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As the National Director of Crunch Group Fitness, Donna Cyrus spearheads the development of innovative programming that makes Crunch a leader in today’s competitive fitness industry. Prior to joining Crunch, she was the co-owner of Club Body Tech gyms in Miami Beach, Key West and Hollywood, Florida, as well as a Reebok master trainer and lead creator of the Cycle Reebok Program.  Donna has presented at numerous fitness conventions such as World IDEA, ECA, and IRSHA and certified over 600 instructors in the Cycle Reebok Program. A fitness professional for 20 years, she is AFFA and ACE certified, and has presented programs in Sweden, Italy, Rio de Janeiro and Monte Carlo. 

Name: Donna Cyrus

Birthday: November 27th

Location: New York

Q: On those days when you're not motivated to work out, but you know you have to, what's the one thought that gets you going?

A: The thought of my bikini this summer

Q: If you had to choose a specific song or band to get you psyched for your workout, what would it be?

A: Gwen Stefani…

Q: If you could eat one forbidden food whenever you wanted without gaining weight, what would it be?

A: Pasta

Q: What dessert do you dream about?

A: Cookies

Q: If there were one healthy food item (something you love) that you had to eat every day, what would it be?

A: Edamame

Q: What is the one food or meal you always eat before an event? What about before training?

A: Coffee

Q: What’s the best book about health that you’ve read?

A: South Beach Diet

Q: What are your two favorite health magazines?

A: Self magazine and fitness

Q: What do you consider the world’s most perfect food? Please be specific and try not to answer with a category but rather with a specific food item: for example, not “whole grain” but “raisin bran cereal”?

A: Sushi, spicy tuna roll

Q: Do you have any sports superstitions or rituals?

A: No

Q: How do you take total control of your mind and body to achieve the focus you need during pivotal sports moments?

A: Music helps me become motivated, it drives

Q: What do you think is the best training location in the world?

A: Miami Beach

Q: What do you do to reduce stress/relax/center your mind? Do you participate in an organized relaxation activity such as yoga, meditation or tai chi?

A: I run

Q: Are there healthy restaurants that you enjoy and would recommend?

A:  Serafina (fresh Italian as well as if you are rewarding yourself to cheat!)

Q: Do you have a favorite healthy recipe or cooking tip? If so would you share it?

A: Make sure you use freshest ingredients and virgin olive oil

Q: Tell us how you got to where you are now.

A: Broadway dancer to aerobic instructor to fitness facility owner to Crunch Senior VP of programming for Crunch Fitness

Q: Define and discuss failure.

A: No realizing that there is “nothing you can’t do”

Q: is there anything about yourself that you've changed your mind about in the last 20 years?

A: My ability to grow and learn

Q: what's the next major item on your "to-do" list?

A: Finding the next fitness phenomenon and focusing on crunch’s growth outside the box of the gyms…TV, movies, and the world

Q: define individual responsibility and how you react to adverse situations.

A: I need to take a breath, get the facts before I react

Q: was there a defining moment in your life when you made a decision that changed the course of the rest of your life forever?

A: Working with my then partner at club body tech …Dan Critchett

Q: what's the most bodacious chance you've ever taken?

A: Too many to name

Q: what's the biggest lesson you've learned about yourself? What’s the biggest lesson you haven't learned?

A: Strength is not a negative, sometimes it is best to keep your mouth shut

Q: what keeps you going (your motivation)?

A: My insane energy

Q: what's you're favorite saying?

A: Whatever!

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