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Rochelle Rice

President

In Fitness & In Health (1989-present), dedicated to empowering women of size by connecting the body, the mind, and the heart through movement and breath.

Rochelle Rice is a nationally recognized speaker, author, and educator.

Over the past decade, Rochelle has worked with a diverse range of health professionals and individuals from across the nation to create an encompassing approach to well-being that has enhanced the lives and health of women of size. She has conducted workshops and presentations at corporate events nationwide.

From 1989-2006, Rochelle owned and operated the In Fitness & In Health Wellness Center for plus-size women, located in midtown Manhattan.

Author

Real Fitness for Real Women: A Unique Workout Program for the Plus-Size Woman (Warner, 2001)
The Overweight Client: Size-Sensitive Training, Programs and Environments (Desert Southwest Fitness, Inc., 2008)

Professional Speaking

DIVABETIC, Los Angeles, CA, June 2008

The Juilliard School, New York, NY, May 2008

DIVABETIC, Atlanta, GA, April 2008

DIVABETIC, Philadelphia, PA, March 2008

DIVABETIC, New York, NY, March 2008

UMASS Metro Alumni Association, New York, NY, February 2008

IDEA Personal Trainer Institute, Orlando, FL, October 2007

Keweenaw Memorial Women's Conference, Keweenaw, MI, October 2007

American College of Sports Medicine, Dallas, TX, March 2007

Medical Fitness Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV, November 2006

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association Conference, Denver, CO, September 2006

WAKE AHEC, Medical Fitness Facility, Raleigh, NC, August 2006

IDEA World Convention, Las Vegas, NV, July 2006

Inner IDEA Conference, Las, Vegas, NV, July 2006

Nutritional Sciences of Cornell University, New York, NY, May 2006

The Vitamin Shoppe Corporate, North Bergen, NJ, May 2006

IDEA Fitness Fusion, Chicago, IL, April 2006

Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, New York, NY, April 2006

Dance Center Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, March 2006

Medical Fitness Association Conference, Orlando, FL, October 2005

IDEA World Conference, Las Vegas, NV, July 2005

NYU Neonatology Associates, New York, NY, June 2005

Geisinger Health Plan, Danville, PA, June 2005

American Cancer Society, Brooklyn, NY, June 2005

V-Day/Love Your Tree, New York, NY, January 2005

Renfrew Center Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, November 2004

Valley Hospital Women's Health Fair, Wasilla, AK, October 2004

IDEA Personal Trainer Summit, New York, NY, October 2004

Medical Fitness Association Conference, Orlando, FL, October 2004

University of MA Dance Department, Amherst, MA, April 2004

SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, March 2004

New York Electrolysis Association, Atlantic City, NJ, March 2004

New York Electrolysis Association, New York, NY, January 2004

Long Island University Student Nurses Association, NY, December 2003

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association Conference, Rye, NY, October 2004

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association Conference, Atlanta, GA, October 2003

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association Conference, Minneapolis, MN, May 2002

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA, May 2001

American Infertility Association, New York, NY, April 2003

American Infertility Association, New York, NY, April 2002

American Infertility Association, New York, NY, April 2001

Jewish Community Center, New York, NY, May 2003

Dress For Success, New York, NY, March 2003

National and Local Television Appearances

CBS News, June 2008
CBS The Sunday Morning Early Show, January 2005
ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, May 2004
NBC Evening News, March 2004
Fox 5 Network News, November 2003
Good Day New York, March, 2003
CBS / The Early Show, January 2002
Fox 5 Network News, March 2001
CBS / The Early Show, January 2001

Education

Somatic Experience Training, New York, NY
Somatic Experience Training, Advanced - completed February 2008
Somatic Experience Training, Intermediate - completed February 2007
Somatic Experience Training, Beginner, completed April 2006

CHRIS Technique, Hamburg, Germany
Cellular Harmonizing Regenerative Integration System.
The union of the physical body and the energy body.
Master Class, 2007
Advanced Training, 2003
Basic Training, 2002

World Health and Healing Collaborative, New York, NY
Certified Health Coach, October 2001.

New York University, New York, NY
MA from Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Specialized in creating her Plus-Size Exercise program 1998.

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
BFA in Dance, 1983.

Published /Website Articles

IDEA Fitness Journal, October 2007
Oxygen.com, July 2007
ACSM Journal, February 2007
IDEA Fitness Journal, January 2007
IDEA Fitness Journal ,June 2005
RochelleRice.com Blog since September 2006
PCOSupport.org Guest writer
NAAFA.org Guest writer

Featured Print

LA Times Health Section, September 2005
NY Times Style Section, June 23, 2005
IDEA Fitness Journal, June 2005
Time Magazine, June 6, 2005
The New York Sun, NY, December 13, 2004
The Star Ledger, NJ, November 9, 2004
Fit Magazine, June 2001
Walking Magazine, July/August 2001
Family Circle, Summer 2001
IHRSA's CBI, October 2000
Consumer Reports on Health, September 2000

Advisory Boards

Chair, Dance Alumni Network, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts since 2001.

The Dean's Advisory Board for the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts since 2004.

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association (PCOSA) Board of Advisors since 2005.

National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance - former Board Member.

Memberships

Toastmasters International since 2001

National Speakers Association since 2003
NSA-NYC Chapter since 2008

IDEA - The Health Professionals Resource since 1986
Medical Fitness Association since 2006
American College of Sports Medicine since 2008

National Association for the Advancement of Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) since 1992
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association (PCOSA) since 2001
UMASS Alumni Association since 2008