About Me

I am a certified Physical Fitness Trainer with over 20 plus years of training, consulting, and motivating clients in physical fitness, body shaping, strength and conditioning programs for men, women, teens, and children who want to improve their fitness level and overall health. I have been training for ten years in and around the Baltimore-Washington area in my own gym and working for various Health and Fitness Clubs. Through my experience, knowledge, enthusiasm for physical fitness, and my passion for training, I incorporate assorted styles and techniques for training clients. Being involved in sports from Little League and Pop Warner to High School, College, and two years of Semi-Pro Football I have great appreciation and value for staying in shape, eating correctly, and getting enough rest. I enjoy encouraging and motivating people to set realistic goals and help them reach their goals through hard work, sacrifice, and dedication. My style of training is based heavily on science, information, and teaching…giving and receiving feedback from my client to make and restructure the best fitness programs available to MAXIMIZE the client’s fitness potential and goals.

Taking good care of my body and mind was never so evident to me when I started feeling bad every time, I would go out running, especially when the weather was cool and more so cold. Running was something that I always did from an early age could not understand why this was happening to me at that time. I have always been into exercising, paying attention to my diet and plain and simple taking care of my body. Through exercising and pushing my body to the limits, running, playing different sports, coaching/mentoring my kids and other youths in sports I saw suddenly surprised becoming ill from a heart condition called cardiomyopathy which also affected my kidneys. I ended up having to do dialysis and later placed on the heart and kidney transplant list. I remember at one of my cardiologist appointments being asked if I was still weight training and doing any cardiovascular exercise? I told him YES but asked him if I was doing wrong and if I should stop exercising. He boldly told me “NO” and continue to exercise and keep active if I was able to during the journey to receiving a heart and kidney transplant. I have always been deeply passionate of training other and teaching the benefits of exercise and proper nutrition and today I am even more into what I totally believe because I am a living testimony to my clients and anyone waiting to improve the health and wellness. I want to serve as my Lord wants us all to be because he has blessed me and gave me a second chance to work harder on being an advocate to clients that want to work hard and to learn how to be the best them as they can be. When I say a second chance on October 20, 2018, I was blessed with a new heart, then on the next day, October 21, 2018, I received a new kidney. While continuing to exercise and eating a balanced diet and being spiritually motivated this aided in my healing and I continue to have a successful healing and recovery. Since then, I have had the opportunity and pleasure of speaking and teaching the importance of a strong healthy body and mind and spirit.

I believed so much in helping as many people as I can that September of 2017 I enrolled at Concordia University of Saint Paul, Minnesota to study and finish my bachelor’s degree. All my hard work paid off and I received my bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology in the summer of 2020. In addition, I am an Elite Personal Trainer from the International Sports and Science Association (ISSA). I also am certified in ISSA Sports Nutritionist, Certified Online Coaching, Certified Youth and Senior Fitness Specialist. Sometimes life throws you curve ball to test how you will respond to a situation. Will you fold or fightback…I choose to fight back for myself and others. Through my test and trials, I am powered by God to serve and help as he commands me.

Russell Pompey Sr.

ISSA, ICS Certified Fitness Trainer