About Us
Mary Patterson B.S. ED, CHHC, Founder
Mary Patterson earned my Bachelor of Science Degree in Rehabilitation Services Education with a concentration in Early Childhood Education from Penn State University. She moved on to further her concentration in Early Childhood Education by achieving my P-3 Certification from Jersey City State University. While working as an Early Childhood Educator, Mary became a certified personal trainer through the American Counsel on Exercise (ACE).
Falling in love with the fitness industry and teaching others how to live a healthy lifestyle, Mary decided to make a career change and dive into the fitness industry full time. Soon she was working as a Personal Trainer and Group Exercise Instructor in New Jersey. Mary received her training to practice Health Counseling from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, which is the only nutrition school integrating all the different dietary theories – combining the traditional philosophies with modern concepts like the USDA food pyramid, the glycemic index, the Zone and raw foods.
Mary’s passions of working with children and families on health and fitness came together with the creation of Kids-Move!(www.kids-move.com). Kids-Move! has a powerful relationship with Mommy-Moves! (www.mommy-moves.com). Both companies have a hand on approach in PREVENTING obesity and inactivity in the United States. They have programs designed to work with schools, health care facilities, parents, children, and families combining nutrition AND fitness helping families create a healthy lifestyle from the start!
As a mother of two young boys (Wesley and Ryder), Mary knows and values the importance of raising a fit, healthy, and happy family. Families can be FUN! FIT! and HEALTHY!
Lori Sawyer M.A., ATC, Founder
Lori Sawyer earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Movement Studies and Exercise Science with a concentration in Athletic Training from East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania. She then earned a Masters of Arts Degree in Exercise Science from Montclair State University in New Jersey.
After graduating, Lori took a position at Seton Hall University as an Athletic Trainer for two years. She then moved to Los Angeles to take a position as a staff Athletic Trainer at UCLA in 2001. While at UCLA, she traveled with the women’s basketball team and was directly responsible for the women’s tennis team and the 2003 national championship women’s water polo team. Her focus as an Athletic Trainer has been on injury prevention, rehabilitation, and sports specific training. She has developed a well-deserved reputation in the field for bringing athletes back from injury, quicker and safer than before. While at UCLA, she was certified in the Graston Technique for pain and injury management.
Since undergraduate school and throughout her career, she has trained people from every walk of life to help them improve their lifestyle and achieve their specific goals. Now, her lifestyle and goals have changed. She has created LS-Fitness, a personal training, nutrition and rehabilitation business that focuses on core strength while achieving your goals. When Jake was born she wanted to stay at home with her new son, she also didn’t want to end her professional career…so MOMMY-MOVES! was born! Now with 2 beautiful boys (Jake and Chase) She runs the Mommy-Moves program and continues to teach classes, while working on building Kids-Move with Co-Owner, Mary Patterson. They are working on building a family fitness franchise! She is also working on becoming certified in the Tupler technique, a non surgical way to close diastasis recti, a common abdominal problem in women with children.
