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(Top, L-R) Lisa Schuller • Nan Allen • Susanne Paynovich • Maggie McCann • Karen Silvey
(Bottom, L-R) Yvonne Young • Sydney Cresci • Anne Slucky

Susanne Paynovich, B.A.
Founder of WaterGym, Susanne has spent over 20 years teaching, training teachers and establishing and managing WaterGym programs in health facilities throughout Northern California. She is a national presenter, A.C.E. & A.E.A. certified, has a B.A. in Dance and an extensive background in sports, music and swimming. She conducts Health & Adventure Retreats and is currently designing a full line of WaterGym products and services.
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Karen Silvey
Participating in many physical activities throughout her life, Karen discovered something very different about WaterGym. The ability to push her body to the fullest, feeling exhilarated and completely painfree afterward was intriguing. A compelling belief in the fitness values of WaterGym inspired her to train as a teacher in 1995. In addition to teaching classes and participating as a student, Karen spends endless hours in the pool with Susanne (in "business meetings") creating new moves and refining the old. Karen's love and enthusiasm for WaterGym and her students are reflected in her highly motivating, high-energy classes. Karen teaches at Tiburon Peninsula Club and Terra Linda Recreation Center. Work? "No! This is the fun part of my day!"
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Anne Slucky
Anne has been teaching WaterGym for five years in Marin County. She is the mother of three beautiful girls and loves teaching as well as taking classes whenever she can! Anne currently teaches at the Mt. Tam Raquet Club. She is certified by the American College of Sports Medicine and the Aquatic Exercise Association. She is also a certified Lifeguard and CPR trained.
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Nan Allen
Nan holds a degree in microbiology, specializing in medical research including cancer research at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco. She taught skiing for five years in Lake Tahoe and is currently a "Realtor Extrordinaire"! Nan exuberantly loves to teach and you can find her bright and early on Friday mornings at the Tiburon Peninsula Club.
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Maggie McCann
Maggie is married and the proud mother of three children. A native of Marin, she has always loved the water and was delighted to find WaterGym! Maggie has been teaching WaterGym since 1999, after being a student for five years. Maggie trained with the Speedo International Aquatic programs, is AEA certified and along with a job as an early childhood educators, she loves everything and anything to do with the water! She can be found teaching at at the Rafael Racquet Club and the Mt. Tam Racquet Club.
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Sydney Cresci
Sydney started exercising at age 11 when she lived in Italy, and throughout her life she has tried to exercise everyday in some form, be it walking, dancing, hiking, swimming or teaching and participating in aerobics. Sydney was thrilled when she discovered WaterGym, and loved it so much that she became part of the teaching team. Sydney just retruned from a year in Italy with her family and will be teaching at various clubs throughout the county.
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Yvonne Young
Yvonne is a busy Real Estate agent in Marin County. From 1971-1984 she was an international Flight Attendant and she also holds a degree from UC Santa Barbara. After enjoying WaterGym classes as a student for over 14 years, Yvonne joined the teaching team in 2004. An avid jogger since the 1980's, the time came when she had to quit. She found WaterGym to be not only a better substitute, but "a workout that will keep me fit for the rest of my life! I have such a respect for this program, it gives me great pleasure to teach it to others." Her regular class is on Tuesdays at the Mt. Tam Racquet Club.
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Lisa Schuller
Lisa is the newest member to our teaching team and WHAT A DELIGHT! Lisa first learned of WaterGym while watching it from her spin class at MTRC. Ready to jump through the glass and into the pool... she has been hooked ever since. List grew up swimming for the SF Merionnettes, a synchrnized swim team and began coaching at 8 years old! Since then, she has taught and ran aquatic programs and currently is certified to teach WaterGym, Spin and Group Exercise. Lisa has lived in Marin for 22 years and is married and has 2 wonderful teenage girls. You can find Lisa at the Rafael Racquet Club, Mt. Tam Racquet Club and the Mill Valley Tennis Club.
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