Stick-e Brands partners with fitness expert, Melissa Baumgartner, to enhance website experience for customers.                 Partnership delivers fitness tips and insights through an industry veteran.   I would like to introduce Melissa Baumgartner to Stick-e® Brands' customers.  I met Melissa at a recent tradeshow where she was a guest speaker.  I was so impressed with her background, her positive nature, her commitment to community, and her outlook on life that I asked if she would like to work together in some capacity.    Melissa enthusiastically embraced the premise behind Stick-e Brands commitment to innovative, slip resistant, hygienic products that make the yoga experience safer and more effective.    I am pleased that Melissa will be joining the Stick-e® Brands' team as a consultant and spokesperson and will maintain an on line blog to bring relevant information to our customers.    Melissa Baumgartner is owner of Midwest Fitness Consulting, LLC; a company that specializes in worksite health promotion and the creator of LWC; a Lifestyle Wellness Coaching training program. She is a certified personal trainer, group fitness instructor and wellness coach. Melissa is an international training specialist for AFAA; a test item writer and subject mater expert for ACE; as well as a Premier Consultant for Sunshine Fitness Resources. She was recognized by ACE as the 2004 runner-up Group Fitness Instructor of the Year. Melissa has worked in the health and fitness industry in the United States and abroad for more than twenty years. In that time she has worked with the military, firefighters, collegiate athletes, fortune 500 companies and those with mental and physical limitations. As an educator, consultant, author and professional speaker, Melissa has spent 10 plus years educating other fitness professionals around the globe. She has spoken at many trade shows to include; IDEA,  Club Industry, AFPA, SCW, Fitness Experience, Fit in the City, APEX Latin America, APEX Europe and APEX Asia.   Melissa stands by her philosophy that a great quality of life in wellness and physical fitness should not be a luxury, but a necessity available to all. She does her part in this by volunteering her services in impoverished neighborhoods across the St Louis area, as well as volunteering for the National Arthritis Foundation.   For more info, visit her website at www.melissabaumgartner.com Certifications: ACE, ACSM, AFAA, WellCoach, and WELCOA Memberships: IDEA, WELCOA and ICF   Personal Mission Statement Improve the quality of life of others through wellness education, motivation and inspiration.   Personal Philosophy I believe that a great quality of life in wellness and physical fitness should not be a luxury, but a necessity available to all.   Passion My passion is to teach the fitness professional (in theory and practical) methodologies from Lifestyle Wellness Coaching, along with a basic skill set to help them better communicate and design fitness programs that move their clients forward toward their dreams.

About About Stick-e® Brands                                                         Stick-e® Brands line of Yoga accessories were designed to address the challenges associated with performing Yoga.  Many people experience sweaty feet and hands that prevent them from holding a pose well or safely.  People often share the same mats and equipment that are not cleaned after each use thus increasing the spread of fungus.  Also people like to take their exercise regimen on the road and are looking for portability.   Stick-e® Brands has the answer for all of these issues beginning with the original Yoga Stick-e® Socks...for that Barefoot Feeling! www.YogaStickySocks.com

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