Science Minor from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She holds a Mat 1 and Reformer 1 Certification in Pilates and has been teaching a wide gamut of fitness classes for 6 years including step aerobics, high-low aerobics, aqua aerobics, bootcamp, speed and stability, drum ball, hip hop, and pilates. She has 3 years of experience in wellness and fitness program management. Her favorite ways to sweat are playing basketball, doing yoga, and hiking.
Chef & Cooking Classes:
Marcus Asahina
Head Chef at Hale Ku’ike
Marcus attended the University of Puget Sound and while there discovered a love for cooking at the student-run campus pizza shop. Upon moving home, he enrolled at the Culinary Institute of the Pacific at Kapiolani Community College where he received an A.S. in Culinary Arts. Has cooked at several restaurants, which include Roy’s in Waikiki, Stage Restaurant, and Hiroshi Eurasion Tapas. Currently the Head Chef at Hale Ku’ike, a senior care home company with locations in Nuuanu and Kaneohe.
Last year Marcus started Remarcable Catering which caters to a wide variety of events and needs. Have so far provided food for multi-course dinner parties, company Christmas parties, 1st Birthday luaus, and private Chef/special diet needs. Will be catering first wedding in the summer of 2013.
Scott Sakaguchi
Head Chef at The Contemporary Museum Cafe
When it comes to cooking with local & fresh foods, Scott knows where to begin! Scott Sakaguchi is currently the Kitchen Manager and Head Chef at The Contemporary Museum Cafe in Makiki, Honolulu. Some of his favorite dishes that he has created for Boot Camp Hawaii include: Vegan Chocolate Cake, Veggie Crepes, Vegetable Terrine, Gluten-free Maple Cup Cake and much more!
