Brock Novak
Chicago,United States of America
Summary
Passionate exercise and diet coach with background in developing personalized health plans and coaching clients towards achieving health goals. Strengths include ability to understand client needs, devise effective dietary strategies, and motivate individuals for sustained lifestyle changes. In past roles, contributed significantly to improving clients' overall wellbeing by guiding them on proper nutrition and healthy eating habits.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Personal Fitness & Diet Coach (Independent Clients)
Freelance Personal Trainer
Chicago, United States of America
10.2024 - Current
- Independent Personal Trainer
- Designed and implemented personalized fitness programs for college-aged clients with minimal or no experience
- Provided one-on-one coaching as well as digital resources, tracking progress and adjusting programs as needed
- Educated clients on proper exercise techniques, nutrition basics, and best practices for lifestyle habits
- Clients experienced as much as 45% strength gains and 6-8% muscle gains during initial 6-month period from intake
Carpenter
Café Doors Emporium
Naperville, United States of America
05.2022 - 08.2025
- Hired as Carpenters Apprentice (2022); Promoted to Assistant Carpenter (2023)
- Head Carpenter in Manufacturing of Pine Doors and Other Pine Products (2024)
- Constructed, finished and packaged custom pine wood products for customers according to their specifications
- Responsible for maintaining the cleanliness and safety standards of the workshop while using power tools and machinery
- Produced custom Café doors for Premier Architectural Products, Coopers Hawk, and Piccolo Buco
- Salesman of Bifold Door Mounting Hardware
- Lightly modified mounting hardware that came with select premade inventory to make applicable for resale
- Responsible for modifying and for selling modified mounting hardware to customers
- Increased company profits by 8% on pine inventory by selling mounting hardware that was waste prior to modification
Education
BBA - Finance & Economics, Minor in Exercise Science
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America05.2028
Skills
- Proficient with Adobe creative tools
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Proficient in web design using Ionos
- Skilled with power tools
- Skilled with hand tools
- Fitness enthusiast
- Bodybuilding
- Piano
- Guitar
- Car enthusiast
- Hand-built custom cars
Certification
ISSA
- Nationally recognized certification to be a personal trainer with a specialization in bodybuilding (Issued March 2024)
- Nationally recognized certification in administration of CPR & operation of AED (Issued March 2024)
- Nationally recognized nutritionist certification & strength/conditioning training specialization (Expected December 2025)
NCCPT
- NCCA accredited Certification to be a Personal Trainer,
- Exam score: 87% overall; Applied anatomy, kinesiology, & physiology: 78%; Nutrition: 80%; Client evaluation: 100%; Program design and implementation: 87%; Exercise technique and instruction: 96%; Professionalism and responsibility: 80%
Timeline
Personal Fitness & Diet Coach (Independent Clients)
Freelance Personal Trainer
10.2024 - Current
Carpenter
Café Doors Emporium
05.2022 - 08.2025
BBA - Finance & Economics, Minor in Exercise Science
Loyola University Chicago