About Amy  |  About Yancy  |  About Desmond  |  About Johanna

Amy Culp, RD, LD is a skilled nutrition expert with a passion for promoting nutrition and wellness. She is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian specializing in eating disorders, sports nutrition, weight management, and “family” nutrition (working with parents to raise healthy and happy eaters). Amy and her husband Yancy (a certified personal trainer) own sCULPture Nutrition & Fitness in Austin, TX, where they often work together to motivate clients to optimize their health and well-being. Amy also works as a sports dietitian for the University of Texas athletes, and as a nutrition consultant and speaker for large and small companies nationwide.

Armed with her wealth of nutrition knowledge, public speaking abilities, and true passion for healthy living, Amy feels she is doing her life’s work when she educates the public on strategies of living a healthy lifestyle. She particularly enjoys utilizing a non-diet approach to help clients make peace with food.
Amy earned her Bachelor of Science with Distinction in Food and Nutrition form San Diego State University, and completed her clinical training at the highly competitive and challenging VA San Diego Healthcare System. While at SDSU, Amy exhibited outstanding leadership abilities as President of the Student Nutrition Organization, was awarded with scholarships and was chosen as the Outstanding California Dietetic Student of the Year for the State of California by the American Dietetic Association. Prior to starting her private practice, Amy worked in nutrition communications on a healthy dining guide, educated the general public as a nutrition education consultant, and worked with the students of the University of Texas to improve their nutrition and wellness.

Amy is an active member of the American, Texas, and Austin dietetic associations, the Sports, Cardiovascular & Wellness Dietetic Practice Group, Nutrition Entrepreneurs Dietetic Practice Group, and Austin Eating Disorders Specialists. In her free time, Amy enjoys cooking, being physically active (like her husband’s boot camps!), relaxing with her family, and eating chocolate (in moderation)!
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Yancy Culp, an ACE (American Council on Exercise) Certified Personal Trainer, is dedicated to empowering clients to fuel their bodies and minds with fitness, in and around the Austin area.  He works with clients of all fitness levels in private, small group, and large group sessions.  No matter what your goals or level of fitness, Yancy leaves no one unchallenged and no one left behind.  He coaches speed, power, agility, reaction, quickness, and strength camps geared for athletes who are serious about moving on to the collegiate or professional level.  His proven techniques are currently used by professional programs all over the country.

If you are looking to improve your level of fitness, health, and lifestyle through exercise, Yancy has programs designed for you.  He specializes in utilizing a wide variety of exercise methods and teaching clients how to enjoy exercise and the wonderful rewards that come from a consistent program.

Yancy’s passion for fitness began in high school, where he actively participated in football, track & field, power lifting, and cross country.  Yancy was a four-year letterman in Track & Field and state medalist at the Texas State Track Meet, three-year letterman and two-way starter on the football field, competed in the State Cross Country Meet, and was a Texoma Powerlifting Champion his senior year of high school.  

Yancy competed at the collegiate level in cross country and track & field while at the University of North Texas.  He then enlisted in the US Navy and his passion for physical fitness continued as he trained fellow service members during preparation for physical readiness tests, was a member of three consecutive flag football championship teams, competed in power lifting, and was an avid rock climber. 

After leaving the Navy, Yancy played Semi-Professional Football for the San Diego North County Cheetahs.  While with the Cheetahs, Yancy had the opportunity to train with professional athletes from various sports who come to San Diego and train during their off-season.   

Desmond Bynum is a young sprinter with tremendous talent and a bright future in track and field.  He brings this talent to the sCULPture team as a coach for the Athlete Training Program.  Desmond’s running times have allowed him to compete against some of the best athletes in the world. After just barely missing the 2004 Olympic Trials, he has remained adamant about making it to the next Olympic Games in 2008.  His focus has only increased and his times continue to drop significantly as each year passes.  The most amazing thing that Desmond possesses is his dedication to the sport.

He has maintained an elite level of performance while working 40 hours a week as an IT Manager, and while also being a graduate student.  If that was not hard enough he still performs at an elite level without a coach or training partners.  This dedication has led to a better understanding of the sport and a thorough knowledge of his capabilities.  As a collegiate athlete he broke many school records and led his team to their first conference championship in school history.  In high school, Desmond began his track career as a high jumper and long jumper.  He then became a walk on freshman when he entered college as a jumper.  He did not start sprinting until the end of his freshman year in college.  This earned him scholarship rewards for his last two years of college eligibility.

Some of Desmond’s career highlights are listed below.

2006: 2006 Outdoor National Qualifier; 100m – 10.33; 200m – 21.0

2005: 2005 Outdoor National Qualifier; 100m -10.21; 200m – 20.83

2004: 2004 Indoor National Qualifier; 55m - 6.12;  60m – 6.58; 100m - 10.21; 200m 20.71; 400 – 45.8

2003: 2003 Outdoor National Qualifier; 100m -10.23; 200m – 20.83

2002: Mid Continent Conference Indoor and Outdoor Athlete of the Year; 60m – 6.76; 100m – 10.46; 200m – 20.94

2001: 100m – 10.58; 200m– 21.12

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Johanna is passionate about having fun while challenging you and expanding your mind. You can rest assured that you will get a well-rounded workout, and leave feeling empowered to accomplish your goals and live a healthier life after working with this enthusiastic instructor. Very early on, Johanna experienced debilitating shoulder pain, and was inspired to train in a more scientific, specific way. She became certified in Massage Therapy, Trigger Point Performance Therapy, Personal Training, Group Fitness,

Performance  Heart Rate Training and Cycling, and has gone on to study a variety of practices over the years, including Triathlons, Yoga and Pilates. Johanna leverages a wide variety of techniques in her training, many of which are her own personal hybrid of several practices. She focuses on balancing muscles for proper biomechanics, and protecting joints to stay active for life.

In addition to coaching boot camps, she provides Swedish, sports and deep tissue massage, and personalized workouts in 1x1 or small group sessions to address specific body strength and flexibility needs, including yoga training, workout efficiency and Trigger Point Performance Therapy, allowing muscles to recover faster and perform better. She also teaches triathlon and sport specific training, specializing in swimming with almost 30 years of experience in recreational and competitive swimming.

Johanna embodies a holistic approach to healthy living, including attention to the connection between the mind and body.  She cares for the whole body, from the skin on the outside, to what we fuel our bodies with on the inside.  Her philosophy is to workout hard, workout smart, and workout safe. For fun (right now), she’s learning how to surf… whenever she can make it to a beach! She enjoys staying engaged in a wide variety of activities.

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