Joanne Sgro

Joanne Sgro is an IFPA Certified Personal Trainer and Sports Nutritionist and Lifestyle Fitness Coach. She is a Certified SCW-EDU Group Fitness Pilates & Yoga Instructor, IFTA Kickboxing and KBC-Kettle Bell Instructor, Powerstrike-FORZA Instructor, Healthways Silver Sneakers Certified Instructor and ZUMBA Certified Instructor. She is also a Moms in Motion - Prenatal/Post-Partum Certified Trainer.

Joanne specializes in Weight Loss, Sports Specific, Core Conditioning and Post-Rehab Training. She was the first fitness instructor in the country to lead the Lance Armstrong Foundation's Live Well After Cancer Exercise Program at The Wellness Community of Philadelphia.

Over the last several years, she has lost nearly 200 pounds and is now working to inspire others to do the same. Joanne is also a regularly featured television, fitness expert and motivational speaker. In addition to her fitness achievements, she is an Emmy Nominated Health and Fitness Reporter and Emmy Award Winning Producer. She has worked for NBC, Comcast, FOX, CBS and QVC.

Joanne's weight loss success story was featured in the February 2006 Edition of Good Housekeeping Magazine. She was also the feature cover story for the March 7th 2006 Issue of Woman's World Magazine and The Philadelphia Inquirer Neighbor's Edition cover story for January 7th, 2007. She has also been interviewed for both IHRSA's Club Industry Magazine and The Jewish Exponent. She will be featured in an upcoming segment of Nancy Glass Production's show, Splurge for Fine Living Network and Oxygen Magazine. She is working on a weight loss book featuring her success story and fitness/diet plan.

Joanne is also a published writer and professional singer. She is a graduate of Villanova University and currently resides in the Phoenix, Arizona area with her fiance. Joanne has trained hundreds of people over the last four years helping them get results like her. Joanne manages and runs her own fitness site FitnessAnswer.com, where her training techniques and original recipes are available globally.