LORA ERICKSON, B.S. NASM-CPT
aka "Blonde Runner"
Lora Erickson is a certified personal trainer and coach specializing in weight loss and endurance training. A mother of four, she has many years of experience in designing realistic, custom programs for individual needs that can fit into a busy everyday life.
Growing up in Colorado, Lora was actively recruited in high school by Stanford, BYU, Yale and many others. Accepting an athletic scholarship to the University of Utah, she began her career as a distance runner. She later transferred to Utah State University where she earned the title of Big West All-Conference Runner.
Since graduating from Utah State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Education and duel minors in Nutrition and Chemistry, she has taken on the role of wife, mother, entrepreneur, trainer, coach, race director, adult health teacher, running club co-founder and weight loss specialist.
Lora has enjoyed teaching the American Heart Association weight loss classes and continues to share her passion through running camps, cooking/nutrition classes, fitness boot camps and public speaking as well as through individual consultation and corporate wellness seminars.
While, she continues to offer unique, custom-designed programs to help meet a variety of health conditions including arthritis, heart disease, osteoporosis and thyroid disorders. She specifically takes a personal interest in diabetes prevention. She maintains that "there is no one-size-fits-all program, everyone is different," and takes a personal interest in each client.
Lora has been certified as a USAT running coach since 1996, which has allowed her to share her love of running. Her in-depth knowledge of nutrition and exercise physiology has also proved helpful to those she trains. Lora is an accomplished athlete and health professional, winning many awards and honors. She is the founder/CEO of Optimum Health Services and South Davis Road Runners in Bountiful, Utah where she currently resides.
When she is not guest lecturing, teaching, coaching or training for her next competition, she can be found in her garden or catching worms with her three boys to take them fishing. She also enjoys karate, cooking and shopping with her little girl.
Lora loves to show her enthusiasm for health and has used her positive “can-do” approach to help hundreds of people, ages five to eighty-two, reach their goals. Whether your goal is to run a marathon, enter your first triathlon or shed an unwanted twenty pounds, she wants you to become the next success story.