Dion Coley is recognized as a Certified Personal Fitness Trainer (CPFT) through the National Exercise and Sports Trainers Association (NESTA), which is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA). Additionally, he received a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) certificate through the premier international organization, American Aerobics Association, International (AAAI/ISMA).
Dion also obtained two Bachelor of Arts (BA) degrees, in Computer Science & Information Systems and Communication Studies, both from the Richard Stockton University of New Jersey. He held a managers post at one of South Jersey’s largest fitness corporations, where he was also a lead trainer. Dion spent many years, since 1996 honing and developing his unique skills as a health and fitness professional. In 1998, he made a decision to commit himself to bringing the ideals of health and fitness to the community, as a direct result of a fatal occurrence that impacted his immediate family. Dion spent an entire year in the Islands of the Bahamas from 1999 to 2000, where he worked tirelessly developing his Substantive Training (ST) approach, for both men and women. In 2005 he was intent on using his knowledge, experience and skills as a health and fitness professional to make a difference in the lives of those in need. Since that time, Dion has developed and successfully utilized his COMPACT Fitness (Comprehensive Optimal Muscle Performance And Circuit Training), as well as his Elite Fitness Bootcamp Training techniques. And in 2007, he created the successful personable and stylish Elite Fitness personal training studio and fitness center, an ideal facility for helping others reach peak health and fitness goals, which he subsequently sold in 2014. Dion believes that health and fitness for most people is as simple as changing their attitudes, and ironically, “We change attitudes” was the motto of Elite Fitness. “I realize that when I instruct and educate clients and members, it is an opportunity for them to receive a fun and exciting attitude adjustment towards health and fitness. Dion’s goal is to create an environment that encourages and cultivates an attitude so you are “not driven by success, but driven to be successful.”
