Meet Our Team
Dave Scalo
Owner
I believe, no matter what you do in life, nothing is more important than your health. Being a personal trainer with 9 years experience has served to confirm this statement as I’ve trained a variety of age groups and helped numerous clients with health-related issues. I stress the value of following through on your fitness goals, and when clients do, unbelievable changes occur. I’m passionate about my role in the improvement of client’s lives and am always eager to assist them make changes for the best.
Noni Bell
Manager
Noni has worked in the fitness industry for over 8 years, realizing her passion for fitness at the young age of 18 when she worked the front desk at a local gym. She continued by working in physical therapists’ offices to gain increased knowledge of the body, which led to her becoming a certified Personal Trainer. Noni has numerous clients and also teaches boot camps in various gym locations. She loves assisting clients in achieving fitness goals and is hyper-focused on helping prevent injuries. She will be a great resource for boot campers seeking modifications, especially relating to old and current injuries. When Noni isn’t training or teaching boot camp she LOVES to power lift and was a competitor in her first Cross Fit competition last year!
Rachel Baker
Trainer
I have been a personal trainer for seven years and instructor at HIT Boot Camp for 9 years and it’s here I combine my love of teaching with my love of health and fitness. Starting out as classroom teacher for 17 years, with a background in dyslexics and other learning differences, I then moved to private tutoring. Growing up I was a competitive gymnast, and rehab after my first ACL in high school introduced me to the weight room. Five ACL’s and 22 years later I gave bodybuilding a try and now I am a 2x IFPA World Figure Champion and professional IFBB women’s physique competitor. In 2015 I competed in the Olympia in Las Vegas; an accomplishment beyond my wildest dreams. I consider myself testament to the notion that Rome wasn’t built in a day, and I respect clients who show up and work because each day another brick is laid.
Travis Davidson
Trainer
Wellness became Travis' full time passion in late 2017. He's a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. He's currently pursuing his Nutritional (2/2020) and Weight loss Specialist (5/2020) certifications. Travis loves helping people reach new levels in self-efficacy and believes in a holistic and scientific approach to well-being. H.I.T. Timonium has been a perfect fit for his straightforward and charming personality. Travis has one son, age 9, one grandmother age 94 and one amazing girlfriend. He enjoys the outdoors and pushing himself to new levels. He's currently enrolled for a half marathon in the spring and a full marathon in the winter.
J.D. Carr
Trainer
JD is a certified personal trainer through NSCA and has a degree in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University. A lifelong student of Martial Arts, JD is a 3rd Degree black belt in Tien Shan Pai Kung Fu. He has been a Senior Instructor at U.S. Martial Arts Academy since 2004, working with a variety of ages and skill sets. In 2014 he was awarded teacher of the year by the U.S. Kuo Shu Federation. Along with his work at HIT Boot Camp and the U.S. Martial Arts Academy JD is also at Fitness Coach at Unboxed. Outside of training, JD enjoys riding his motorcycle to nowhere in particular, keeping up to date with cheesy movies, target shooting, practicing his own martial arts skills, and discovering new and fun ways to improve his coaching method.
Carole Cory
Trainer
I emerged on the scene circa 1970 in New Hampshire and after a brief stint there followed by another in Virginia my parents landed us back in Maryland where they met. I’ve been in MD ever since. For most of those years, they were in Montgomery County where I raised my two kids, Cory and Brad, now 30 and 29 respectively. I worked for 26 plus years on Capitol Hill specifically the U.S. Senate where I had the good fortune to work for two of the most dedicated public servants the institution has known, the late, great Paul Wellstone from Minnesota, and Patty Murray from Washington. In 2011, I moved to Charm City and tried HIT Boot Camp on a Groupon. I was hooked from the get go. I liked it so much I got my personal training certification through NASM and started training on the side initially thinking I might like to own and run a HIT Boot Camp myself. Another calling spoke to me, however, and I went back to school to get a degree in applied science and training in massage therapy. In 2016, I retired from the Senate, started my second career as a licensed massage therapist opening my own business, Bmore Skybound Massage. I love my work and enjoy my Tuesdays “off” running classes at HIT with the community of folks that have become my family here in Baltimore.
Barb Yingling
Trainer
Barb has been in the fitness industry for 20+ years and holds certifications in: Primary Group Exercise, BODYPUMP, BODYFLOW, BODYSTEP, CxWorks, Spinning, Spin Power, and Beyond Barre. Barbs passion is in motivating her participants to work hard, see results, and to have them leave feeling unstoppable and always wanting to come back for more. Barb grew up in Timonium, graduated from Villa Julie College with a bachelors in business and has 3 beautiful children Nathaniel, Samantha and Abigail. Although Barb has worked out her entire adult life, She is new to HIT Bootcamp. She started taking classes in October 2019 and has never felt better. Barb is stronger than she has ever been before and feels incredible. Barb says: the members at HIT Bootcamp are so dedicated and hard working. They motivate me to push myself in every HIT class and truly make me feel like I am part of the family.