Our Team
Jen Burke, Owner, Instructor, Personal Trainer
Jen has been working in the fitness industry for 20+ years teaching group exercise classes, small group personal training and individualized personal training. She is an ACE certified Group Exercise Instructor and a NASM Personal Trainer. She is a 200-hour yoga instructor and possesses multiple TRX qualifications. Jen has earned her certification for CardioYoga (TM) and Warrior Rhythm (TM) and foam rolling! Jen is licensed to teach TurboKick Live (R) and PiYo Live (R). She has added SoulFusion (TM), BarreFusion (TM), and SOULKickboxing (TM) to our arsenal, too! She has been teaching HIIT based formats for many years. She also possesses a specialty in nutrition, children, behavior change, meditation, and aging populations. Jen was a presenter of fitness workshops for fitness professionals through a Syracuse-based company, Flow Fitness Training for several years, as well and has master trained with a national fitness company. Outside of the studio, Jen has been a practicing speech-language pathologist for 27 years and is currently working with kindergarten through grade 5.
Chris R.
During the day, Chris is a Teaching Assistant in a 12:1:4 high school life skills program. I have been a Teacher Assistant in West Irondequoit for 21years.
She is certified in Barre Above level 1 and level 2, Barre, booty and band, Pilates, Yoga 1, Strength training past 50, Body Chisel and Indoor cycling.
Heather S.
Heather has been a fitness instructor for the past 17+ years. She holds her 200-hour yoga certification from Atha (formerly Pele) Yoga Studio. She is also trained in rhythm-based cycling from Compass Cycle & Flow studio. Over the years she has also taught a variety of strength classes, including P90x live. Heather has also been a teacher in the Rochester City School District for over 19 years. She is a Rochester native and loves to share her passion for fitness with her friends, colleagues, and students.
Karyn V.
Karyn has been working as a fitness instructor for 17+ years. She holds a Group Exercise certification from NAFC and certifications in Cycling, Bootcamp, CardioKick and Pilates. Outside of the studio, Karyn is an avid runner and has competed 4 full marathons.
Melissa S.
Melissa has been passionate about fitness for 30+ years and was recently certified in POUND. She always enjoys a variety of formats and has made many friends over the years through their shared love of fitness. She has been employed by Rochester Regional Health for 15 years. She is a mom of one daughter and two cats and lives with her husband in Greece.
Tabionne F.
Tay started boxing at 3 years old. He shares, "I was raised primarily by strong women(mom, grandma) who kept me in church and away from nonsense, drama, and distractions, as I grew up in the inner city." He went to school 39 for kindergarten through grade 6 and East High School. He played basketball grades 8-11. He graduated from high school in June of 2019. He loves to play basketball and box, and be around family in my free time. I'm Christian, vegan, a certified fitness trainer and our in-house boxing guy!
The newest addition to the Lion and Lamb Fitness team, but certainly not new to the fitness world. Lakeisha is a NASM certified personal trainer, who has been teaching smart and structured fitness formats since 2018. She is also the owner of Inspired By Fitness, located in downtown Rochester.
Lakeisha started working out to defeat prediabetes. She conquered a 50-pound weight loss. She never intended to be a trainer, but with the encouragement of instructors and trainers at the RAC for Women, she pursued her certification.
She enjoys helping people reach their wellness goals and supporting them along their personal journeys to carry their successes outside the gym and into their personal lives.
