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MEET OUR FITNESS TEAM

Sally Head - Owner / Head Coach

Sally Head is the owner of LaGrange Adventure Boot Camp and an avid fitness enthusiast.  Health and fitness has always been part of Sally's life and she has decided, after over 20 years in corporate America, to make it her business as well.  Sally founded Active Souls, Inc in 2009 which is dedicated to helping women improve their life through fitness and nutrition. 

Sally is an accomplished running and triathlon coach helping women (and men) finish their dream of completing running races from 5K to marathon and triathlons from sprint to Ironman distance.  Over the past 10 years, Sally has trained over 300 people to run the Chicago Marathon. 

As a marathon runner and Ironman Triathlete, Sally spent years struggling to balance family and a corporate career while making health and fitness a priority.  With competing priorities (Sally is a Vegan who worked for the Golden Arches!), she has chosen to spend the next chapter in her life helping women figure out what it will take for them to be healthy and happy.

Sally is a Certified Life Coach, Certified Adventure Boot Camp Coach, Certified USA Triathlon Coach, and Certified Group Fitness Instructor.  Sally's strength is in helping women see their potential while building their confidence through fitness and nutrition. Sally's positive, optimistic nature helps women accomplish things they never thought possible.

Sally is passionate about living a healthy life and encourages everyone she meets to follow their path to wellness.

Vicki Gerberich - Certified Master Nutrition Therapist

Coupling her nutrition education with holistic living, Vicki Gerberich, owner of Earth and Water Wellness, utilizes traditional and complementary wellness techniques, educating individuals   and small groups on how to optimize their diet for balanced metabolic function.  Vicki supports organic and sustainable land use practices by promoting the inclusion of whole foods and locally grown produce in the kitchen.  

Vicki received her certification as a Master Nutrition Therapist from the Nutrition Therapy Institute of Colorado and completed her Personal Training Certification from the National Academy of Sports Medicine.  Additionally, she is a registered and Board Certified Holistic Nutrition Professional and with the National Association of Nutrition Professionals.

Earth and Water Wellness offers individual and group nutrition and lifestyle support programs; including hands-on work with cooking clinics, kitchen assessments, home retreats and outdoor therapy to support one’s adventure into wellness.

Liz Mlcoch – Certified Personal Trainer

Liz is a lifelong fitness enthusiast and ACE (American Council on Exercise) certified personal trainer.

Now the owner of Your Turn Fitness, Liz initially received her Bachelors and Masters Degrees in New York in the areas of Education and Psychology.  She spent more than 20 years in the non-profit sector first as a teacher for people with special needs, and later as a school administrator and fund raiser. While working in these capacities Liz developed the organizational, interpersonal and motivational skills that are critical in helping her personal training clients achieve their optimal level of fitness.

Your Turn Fitness offers individualized fitness assessments and personal training for people of all ages, but with a special emphasis on those individuals 50+ years of age.  Liz’ philosophy is that it is never too late to make fitness a part of your life because being fit is ageless.

Jean Sotos - Licensed Massage Therapist

Jean Sotos, owner and sole practitioner at Mindful Massage in Western Springs, is a Licensed Massage Therapist with a goal.   She strives to bring Massage Therapy into the realm of Proactive Health Care, rejecting the longstanding perception that massage is strictly for the luxury seeking vacationer.  She finds the body’s ability to heal itself a constant source of fascination, and facilitating relief from physical discomfort and dysfunction endlessly rewarding.

Before graduating in 2008 from Cortiva, Chicago School of Massage Therapy, Jean had received literally hundreds of hours of bodywork.  This vast experience as a client gave her insight into what massage can bring to a person’s wellbeing, as well as being the catalyst for her career passion.

Among her Continuing Education since school, Jean has studied Massage Implications for Cancer Patients, Clinical Approaches to Low Back and Shoulder Dysfunction,  Myofascial Release and Reflexology.  Beginning summer 2011, she looks forward to adding Neuromuscular Techniques, which are known to bring faster pain relief to many chronic conditions.

Dr. John Spencer Ellis - Support Staff

Each week, over one million people around the world enjoy a fitness program created by John Spencer Ellis. His fitness programs are implemented in the top resorts, spas and health clubs. John is the President of NESTA (National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association) and the Spencer Institute for Life Coaching. These two professional associations have 45,000 members in 30 countries. John is on the Advisory Boards of the National Health, Wellness and Prevention Congress, Exercise TV, Conference for Healthy Living, Irvine Valley College, Get America Fit Foundation, and is a Fellow of the National Board of Fitness Examiners. He is the author of "How Badly Do You Want It? - Your Ultimate Guide to Optimal Fitness," and a contributor to "Power of Champions." He created Adventure Boot Camp, the largest fitness boot camp program in the world. His signature series of outdoor fitness equipment is used in communities worldwide. John has been featured or quoted in every major fitness publication, and held the post of Fitness Editor for OC Flair magazine. John has been featured on NBC, CBS, PBS, SPIKE, ESPN & Bravo. He serves as an on-air expert for Life & Leisure Television and Health Journal Television with General Norman Schwarzkopf. He is the producer and host of The OC Body on The Healthy Living Channel. John is a Nautilus sponsored athlete and stars in the workout DVDs Playground Boot Camp? & Kung-Fu Fitness?. John created the fitness program used by the U.S. Secret Service and he consults the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championships).

John has been continuing his professional education since 1987, and holds bachelors degrees in business and health science, an MBA, and a doctorate in education. He is currently completing a second doctorate in naturopathy. He has fifteen certifications including massage therapy, plyometrics, self-defense, fitness kick boxing, fitness boxing, water fitness, exercise rehabilitation, golf conditioning, Pilates, personal training, clinical hypnotherapy, sports hypnosis, PACE circuit training and yoga. He holds a 2nd degree black belt in kung-fu, has completed the Ironman triathlon, and finished 5th at the U.S. National Biathlon Championships. His medical training includes a license in radiological technology, a medical assisting certification, and training in McKenzie rehabilitation. John was nominated for the Illinois Community College Distinguished Alumni Award.