Instructors

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Aimee is the owner and primary Fitness Instructor at Cutting Edge Fitness & Martial Arts Center.  

Her certifications and experience include:

 Spinning Certified -- 2012 Level 2 Instructor
Certified Health Coach IIN -- 2012
Group Fitness Instructor -- 2014
UGI -- 2014
Spinning for Kids -- 2015
Fight FIT Instructor -- 2015
Spinning for the Active Aging-2017
Creator and instructor SpinFIT  
Personal Trainer Certification-2016
Certified RRCA coach (running coach)-2018
Walk-to-5K and beyond facilitator 

Participating in multiple half marathons, 10k and 5k's both local and in different states.

Cancer Exercise Specialist-2019

Active Aging Specialist-2019

Silver Sneakers instructor-2019

David is our Martial Arts, Boxing and  group fitness Instructor!

He has over 40 years of Martial Arts. The last 25 years he has concentrated on Reality- based martial arts and currently holds a 5th  degree black belt (under Walt Lysak & Rich Ryan), Sento Ju-Jitsu,  4th degree black belt (under Walt Lysak), Joe Lewis Fighting Systems,  3rd degree, Bill Wallace Superfoot systems, 2nd degree.
He also hold black belt ranks in other martial art systems.
Over the years he has competed in boxing, judo, submission, grappling and kickboxing tournaments. With his security/police background, David also teaches (real life situations) self-defense classes to women. He continues to train on a regular basis with his instructor who is located in West Springfield, MA. David routinely attends conferences and trainings to keep all of his training up to date. David was inducted into the Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 2016.

 David currently teaches the Boxing classes on Wednesday evenings and  Sunday mornings and the Youth/Kids Martial Arts classes.

Erin Lenski is a student of all forms of fitness and found her calling as an instructor in 2014.  Erin received her 200 hour yoga teacher training at Frog Lotus yoga, went on to pursue a certification in Pilates, Mat 1, Beginner and Intermediate, Barre: International Ballet Barre Association and Spin Level 1: Madd Dog Athletics and Group Fitness Instructor: AFFA.  When she's not chasing around her three little children you can find her enjoying a quiet moment outside or in the studio! 

Sherry has been a Berkshire County resident for the duration of her life. She has been very blessed to be  able to share her passion for Yoga with the surrounding community. Sherry has been practicing for 20+ years now, and was certified at Frog Lotus  in North Adams in 2010. Developing a practice has influenced her to dive deeper into alternative healing methods. 

She is also a Master Reiki practitioner and look forward to evolving my healing energies! Spending time at home in Savoy with her family brings her great joy in  her free time. Together, her family enjoys gardening and creating all kinds of beautiful art! 

Certified Spinning Instructor, CPR and First Aid Certified.  She's been into fitness since her Junior year of high school. It's always been her most relaxed and favorite hobby.  She got into Spinning about 3 years ago and has loved it since the first time she hopped on a bike after her  brother convinced me to do so.  After a year of contemplating, she got certified in 2014.
She loves her family, friends, puppy son Louis, and of course her fiancee, Jake. Roxanne's true, true passion is working with individuals that have Autism. She completed her Masters in 2015 and now is a Board Certified  Behavior Analyst.
Over the years, fitness has been a way for her to de-stress when she is feeling overwhelmed.

 Bobbie began practicing yoga in 2007, and completed a 200-hour RYT program at Yoga Sanctuary in Northampton, MA in 2014 under the leadership of the studio’s dedicated founder and director, Sara Rose Page. In this community she was fortunate to attend workshops and classes led by Dr. Douglas Brooks, scholar of comparative religion, anatomy presenter Martin Kirk, and the studio’s inspiring teachers.  

She is inspired by yoga’s deep history and leads classes that focus on alignment while carrying notes of storytelling and philosophy. 

Christine Meiklejohn is the instructor for Uechi-Ryu karate. She began practicing this style when she was 5, and took the classes with my grandfather, William Meiklejohn.  She began helping him teach classes when she was 15 and proudly got my 1st degree black belt in 2008 at the age of 18. She continued working hard and was able to pass my 2nd degree black belt test in 2011. Christine is excited to share this style with everyone as it has been a huge part of my life. It isn't easy, and it isn't quick but it is definitely worth it.

Christine is also one of our Women's boxing instructors.

Erin Lawson is a Berkshire County  native who grew up in North Adams. She currently resides in Adams with my  husband Brian, son Lador, and Miniature Schnauzer Maddie.  

She started going to Cutting Edge  Fitness & Martial Arts Center in September 2016.  At that time she was unhappy with her lack of exercise and nervously contacted the gym to start taking spinning class. From there she took spinning, Ugi,  Fight Fit, Pilates, and boot camp. 

Throughout Erin's at Cutting Edge, she has developed a passion for Spinning which led her to take the course to become a Certified Spinning Instructor. 

Erin said, "I’m fortunate to have Cutting  Edge’s dedication and support with my new journey as  a Spinning Instructor.  I’m so excited to share my passion with others  and help them love exercising too! "