AAF Team

Together, the AAF team, Melanie and David Riley, have 45+ years of training experience. They work with clients to achieve the following: increasing strength and endurance, dietary support, weight loss and body re-composition, sports conditioning, and rehabilitation from injury and/or surgery and subsequent strengthening protocols for recovery. Melanie and David also coach competitors in women’s figure and bikini and Men’s Physique and Bodybuilding.

All Attitude Fitness provides a complimentary consultation to every prospective client; this includes fitness and postural assessments, total body measurements, BF% determination via Lange Calipers and a dietary review.

Melanie and David are both Certified Muscle Activation Technique™ (MAT) Specialists. MAT is a revolutionary way to enhance and improve neuronal input to a muscle that has suffered decreased output due to stress (trauma, physical, chemical and structural dysfunction). MAT is non-invasive and allows for a subsequent ability to “activate” muscles via stimulation of soft tissue at the origin and insertion points of the muscle. Clients who use Muscle Activation Techniques as a part of AAF services enjoy decreased pain and tightness, increased range of motion and overall better mobility.

Melanie and David both train at the Wellness Center in Tupelo, Mississippi which is associated with the North Mississippi Medical Center (NMMC). The NMMC Wellness Center is the most comprehensive health and fitness facility in north Mississippi and is a nationally recognized Exercise Is Medicine (EIM) wellness-based facility. Melanie and David offer fee-based personal training to members of the Wellness Center. If you have no interest in joining the Wellness Center, non-Members have the option to pay a $5 fee for each private training session that they set up with either David or Melanie.

Meet the Trainers

Trainer Melanie St. John Riley

Melanie St. John Riley

Melanie was born in Columbus, Ohio and is a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM-CPT). She has also earned her Corrective Exercise Specialization (CES), and is a Certified Fitness Nutrition Specialist (FNS) through NASM.

Melanie holds a master’s degree in biology from the University of Houston, numerous personal training certifications, and she earned her World Natural Bodybuilding Federation (WNBF) Pro Card in the Masters Figure category in 2015. Melanie’s yoga training was under Becky Morrissey, ERYT500 in Ohio and holds a 200RYT certificate. She is a registered yoga instructor through The Yoga Alliance. Melanie firmly believes that the yoga education she invested in and her personal yoga practice enhances and further benefits her clients in their quest for excellent fitness through increased flexibility, mobility and increased sense of wellbeing.

Spending time with family is paramount for Melanie. She loves to lift weights and practice yoga. She is ever trying new twists on her favorite recipes to make them healthier and shares these with her clients and friends. She also loves to bake; again using protein powders and different healthier ingredients to help her clients achieve their fitness goals in the face of less than healthy habits and food addictions. Mel loves to spend time with their children and grandchildren and with David; together, updating their home and going hunting and fishing.

Trainer David Riley

David Riley

David was born in Tupelo, Mississippi and is a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Federation of Personal Trainers (NFPT). David has been a personal trainer for over 35 years. David has also held certifications with ACE, AFAA and ESA. He conducts one-on-one, semi-private and group training. David offers specialized pre- and post-adolescent youth training and works with many high school athletes, giving them a competitive edge as they enter college sports.

A competitive bodybuilder himself, David has trained several national level bodybuilders and figure competitors. David’s passion, knowledge, and experience continues to prove as an asset as he helps his clients achieve health and fitness goals.

David holds an associate’s degree from Itawamba Community College along with numerous personal training certifications. After serving 30 years at the Tupelo Fire Department during which David assisted and upgraded the department’s fitness protocols and standards, he retired as a Captain. David is also a nationally certified emergency medical technician.

David is an avid reader who enjoys hunting, fishing and spending time with his family. David is the grill master at the Riley home. He enjoys trying new recipes as he prepares the wild game he has harvested. He loves using his smoker and grill to do so! Both David and Melanie are active members of The Orchard church.