Hey Ladies,
My name is Julie Joinette and I am so happy to be joining the Booty Camp Fitness team in Ottawa. I feel that one of the most important things in life is finding a job or career that motivates you. For a long time now I have known that people are my main motivation. My drive comes from helping people achieve their goals. And so I look forward to starting this new job.
I am sure many of you would agree with me when I say, it is so much easier to get fit when working out with a friend or family member. Booty Camp Fitness gives everyone the opportunity to meet with a group of women who are striving for a common goal. It’s like meeting up with your girlfriends to work out. We all know that we sometimes are just ‘not in the mood’ to workout, but the thought of getting to see the girls you may not have seen in a week will be motivation in itself to get you out there. On top of it all….no stuffy gym!
I must say, it was easier to keep in shape when I was in high school. I had heard that when you turned 20, it all starts to catch up to you. I never believed this, until it happened. In my last year of high school I became quite ill and lost a lot of weight. For me this was my changing point. I said to myself, I am going to regain my weight in the healthiest way possible, eating right and hitting the gym. But unfortunately for me, this was going into my early 20s and first year university. I was having a real hard time gaining any weight, so I decided to take a break from the gym and from watching what I ate. So, I gained weight, that’s for sure, too much and then it was really hard to go back to the healthy lifestyle I had been living. By the time I graduated from University I was up to a size 13, the largest I have ever been. I knew I needed to make some changes. I began doing some research on fitness and diet, and going back to the gym. Like everyone else I did encounter some problems and hit a few walls, but with the push from friends and family, I have managed to drop and maintain a size 8/9.
I took my first dance class when I was nine years old and continued to dance throughout high school. I took some dance classes while in University and began teaching dance in 2004. I have trained with a professional Hip Hop Troupe in Ottawa named ‘DRIVEN’. One of our troupe’s mottos is ‘Ignite Your Passion’; this I truly try to live by. If you are passionate about something, go with it, try to live it, and then enjoy it. Fortunately for me I have found full time employment in the dance sector. I specialize in Hip Hop and Musical Theatre. I have a Bachelor of Arts in Drama from the University of Windsor and a hairstyling diploma from Marvel College. I have also received some training in Karate and I have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. I also continue to participate in group sports including hockey and softball.
At the beginning of the 2007 dance season, I was asked to teach a stretch and toning class for competitive dance students and some adults. I realized during this class how different each student was, and so running one program for all of them was not sufficient. In order for each student to gain maximum results I had to start altering the program to match their abilities and flexibility. This is when I realized that I really wanted to learn more about fitness and all it entailed. I decided to take my training and received my Fitness Instructor Specialist Certificate through Can Fit Pro, and am now working towards my Personal Trainer Specialist Certification. I have also received my ‘Zumba’ Certification and have now been teaching for 2 months. Booty Camp seems just the right fit for me.
As a certified Fitness Instructor through Can-Fit Pro I look forward to inspiring you to be the best you can be. I want to help you feel better about yourself, to make you want to push yourself a little harder, to make you smile a little bigger and a lot more often; in other words, to make you feel better than you did before you started.
I'm much more than just an 'employee'. I own the Downtown Ottawa Boot Camp Licensed Location (similar to a franchise). As the owner of my "Licensed Location" I share in the responsibility of creating a valuable experience for you and all my recruits, and am 100% compensated via profit sharing.
Give yourself the gift of having a Downtown Ottawa personal trainer today, by joining MY Downtown Ottawa Boot Camp and receive group Downtown Ottawa personal training at a fraction of the cost. I'm 100% committed to my Licensed Location being fun, you getting super fit, and you meeting some other fabulous women!
