Who We Are

Bio

Holm "Kweku" Ankoma-Sey has been the owner & founder of Akoma Fitness LLC (aka Akoma FIT) since 2010. With over 20 years experience as a fitness professional and coach, Kweku considers himself a lifelong learner, committed to grounding his practice in recent research and developing new techniques to make fitness as fun as it is effective. Kweku has established a diverse clientele, from corporate executives to young children, high school and collegiate athletes, small business owners, and at-home parents. 

Experience

• General strength and flexibility training
• Sports conditioning and confidence-building
• Fitness habit coaching
• Female-specific fitness
• Active older adult fitness
• Post-rehabilitation
• Design and coordination of corporate fitness programs
• Partnering with medical professionals to support patient recovery and wellness

Certifications

• NASM Certified Personal Trainer 
• NASM Specialist Certifications: Senior Fitness; Corrective Exercise; Mixed Martial Arts Conditioning; Virtual Coaching
• Habit Coach Professional; TRX Instructor; Level 1 Boxing Fitness Coach; Cardio Sport Instructor. 

At Akoma FIT, we customize your fitness program to create a program that works for your lifestyle and your needs. As your fitness partner, we identify your unique needs and clarify your definition of success. We then develop a plan that enables you to achieve your goals, whether that means integrating wellness seamlessly  into your daily life, addressing a specific injury or problem, or creating a culture of wellness throughout your organization. We focus on:

• Connection: Establishing trust to understand our clients' beliefs and behavioral challenges
• Developing identity-based habits: Becoming a stronger, healthier version of yourself
• Client ownership: The ability and confidence to achieve fitness and wellness behaviors
• Accountability: Providing support, follow up, and communication
• Flexible fitness/wellness: Creating strategies that respond to the body’s evolving needs

Core Practices

• Resistance training with equipment or using your own body weight
• Reinforcing the mind to muscle connection by strengthening muscle activation
• Multi-directional body movement using every muscle's full range of motion
• Improving mobility and flexibility
• Injury prevention
• Breathwork awareness
• Make fitness fun

Our Core Values

• We provide safe and effective guidance for all fitness sessions.
• We believe and encourage progress over perfection.
• We believe in a holistic approach to fitness and wellness.
• We believe in educating our clients so they have ownership of their own wellness.
• We are committed to holding our clients accountable to their goals.
• We believe in the value of investing in your wellness for longevity, the same as you invest in your retirement portfolio. 
• We believe that an authentic fitness plan takes into account life’s natural changes.  
• We believe that nurturing health and wellness is a team effort. 

Our clients are:

• Committed to developing day to day fitness strategies and a wellness mindset
• Committed to taking ownership of their fitness and wellness
• Of diverse backgrounds and ages
• Beginners and intermediate levels of fitness as well as seasoned athletes
• Focused on making fitness a lifestyle