Daniel Green

Dan Green started his training at Custom Fitness after graduating from the University of Michigan. He is a certified personal trainer through NASM, and brings years of experience in a wide spectrum of competitive athletics.

Dan boxed with the Michigan boxing team and spent three years on the Michigan cheerleading team, where he was named an All-American twice. He has also coached gymnastics since 2002. In his free time, Dan has competed as a power-lifter in the Natural Athlete Strength Association and currently holds four American records.

Dan enjoys working with clients of all ages, training with a positive attitude with goal-oriented programs. He loves to see the boosts in confidence and feelings of empowerment his clients experience when they are challenged to do their best.

Norvin Powell

Norvin Powell is the massage therapist at Custom Fitness. If you want to accomplish something, he will do everything in his power to help you get there. His patience and focus is exactly what clients need to relax.

Norvin truly believes in healing without drugs or surgery. He especially enjoys helping the middle-aged generation who discover those nagging injuries that have crept up during the years. These clients quickly see the benefit of preventative and rehabilitative bodywork.

Norvin has specialized training in structural integration, orthopedic massage, clinical deep tissue with a focus on trigger point release, and advance Swedish massage. He is a state-authorized instructor of massage and taught professional classes at the Body Therapy Center School of Massage for over four years. He has also trained under the founder of Hendricksen Institute for Orthopedic Massage in Berkeley, Tom Hendricksen, and trained at the International School of Professional Bodywork in San Diego where he studied structural integration with one of the school's founders, Ed Maupin.

Matthew Griffin

Matt's personal training philosophy is to help others enjoy a fit, active lifestyle through improvements to their physical well-being. He likes working with women and men of all levels of fitness and goals ranging from weight management to specialty sports training. Matt wants to team-up with you to make your fitness become a priority and sustainable for life.

He is certified through NSCA and Foothill College. Personal training is his second career after a successful engineering career working with companies such as Intel and Rambus. His technical degrees were in Electrical Engineering with a BSEE from University of Kansas and an MSEE from University of California at Berkeley. He has coached basketball at the local junior high schools and YMCA boys/girls teams. Additionally his hobbies include golf, hiking, skiing and scuba diving.

Jamie Kobyluk

Jamie began her career in fitness over 20 years ago by teaching fitness classes to companies such as Lockheed Martin, Rolm, ACS/Guidant, and Northern Telecom.  She currently teaches step aerobics, aqua aerobics, boot camp and circuit classes. 

She received her personal training certification thru American Council of Exercise as well as by attending Foothill College’s Personal Trainer Certification series of courses.  She is also certified as a “first responder.”

As well as conducting one-on-one training, Jamie enjoys doing group sessions, training up to five clients at a time.  This may be a cost-saving alternative for those of you who cannot afford individual sessions in this troubled economy.

Jamie has worked with teens as young as 14 years old, and she has also worked with those recovering from eating disorders and distorted body image issues.  She believes in a ‘whole body’ approach to training, which works very well for those wanting to focus on the fat-burning benefits of both cardiovascular as well as muscular strength and endurance exercises during their one hour sessions.

Karen Michael

Karen retired from an IT management career several years ago and decided to pursue her interest in fitness training.  She has a Personal Fitness Trainer certificate from Foothill College, NASM Certified Personal Trainer and Corrective Exercise Specialist certifications, and two years of personal training experience.

Karen has worked out for over 30 years and is excited to share the joy of training with her clients.  She has a personal understanding of how exercise can benefit those with chronic pain.  She specializes in core conditioning, corrective exercise, and general fitness, with a particular interest in working with older women.  She loves seeing her clients get stronger, stand taller, and feel better and will go the extra mile to help clients achieve their goals.

Karen has a degree in English from UCLA, an adult credential from CSULA, and pursued an MBA at the University of Hawaii before moving to the Bay Area and raising her daughter.  She lives in Palo Alto with her two cats, Montana and Cutter, and enjoys taking classes and doing volunteer work.