Ballard Health Club

Matt AndersonMatt has been with Ballard health club since 2001. Matt has a history of playing sports – football, basketball and track in high school, and a couple of years of college football. He got into power lifting to fill a void after he stopped playing football, leading to A.A.U. power lifting events and N.P.C. bodybuilding shows. After reconstructive knee surgery, Matt retired from body building in 2002. Through body building, Matt found he was able to lose a lot of weight he hadn’t realized he had gained since college. He became a personal trainer so that he could help people make their own life changing transformations. When Matt isn’t training at BHC, he loves playing recreational flag football, softball, rock climbing, and motorcycle-riding to name a few.

Genevieve BrooksGenevieve joined the Ballard Health Club team in November 2012. A Pacific Northwest native, Genevieve recently moved to Seattle and is excited to be a part of the vibrant Ballard community! 

Jade DahleJade has been with Ballard Health Club since it opened in 1998 as a Personal Trainer, Manager and Fitness Instructor. Starting at a young age, she was involved in organized and personal fitness, including a variety of dance, team and individual sports, martial arts and of course, weight training. Jade believes that lifelong health and fitness needs to fit the individual. With as many ways to achieve optimal fitness as there are people, it is her goal to find that right fit for each person. Members have enjoyed taking Jade’s conditioning classes: AbLab and Butt and Gut for some time, and she has had the pleasure of training members over the years and continues to do so, as her passion never subsides.

Stuart HamiltonStuart has been passionate about exercising ever since his uncle introduced him to the fun of fitness at the young age of 4. His goal is to share his passion and knowledge of exercise and fitness with others. As a fitness trainer, his mission is to help people not only improve their health, but to have fun while doing it.

Aeron HansenAeron joined Ballard Health Club in 2009 as a Group Fitness Instructor. After spending 13 years prior to that in the coffee industry she realized she needed to shift gears – not only to practice a healthier lifestyle, but to be more present and available to her husband and daughter. A combination of being active all her life in sports and group fitness, thriving on the positive energy in group fitness classes, and feeling the joy watching others transform their bodies and outlook on life – Aeron realized fitness is what she wanted to do next! Aeron teaches Total Body Conditioning and Rise & Shine Boot Camp, and recently began fitness training with the intension to help each individual succeed on any level.

Courtney KlopCourtney joined the BHC team in October 2012, and is eager to be a part of the team! Courtney first discovered her love of working for people through the food service industry.  She moved to Portland, OR from Skagit Valley in 2009 to attend the Le Cordon Bleu College for Culinary Arts; obtaining her associates degree in culinary arts in July 2010. About a year after graduating from LCB, Courtney found herself working hard to accomplish her own weight loss goals and decided she wanted to help others accomplish their own fitness goals as well. The depth of her passion for helping people was realized when she attended The National Personal Training Institute (NPTI) of Portland.  Courtney wants to help people, not just to look or feel better, but to find happiness through living more balanced, stress-free and functional lifestyles.

Justin McGowanJustin is Ballard Health Club's Vice President, he has been BHC’s General Manager since 2011, and he has been a fitness trainer with the club since 2000.

Allison RainesAllison joined the Ballard Health Club team in June 2012, and is excited to be on board! She recently moved back to Seattle after pursuing a dance career in New York.