About Us

Our Trainers

Irons Fitness has put together a "dream team" of trainers. The best of the best. Your trainers have over 25 years of combined experience. Several have advanced degrees in exercise science. All hold advanced certifications. They have been nationally ranked athletes. And they have been featured in nearly every form of media in the country, including; The Today Show, Good Morning America, ESPN, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washingtonian, and Bethesda Magazine.

Nick Irons

Nick is the President and founder of Irons Fitness. He is a personal trainer, author, and ultra-endurance athlete. He made national headlines when he became the first person in 70 years to swim the length of the Mississippi River and the first to swim it with the locks and dams of its "modern" form. His 1,550-mile swim was to raise national awareness and funding for multiple sclerosis (MS) research, the disease his dad lives with. Nick is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). This difficult and prestigious certification is given to a diverse group including strength coaches, athletic trainers, physical therapists, personal trainers, physicians, chiropractors, researchers, and educators. He is now recertified "With Distinction" a designation given only to the top 1% of all CSCS's. He is a certified TRX trainer.

Kim Teri

Kim, voted Bethesda's Best Personal Trainer 2008 & 2010, brings 20 years of dance experience to the fitness industry: classical training with the Pittsburgh Ballet, musical theater, modern and jazz dance at Philadelphia College of Performing Arts. Taking that foundation a step further into the world of Aerobics and Fitness, Kim won the highest honor of US World Women's Representative in the 1994 World Aerobic Championship followed by Ms. Fitness America and World Championship finalists. Group Exercise and Personal Training have given Kim a platform to pass along this wide range of experience to students and clients of all ages and levels. As a former Partner and Director of Elite Fitness of Precision Health & Fitness, that goal was realized in hundreds of students & clients - making their goals a reality. Kim is certified by American Council on Exercise, Mad Dogg Athletics (the original Spinning) and Fitness Anywhere (TRX Suspension Training).

Robert Teri

Robert combines 25 years experience and expertise in health, dance and fitness to train, teach and develop elite fitness programs. He remains on the cutting edge with certifications in Spinning, Pilates, Bosu, Kickboxing, Flexibility, TRX Suspension Training and Personal Training. Robert gained a wide range of skills as a former Director of Joy of Motion Dance Center, GX Director for Washington Sports Club and Partner in Precision Health and Fitness. Robert is a two-time National SportAerobics Champion where his experience as a competitor, coach and choreographer has developed numerous champions nationally & internationally. Robert holds certification in Group Exercise, Spinning, and Personal Training as well as membership in American Counsel on Exercise (ACE), United States Committee on Aerobics and Fitness (ASCAF) as well as the United States Cycling Federation (USCF). Robert's philosophy – impossible is nothing and nothing is impossible.

David Taylor

Originally from Leicester, England, David has more than 13 years personal training experience.  He has worked with general populations from all over the world, from national ice hockey players to 83 year old recreational tennis players, FBI recruits to ultra-endurance athletes.  In 2010, David was selected to join a group of accredited strength and conditioning coaches in America.  He has worked with several high school teams in the DC metro area, implementing safe practices and proved techniques to eliminate any weak link in athletic performance.  He is City and Guilds Certified through the World Amateur Body Building Association (WABBA) in advanced exercise and fitness knowledge and he is currently studying to become a corrective exercise specialist (CES) with NASM.  Passionate about strength, Dave is a former World Champion Powerlifter and a European and World Record Holder in the deadlift, the grandfather of all strength feats.  He’s been competing for 10 years and continues to set personal records.

Paul Davis

Paul Davis brings a unique mix of athletic prowess and military training to Irons Fitness.  As an NCAA quarterback in college and in the European Football League, he knows how to lead and go after a victory!   After his football career ended, Paul joined the United States Air Force, where he was a Basic Training Honor graduate and served, with distinction,  in the first gulf war.   When it comes to fitness and living a healthy lifestyle, Paul is one of the most passionate people you will ever meet.  His energy and enthusiasm is infectious and is why he is so successful with his clients.  His clients have included US Ambassadors, CEOs, and many more.

Our Registered Dietitian

Ann Gerber

Ann Gerber is a licensed and registered dietitian with more than twenty years of experience helping people of all ages optimize their health with good nutrition and exercise. She works with her patients to develop individualized, goal-oriented eating and exercise plans that meet their personal and physiological needs and works closely with specialists as needed.  Ann has worked with pediatricians, internists, cardiologists, psychiatrists, therapists and endocrinologists and has counseled patients in disease prevention and management.

 Ann’s specialties include nutritional consultations for athletes, weight management for adults and adolescents, and coordinated medical therapies for high cholesterol and triglycerides, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. 

 Ann holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics from Purdue University’s Coordinated Program, including hospital, administrative and community based clinical internships.  She also interned at Bristol Myers, USPNG in Nutritional Research. She has additional certificates in pediatric, adolescent and adult weight management.