Whitney Cobey is a graduate of University of Virginia where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in sports medicine. There she was an athletic trainer for various sports teams and worked for three years in the training room and the UVA Hospital’s Physical Therapy unit. After graduating she moved to Richmond, VA where she was the aqua-therapy coordinator for a Physical Therapy clinic at St. Mary’s Hospital. It was here she learned the power of water and the benefits one can attain using water at every fitness level. She taught arthritis water classes to the elderly, high endurance classes to all ages and even started a small business, H2O for Two, a water therapy program for prenatal and postpartum moms. She was then asked to teach and manage fitness and nutrition programs for St. Mary’s Hospital wellness employees.

Deciding wellness, not physical therapy, was more her thing she moved up to DC and received her Masters degree in Health and Fitness Management from American University. During this time she taught a wide range of fitness classes at AU and Sport and Health Fitness Centers. She never lost her love for the water and even tripled enrollment for these and other classes she taught.  It was also here she developed a love for running, more out of social necessity since most  her classmates and professors ran every DC race and marathon. She quickly turned 5Ks into 10Ks into ten milers into a marathon eventually.

During her last year of graduate school and exhausted from teaching 8-10 fitness classes a week, she finally got her first desk job at AAHPERD as the National Coordinator for Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops for Heart. She traveled around the country working with American Heart Association to promote these worthwhile school fundraisers and promoting cardiovascular health to kids. She then received an amazing opportunity to work in the public health arena as a public health consultant to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute at NIH.  Here she helped develop cardiovascular guidelines for children and gave out grants for health programs in hospitals and community recreation programs.  Though challenging, she decided to give up the long commute for an even more rewarding job…full-time mom.

Now that her three children are getting older, Whitney is hoping to reenter the fitness field. She is currently working on becoming recertified as a Personal Trainer.  She has been a Fit 4 Moms participant over the last couple years and understands the physical and time demands placed on moms today. She hopes her experiences from the rehab, wellness, fitness and public health fields will all culminate to provide a safe, effective and fun workout for that one hour that is all yours!