AKTIVATE FITNESS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Coach
- Founder
- Owner
- CEO - Owner / Head Coach
Aktivate Fitness was a dream cultivated by Owner and Coach Adrien King through his passion and experience over the years as an athlete, trainer, and fitness enthusiast. His diverse background includes being a track and field collegiate athlete, collegiate football player, semi-professional football player, coach for adolescent sports and for various fitness studios. He invested in his craft and obtained numerous certifications and specialzations with the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) such as Certified Personal Trainer (CPT), Weight Loss Specialist (WPL), and Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES). In this way, he developed the reach to encompass the vision for his own fitness facility and brand.
Although Adrien's natural athletic abilities served him well over his career, his deep-rooted purpose and determination came from witnessing those close to him fight for their health. This became the heart behind the vision of AKtivate investing in the goals of others and helping them activate and unlock their potential. Adrien is a firm believer that a strong support system, good lifestyle choices, and an awesome workout environment will lead you down the path to achieving your fitness goals.
Throughout his experiences, Adrien's passion centered around the idea of an inclusive, community-based fitness space. Not everyone may have the same opportunities or access to quality training or facility to help them achieve their fitness goals. He was determined to create a space where everyone, regardless of where they were on their fitness journey, would be seen, valued, and invited.
Caroline is a Virginia native and moved to Raleigh to complete her degree at NC State University. Her love for fitness started in high school then attended university in VA to ride for the equestrian team, competing on the east coast which led her to become a certified therapeutic horseback riding instructor.
These experiences led her to continue her passion and development as a certified personal trainer, working to make more sports adaptable for all people. She became interested in boxing and martial arts from a young age and finally began coaching in 2019!
It was in 2019 when she met, trained with, and worked alongside the founder of AKtivate Fitness, Adrien King, who helped her continue this passion and development as a trainer to aid in growing this fitness community even more!
Job Titles:
- Co - Owner / Head of Operations / Coach / Rocksteady Coach
Meagan is a true Tarheel girl, born and raised right here in North Carolina. She has an accounting and finance background, receiving her Business Administration degree in Accounting from East Carolina University and her Masters Business Administration, concentration in Strategic Leadership from Barton College. Meagan has dedicated more than 11 years working in local and State Government with a background in community and economic development, finance and accounting, and community engagement, but her passion is helping others achieve their potential. Meagan began her AKtivate journey after first training with Adrien King and with her extensive background she helped bring AKtivate Fitness into a reality. Meagan enjoys being active and has a love for all sports. Basketball and Track and Field are the two sports she holds close to her heart, competing all her life, grad school, college, and even adult intramural sports. Meagan says, "Sports have taught me a lot of life lessons and have helped mold me into the woman that I am today." Outside of her career, she enjoys shopping, working out, volunteering within the community, and most of all spending time with her family.
Hey I'm Rich! I've been boxing for over 11 years and coaching for 6 years. My favorite thing about boxing is the endless well of possible learning opportunities no matter how good you are. My coaching style is technical and loud! My favorite day to workout is leg days, when we involve explosive movements! I teach the regular AKtivate Fitness classes as well as Rocksteady Boxing catch me Tuesdays and Thursdays!
Hi, I'm Tharu Koshy and I head up the Marketing and Communications efforts here at AKtivate Fitness. I grew up in Fairfax, VA, went to college in Philadelphia, and moved to North Carolina in 2019. I have a degree in Structural Engineering and Business Administration and experience in Software development and Project Management. I've always enjoyed group fitness as a way to learn, grow, and stay accountable with my fitness goals. Boxing was something that I had always wanted to try, and I took a leap of faith walking into a gym where I met Adrien King. Within that first class, I knew he was going to be someone that would push me, believe in me, and encourage me to reach some seemingly hard goals. Working with Adrien's training program for over a year, I was able to surpass my goals beyond my wildest imagination. The heart and vision behind AKtivate Fitness resonates so deeply for me and has made me in turn so passionate to see everyone that walks through the doors of our studio achieve their own success story. We are stronger together, we are purposed to be a force and transform as many lives as we can through this space, and I aim to live that out every day as part of the AKtivate Fitness team.