Destrehan

Shelbi Berthelot

Manager

Shelbi Berthelot is a Certified Personal Trainer through the ISSA. She recently qualified to race in the 2017 USA Triathlons National Championship in Omaha, Nebraska. She has a black belt in karate and has taught swimming lessons since she was 15. She was a member of the Varsity Swim Team at Hahnville High School while swimming year round for CCSC. In addition to triathlons and swimming, she has a love for the arts. Recently, she completed her first 70.3 Ironman in Texas. Shelbi wants to continue to push others in their fitness goals and to motivate them every step of the way.

Brandon Hebert

Manager

Brandon is the Training Manager of Anytime Fitness Destrehan and has extensive experience working with athletes young and old. After beginning his career at Elmwood Fitness working with individual clients, he started working with high school athletes and running outdoor boot camps. While working with The Fitness Principle at EJGH under Mackie Shilstone, Brandon worked with NFL and MLB athletes and officials as well as other prominent figures. At Anytime Fitness, Brandon helped Daniell Nielsen achieve the 2013 Member Success Story of the Year. Brandon was a five time team LHSAA Wrestling Champion and an individual champion in 2003. “Pursuing a goal is making the choice to commit to hundreds of small choices. “

Dana Authement

Staff

Lisa Gibbs

Staff

Amy Burns

Trainer

After living all over the south, Amy Burns and her family are happy to call Destrehan home for their 7th year. Amy earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education from the University of Arkansas and is an experienced elementary and preschool teacher. After her oldest son Elliott was born with physical disabilities 14 years ago, she embraced strength training as a way to keep up with Elliott’s needs. She has turned that passion for functional training into a way to help others find inner and outer strength as a certified personal trainer through the ISSA. Amy is a certified CX Worx instructor and teaches Senior Yoga. She has also run numerous 5Ks, 10Ks, and half marathons and loves training and inspiring others to run for their lives!

Kristine DeJean

Trainer

Kristine DeJean graduated from Our Lady of Holy Cross with a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing in 2009. She worked for two years as a nurse specializing in working with adults and Special Needs individuals. She joined the fitness community at Anytime Fitness in 2011 in an effort to regain personal health. Since then Kristine has been certified as a group fitness instructor and as a Personal Trainer. She is certified in BodyPump, BodyFlow, CX Worx, BodyVive, RPM, Silver Sneakers and TRX. Kristine works with all of her clients individual needs whether it be to lose weight, gain strength or create flexibility. “It’s never crowded along the extra mile.”

Tanner Faucheux

Trainer

Tanner has been training professionally since 2016 after being certified through the ISSA. Tanner is a true fitness enthusiast, having been a part of the Destrehan swim team in high school and continuing to play sports recreationally in his free time. The gym has been a part of Tanner’s life since he was 16, as his family has been a big proponent to his fitness lifestyle. Tanner excels in his ability to push his clients to the next level and bring out their inner strength and determination. Tanner evolves his clients to a new fitness level by combining a blend of different forms of resistance training and high intensity interval training as well as stabilization and core conditioning.

Daniell Jenkins

Trainer

Daniell Nielsen Jenkins has been involved in exercise since an early age. A former Jazzercise instructor, she has always been involved in staying active and having fun doing it. After getting married and having children, Daniell was faced with her own lifestyle challenge of losing weight and balancing her own wellness with the duties of work and being a mother. It wasn’t until her husband’s passing in 2012 that Daniell made a change. After focusing on changing her diet and exercising regularly, Daniell lost over 85lbs and was named as Anytime Fitness’ 2013 National Member Success Story. Since then, she has become a Les Mills Certified BodyVive and CX Worx instructor, as well as an ISSA Certified Personal Trainer. Daniell aims to inspire others towards reaching their physical and emotional wellness by applying an empathetic and dedicated approach in diet and exercise. “Strength is a choice, something you choose to do. Wake up each day and choose to be strong!”

Chris Johnson

Trainer

Chris Johnson has been a personal trainer for over 3 years after completing his undergraduate degree at Louisiana State University. While in Baton Rouge, Chris worked as an athletic trainer at Marucci Elite, an academy for all ages of baseball athletes. He performed specific agility and plyometric exercises and was working directly with former NFL player Nathan Black. At Anytime Fitness Chris has worked with local athletes, training for lacrosse, baseball, and marathons.

Jessica LeBlanc

Trainer

I was born and raised in Old Jefferson, but my family now calls St. Charles Parish home, and we are happy to be raising our children here. I decided to become a personal trainer because of my own fitness journey. With the help and support from some great trainers, and with diet and exercise I lost over 45 pounds! I believe that everyone can benefit from personal training and that physical activity and exercise have far reaching benefits, even beyond just physical fitness. If you see me in the club stop and say hello. Let me help you find a new you. It’s never too late to start!

Jessica Melancon

Trainer

Jessica has been a Certified Personal Trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine for the last year now. She has recently earned her bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology from Southeastern Louisiana University, with concentration of Fitness and Human Performance. She interned under Mackie Shilstone at The Fitness Principle where she gained experience in training adolescent to professional athletes in baseball/softball, football, tennis, and track. Jessica was a competitive artistic gymnast for 10 years through Elmwood and Ivanov’s Gymnastics Academy. She has coached children ages 4-12 gymnastics as well. In high school she was a four year varsity letterman of the softball team and was named 2nd Team All District her junior year, and 1st Team All District her senior year. Jessica has also coached Destrehan High School’s Varsity Softball Fall League. Jessica is a competitive barrel racer and Certified Equine Sports Massage Therapist.

Samantha Oubre

Trainer

Samantha Oubre is certified in Les Mills Barre as well as Les Mills Tone. She has been involved in dance classes since the age of two and loves these programs because they take her back to her dance background! Samantha's full time job is a Registered Nurse in the NICU. However, she loves teaching Les Mills programs in her spare time because she wants to help people achieve personal victories each and every day!

Lisa Reedy

Trainer

Lisa , who is originally from Kenner, moved to Destrehan in 2003. She became a member of Anytime Fitness in 2013 and began going to group fitness classes. In 2014 she went through initial training in RPM and CX Worx in November 2017. Lisa went on to complete AIM 1 and AIM 2 in RPM with hopes of completing CX Worx as well. Her background in Physical Therapy and love of fitness enabled her to add another title of personal trainer to her list. As a Physical Therapist Assistant, Lisa has been working for 20 years aiding her patients in recovering from injury, surgery, disease, and other ailments. She excels in helping people achieve realistic goals by returning them to functional independence. You can always catch her around the gym most days of the week either early morning or teaching in the evening.