Kathy McIsaac - Owner/Operator

Kathy is the owner of A2K Fitworks. The Manitoba Fitness Council's 2007 Fitness Leader of the Year, Kathy holds certification in Group exercise, Pilates, Aqua, Resistance and Maureen Rae's Yoga. She is also holds a membership and certification with Can Fit Pro and holds a Personal Training Certification with CSEP, a National organization for Exercise Science. Kathy's background in radio and musical theatre and dance gives her dynamic teaching skills. She is very thankful and appreciative to be able to share her passion for fitness with many dedicated participants who have been with her for more then 8 years and have supported her ambition to provide a beautiful friendly workout studio for those who need to have fun working out!

 Lorraine Marek - Instructor

Lorraine has been a fitness instructor for 15 years specializing in older adults. She has been teaching for A2K Fitworks as well as the City of Winnipeg, Age & Opportunity and St. James Assiniboia Seniors Centre. She is certified with the MFC and a member of CanFitPro. Her summer project is getting certified in Spencer Pilates & Sports Yoga which will enable her to teach more core-based classes in the fall.
"For me teaching fitness is not a career or a job but my passion and I can?t imagine doing anything else with the rest of my life."

 Kristy Loewen - Food Coach / Fitness Instructor

Philosophy

My philosophy is quite simple. Moderation. As a Food Coach and Fitness Instructor, I believe that creating a healthy lifestyle is more important than immediate results. Immediate results are easy to get but hard to maintain. I believe in setting attainable goals meant to be completed within a realistic time frame. As a Food Coach I believe in having and enjoying everything in moderation. You can still be healthy and have your favourite treat. As a Fitness Instructor I think that finding a workout that motivates and challenges you is a key to success. If you can find something you enjoy, it doesn't feel like work and you find yourself doing it just to have fun or to give your mood a lift. Enjoy life and everything it has to offer... in moderation.

Client Base of Class Style
Kristy's strengths lay in providing a class that flows from one exercise into another without wasting much time. She likes to work as many muscles at once as possible so you burn the most calories in the shortest period of time. She like to address groups as a whole and through encouragement and humour pushes you to your limit.

Experience & Credentials
Kristy has her Bachelor's Degree in Human Nutritional Sciences
Owner & Operator of Food Coach where she provides Nutrition Counselling
MFC Certified Aquatic and Group Instructor
Stott Pilates Mat Instructor
Hatha Yoga Instructor
Has been teaching fitness classes since 2005

Personal Interests
*Aerobics * Reading * Walking * Tennis * Learning new things * My kittie * Baking * Furthering my education * Being anywhere outside of a city * Playing with my nieces * Travelling with my husband * Reading up on the most current nutrition research *

 Jillian Einarson - Instructor

Jill is passionate about travel, nature, food, nutrition, movement and breath. She has been practicing yoga for over ten years, which has been her constant anchor throughout the ebbs and flows of life. She is trained in and teaches a variety of styles of yoga including hatha, power flow, yin, Moksha and prana vinyasa flow. Jill completed her Bachelors of Science in Human Nutritional Sciences at the University of Manitoba in 2006 and is currently working towards completing her Masters of Science in this field. Jill promotes a holistic approach to living well and good health. She aspires to communicate to her students that yoga is a practice for everyone that leads to personal evolution and ultimately freedom.

 Fabiana Martens - Instructor

I started practicing yoga in 2000, when I was pregnant with my youngest son. I joined a few 10-week sessions after that, but it wasn't until 2004 when I was diagnosed with MS that I decided to take my health and well being a little more seriously. Since then I had committed to 3, 40-day Power Yoga challenges that allowed me to practice yoga for 40 consecutive days. It was in this first 40 days that I realized and reaped the benefits of yoga. I became healthy, fit and well-balanced in my busy life. In 2005, my instructor was leaving and moving up north with her husband. I was devastated, wondering how I was going to move on without my new lifestyles, my motivator, and my guru... when she suggested that I become certified. So in 2005, I was certified as a level 1 Yoga instructor. My goal was not only to continue on my healthy and balanced lifestyle, but to also pass this on to others. To help others achieve and reap the many benefits of yoga. to build strength, stamina and flexibility thru the practice of yoga and to help one discover their inner self. In yoga, we focus on achieving that "final pose", let me help you experience the path to get there

EXPERIENCE AND CREDIENTIALS
Certified Yoga Instructor - Level 1 - Fruition Body, Mind & Spirit
Weekend workshop hosted by Mitchel Bleier (http://www.mbyoga.com/)
Weekend workshop hosted by Desiree Rumbaugh (http://www.desireerumbaugh.com/)
Weekend workshop hosted by Christina Sell (http://www.christinasell.com/)
Emergency First Aid & CPR
Tapas Acupressure Therapist (http://www.tatlife.com/)
Second Degree Usui Reiki Therapist

PERSONAL INTERESTS
*walking my two American Bulldogs Bella & Major *spending time and hanging out with my three kids Ahnissa, Nayt & Zachary *practicing yoga * self-healing with Reiki * travel

 Jordan Adam - Instructor

Philosophy
"Get in and get out" we all want to be healthy and enjoy fitness but there are many things in life we also want to enjoy we don't need to be confined to a gym 3 hours a day everyday. I like to make challenging fun workouts that maximize time efficiency to give you the results you want without having to sacrifice too much time for other things you enjoy in life.

Class Style
Circuit Training combining conditioning and weight trainings into one good work out. Keep you sweating and breathing heavy, when you are finished the class you will feel like you accomplished something meaningful.

Credentials
Bachelor of Kinesiology
Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology - Certified Personal Trainer
Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology - Certified Exercise Physiologist
National Strength and Conditioning Society - Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
CPR/First aid