General Info:
Call or fill out our contact form online to schedule an appointment with one of our trainers; inquire about memberships or personal training; schedule a walk-through of the center or orientation; or with any questions.
Our Trainers:
Jim Buxton is a Clinical Exercise Physiologist licensed by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. Jim has been prescribing exercise for cardiovascular patients, otherwise healthy individuals & special populations for over 20 years. During that time, he has held membership and/or certifications from such organizations as the American Heart Association, American College of Sports Medicine, National Strength and Conditioning Association & Louisiana Association of Exercise Physiologists. While earning a bachelor's degree in exercise science from UL Lafayette, Jim spent several years training in competitive powerlifting & bodybuilding, earning titles on the state and national level. He is very knowledgeable on current trends in cardiovascular rehabilitation along with the numerous forms of strength & conditioning, & is proficient with Olympic lifting technique. When he's not working with cardiac patients in Rehabilitation Services, he can be found in the Fitness Center performing various operational responsibilities, individual & small group personal training sessions & assisting in boot camp instruction.
Dustie Kulaga Waddell is a graduate from McNeese State University with bachelor's in health & human performance, with a concentration in health promotion. She's also Group Fitness & Spin Class Certified with NETA. After graduation, she worked in the Fitness Center as a recreation & wellness assistant in Hawaii on Pearl Harbor Base while moonlighting as a personal trainer. In 2012, she moved back to the mainland, working as an independent personal trainer at the Trinity Center in Lake Charles along with teaching a group fitness class called HITT (High-Intensity Interval Training). Since the spring of 2014 she's been an employee of the Fitness Center, where she works as a personal trainer & designs and leads all of the hospital's exercise classes, including boot camps.