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Jaki Johnson

In middle school recess was Jaki Johnson’s favorite subject.  The sound of the bell resonating through the hallway sent excitement through her body like an electric jolt.  Once her saddle shoes hit the blacktop, she was queen.  She could run, jump, and throw just as well as the squeaky-voiced boys in her 6^th grade class.   When she entered high school, she tried out for Varsity cross-country, track and field, swimming, and field hockey and made each team. 

Upon graduation in May 2003, she was awarded the Most Promising Artist award to attend the University of the Arts in Philadelphia for communications.  Jaki left behind all her ribbons, medals, and awards pinned on her wall in Baltimore, MD, packed up her father’s red 1957 Chevy pickup truck, and headed for Philly.  It was a hard transition from being well-known for speed to not being known at all.  UArts did not have track and field or swimming.  Instead there were try outs for the fencing and dodge ball team.   Toward the end of her first semester, Jaki shocked everyone by enlisting into the PA Army National Guard as a Chemical Specialist.  The following summer she was in Ft.  Leonard Wood, MO with drill sergeants in her face, learning hand-to-hand, and dreaming of becoming a drill sergeant herself.  The summer of 2005 Jaki felt she was called to do the Lord’s work and found a job in the military that would enable her to do so.   She changed her MOS (military occupation specialty) to Chaplain’s Assistant and she was sent to Ft.  Jackson, SC to complete her training and was assigned as Student First Sergeant.  This opportunity to be Student First Sergeant changed Jaki to be an active listener, take direction, and turn into a more focused and determined soldier.   She applied these new traits to her civilian life: never leaving an assignment undone, punctuality, and organization.  In October 2006, Jaki applied to Bally Total Fitness as a personal trainer.  She used the skills and effective techniques she learned through the military on her clients.  She loved to make her clients sweat and was affectionately named “MYS Jaki” (Make You Sweat.) During her time there, she became interested in taking courses in becoming an aerobic instructor and teaching boot camp classes. 

She wants to take her enthusiasm for sports, training, and education and influence the student-athletes to reach beyond the standard and strive for perfection.  Jaki believes that there is no good training without hard-fun training.  Her military background has taught her to pay very close attention to detail and that teamwork is the key to success.  Jaki owes a lot of her character development to the military and is currently training to become Master Fitness Trainer for her unit.  The 4-week course in Ft.  Benning, GA will focus on running, endurance, flexibility, and how to decrease the chance of injury doing military tasks.  She feels that she is up for the challenge and is looking very forward to it. 

Jaki has a soft spot for animals and says that if she had not wanted to become a writer, she would have gone to the University of Florida for veterinary medicine.  Instead, she has decided that after graduating from college she will start her own doggie day care center in Philly.  Her idea is to take her two loves, animals and fitness, and focus on the overweight pets in Philly.  She plans to team up with veterinarians in the area and help slim down their overweight clients.  Of course she plans to get married, have a mini-van full of sport-loving kids, and manage her doggie fitness club. 

Philadelphia Sports Training Center is pleased to welcome Jaki into sports management and the sports industry as a career path for humans or for animals.  She is a very warm, fun, and energetic person that will provide PSTC with the support it needs to reach out to all student-athletes that need a little inspiration from someone that is compassionate and understanding about their dreams, goals, and needs.

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