denise sarver

Denise R. Sarver

Certified Personal Trainer/Group Exercise Instructor

Kansas City, Missouri  USA

          Denise Sarver has been actively involved in the fitness industry since 1989.  Her focus has been teaching group exercise and personal training all ages and levels from 3 year old competitive athletes, to U.S Air force Airmen and women, to 82 year old sedentary adults.  She has managed many group exercise and personal training programs in commercial fitness facilities, as well as operate her own personal training business.  She has also instructed at the university level, has presented exercise workshops to fitness professionals, and was a cardiovascular conditioning coach for a professional hockey team.  In addition to teaching in the gym, she has also taught many years of figure skating, snow skiing, and swimming.  She has a bachelor's degree in exercise science and maintains 5 national certifications.  Currently she resides in Kansas City Missouri and teaches and trains for 24Hr. Fitness.

My name is Denise Sarver.  I am a native of Wichita, Kansas and I currently live in Kansas City, Missouri, where I work for 24Hr. Fitness as a Personal Trainer and Group Exercise Instructor.  I have been personal training and teaching group exercise for over 14 years.  In addition to teaching and training at 24Hr. Fitness, I also present group exercise certifications and workshops at U.S. Air Force Bases for the National Aerobics and Fitness Trainers of America.

As a youth, I was a dancer and a competitive figure skater.  Through high school, I participated on the Basketball and Track teams, and I lettered in Golf and Swimming.  I worked as a lifeguard at a waterpark, and I taught swimming and water aerobics.  In college, I continued to lifeguard, and I also became a Weight Room Supervisor at the ASU Student Recreation Complex.

I graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education and Exercise, and with an emphasis in Fitness Management.  In order to graduate from college, I had to do an internship, so I worked as an assistant personal trainer at AZ Body Sculpting.  I enjoyed it so much, I got certified, moved to Newport Beach, California, and became a Personal Trainer.  I also converted to teaching “land” aerobics.

From these opportunities I moved up into the position of Fitness Director for Shape Up Newport, and Assistant Aerobics Director for Bally’s in Costa Mesa, California.  In the winters I taught snow skiing at our local mountains, and in my time off I enjoyed rollerblading.

As a former competitive figure skater, I moved from California back to Wichita to run the Figure Skating program at our new ice rink.  A Gold’s Gym also opened up, so I became their Aerobics Director.  In addition to my position as Figure Skating Director and Aerobics Director, I was also an instructor of exercise classes for students at Wichita State University, and I instructed exercise classes to our servicemen and women at McConnell Air Force Base.  Plus, I was the Cardiovascular Conditioning Coach for our professional hockey team, the Wichita Thunder.

From Wichita, I moved to Kansas City where I continue to teach a variety of classes, my favorite being Cycle.  I still personal train, and I rollerblade whenever I get the chance, and now I enjoy competing in Half Ironman Triathlons and Urbanathlons.