Empower Personal Training
“It is our vision to EMPOWER people and communities to lead stronger, healthier,
happier lives.”
Our Story
Empower Personal Training is the long time vision of freshman year suitemates Jessica Bottesch and Ronda Williams. Realizing their lifelong passion for health, they created Empower Personal Training, a private health and fitness studio. Empower was born out of a desire to combine their experiences from athletic training to physical therapy to personal training and segue them into an integrative approach to overall health and wellness.
Jessica and Ronda understand that overall health and wellness is so much more than just physical exercise and should be part of a total lifestyle plan.
They firmly believe that in order to achieve individual health and wellness goals, you must have individualized plans that focus on the whole person and not just one aspect. They recognized that in order to put this into practice and provide unparalleled personalized attention, they would need to create a pristine private studio environment and offer additional services in massage therapy, nutrition counseling and yoga and Pilates to complete their vision. And that’s just what they did.
Empower Personal Training’s 3000 square foot Durham, NC studio opened in September 2005, and on their two year anniversary in September 2007 they expanded into the adjacent 1000 square feet. Since its inception only the most qualified and credentialed health and fitness professionals have had the opportunity to be a part of the Empower team. The staff is comprised of nationally certified athletic trainers, exercise physiologists, certified personal trainers, yoga and Pilates instructors, licensed massage therapists and registered dieticians — with a wide range of expertise.
The high caliber of staff is the greatest contributing factor in Empower’s success.
This innovative health and fitness business continues to grow and expand throughout the Triangle.
