Eric Toussaint is the founder and owner of JETT Training, a Washington, DC area personal training company. With 15 years of personal training experience, he has a wealth of knowledge in the field of health and fitness and is an expert in High Intensity Training (HIT) with extensive knowledge of sprint, speed, and agility training, as well as plyometrics and stretching. Eric is a Certified Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength Professionals Association (NSPA), a Certified Fitness Trainer with the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA), a Certified Pre/Post Natal Exercise Specialist with the American Fitness Professionals and Associates (AFPA), and a Certified Exercise Professional for Functional Movement Screening (FMS).
Prior to personal training, Eric was a physical therapy aid for three years, giving him a strong rehabilitation background in his current work, and he is currently a Post-Rehab Exercise Consultant for Sport and Spine Rehab in the Washington metropolitan area. He is also a proctor for NSPA and regularly administers certification exams. Eric has been a fitness consultant for The Knot and Washington Woman Magazine.
Eric has a bachelors of science in psychology from the University of Maryland. Eric has been involved in sports his entire life, including over 20 years of martial arts experience, ten years of soccer, and ten years of mountain biking. He also regularly competes in mountain bike races, triathlons, and local running races, including the Army 10-Miler. He is fluent in French.
Eric uses his eclectic and varied background to provide the most comprehensive and complete training possible. He established JETT Training in 2005 to be a results-oriented fitness company, providing clients with measurable results. Eric and JETT trainers provide Functional Movement Screens and physical assessments to evaluate clients throughout their time with JETT. Eric has designed JETT’s fitness programs based on an unique, hybrid exercise approach, applying 60% functional movements (exercises that provide strength for real world activities), 25% machines using HIT and maximum overload principles, and 15% core strengthening, stretching, and FMS corrections.
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