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Dana Rader

Training with Dana Rader you can be sure that you are training with one of the most qualified and talented professionals in the industry. Dana Rader is the sole director and owner operator of GYROTONIC Melbourne and Energy Kinetics Instructor Training Pty Ltd.

Dana is a Specialized GYROTONIC and GYROKINESIS International Master Trainer. Dana was exposed to both methods in the 1990's when she was living in Hong Kong and had the privilege of learning directly with the founder of the methods; Mr. Juliu Horvath. She continued to train with Mr. Horvath over the years as well as with many other amazing master trainers such as; Adrianna Thompson, Lisa Marie Goodwin, Sebastian Plettenberg, Debra Rose, Juergen Bamberger and Angela Crowley to name only a few.

She established the first studio to incorporate Pilates and GYROTONIC in Australia in 2002. She is credited with introducing the GYROTONIC method to Australia in 2000 and GYROKINESIS method in 2001. She became the first master trainer in both methods in Australia, therefore training many of the instructors in Australia and New Zealand as well as around the world. She continues to travel extensively offering GYROTONIC and GYROKINESIS instructor trainings in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Central America.

Dana is also a GYROTONIC International Master Trainer for the GYROTONER unit, the Leg Extension Unit, the Jumping Stretching Board and GYROTONIC Level 2 Programs.

Dana has presented internationally and nationally on the GYROKINESIS exercise method at the IADMS conference in 2007, 2012, and 2017 in addition to presenting at several Pilates and Fitness conferences.

Dana is trained in Pilates and is certified by Polestar as a Post-Rehab Instructor, Australian Pilates Method Association (APMA), and Physical Mind Method in Mat and Standing Pilates. Dana also holds a certificate IV and a Diploma of Contemporary Pilates and Teaching Methodology. Applicable to her instructor training courses Dana holds a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment in Australia.

Dana enrolled in a Master's Degree of Clinical Exercise Physiology in 2010, completed a Post Graduate degree in Exercise Science Rehabilitation at Charles Sturt University in 2011, and has recently celebrated 10 years as an Accredited Exercise Physiologist and Exercise Scientist with ESSA (Exercise Sport Science Australia).