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W Athletic Club™ is honored to have very talented, experienced professional trainers working in its facility. Read below for more about some of our personnel.


Sarah Scott
NPC Central Texas
Bodybuilding Champion
NPC South Texas
Bodybuilding Champion

Sarah in Malibu...at work.
Sarah Scott
Founder of Wimberley Athletic Club,Inc. , Professional Trainer and Triathlon Coach

Sarah in Malibu for the Nautica Celebrity Triathlon.
SAAB 2000 Nautica Malibu Celebrity Triathlon Gary Fisher, Sarah Scott, Steve Smith
Fourth Place Celebrity Division

Sarah in Malibu for the Nautica Celebrity Triathlon.
Gary Fisher and Sarah (Team SAAB) at the Nautica Malibu Celebrity Triathlon.

Sarah E. Scott
Sarah E. Scott, USAT Triathlon Certified Coach, ACSM, MES, ACE-CPFT, NASM-CPT, AAHFP-CPT, COOPER CLINIC-CPT,NFPT-CPT is a multisport strength and conditioning expert, triathlon coach, business entrepreneur, and the cofounder and President of Ironsmith, The Fitness Doctors, Inc., in Austin, Texas.

Ironsmith is the first sports training, conditioning, and movement skills corporation of it's kind established in Texas. Sarah has been recognized as one of "America's Best Professional Fitness Trainers" by Vogue magazine.

Sarah brings more than 27 years experience as a sports conditioning and fitness teaching professional -- as well as her background as a successful multisport athlete, scholarshiped collegiate track athlete, all natural championship bodybuilder and triathlete -- to her roles of Professional Strength and Conditioning Coach, triathlon coach, educator and public speaker. 

Sarah has earned a national reputation for creating Ironsmith's PlayStrong Institute advanced sports training programs. The PlayStrong Institute provides specialized basketball, soccer, running, swimming and cycling, strength and conditioning training to individuals and teams to improve strength, power, endurance, speed, agility, quickness, core and joint stability, balance, visual acuity, offensive and defensive footwork. As a result of the implementation of this program nationwide at colleges and universities, Sarah served as a visiting professor at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas from 1997 - 2000 where she taught the PlayStrong curriculum.

Over the past 18 years, Sarah has received national and statewide recognition for the development of the trademarked PlayStrong Basketball Skills and Conditioning program.

In that capacity, Sarah has worked with over 650 male and female athletes to develop basketball, soccer, running, swimming, and cycling, strength and conditioning programs. This equates to over 18,500 cumulative hours of work with athletes at all levels of experience and ability.

Clients have been athletes, coaches and teams from the Junior high to the professional level, including coaches and teams from: The University of Texas, Harvard, Yale, Boston College, Dartmouth, University of Minnesota, Texas A&M, Bentley, Stonehill, Trinity, Southwestern, Bethel College, and the ABL Colorado Explosion.

In addition, Sarah has authored numerous articles on functional sports conditioning and was a contributor to The Little Abs Workout Book by Erika Dillman. Sarah has been featured in many national magazines & publications: Energy, Oxygen, Cooking Light, InStyle, SHAPE, Self, Walking Magazine and The Denver Post, ABC NEWS.COM.to name a few. She is currently writing a coaching handbooks "PlayStrong" & "TriFit USA" geared to the unique movement, training and conditioning needs of multisport athletes. Sarah holds multiple certifications as a sports movement skills, medical exercise, and sports and fitness strength and conditioning expert

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CONSULTING

  • 2005 Interim Strength and Conditioning Coach for The University of Texas Womens Basketball Team
  • 2005 Man of the House, Movie Production - Training and Conditioning and nutritional consultation of five main actors
  • 2003-2005 St. Edward's University, Women's Basketball Strength & Conditioning Coach
  • 1997-2001 On Tour with Shawn Colvin
  • 1995-2000 Women's Basketball Strength & Conditioning Clients
  • Boston College, Boston, MA - Division I
  • Trinity University, San Antonio, TX - Division III
  • Harvard University, Boston, MA - Division I
  • The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN - Division I
  • Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH - 1995 Ivy League Champions - Division I
  • Bethel College, St. Paul, MN - 1995 MIAC Champions - Division III
  • Colorado Explosion, Denver CO - American Basketball League
  • Texas A & M University, College Station, TX - Division I
  • Stonehill College, North Easton, MA - Division II
  • Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX - Division III
  • Bentley College, Waltham, MA Division II
  • Carlton College, Northfield, MN - Division III

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PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

  • American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM): Health Fitness Instructor
  • National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM): Certified Professional Fitness Trainer
  • USA Triathlon (USAT): Level 1 Certified Coach
  • Cancer Exercise Specialist: Certified Exercise Specialist
  • Cooper Clinic Institute for Aerobic Research: (CPFT) Certified Personal Fitness Specialist
  • American Academy of Fitness Professionals (AAFP): Medical Exercise Specialist
  • American Council on Exercise (ACE): Certified Personal Fitness Trainer
  • National Federation of Professional Fitness Trainers (NFPT): Certified Trainer
  • American Red Cross Certified in First Aid and CPR
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AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTOR, 1995 - 2003. SELECT ARTICLES INCLUDE:

  • COACHING WOMEN'S BASKETBALL MAGAZINE "Special Summer Issue: Conditioning for Women's Basketball" "Positioning for Victory: Creating Success from the Ground Up"
  • IDEA PERSONAL TRAINER MAGAZINE, "Higher Goals: Basketball Fitness from the Ground Up"
  • THE LITTLE ABS WORKOUT BOOK by Erika Dillman
  • IDEA FITNESS SOURCE, "Sports Conditioning" Centerpiece'
  • AUSTIN FIT MAGAZINE, "Body Parts: Lower Legs"
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PRESENTATIONS

  • 2002 Southwestern University - Finance of Sport, Fitness & Health Industries
  • 2001 Southwestern University - Finance of Sport, Fitness & Health Industries
  • 2002 Capitol of Texas Triathlon Symposium
  • 2000 Goddard Orthopedic Sports Clinic
  • 1999 Austin Heart Hospital's - Heart Fit Series
  • 1998 PlayStrong Institute Sports Conditioning Specialist
  • 1997 Reebok/WBCA National High School Basketball Camps
  • 1997 Women's Sports Foundation Annual Summit: "Examining how we condition and teach sports skills to female athletes"
  • 1995 Final Four - WBCA Coaches National AAU Championship PlayStrongT In-service Seminar
  • 1995 Texas High School Girls Coaches Association: PlayStrongT: Positioning For Victory
  • 1994 Texas High School Girls Coaches Association: Innovations in Strength & Conditioning
  • 1991 Texas Association of Coaches workshops, Sports care Sports medicine & Physical Therapy Center: Training Coaches to Train Athletes
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WORKSHOPS

  • 1996 Ironsmith "Play StrongT" Basketball & Fitness Training Camp - Austin, Texas/Minneapolis, MN
  • 1995 Ironsmith "Play StrongT" Basketball & Fitness Training Camp - Austin, Texas
  • 1994 Ironsmith "Play StrongT" Basketball & Fitness Training Camp - Austin, Texas
  • 1993 University of Texas Health Promotion Classes: Faculty & Student Continuing Education Series
  • 1992 University of Texas Health Promotion Classes: Faculty & Student Continuing Education Series
  • TA Brown Elementary, Adopt-A-School Program: Muscle Masters Weekly Fitness Seminars
  • Seton Medical Center Seminar Series: Toning & Muscle Conditioning

Sarah Scott is the Stength and Conditioning  Coach for St. Edwards University Women's Basketball Team, Austin, TX.

Fun pic of the St. Edwards Women's Basketball Team
Sarah Scott, President & Founder of Wimberley Athletic Club-
2nd Row from the top ( far right)-- Strength & Conditioning Coach
for St. Edward's University Women's Basketball Team

 


Chuck Nicholson

Charlene "Chuck" Nicholson

  • American Council on Exercise (ACE): Certified Personal Fitness Trainer since 2002
  • American Council on Exercise (ACE): Certified Group Fitness Instructor since 2001
  • American Red Cross Certified in CPR
  • BA Southwest Texas State University (Texas State)
  • A Pace Fitness original

Sari Ward, RMT
By appointment, gift certificates available

  • 30+ years experience: advocate, mediator, spiritual counselor, teacher/trainer of students and adults, nutritional educator and bodywork therapist incorporating Eastern and Western techniques. American Red Cross Certification in First Aid and CPR.
  • Theraputic Specialty Massage
    • Certified Oncology massage and related services such as environmental checks, nutritional education, caregiver consultations
    • Relaxation massage with Deep Tissue, Swedish, Hot Stone, and Integrative Therapy
    • Recovery massage with Pain Relief and Structural Assessment
    • Pregnancy massage
    • Oriental massage therapies with Shiatsu, Jin Shen Do, Meridian Work, Accupressure, Reflexology, and Zero Balancing
  • Spiritual Counseling for Body, Heart, and Mind Integration - Allowing the Body to Heal Itself
    • Ordained Minister
    • Identification of stressors to the body and soul
    • NeuroLinguistic Programming, One Brain Therapy, Energetic Psychology of the Body
    • Advanced Energywork with Reiki, Resonance Therapy, Distance Work, and Quantum Physics

Maria Mullins

Maria was certified in 1996 through the Baylor Sports Medicine Institute and in 1997 through the American Council on Exercise. She believes that a healthy lifestyle is an ongoing process that involves our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual selves. She works well with those new to healthy eating and exercise, as well as physical fitness veterans who need direction and accountability. Maria's clients love her dedication and enthusiasm; it's contagious!


Jonathan Wood


W Athletic Club
600 Ranch Road 3237
Wimberley, Texas 78676
847.0353
E - mail: Strength@WAthleticClub.com

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600 RR 3237 - W Athletic Club

 

 

 

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