Catherine (Cathy) Lyman

Cathy is currently a Fitness Instructor at various locations in the San Jose, CA area where she teaches Indoor Cycling, Body Conditioning, Core Ab Training and Trekking (training on a treadmill).   She also provides in-home Personal Training.   She is a graduate of Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas with a major in Human Resources Management.  She is certified by ACE (American Council on Exercise) – Group Exercise Instruction; the Cooper Institute – Physical Fitness and Providing Dietary Needs Specialist; Johnny G Spinning Indoor Cycling; Silver Sneakers – Fitness for the Senior Adult; and she is also CPR and First Aid Certified.  

Helping people make fitness part of their life style has been a major focus for Cathy; and although Cathy has only been teaching since 2005, it has always been a passion for her.  Cathy found it especially rewarding when she taught Spin and Strength training participants of a non-profit organization focused on helping the working Hispanic poor in Austin, Texas. She has participated in a number of 5K, 10K, Half Marathon and Full Marathon races.  Additionally, she has competed in several triathlons and duathlons throughout her adult life.  She has volunteered to teach Spin classes to benefit the Lance Armstrong Foundation. She enjoys keeping up with her husband who was a former track and field coach.  Cathy moved to the Bay area back in January 2008 from Austin, Texas.

When Cathy’s not involved in fitness, she is focused on her Human Resources Consulting business.  Cathy has been happily married for nine years and has two children from a prior marriage, Ariel, age 21 and Ethan, age 16.  She also has two step-daughters, Megan, age 32 and Hillary, age 30.  And best of all, she has two beautiful step-grandsons, Beckett, age 3 and Graydon, age 1.