How are SMAC Personal Trainers different?
Nationally Recognized Personal Training Cert & Current CPR Certification- all of our trainers hold nationally recognized certifications through:
- National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM),
- American Council on Exercise (ACE),
- National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA),
- American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), or
- National Council on Strength & Fitness (NCSF).
SMAC offers monthly CPR certification courses free to staff to ensure all staff members are current with their CPR.
- Extensive Continuing Education- powered through Exos, the leader in innovative fitness programming, our SMAC trainers have access to continuous on-line and in-person workshops. Our trainers never stop learning as every staff meeting incorporates an educational component and providing endless in-house resources for new training tools and the latest research in fitness programming through Idea Connect.
- Fitness Education for Members- our Personal Trainers are focused on educating our members- from newsletter articles and tables to individual training sessions, Energy Systems Development (ESD) Evaluations, & Journey Assessments. All of these, along with our periodical large-scale Lunch & Learn sessions, support our tag line of “Where Education Meets Fitness.”
- Customer Service is our #1 Priority- whether or not you do personal training, our goal is to make sure you feel like SMAC is a second home. We hope you learn something from every interaction with a trainer and feel comfortable taking your next step to staying F.I.T.
Need More Information? For more information or any fitness-related questions, email us here smac.fitness@smccd.edu or call us at (650) 378-7373.
Meet our Trainers


Maddie Shirley
NSCA Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist
(650) 378-7412 ext. 6077

Yashvee Patel
NASM Certified Personal Trainer | EXOS Fitness Specialist
(650) 378-7412 ext. 6042

Stephanie May
ACE Certified Personal Trainer | Certified Massage Therapist
(650) 378-7412 ext. 6085

Harsha Bolisetty
ACSM Certified Exercise Physiologist | EXOS Fitness Specialist
(650) 378-7412 ext. 6047

Yingfei Zhang
ACSM Certified Exercise Physiologist | EXOS Fitness Specialist
(650) 378-7412 ext. 6026

Glenn Smyth
NASM Certified Personal Trainer | EXOS Fitness Specialist
(650) 378-7412 ext. 6090

Ajay Kurani
NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist | Athletic Trainer Certified
(650) 378-7412 ext. 6022

Jessica Woo
NASM Certified Personal Trainer | AFAA Group Fitness Instructor | CSM 200-hour Certified Yoga Instructor
(650) 378-7412 ext. 6072



Scott Chaneski
NSCA Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist | EXOS Performance Specialist
(650) 378-7412 ext. 6065





Raquel O'Connor
EXOS Fitness Specialist | NASM Certified Personal Trainer | AFAA Certified Group Fitness Instructor
(650) 378-7412 ext. 6084


Mai Tran Wagner
EXOS Performance Specialist | EXOS Fitness Specialist
(650) 378-7412 ext. 7380

John Nava
NCSF Certified Personal Trainer | Vertical Aquatics Trainer
(650) 378-7412 ext. 6092

Robert O'Connor
NASM Certified Personal Trainer | AFAA Certified Group Fitness Instructor
(650) 378-7412 ext. 6084