Dusty Roady, Head Coach and Founder Dusty brings over a decade of coaching and competitive experience to Excel Fitness as owner, and to Whole Athlete as an associate coach and multisport expert.  She is a certified personal trainer, USAT Level 1 coach, and Level 1 USA Track and Field coach.  Dusty is also a certified soccer coach, is licensed with the California Interscholastic Federation, and has coached volleyball and softball, as well as strength and conditioning for high school boys’ baseball, girls’ softball, and girls’ lacrosse.  Dusty has developed and coached successful fitness programs for dozens of men and women (see testimonials) and sports-specific programs for many athletes, including local rowers, the boys’ high school baseball team, and triathletes throughout the country.

Dusty is a competitive athlete in multisport, running, swimming, and powerlifting.  She has logged twenty-six triathlons since 2000, with seven first-place finishes, twelve in top three, and crushed a course record in the 2005 Treasure Island triathlon.  Between 1995 and 2001, Dusty competed in eight powerlifting events and one bodybuilding show (somebody’s got to do it), during which she pulled out thirty-two wins.  She has American, national, and world records, one of the latter being a successful 308# deadlift at a 105# bodyweight.  She has honorable mention as top ten athletes in the sport in 1996, and top twenty in 1997.   

Dusty acts as an advocate, offering a positive base of support to inspire each individual to personal growth in sport and life.  She encourages clients to dream, to test and stretch their limits to reach great personal accomplishment:  every body is a work of art, and mastery is achieved with learning and continuous improvement.  Dusty has a B.A. in Public Relations/Marketing, and is working toward a master’s degree in kinesiology, with an emphasis in exercise physiology.  She is a single mother, continuous athlete and coach, living by the approach that balance lies at the core of success in sport and life.