MEET OUR TEAM
THE OWNERS
We are a Mother and Daughter (MAD) personal training team. We live by a mantra of having fun while being fit, which is truly life enhancing. At MAD Fitness, we encourage you to embrace a new outlook on life through fitness and a healthy lifestyle.
We consider ourselves fortunate to have the opportunity to work together in such an exciting field. Prior to opening MAD Fitness in July 2014 we were both personal trainers at Washington Sports Clubs in Silver Spring.
SUE IMMERMAN
In 2007 Sue changed her life and became a National Academy of Sports Medicine certified personal trainer. She was motivated by her own experiences of injury and surgeries to create innovative paths forward for her clients. Sue tailors each session to the needs of each client. Her goal is to help each person re-empower themselves as they become fit and strong so they can live without pain or worrying about getting hurt in the process.
Sue takes every opportunity to learn about the science behind human movement and how it shapes our physicality, emotions and well being. She loves to attend Perform Better Functional Training Summits and has earned numerous specialty certificates which include working with people with cancer, training youth and seniors, stretching, pre-and postnatal training, and Functional Movement Systems screening.
Sue earned her M.A. in Adult Development and Aging at Antioch College.
EVE KENNEY
Eve is a National Academy of Sports Medicine certified personal trainer, with specialty certificates in integrated stretching and Functional Movement Systems screening.
Eve earned her bachelors of Science in Kinesiology at the University of Maryland in the spring of 2016.
INSTRUCTORS
MATSIMELA AJANI
"My mission is to teach people to reconnect with the full human experience, this includes moving efficiently, thinking positively, and living without stress."
Matsimela Ajani started his yoga practice a little over a decade ago and immediately fell in love with the asanas (poses), breathing techniques philosophy, and spirituality.
Finding that yoga was a direct path to self mastery both physically and mentally, he started on the path of becoming a yoga instructor in 2004 with DC Yoga, led by Narayan Rathweg.
Since receiving his RYT 200 hours Matsimela has gone on to teach at several of the DMV’s top studios including "Yoga District, and Shakti Mind Body,bringing his own unique approach from his long time practice of the martial arts and his other passion personal training.