Rich Mushinsky, owner of Fit 4 Boxing Club, has been active in the sport of boxing for about 40 years. He’s always had a passion for fitness, and dreamed of owning his own boxing club. In 2015, he hung up his gloves as a plumber and opened Fit 4 Boxing Club on Route 8 in Hampton. His nephew, Brett Burkhart has boxed with him for about 15 years. Brett, with dreams of being a business owner himself, gave up his job in landscaping and worked as a trainer and a manager at Fit 4 Boxing Club from the beginning. He is now a partner at Fit 4 Boxing Club II in Murrysville.
Rich Mushinsky, owner of Fit 4 Boxing Club is friendly, personable, and very motivating. With over 35 years of fitness training and boxing experience, Rich gave up his career path as master plumber to fulfill his life long dream of opening up a fitness boxing gym. His aim in life is to help others.
Through Rock Steady Boxing, an exercise program designed to help people living with Parkinson's disease, and through his 15 Rounds workouts, Rich enjoys coming to work every day to change people's lives. Confident and hard working, he is great at what he does, and he will give you a warm welcome when you come to his gym!
Brett Burkhart, partner at Fit 4 Boxing Club, is high energy, motivating, and fun. After training with Rich since the age of 11, he is currently an amateur boxer. Very friendly and inviting, he will welcome you with a smile on your way in the door.
As a certified Rock Steady Boxing coach, Brett's favorite part of his career is helping not just those with Parkinson's Disease, but helping to change the lives of cancer patients, stroke victims, and more!
Jess Hatheway has been working in the fitness industry since 2013. She started as an online fitness and wellness coach. Priding herself on providing a motivating and supportive environment for everyone she works with, she always focuses on giving the best workout she can for her clients. She has experience teaching multiple group fitness formats and now commits her class time solely to boxing. Jess believes that fitness and nutrition can be life changing and encourages everyone to set goals beyond the scale along their fitness journey. She is also certified in personal training, nutrition and wellness consulting and holistic nutrition. If anyone is ever interested in one on one nutrition counseling or group nutrition workshops feel free to reach out to her.
Athletics and fitness has been apart of Marisas' life since she was 6 years old. She was a competitive swimmer for three years. At the age of nine, she transitioned to soccer and played for her area team, a traveling cup team, PA West Olympic Development team and her high school team. She was awarded a scholarship and played college soccer for Mercyhurst College for four years. Several years ago, she decided to take up running. Since then she has completed 7 marathons, 3 1/2 marathons, 6 Ultra Marathons and a Ragnar. She is a warm friendly person who will greet you with a smile and friendly hello when you walk through the door.
Derek joins the Fit 4 Boxing Club team with a wide range of training experience. An avid boxing enthusiast, Derek competed in the Golden Gloves while attending Robert Morris University as well as having fought in the Toughman tournament years later. He began working with fighters in 2002, and currently trains amateur and professional boxers. His experience also branches out into 1 on 1 and group boxing training at health clubs, and group boxing classes for elementary and secondary education level students at private schools. He emphasizes the importance of technique with each and every session he conducts, and feels there is no better form of cardio workout that can keep the clients engaged for the duration. He earned his MBA degree from Waynesburg University in 2012 and has recently obtained his NASM personal training certification.
Emily has always been active from Soccer in highschool to Running, Coaching Girls on the Run, Tough Mudders, and Co-ED softball as an adult. After moving from NY to PA her activies were lacking.
Three years ago Emily found Fit 4 boxing club and tried the intro class. She was hooked instantly and hasn't looked back. In early 2018, after being diagnosed with Dystonia she realized what a major part of her life and overall health boxing was. Not only was boxing helping her physicall but mentally as well.
Emily was fortunate enough when entering back into the working world after 12 years of being away that a front desk postion was open. Emily has loved every minute she spends behind the desk and all the new people she has gotten to know.
Johnny has always had a passion for personal growth and development. As a driven and dedicated person, Johnny is also passionate about the Fit 4 Boxing Club culture, and he enjoys making his classes as strong and exciting as possible. By striving to make himself a better and stronger person all the time, he is always willing to help others achieve the same goal.
Johnny believes that in order to take care of those around us, we should be at our best. His famous line is, “The strongest people I know are in this gym right now!” Come try one of Johnny’s classes, and he will give his best to everyone who shows up willing to work hard and have some fun!
