Team Speed Fitness - Staff
If you have questions for any of our
staff members, please feel free to contact us.
Dave DiFabio, MA, CSCS - Founder of Team Speed Fitness and Consulting Services
The result sof the above studies were presented at the American College of Sports Medicine's 52nd and 53rd Annual Meeting in 2004 and 2005 respectively. Dave teaches classes such as Spinning, Kickboxing, BootCamp, Combat Conditioning, and Muscle Conditioning. He specializes in Functional Training, Sports Conditioning, and Injury Prevention. Dave has worked with special populations, healthy adults, children, and athletes (including members of the Scarlet Knights Varsity Men's Soccer Team). Dave has also written articles for Men's Fitness, The Fitness Expert Network, Men's Health, and The Daily Targum Shawn Arent, PhD, CSCS - Exercise Physiology and Sports Psychology
Andrea Hope Forsman, EdD - Child Obesity Expert
Kimberly Diamond, MS, CNS - Nutritionist
Georgie Fear, RD - Nutritionist
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Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist - National Strength and Conditioning Association
Dave is a Rutgers University alumnus and is currently the College Avenue Fitness Center, Power Gym & Personal Trainer Coordinator for Rutgers University. Prior to joining the professional staff at Rutgers College Recreational Services, Dave worked as a Health and Fitness Speasialist at Sony Music's Corporate Fitness Center in Manhattan where he had the opportunity to train celebrities such as Alicia Keyes. With a B.S. amd a M.A. in Exercise Science, he is also a co-adjunct professor in the Exercise Science Department. Dave has co-authored two studies with Shawn Arent PhD, CSCS:
Dr. Shawn Arent joined the faculty in the departmeent of exercise Science and Sports Studies at Rutgers University in the fall of 2002 after completing his doctorate in Exercise Science at Arizona State University with an emphasis in exercise physiology as well as sport & exercise psychology. Dr. Arent also completed his MS at Arizona State, received his BA from the University of Virginia. His research focuses on the physiological and psychological determinaants of adaptive responses to sport and exercise, with and emphasis on adolescents. He has received research funding from various sources, including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Life Fitness Academy, and nutritional biotechnology companies. His research has appeared in journals such as Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, Research Quaterly for Exercise and Sport, International Journal of Soccer & Science, and Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, and he has also written a number of book chapters. Such popular media outlets as Shape Magazine, Men's Health, Women's Health, Prevention, and Self have also recognized his work. In addition to teaching courses in exercise physiology, exercise biochemistry, exercise testing and prescription, and research methods, Dr. Arent also servesas the Director of the Exercise Science and Sports Studies Honors Research Program, Director of the Rutgers University Human Performance Lab, and Research Director for the Youth Sport Research Council. Dr. Arent also provides performance enhancement advice for youth, hogh school, collegiate, & professional athletes in a number of sports, including soccer, football, wrestling, baseball, softball, gymnastics, and cycling.
Dr. Forsman is currently an adjunct professor in the department of Health and Exercise Science at The College of New Jersey and holds a research position in the Nutrition Sciences Department at Rutgers University. Andrea has a Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Community Education from Montclair State University, a Masters Degree in Health Fitness Management from the American University in Washington D.C. and a Doctorate in Health Education and Behavior Studies from Teachers College, Columbia University. Andrea's professional experience includes designing, instructing, managing, and evaluating extensive health education and wellness programs for Sony Music Entertainment, NBC, Chevron Corporation, The United States Army Materiel Command, Campbell Soup Company, and Johnson & Johnson. Most recently she has been a Nutrition and Physical Educator for preschools, child care centers, and elementary schools. The focus of her current research and interests are the differennt facets of childhood obesity prevention. Andrea was recently a panelist for Children's Health: The Need for Increased Nutritional & Physical Health in New york Schools. She is an avid runner and enjoyed success running the Marine Corps Marathon and more recently the Philadelphia Distance Run. Andrea is also a NAUI Certified scuba diver.
Kim has over 17 years experience in the corporate health and fitness industry. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Movement from Boston University and a Master Degree in Human Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Kim is a a member of the American College of Nutrition. She is on the development team and a master trainer for HFC's "Your Weigh...Together!" weight management program. Other professional expeiences as a nutritionist include offering individual nutrition counseling, group weight management programs and nutrition seminars to Sony employees, being a member of Johnson & Johnson's Eating Tactical Team, being the nutritionist for the GE Women's Health and Wellness Tour at the NYC Marathon and contributing nutrition articles to Personal Fitness Professional magazine. Kim is also a volunteer with Health Corps, a school-based health promotion program, which educates children about wellness. Kim has completed HFC's Health Imoprovement Consultant and Health Coach trainings, is on the Health Coach development team. 
Georgie Fear received her bachelor's degree in nutrition from Rutgers
University, then completed a dietetic internship at Cornell University. As a
registered dietitian, she has worked with obese children, high school
athletes, and hospital patients, as well as healthy adults seeking to lose
weight and attain greater levels of fitness. Currently Georgie is working
toward her PhD in Nutrition at Rutgers, researching berry phytochemicals and
metabolic syndrome. Her love of food, nutrition and cooking is coupled with
a lifelong passion for sports training and fitness. Georgie has been a
Junior Olympic Track and Field medalist, marathon runner, and triathlete.
She is an avid rock and ice climber, and enjoys endurance cycling events and
anything else involving the outdoors. She works as a personal trainer with
people of all fitness levels, specializing in personalized exercise/diet
therapy to achieve weight loss and health goals.