Meet Kendrick, Mr K-Tip

We are pleased to introduce our hunky Diva trainer, Kendrick Ribeiro, or Mr K-Tip, who posts daily training tips on our Facebook page.  Kendrick comes to us from his native Brazil and has been a successful personal trainer, fitness author and running coach for several years. Kendrick is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA-CSCS) and is a certified personal trainer through the American Council on Exercise (ACE). He specializes in core training as well as strength training for runners. In addition, Kendrick also serves as one of the instructors for the Athletic Training Certification Commission, teaching personal training classes through webinars to future personal trainers. He has also been a spokesmodel and promoter for the ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon.

Kendrick received his degree in Exercise Science and Health Promotion from Florida Atlantic University where he also was a runner for their Division I Cross Country and Track program. 

"MY PASSION for fitness began at an early age while growing up in Brazil. Like most of my friends I played soccer or "futbol" as we like to call it.  I began strength training at age 8 as I would finish up the day with sets of pushups and crunches.   Shortly upon moving to the US at age 11, I took up running and participated in cross country and track in both high school and college" 

While in college Kendrick began personal training and enjoyed every moment and aspect of it.  He was also fortunate to serve as one of ING Miami Marathon spokesmodels.  As a promoter of the event, he got a chance to travel to major cities all across North America including Chicago, New York, LA, Boston, San Francisco, Atlanta, Toronto, Ottawa,  to attend fitness and marathon expos where he got to know the industry first hand and learned valuable lessons from the industries leading fitness experts and runners.

Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and Health Promotion
• NSCA- Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
• ACE-Personal Trainer
• IFA-Sports Nutritionist
• Core Training Specialist
• ACT-CPT certified
• Spinning Certified
• Certified EMT
• Published Fitness author
• Spokesmodel for ING Miami Marathon 2003-2007
• Instructor for Athletic Certification Training (ACT) Commission

K-Tips

Kendrick will be posting K-tips every week on our Facebook page "Run Like A Diva".  We will also be compiling some of his most practical K-tips on our training tips section on the website so you can always check them to improve your performance and running confidence.  You can contact Kendrick with questions at kendrick@usruns.com so you can be sure that you Run Like A Diva....