About BDHQ
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Michele ShorterMichele is the driving force behind Body Dynamics and the Bootcamp fitness training program. She has been In the fitness industry for over 15 years, and certified personal trainer with American Council of Exercise (ACE), BCRPA Strength and Group Trainer and as a Sports Nutrition Specialist. In 1997 she created Body Dynamics Bootcamp - Victoria's first Bootcamp-style fitness program. She is certified in pre and post-natal fitness and developed Victoria's first "Baby Bootcamp" - a program dedicated solely to new moms, or soon-to-be moms. |
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Lovisa AndersonLovisa has been a trainer with BDHQ since 2001. As a Personal Trainer and Lululemon Ambassador, Lovisa teaches BDHQ's Bootcamps, studio classes and does one-on-one training. Growing up she was super active and always had a passion for fitness and health and has continued to live actively through teaching this way of life to others. Her life has revolved around fitness for so many years that doing anything other than being active just seemed wasteful. “I believe you should break a sweat EVERYDAY!” |
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James BeckerleyJames is a Russian Kettlebell Challenge Certified Instructor and American Kettlebell Club Coach as well as a BCRPA certified Personal Trainer. After 15 years of playing hockey, including 3 at the Junior ‘A’ level, James’s got into Kettlebell training, and this guy seriously practices what he preaches! James works with BDHQ clients one-on-one as well as leads many of our group classes. |
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Steve EricksonSteve graduated from his fitness training program in 1994 before embarking on what is now a 16 year career in the fitness industry. He has spent much of that time teaching aerobics, ski fit, body-sculpting and Bootcamp classes throughout the Victoria area. Steve has been with Body Dynamics, teaching Bootcamp for the past 7 years, and our clients frequently say how they are highly motivated by Steve's upbeat attitude and attention to their individual needs. |
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Christina VerhagenHaving been born into an active, albeit competitive family, Christina has always led an active lifestyle. Participating in many sports teams, including track and field, and later taking a strength and training class in her senior year of highschool, fitness has always been a way for her to remain healthy and a subject in which she is always seeking to learn more. After participating with Body Dynamics Bootcamp for nearly 2 years, she has joined the personal trainers in helping bring everyone to supreme physical health through vigorous workouts and healthy eating lifestyles. |
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Wendy ZiebartWendy’s considerable accomplishments are rooted in the fact that she never stands still or settles for second best. Wendy was introduced to her first gym and dumbbells at the young age of 16, and 20 years later with 2 girls of her own, she has maintained her health by simply continuing to push, pull and lift in the gym and outdoors. Wendy is a BCRPA certified Personal Trainer and is new to the fitness industry, yet brings 20 years of knowledge, energy and drive to her clients and the people around her. Being a mother of two busy girls, Wendy believes physical activity should be a priority for everyone to enable people to live life to its fullest potential. |
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Adrien TrumpyAdrien has had the opportunity to take many different paths in her life…whether it’s playing for a NCAA field hockey team at Missouri State University or backpacking somewhere across the world, one thing always remains consistent: her desire to move! Hiking island mountains in Fiji, mountain biking in Thailand or playing club field hockey here in Victoria, Adrien always finds a way to make what she’s doing both active and fun. Adrien joins BDHQ as a BCRPA certified Personal Trainer. She loves to challenge people to do new things because she believes that people have the ability to do anything they want to do, they sometimes just need a little push. |
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Melissa RidgewayFitness has always been an important aspect of Melissa's life. Her love for health and fitness first started when she began competitively running at the age of 13. From then onwards she was hooked - whether it was running, biking, snow boarding, rock climbing, yoga or weights. Melissa is also an Acupuncturist and practitioner of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine). She has extensive knowledge in naturopathic medicine and organic nutrition. |
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DJ Anger (Angus Kant)BDHQ is proud to have DJ ANGER, Victoria's best party DJ to spin tunes live at our weekend Drill classes (with surprise sets from the rest of his Party People Sound Solutions crew - DJ Jetts and DJ Surgery). Angus's beats will make your hardest workout of the week fly by.www.partypeopless.com |
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Jennifer HansonJenn has always loved fitness and athletics, particularly the competitive aspect. Jenn was a nationally ranked player for years, went on to attend college in Montana on a tennis scholarship, and taught for years after that. She is a BCRPA certified Personal Trainer who loves nothing more than a great workout and the benefits of enjoying a healthy lifestyle. Jenn lives her life embracing a philosophy similar to that at BDHQ: to work as hard as she can every day to reach a full fitness potential. |
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Dawn HartshorneDawn has been a BCRPA Certified Group Fitness Instructor since 1995 and graduated the professional Dance Program at Grant MacEwan College in 2004 focusing on various dance techniques, Kinesiology, Pilates, body awareness, anatomy, and injury prevention. She strives to keep her participants educated, inspired and motivated to keep coming back for more. Dawn’s high energy teaching style will get you on track and get you seeing the results that you deserve! |
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Carly MorrisonCarly has always been passionate about health and fitness, having tried everything from running, rowing, dance, to yoga and kickboxing. She has volunteered in the rehabilitation and health industry as well as completed her Bachelors Degree in Kinesiology at the University of Calgary and is BCRPA certified. Carly strongly believes that fitness can be incorporated into daily life and through hard work, dedication, and fun you can reach all of your health and fitness goals. "The closest relationship that you will ever have will be with your own body, so treat it well!" |
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Bio for Jes Beckerley coming soon.... |
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Melissa EdwardsAs a certified BCRPA trainer, Melissa has had a life long passion for fitness and making it fun for adults and kids alike. She likes to keep busy by participating in BDHQ classes, running (has run 2 full marathons and 5 half marathons), hot yoga, tennis, basketball and basically any sport out there. Melissa is also a teacher during the school year and works part time for the Ministry of Forest Wildfire Management branch. A busy gal for sure. She played basketball on the youth national team and at North Idaho College and UVIC. Her biggest fitness accomplishment is her walk down Vancouver Island, all 506km of it, in 10 days to raise money for a charity she started called Journey of Hope for the BC Cancer Foundation. She has raised $60,000 to date. |
