Dynamic Health and Wellness
Dynamic Health and Wellness
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Cleveland, OH
Dynamic Health and Wellness is a non-profit organization on the Cleveland West Side with the mission of providing free and discounted exercise classes, coaching, and education for people who need it the most. We plan to kick off our programming with classes for cancer survivors, then expand to add classes for people with heart conditions, expectant mothers, new moms, and new dads... But we need your help!!!
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About the Founder
Kevin Heine
kevin@dynamichealthwellness.com
I am an ACSM certified Exercise Physiologist and the founder of Dynamic Health and Wellness. I am passionate about health, wellness, and fitness as medicine and want to help others improve their well-being. I live in Lakewood, OH with my amazing wife, Kelley, and our beautiful daughter, Norah.
My passion for exercise started when I was in high school. My coach at St. Louis High Performance Volleyball Club, Scott Mebruer, started a weight training program for my team. I immediately saw my results transfer to the court. Because of my improvement on the court, I was recruited to play at The Ohio State University, where my passion only deepened. Andy Britton, my strength coach at OSU, taught me more about physical fitness, and I soaked it all in. I was lucky enough to be surrounded by players who also bought into the training, and it culminated in a National Championship victory in 2011. (I'm somewhere on the bottom of this pile in the picture below!)
While working toward that National Championship, I was also working on learning more about exercise physiology. I earned my degree in exercise science (as well as a minor in business) from Ohio State, taking courses in anatomy, physiology, nutrition, and exercise physiology. I learned about the human body and all of the positive benefits of both cardiovascular and strength training exercise. I was fortunate enough to learn from some amazing professors and graduate from one of the top-rated exercise science programs in the country.
During this time, I also gained some very valuable work experience that took me further down my current path. During the summer, I worked for the Ohio State Department of Recreational Sports, eventually developing a summer camp curriculum aimed at increasing physical activity in the campers. During the school year, I worked for the NeuroRecovery Network at the OSU Medical Center, helping spinal cord injury patients learn to walk again through a specific treadmill training protocol. Upon graduation, I sat for and passed the ACSM Certified Exercise Physiologist Exam to receive my credentials.
My passion for wellness led me down multiple roads in my professional life. As a corporate wellness coach, I helped people reach their own fitness and wellness goals. As a researcher at the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods at Case Western Reserve University, I helped children diagnosed as obese discover exercise. In my current role as the exercise physiologist for the Improve Study, I developed and implemented an exercise program for women over 65 who have had breast cancer treatment. While working with these women, I see first-hand the positive effect that exercise has on them. Their symptoms lessen, they walk better, they sleep better, they simply FEEL better. Yet most of them had never been a part of an exercise program before and few had touched a weight before joining the study.
Through my own experiences, my coursework at The Ohio State University, and my career thus far, I have gained a well-rounded picture of the power of exercise and physical activity. I have formed Dynamic Health and Wellness to share my knowledge and to help others improve their health.