Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Fitness
Extracurricular Activities
Certification
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Anthony Arenas

Anthony Arenas

Denver,CO

Summary

Experienced Strength and Conditioning and Wellness professional with strong leadership and relationship-building skills. Excellent at maintaining hyper-focus on athletes/clients and thriving under pressure. Adaptable as well as resourceful with a motivated and energetic attitude and work habit. Dependable to effectively and efficiently complete the collective mission.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach

UNCO
04.2024 - 08.2024
    • Interned over the summer assisting in operations at the Division 1 Empower Center with different teams to include: Football, Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Men's Basketball, and Wrestling and used all time and experience to achieve a minor in Sport Coaching.
    • Was allowed an opportunity to create and coach my own day of programming for the O-line and D-Line of the football team for up to 8 individuals each.
    • Was allowed an opportunity to implement a new idea of "Mental Conditioning" for the football team during the week on rehab/prehab/stretch days.
    • Was given an opportunity to work as an assistant coach to the Special Teams Coach for the football team.

Personal Training and Group Fitness

UNCO Rec Center
01.2022 - 12.2024
  • Personally trained numerous individuals of different ages, abilities, and lifestyles to achieve best possible training experience and results particular to the class type/focus or each persons health and fitness goals.
  • Fulfilled a staff leadership role as an SPA (student program assistant) to implement, oversee, collaborate, and/or create new or more efficient ways to enhance the Health and Wellness division at the campus rec center as well as communicating with other non SPA trainers.
  • As SPA, created the format for a semester long Strength and Conditioning focused program for group fitness classes that allowed other group fitness staff members to inject their own style of programming while maintaining program continuity and integrity.
  • Supported staff members in their daily tasks, reducing workload burden and allowing for increased focus on higher-priority assignments.

Group Fitness Coach and Personal Trainer

UNUM, Mutiny, Fullerton, Arrow, SGV, LP "CrossFit"
01.2014 - 12.2019
    • Mentored and trained multiple daily classes of attendance from one to 23 athletes with attention to varied levels of fitness, ability, and understanding of the days training, lifting/movement technique, as well as fatigue, awareness, and safety.
    • Worked well alongside multiple other coaches as an assistant, lead, or solo coach to cultivate the best relationship and habits of athletes to increase fitness and health enhancement while avoiding injury.
    • Organized and implemented training sessions, drills and accessory exercises to improve technique, agility, strength and conditioning outside of regular programming in a separate special class known as "GRIT", while maintaining program integrity to compliment the (WOD) workout of the day.

Sales Services

"CrossFit" Gyms
01.2014 - 12.2019
  • Ensured every encounter with a customer was a well met and educated experience.
  • Maintained an up to date knowledge of services available and current competitive prices and deals.
  • Assisted veteran team members with developing innovative strategies to grow sales and market presence within the fitness industry.
  • Secured sales as well as retention of members.

Effective Communication

"CrossFit" Gyms and UNCO Rec Center
01.2014 - Current
  • Followed up with, shared, and kept track of team knowledge, mentality, business plans/ideas pertinent to everyday gym success.
  • Communication is imperative to a solid foundation/structure and successful flow of information between teammates, coaches, and athletes.
  • Developed and maintained positive customer relationships through effective communication skills/techniques.

Small Business Owner

Self-employed
01.2014 - Current

    Embers and Iron

    • Taught an estimated 3000 hours over 10+ year span of basic and advanced training techniques and strategies to multiple people of varying fitness levels without neglecting or favoring an athlete(s).
    • However few, saw to each event or training incident quickly and with sound judgment and handling of stress appropriately to ensure individual was taken care of. Some required first aid while others required monitoring and check-ins to to continue, modify, or quit training for the day.
    • Driven by a lifelong obsession to continuously learn and hone the craft, has spent hundreds of hours reading, studying, testing, watching, and writing the many facets of what makes Strength and Conditioning.
    • Applies lifestyle and personal philosophy into that of the business - "Live Artfully"

Military Fitness and Mission Preparedness

USAF
10.2006 - 03.2012
  • Employed knowledge of physical fitness strategies, techniques, and programming to train on and off duty peers to increase physical fitness test scores, personal fitness goals, enhance mission capability and eliminate test failures.
  • First Enlisted member on Edwards Air Force Base to receive score of 100 out of 100 on the Physical Fitness Test.
  • Became known throughout the squadron as the go-to for all things fitness related as well as responsible for two teams mission ready and training/school ready capability within a Special Operations setting.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Sport And Exercise Science: Human Performance

University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO
12-2024

Associate of Arts - Welding

Fullerton Community College
Fullerton, CA
01-2019

No Degree - EMT

UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
01-2017

High School Diploma -

Los Altos High School
Hacienda Heights, CA
01.2006

Skills

  • Kettlebells
  • Maces
  • Odd Lifts
  • Olympic Lifting
  • Strength Conditioning
  • Speed and Agility Development
  • Obsession for Health and Fitness
  • Philosophy (Thinker)
  • Creative

Fitness

Employed knowledge of physical fitness strategies, techniques, and programming to train on and off duty peers to increase physical fitness test scores/personal fitness goals and eliminate test failures., First Enlisted member on Edwards Air Force Base to receive score of 100 out of 100 on the Physical Fitness Test.

Extracurricular Activities

Training (school gym/ home) Video Games (PS5) Reading (Fiction, Non-Fiction, Educational and Self teaching fitness/health/programming books) Drawing Crafting Hiking

Certification

  • NASM/ACE Cert (current)
  • CF Level 1 (expired)

Affiliations

  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Runes
  • Drawing
  • Crafting
  • Lifting (a lot)

References

References available upon request.

Education and Training

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References Available

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Timeline

Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach

UNCO
04.2024 - 08.2024

Personal Training and Group Fitness

UNCO Rec Center
01.2022 - 12.2024

Group Fitness Coach and Personal Trainer

UNUM, Mutiny, Fullerton, Arrow, SGV, LP "CrossFit"
01.2014 - 12.2019

Sales Services

"CrossFit" Gyms
01.2014 - 12.2019

Effective Communication

"CrossFit" Gyms and UNCO Rec Center
01.2014 - Current

Small Business Owner

Self-employed
01.2014 - Current

Military Fitness and Mission Preparedness

USAF
10.2006 - 03.2012
  • NASM/ACE Cert (current)
  • CF Level 1 (expired)

Bachelor of Science - Sport And Exercise Science: Human Performance

University of Northern Colorado

Associate of Arts - Welding

Fullerton Community College

No Degree - EMT

UCLA

High School Diploma -

Los Altos High School
Anthony Arenas