Professional Staff

Gloria Atkinson
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Gloria has been in the fitness industry for over 20 years. She has been with ORC for 17 of those years! She is currently our Group Exercise Director. Gloria comes from a sports background, which is apparent as she attended Florida State University on an athletic scholarship for Volleyball, where she took Physical Education. In addition to playing NCAA Varsity Volleyball, she enjoys Track. She is a Group Fitness Instructor and a Personal Trainer with her current certifications coming from Can-Fit-Pro. She also has her Group Power and Group Step certification. Gloria is a certified fitness consultant (CFC), certified Pilates Mat instructor and Group Yoga Specialist, holds TWIST Sports conditioning level 2 certification. Gloria is also a certified Reflexologist. She is presently training for her brown belt in Chito-ryu style Karate and just obtained her level 3 soccer coach certificate. Gloria presently is the trainer for the Clarkson/Sheridan/ under 13 girls rep soccer team. Gloria’s personal philosophy is to “just go with the flow”. She believes, “there is always a solution. Anything worthwhile is hard to get.”. So shoot for the moon, if you miss you will still fall among the stars.