Heather Rounds

My name is Heather Rounds. I am 34 years old with a wonderful husband and 12 year old daughter. I got into the fitness industry in 1996. I was very over weight from my pregnancy and needed to lose 80 lbs! I started taking step aerobics classes at a Texas Lady Spa in Dallas, TX where I began to slowly lose weight. I went from 195 to 115 taking classes and eating right every day! This got me wanting to help others do the same so I trained with Texas Lady Spa and began teaching step aerobics there. I moved to Florida in 1999 where I began taking Kickboxing classes from an American Kempo Karate instructor. I expressed interest in teaching kickboxing there so he trained with me for the 3 years I lived there and let me teach classes at his studio once I was good enough. I took on another position while I was there at a new gym opening up as their Aerobics Coordinator at Euro Fitness Center. I hired and started the entire aerobics program from nothing and built it to become a very successful program. I moved back to Texas in 2002 and began teaching kickboxing at a Karate Studio for 1 year. In 2003 I moved to Hickory, NC and began teaching at the YMCA. I began with Step, Kickboxng, and Sculpting classes. That same year I got my PT, aerobics, and nutrition cert. through AFTA and began personal training there. I soon started my own business as well training people in their homes. I got certified in Turbo Kick in 2006 with a GOLD certification, the highest certification available, and then in 2007 got ceritfied in Zumba and continue to teach those classes at the Y. Right now I teach 2 Turbo Kick classes, 3 Zumba classes, 2 Sculpting classes, 2 Punch/Kickbox classes, 2 Hip Hop Huslte classes per week. I train 1 or 2 clients a day as well as trying to fit my own training in each day. I stay pretty busy but I LOVE what I do!