Fitness is the Focus of This Boot Camp

For Hillarie Zoe Scannelli, it’s all about being fit.

To help others reach that “fit” level, she started Fitness by Hillarie about 10 years ago, working with clients out of the gym in her Hillsborough home. The personal training business has since grown to include a Boot Camp, held at Sports Physical Fitness at 1 Jill Court, as well as lifestyles and weight management and nutritional guidance programs.

While working in the financial industry, she tried out for what was then the New Jersey Generals Cheerleaders.

“Donald Trump had personal trainers for us. I looked at them and said, ‘That’s what I want to do’,” she recalls. “I was really taken by how you can reshape your body.”

She started entering fitness competitions and networked her way into fitness modeling. She also was a regular columnist for a national body building/fitness magazine for five years before partnering with the TEST Sports Club in Martinsville, where she has providing elite athletes – including NFL players – with sports nutrition counseling.

Over the years, she has continued to expand her knowledge, earning numerous certifications in fitness, weight management and nutrition.

Boot Camp, she explained is a combination of weight training, military-style drills, athletic drills and core training and development. It all begins by interviewing her potential clients so she can get a better picture of the clients’ habits in order to determine what the client needs.

When asked what makes a good Boot Camp candidate, Scannelli described some of her current participants: a woman who wants to lose 50-plus pounds, a 30-year-old female who wants to fit into a bikini, a male aerobics instructor who wants to learn about weight training, and a young woman entering a marathon. For a glimpse into a Boot Camp session, click here.

Because she recognizes that “there are so many levels of being fit,” Scannelli emphasizes nutritional guidance with all her clients, from the man who lost 71 pounds in 5 months to the 68-year-old grandmother who wants to be able to lift her grandchild and the college athletes heading back to school.

“I emphasize getting the nutrition in there. They need to get the fuel that they need,” the high-energy trainer explains. “Sometimes what is the healthiest isn’t the most obvious.”

Toward that goal, she offers a Family Nutritional Guidance Program and is available shares her knowledge via sports nutrition lectures for local sports teams. In addition, she has provided strength and conditioning guidance to the Jr. Raiders football team.

Today, Scannelli has more than 30 clients and hopes to continue to learn and expand her offerings.

“They’re getting a personal trainer as a resource during their training. Tying training together with food gets people more fit. I have people who are seeing results and the workouts are fun,” she says.  

Fitness by Hillarie
908-371-0173, 908-403-7620 
www.fitnessbyhill.com
Email: Hillarie@fitnessbyhill.com
Boot Camps: 6-7 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday; 6:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday