OUR TEAM

YAKIRA APFEL

Yakira Apfel, CFSC, PN1, is an ACE Behavior Change Specialist, Pronatal Pre/Postnatal Specialist, KBCU Level 1 Kettlebell Pro, CFSC Coach, Precision Nutrition Level 1 Coach and FIT’s founder.

She loves music, laughing and creating a space for women to find ownership and strength. Likes to say things such as, “HEELLL YEAHHH” and “LET’S GOOO.”

Yakira lives on Long Island with her husband, kids, a dog and many Amazon boxes.

SARA HONIKMAN

Sara is a National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)-certified Personal Trainer and Women’s Fitness Specialist.

Sara’s love for fitness started in her 20s while training for a half marathon. She then discovered group fitness, where she fell in love with the energy and motivation of the group setting. This love was cemented for Sara after she joined FIT nearly six years ago. She became more serious with her fitness and embraced the idea of fitness as whole-self endeavor. 

As a seasoned teacher in early childhood and elementary, Sara has always been drawn towards education and supporting the people around her. A deep believer in the mental and physical gains that exercise confers, a year ago Sara decided that she wanted to branch out into another classroom – the fitness floor. 

Sara brings boundless energy, love of music and her passion to empower women to every class she teaches, and looks forward to sharing that at FIT!

RACHEL LORBER

Rachel is an ACE-certified GFI who began her fitness journey decades ago, but only learned to love it five short years ago (…at FIT). In the last 6 months, Rachel’s turned her love for push ups, STRENGTH FLOW, and that post-workout high into a profession, where she can now pay that feeling forward to others.

She has dreams of vacationing in Hawaii, Thailand and Japan and nightmares of working out in bright light. Her fitness goals include becoming a better surfer and to never run a marathon.

She brings her sunny attitude, sense of humor, and positive energy everywhere she goes, and she can’t wait to inspire you to do your best to some funk rock and witty jokes. Let’s go!

KAYLA CEDER

Kayla has loved movement and exercise since age 12, and after joining FIT In 2021, she discovered a newfound love for group fitness, strength training and boxing. She’s passionate about movement and helping women discover the thrill of fitness.

Since the beginning of 2023, Kayla has been training and leveling up her boxing skills. She’s all about good vibes and empowering journeys, and is pumped to help you box, dance, and sweat your way to confidence and strength together!

Fun facts: Kayla speaks (almost!) fluent Hebrew. She loves singing off-key. Her favorite thing in the world is going to live concerts, loves cooking but hates doing dishes, and is always down for a good DM.

ADEE BLACK

A professional dancer, movement coach, holotropic breathwork enthusiast, barre instructor, and energetic soul, Adeee Black is as passionate in her fitness as she is in every area of her life. With a desire to help others reach their goals in and out of the gym, Adee will transform your mind, body, and soul with each class you take.

RUCHAMA FARBMAN

Ruchama is an ISSA Certified Personal Trainer and KB Foundations Kettlebell Pro. Her journey into fitness began in her school years, where she thrived on sports teams and in fitness classes. 

Ruchama’s passion morphed into a calling when she discovered FIT; when she saw how movement and fitness helped her become a more self aware, confident, and balanced individual. Motivated to inspire the same change in others, Ruchama got her training certification and began working with women in groups and 1-1.

Ruchama’s infectious smile, positive personality, growth mindset and ability to connect with others are some of the qualities she uses to build those around her.