About Us

Artemis Scantalides, NASM-CPT, RKC

  • BA Psychology Major, French Minor
    The George Washington University
  • Certified Personal Trainer (CPT)
    National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)
  • Russian Kettlebell Challenge (RKC)  Certified Instructor 
    Dragon Door
  • Spinning® Certified
  • Black Belt - Wu Shu & T'ien Shan Pai Kung Fu
  • TRX® Suspension System Certified by Fitness Anywhere
  • PNF Hands-on Stretching Certified by Annette Lang
  • Certified to Train the Pregnant and Post-Partum Client by Annette Lang
  • Extensive Training in Classical Ballet

Born and raised in Newton, Massachusetts, Artemis Scantalides is a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and RKC (Russian Kettlebell Challenge) Certified Kettlebell Instructor. She specializes in RKC Style Kettlebell Training and TRX® Suspension Training. She is also a Black Belt in Kung Fu, a certified SPIN® Instructor, as well as certified to train the pregnant and post-partum client. Artemis attended the George Washington University where she received a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology with a Minor in French. During her undergraduate years, Artemis studied abroad in various foreign language programs. As a result of her international studies, she is fluent in French and proficient in Arabic, Italian and Greek.

Artemis has been working in the Fitness Industry for over 9 years. She made a drastic career change and left her job as an IT Consultant to pursue a career in fitness and never looked back. Working in an office did not suit her as she has been an athlete all of her life. Artemis was a ballet dancer for 23 years; she began training in Classical Ballet, Russian Technique, at the age of four, and continued on to study various types of dance with the Boston Ballet. After receiving her BA from the George Washington University in Washington, DC, Artemis relocated to New York City for two years. While living in New York City, Artemis worked and trained closely with celebrity trainer Ary Nunez, (Nike Sponsored Athlete, owner of Gotham Global Fitness LLC and personal trainer to celebrities such as Rihanna). At that time, Artemis decided to hang up her ballet shoes in order to study Kung Fu. 

Artemis started her martial arts journey studying Southern Shaolin style Kung Fu with a focus on the Five Animal System. Artemis returned to her University town of Washington, DC in 2005 where she began to study T’ien Shan Pai style Kung Fu and Contemporary Wu Shu. She competed in her first two Kung Fu competitions in June and September of 2007 where she won three gold medals and one silver medal. 

In 2009, while living in Washington, DC Artemis obtained her Black Belt in T’ien Shan Pai style Kung Fu and Contemporary Wu Shu. Artemis will attest that next to training and testing for her RKC Instructor Certification, obtaining her Kung Fu Black Belt was one of the most challenging accomplishments that she has ever achieved.

As the Owner and Principal of Iron Body Studios, Artemis lives up to her personal motto “Aspire to Inspire” daily as she inspires clients every day to incorporate and stay with their fitness routines by setting realistic goals and by keeping their training functional, interesting and challenging. Artemis continues with her martial arts journey by exploring training beyond her first degree black belt and she swears by Kettlebell training, as she states: “It is the only tool that I have seen change my clients' bodies and MY body.”

Training with Artemis

Artemis incorporates her athletic background into her training style. She brings balance and flexibility training from her ballet background to martial arts conditioning and drills from her training in Kung Fu, as well as power endurance training from her extensive experience with Kettlebells. Based upon her experience working as a personal trainer in major cities from New York City, Washington, DC to now Boston, MA, Artemis has the knowledge to train a wide spectrum of clients from young brides who want to get in shape for their weddings, to pregnant women who would like to stay in shape throughout their pregnancy and bounce back post partum, and seniors who have had total hip and knee replacements. Her goal for all of her clients is not only to help them reach their fitness and weight loss goals, but to also help them to feel stronger and have better endurance through their day-to-day activities and daily workouts.

Click on the link below to read Client Testimonials about Artemis:
www.dragondoor.com/ironbodybyartemis

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