Chau, Head UFK Fitness InstructorChau has been active her whole life, but mainly loving the competitive sports. She has competed in sports-related activities such as obstacle course competitions, fitness/figure events, and tennis. She has experience judging fitness shows in the past such as Musclemania Nation's Capital & Fitness America/Ms. Bikini America Pageant and the Ultimate Fitness Challenge. Her hobbies include running, biking, hiking, playing with her dog, kickboxing, yoga, kayaking, snowboarding, and wakeboarding.
She trains to maintain in good health and shape mainly in kickboxing, resistance training, body weight circuit training and other high intensity training programs like CrossFit. Her passion is to help other women achieve higher fitness goals and lead happy, healthy lifestyle that's realistic.
She has her B.S. and M.B.A. in Business & Mgmt and had previously worked 10 years for a large international organization in Washington DC.
Healthy Eating Tips: Drink lots of water, avoid starchy foods like rice, bread, pasta, after 6 pm. Eat lots of vegetables, and limit certain fruits as they contain alot of sugar as well. Eat smaller meals throughout the day and never skip breakfast. Always be prepared and carry a nutritious healthy snack like nuts, or protein bar around in case you are hungry and crave for something bad. Always ask for dressing on the side when you order salads. Stay away from fried foods. Broil and grill your food.
Favorite breakfast meal: Slow cooked oatmeal w/water, egg white omelet with veggies&salmon, low fat cottage cheese with strawberries and/or grapefruit.
Exercise tips: Workout as part of your lifestyle not as a interim moment. Find something that you like to do and try to stick with it for awhile until you see the results, whether its running, kickboxing, yoga, biking, etc. Cross training is excellent for keeping things interesting and varied. How much exercise you need is dependent on you. 2x a day 5 days a week is considered ambitious. 1x a day 5 days a week is recommended for a sound weight loss plan. Make sure you get 1 or 2 days of rest per week to allow your body to recover. Remember that its the quality of your workout that counts.
Coach A on Chau"Ultimate Fitness Kickboxing with Chau Bui will rock your world. Get a great/cardio strength building workout while having fun. SVELTE is the result!
Chau was one of my hardest working athletes while on A-Team Xtreme! Working with the Asian Persuasion minimizes the typical cardio/weight doldrums and maximizes SVELTE!"
-Coach A
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Jacqi, UFK Fitness InstructorJacqueline moved to live in DC on a full time basis in May 2007. She first joined NOVAMMA-UFK program in May 2006. She has since then passed her Level 1 Muay Thai test. Jacqi is a native of Kenya where she was a former varsity soccer and basketball player. She enjoys all aspects of fitness and continues to be active when she is away from Novamma. Jacqi has a BS in Business Administration from Edinboro University of PA and an MA in International Development from University of Pittsburgh.
Steph, UFK Fitness Instructor
 Stephanie has been a team member at Novamma since 2007 taking UFK and Muay Thai classes. Prior to joining Novamma, Stephanie spent 12 years in the dance/art world, teaching, performing and choreographing many forms of dance including: Jazz, Ballet, Hip Hop, Lyrical, Theater and Modern. She also loves playing softball, golf, hiking and anything athletic in the the outdoors. Stephanie graduated with a Bachelors form Boston College in 2001 and a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in 2006. She is currently a government consultant in the DC area.
Stephanie tries to take Kickboxing, Strength & Conditioning or Muay Thai Classes 3-4 times a week. She mixes things up by working out in her building gym and running outside from time to time as well. Signing up for 5K's and short biathlons from time to time is a good way to shock your body and kick start your metabolism! Also, when running, try alternating sprinting and walking back and forth rather than running at one pace the entire time. Meals: In the morning I have a low fat, low sugar, low card cereal with skim milk and add in whey protein and fiber supplements. If you are hungry before lunch, snack on fruit, almonds, or apple slices with peanut butter, low fat cheese with whole weat crackers. For lunch, I try to have a half of sandwich on whole wheat bread with a low fat meat and cheese with a fruit on the side, or a side salad with low-fat dressing. For dinner, and this is key, I try to have a small portion and not to have any carbs at all! Steamed vegetables with roasted salmon or chicken. Try to limit the amount of desserts you have a week- if you need something sweet try raspberries with some low-fat whipped cream(whipped cream doesn't have many calories in it at all!). |
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Carol, UFK Fitness Instructor Carol has been with Novamma since 2005. She first started doing UFK classes then added Muay Thai to her fitness regimen. She continues to add variety into her fitness regimen. Realizing the many benefits of kickboxing training, Carol wanted to become an instructor to pass on her experience and enjoyment of helping others achieve their goals. Carol previously worked as an aesthetician for Elizabeth Arden and now works in DC at a dermatologist.
Paula, Yoga Instructor
Paula has been practicing yoga since the age of 8 thanks to her mother who was an avid athlete. She received her 200 hour teacher certification in the Spring of 2008 and has been teaching for two years. She joined Novamma in March 2006. Paula has her BA from the University of Illinois in Chicago 1996 after finishing her undergrad at the Sorbonne in PAris. Paula has lived in DC for over 7 years and currently is a Commercial Property Manager. Other activities include running, biking, and kayaking.
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Tracy, UFK Fitness Instructor
Tracy has been a Muay Thai student with Novamma since 2005. She is fun, energetic, self-motivated individual and passionate about the things she enjoys to do. Being a UFK instructor allows her to help better others in fitness and health as well as her own.
Her motto is: “A dreamer lives forever”
Liz, UFK Fitness Instructor
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Our Previous Instructors...
These ladies are considered family to us. They put in time, sweat and great workouts to help the ladies program be awesome as it is today! They all had obligations in life to take care of but they will always be here in spirit!
Colleen, UFK Fitness Instructor 
Colleen Morrow is a manager in the Federal Services practice of Deloitte Consulting LLP. She specialized in human capital management, change management, and communications. She has been a student at NOVA MMA since the summer of 2006 and has been a UFK instructor since the fall of 2008.
Colleen’s fitness routine: Averages three UFK classes a week, runs 4 - 5 miles twice a week, and usually lifts weights on those days as well. She makes sure to take two days off per week.
Colleen’s meal routine: She is very regimented about her breakfast and lunch plan. Breakfast- oatmeal with raisins or special K with blueberries and strawberries, coffee, and a banana. Lunch - turkey, ham, tuna or grilled chicken sandwich with tons of veggies, no cheese, and only low fat condiments, apple or greek yogurt, and bag of Sun Chips. Snack - before working out nuts or a piece of fruit. She doesn’t really watch what she eats at dinner time. She tries to eat a healthy dinner 3 or 4 nights a week, but usually splurges the other half of the week eating out at restaurants. She will eat a half a pizza (no problem), cheesy pasta dishes, Mexican, meatball subs, chicken pad thai, or a rack of ribs. She is overly diligent about what she eats during the day and working out, so she can enjoy nice dinners and dessert at night.
Colleen’s quick and healthy favorites: the hummus veggie pita from the Perfect Pita, signature salad from Cosi, Chobani non-fat Greek yogurt, carrots and peanut butter, banana and peanut butter, low fat Kettle Corn pop corn, Sabra hummus and pretzel chips or multigrain crackers, Weight Watchers ice cream bars
Colleen’s tips for quick weight loss/stomach slimmer: do not drink any carbonated beverages a week before a vacation or event, drink tons of water but make sure you are having a low sodium/salt intake as well (it will keep you from ‘retaining’ water), do not drink any beer or mixed drinks (too many calories) – stick only to a few glasses of wine a week or cut out alcohol all together, drink a glass of skim milk after a workout or non fat Greek yogurt and it will keep you from devouring your next meal, do extra ab workouts but really focus on the obliques and lower back. Cut out all chocolate, desserts, etc. but if you need something sweet slap peanut butter on fruit or put non fat cool whip on fruit, take the stairs instead of the elevator, walk over your lunch break instead of playing on the internet, go to bed as early as possible because you will have more energy during the day and need less food (you will also avoid snacking late night), do not eat out (even though you think you are ordering somethng healthy you can't really control the amount of butter or oil your meals are cooked with or your portion size).
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Kendra, UFK Fitness Instructor
Kendra has lived in the DC area for over 2 years now and has been training and teaching at NOVAMMA since January 2006. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and playing golf. Kendra is a recent "mommy" and gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on July 3, 2010.
Suzanne, UFK Fitness Instructor
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