Raugh named national director at Bally Total Fitness

Raugh

Bally Total Fitness has promoted Robbie Raugh of Williamsville to national director for group exercise within the corporate fitness services team.

In her expanded position, Raugh will draw from her 25 years of experience at Bally to develop and manage all aspects of the company's nationwide fitness services group exercise program.

"It's been a tremendous honor to create and instruct fitness programs that help our members achieve visible results, and I look forward to implementing them on a national scale," Raugh said. "Bally's combination of exciting group exercise classes, personal training and in-depth nutritional services are what help our members look and feel their best."

Prior to her to being named national director for group exercise, Raugh was the regional group exercise director for the Northeast and Midwest teams since 1987.

Additionally, over the past decade, Raugh has served as national master trainer for Bally's signature Kwando and Powerflex classes, training thousands of instructors nationwide and throughout Canada.

In 1983 she served as an aerobic coordinator in the Upstate New York market, and in 1982 was a group exercise instructor.

In the early 1990s, ESPN named Raugh a "National Leader in the Fitness Industry" and also recognized her Peak Performance Aerobics class as the largest regularly held exercise class in North America, with more than 400 people in attendance.

Raugh produced her own exercise video in 1990, which was used as a training tool for the Soviet Union National Aerobic Championships. The video was distributed nationwide and sold in 32 countries. Raugh, a registered nurse, also holds several national certifications.