EDUCATION
The United States Sports Academy, Daphne, AL
Master of Sport Science; Concentration: Sports Studies
July 2009
The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Bachelor of Music; Major: Music History
August 2002
FITNESS EXPERIENCE
Certified Adventure Boot Camp Instructor/Owner, Memphis Adventure Boot Camp, Memphis, TN — 2009-present
Fitness Consultant/Owner, Dexter Tenison Fitness, Memphis, TN — 2005-present
Personal Trainer, Rantou Fitness Studio, Memphis, TN — 2003-2005
Fitness Floor Instructor, YMCA, Memphis, TN — 2002-2003
INTERNSHIPS
Intern, Institute of Human Performance, Boca Raton, FL — Summer 2008
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Adventure Fitness Trainer: National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association, 2009
Certified Fitness Trainer: International Sports Science Association, 2005-present
Certified CPR and AED: American Heart Association, 2009
PUBLICATIONS
Protrainer Online Fitness Magazine (www.protraineronline.com), Exercise Dependence: It’s Real, So Watch Out for It!, http://www.protraineronline.com/Sep-Oct09/article6.cfm. Published 2009.
The Sport Digest (http://thesportdigest.com/), Three Hours a Meal or Three Meals a Day?, http://thesportdigest.com/article/three-hours-meal-or-three-meals-day. Published 2009
Protrainer Online Fitness Magazine (www.protraineronline.com), A Few Missing Chapters: Personal Training Studio Management, http://www.protraineronline.com/past/Jan-Mar09/article6.cfm Published March, 2009
Protrainer Online Fitness Magazine (www.protraineronline.com), 300: The Greatest Assembly of Meso- and Maybe a Few Ectomorphs Ever Created, http://www.protraineronline.com/past/Sept-Oct07/article5.cfm Published September, 2007
The Sport Digest (http://thesportdigest.com/), Getting Results for Your Clients By Utilizing a Baseline Assessment, http://thesportdigest.com/article/getting-results-your-clients-utilizing-baseline-assessment Published 2007
Protrainer Online Fitness Magazine (www.protraineronline.com), To Teach Nutrition or To Not Teach Nutrition? That Is the Question, http://www.protraineronline.com/past/Jul-Aug07/article1.cfm Published July, 2007
Protrainer Online Fitness Magazine (www.protraineronline.com), Steroids and Enhancement Drugs: Distortion of Reality, http://www.protraineronline.com/past/May-Jun07/article5.cfm Published May, 2007
Lewis County Herald (Hohenwald, TN), Alli: A Combatant or Foe for Weight Loss? Published June 28th, 2007
Protrainer Online Fitness Magazine (www.protraineronline.com), Guaranteeing Results for Your Clients With an Assessment, http://www.protraineronline.com/past/Mar&Apr07/article6.cfm Published March, 2007
TELEVISION APPEARANCES
Fox 13 Good Morning Memphis, 2006-2008
WREG 3 Live at 9, 2007
RADIO APPEARANCES
The Mind and Muscle Radio Show hosted by Phil Kaplan, 2008
Ultimate Body Blueprint Radio Show hosted by Jason Morgan, 2008
MEMBERSHIPS/ASSOCIATIONS
Attended the 2006 and 2007 Personal Trainer Business Forum. It is estimated that only the top 1% of personal trainers attend this forum.
Member of Phil Kaplan’s (http://www.philkaplan.com/) , Be Better Project, where only 16 top fitness professionals were allowed to become a member.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Maintain business website and blog for Dexter Tenison Fitness, Inc., http://dextertenisonfitness.com/blog/
Featured presenter of nutritional and fitness seminars at Dr. Fred Hidaji’s office, Memphis, TN, 2008-2009
Featured in Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, December, 2008, http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/dec/08/from-someone-who-knows/
Featured in Memphis Parent Magazine, Memphis, TN, January, 2010, http://www.memphisparent.com/2010/01/workout-warriors/
As seen in the Memphis Flyer and Skirt! magazine.
HONORS
Graduated with Highest Honors
Named to The United States Sports Academy’s President’s List every semester. The Academy’s President’s List requires a semester grade point average of 4.0.
Nominee for ISSA’s Fitness Trainer of the Year (2008)
Member of Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society
OTHER EXPERIENCES
Graduate Assistant, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN — 2003
Whitehaven Elementary, Memphis City Schools, Memphis, TN— 2002-2003
Shenzhen High School, Shenzhen, China— 2000-2001
