Adora Poon is a performance specialist at Activcore with certifications in Gyrotonic, Lagree and Low Pressure Fitness. She works at Activcore in Atlanta, Georgia, located just 2 miles from Emory University.

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Adora has always loved and been fascinated by the human body, hoping to inspire others to achieve their optimal health. She has also been a lifelong lover of exercise of many sorts, living a very active lifestyle and constantly trying new approaches to health and wellness. As an adolescent, she had decided to pursue medicine, because she thought that was where her strengths would be suited. She quickly became disillusioned by the practice of medicine, and has always wanted to find a different outlet to help others. She wanted to focus on maintenance and optimization of more full-body health, as opposed to simply treating people briefly in very specific circumstances. She never considered being a fitness professional, since she didn't think that she would be patient enough for it. However, having finally tried it, she was surprised to realize that she enjoys helping people in a fitness environment.

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Adora holds a BS degree in Combined Sciences from Youngstown State University and an MD degree from Northeast Ohio Medical University (formerly Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine). She completed both a general pediatrics residency and an anesthesiology residency. She was board certified in both, although she mainly practiced anesthesiology for about 20 years before retiring from being a doctor. She continues to be current in her BLS, ACLS, PALS certifications.

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Adora is now happily working as a performance specialist. She began her journey as a Lagree Method (her favorite workout) Instructor, which she still continues to do as a level 2 trainer. She realized that she needed to add a mobility modality, so she began practicing Gyrotonic. She loved it and decided to get her Level 1 Gyrotonic certification. She also has training in Low Pressure Fitness (LPF). Her lifelong love of the human body and fitness has remained, although it continues to grow and change in its expression.

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Adora’s training style is definitely different depending on the modality in which she’s working. When it comes to the Lagree method, she believes that she has quite the reputation for being an instructor who likes to urge people to near-failure. Because Gyrotonic is such a different approach, the client population is extremely different. She has learned to really slow down and welcome people into this almost meditative mobility exercise. She believes that everyone could benefit from Gyrotonic. No matter what modality, her style could be described as joyful and full of zest.

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Adora is a also a professional on-camera actor who has been in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. She simply loves the arts, both performing and fine.