Meet Our Instructors – Tower Fitness at the CORE

Bryan Adolf – Kickboxing

Kickboxing class is an exhilarating and dynamic experience that combines the art of striking with intense physical and mental conditioning. As you step into class, the atmosphere is buzzing with energy and determination.

The supportive and inclusive environment encourages hardwork, as you cheer on your fellow classmates and push each other to new levels of achievement. By the end of the class, you feel empowered, sweaty, and invigorated, knowing that you have not only improved your physical fitness but also developed self-defense skills and mental resilience. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced martial artist, a Kickboxing class provides an exciting and fulfilling way to push your limits, relieve stress, and unleash your inner warrior.

Trudy Lamb – Barre

Trudy Lamb is a certified yoga, barre, and spin instructor. Her teaching style is energizing, challenging, and fun! She is also known for her amazing music playlists.

Trudy’s barre class at the Core will sculpt your muscles using light-medium weights , resistance bands, and Pilates squishy balls.

You will leave feeling lighter, leaner and stronger!! All levels welcome.

Shahinda Ali – Strength & HIIT

Shahinda is a certified group fitness instructor first getting her ACE (American Council on Exercise) certification in 1987 in Cairo, Egypt. Upon arriving in Calgary in 2002, she then challenged the local AFLCA (Alberta Fitness Leadership

Certification Association) certification program and has been a member of both ever since. With over 25 years of teaching, Shahinda continues to highly enjoy teaching fitness classes and is always challenging herself to stay up to date with the current fitness recommendations. Her priority is to always offer a safe, effective and fun workout and to continue staying active with the members. When not working, she takes pride in being a full-time mom to two daughters. You’ll often hear Shahinda saying “ Mind over Body”, “Yes you can!” and “Love your body”.

Paul Larmer – Yoga (Tuesday)

Paul has over 30 years of experience in the fitness industry helping people just like you to lose weight, get stronger, overcome injury, reduce stress, and feel better. He believes exercise must be adapted to the individual.
Paul starts each training relationship with a consultation to gather personal health history and assess your overall movement patterns.

His unique approach incorporates strength, mobility, flexibility, and cardio to increase energy and cultivate control. Paul offers many options from
lifting weights to yoga to one-on-one life coaching and mindfulness training. He would be happy to help you find your way to being more of
the person you would like to be.

Laura Brain – Pilates

Laura joins Tower Fitness with a Barre & Mat Pilates certification, 600+ hours of practice, and a deep and genuine love for health, wellness and community. Laura’s path to becoming an instructor initially started with an injury – craving movement but unsure on how to safely exercise, she set out to find a way to stay active during rehabilitation.

When she discovered barre/pilates, she was immediately hooked, so much that she switched from a long-time career in Health & Safety to instructing full time. When not at the barre or on the mat, Laura enjoys spin, snowboarding, volleyball, reading, music and time spent with her family, friends & animals.

Brenda Tackaberry – Yoga (Thursday)

Brenda is YTT200 graduate from the Mynah School of Yoga here in Calgary, and a long time yogi.

Her passions outside of yoga include running, hiking, and soccer, which give her a good understanding of how yoga can support the body in all of its adventures.

You can expect a flowy class with a focus on the breath body connection, as well as time for exploring extra depth in poses. Her classes are suitable for all levels.

Justin Sinclair – Circuit Training

Justin has been working in the Fitness industry for over 15 years as a Personal trainer, Group Fitness Instructor and Strength and Conditioning Coach.

His lifelong passion for staying active and love for sports has given him the opportunity to work with individuals of all ages specializing in teaching Bootcamp, Circuit and HIIT style classes.

Justin enjoys teaching Circuit style classes as it allows him to be creative with the exercises and be able to bring something new for participants to learn and potentially incorporate into their own workouts.

The most rewarding aspect for him is being able to gather a group of people from various fitness levels together and help push them to reach their fitness goals!

Jessie Fletcher – Cycle

Jessie has been coaching in the fitness industry for 20+ years. She has been involved in both individual and team sports including competitive mountain biking and endurance running, as well as coaching youth basketball and soccer. Her background has helped her understand the challenges for those sports. Her experience has taught her that having a strong core is a key component for her clients to reduce their risk of injury and to perform at their best. She helps her clients reach their goals through helping them retain focus, reduce risk of injury and by having them adopt her mantra “you can do this!”

Jessie also teaches Core, Circuit, HIIT, Fusion and Step.