Charlie Hugo has an incredible background that blends continuing fitness education with plenty of experience at national level athletic competition. He also has served as an athletic director at a large health club, where he oversaw a staff of 15 personal trainers.
For the education component, Charlie earned a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education from Iowa State University in 1984. Since then, he has continued his education and earned the following designations:
--Certified Level II Swimming Coach (advanced) -- American Swim Coaches Association
--Expert Level USA Triathlon Coach - U.S.A. Triathlon Association
--Certified Personal Trainer - American Council on Exercise, National Academy of Sports Medicine
--Certified Spinning Coach - Johnny "G" (Goldberg), the developer/founder of Spinning
--Certified Yoga Instructor - Core Power Yoga (Vinyasa Flow)
On the competition side, Charlie has placed high in Ironman qualifying events throughout North America, and he was in the top third of the Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii three times. In 2002 alone, he was a world qualifier in the USAT Coer D'alene Olympic Distance Triathlon, was named the Rocky Mountain Regional Age Group Champion, and earned USAT "All-American" status. Charlie has raced the Leadville 100-mile mountain bike race, competed at the national level in master's swimming and several other notable races.
Gretchen S. - Breast Cancer Survivor/14er
After surviving breast cancer surgery, and radiation and chemo therapy treatments, Charlie worked with me to help me regain strength and endurance. This training helped me achieve climbing my first 14-er, run my first 5 and 10K races, and accomplish a five-day, 180-mile bike ride from Telluride to Moab.
On a final note, you can really dive into a fitness program but if you go crazy and injure yourself so that you can't exercise, it defeats the purpose. To that end, one of Charlie's main goals (and sources of pride) is that he brings people along a fitness regimen carefully and thoughtfully - with the goal of keeping people injury-free.
