Heather Whaley | Personal Trainer & Director of Group Fitness
Heather specializes in nutritional wellness, functional fitness, and weight-loss. She feels that fitness and nutrition are the cornerstones to overall health and wellness. Heather attributes her style of personal training and group fitness to her extensive experience in the fitness community and her passion for researching fitness and nutrition. She has held several positions in the industry: corporate group fitness instructor, a boot camp instructor, and has been recognized in Atlanta Bride Magazine for her customized bridal boot camps. In addition to being a personal trainer, she currently is the Director of Group Fitness and Cooperate Wellness at Thrive. Heather has a passion for fitness and a passion for people, so it only seems natural that she would have her hand in the industry because of this.
“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Ready for Resistance Bands?
If you think the key to effective strength training is bulky weight machines, think again. At Thrive, we use resistance bands, free weights, and other tools like kettlebells and medicine balls to give you a workout that challenges your entire body and provides the results you’re looking for. For more on the benefits of resistance bands – and a few exercise ideas – check out this article I found at www.muscleandfitnesshers.com.
Keep on Thriving!
—Lloyd
Functional Approach to Fitness sets Thrive Apart
“When I walked into Brookhaven’s Thrive Fitness, my first thought was, “How am I going to get a good workout if there aren’t a bunch of weight machines?
Forty minutes later, as I was huffing and puffing my way through a final circuit of sit-ups, mountain climbers and burpees, I wanted to eat my words…”
Read more about the Thrive Fitness Approach in this month’s issue of The Piedmont Review. Here’s a direct link to the article: click here. Or, you can download it here.



