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As a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist from the National Strength and Conditioning Association, Nirvana Zaher believes in a holistic and integrative approach to fitness. She specializes in human performance and functional training strategies, incorporating principles from yoga, weight lifting, sports conditioning and fundamental motor development techniques in her programs. Paying special attention to corrective training strategies, Nirvana’s philosophy follows a PREVENTATIVE approach to exercise, ensuring that a) clients who come to her are taught all the basic, fundamental movements before progressing to more advanced, complex techniques and b) any poor movement patterns are caught early in the training program and are rectified before advanced skills are taught. Quality of movement should never be compromised and a ruthless approach to training must be employed with extensive attention to detail.

Nirvana’s background as an elite international gymnast has laid much of the foundation that has paved the way for a career in this field. In college, Nirvana was competing on a full scholarship representing the university’s gymnastics team, while simultaneously pursuing a Bachelors in Exercise Physiology. Shortly after she graduated from university in California, Nirvana went on to pursue a Masters degree in Exercise Physiology from Loughborough University in the UK, making her the only current practitioner in Egypt to hold a degree of this caliber. Nirvana’s dissertation, “Lower Limb Influence on Standing Arm-cranking (‘grinding’)” can be found in the International Journal of Sports Medicine.

As a Performance Specialist, Nirvana is also certified through the Aerobics and Fitness Association of American, is a veteran Spinning instructor through the Mad Dogg organization, creator of The Bootie Camp Project, founder of Pole Fitness in Egypt, and an ambassador to the NSCA in Egypt and the Middle East. Moreover, over the past fifteen years Nirvana has been educating and empowering people through courses and workshops in fitness education, assisting anybody with a passion for health and fitness toward a career in this field. Her dedication to exercise science, and her cat-like curiosity for the limitless functions that the human body can perform have been primary pillars in her quest toward fitness and athletic excellence.

Nirvana is the founder of Beach Monkeyz®, El Gouna’s premier class-driven fitness playground offering group classes, personal training, and transformation bootcamps. The Official Annual Party on Wheels® (POW), and Gounies Stay FIT: “Inspiring people to MOVE” are two of the biggest events brought to life by The Fitness Playground®; the engine that powers all of Nirvana’s programs. Her motto? Divinity lies in the details, and passion is the foundation upon which any success is created.

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