TrainYourBodyandMind

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Introduction

Area of Expertise: • Fat Loss • Strategies to increase longevity & lifespan • Injury Prevention/ Pain-Free Strength Training • Strength Training & Powerlifting Competitions • Building Muscle & Bodybuilding Competitions • Corrective Exercise/Mobility/Stability/Balance Training • Endurance Training/Running/Obstacle Course Racing Coach Mel: My passion is to help others live their healthiest, longest, and ultimate best lives; especially those that want to improve their health & fitness to return to their active lifestyle without injuries and being pain free. My name is Coach Mel and I have been a fitness professional since 2015. I am a fitness coach, educator, and a former physical therapy assistant. I am a former powerlifting competitor and a former bodybuilding National Physique Competitor (Women’s Physique). Currently, I am a competitive hybrid athlete in Spartan racing, Obstacle Course Racing, and mountain trail racing. I am a worldwide adventurer & outdoor adventurer; I love to trek the highest mountains and travel throughout the world’s most beautiful places to hike, backpack, and adventure. I was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, California and currently reside in Portland, Oregon. I have a variety of training specializations in coaching strength & endurance training for outdoor fitness enthusiasts, endurance athletes, trail racers, obstacle course racers, hikers, backpackers, runners, bodybuilders, powerlifters, and those desiring to improve their overall fitness & longevity. My focus is on helping others optimize their functional fitness & long-term health; moving pain-free, strategies to increase your healthspan, creating a healthy relationship with food & feeling confident in your own body, increasing mobility, improving posture & overall health, guiding through nutritional planning, injury prevention, and even beyond to training the high-performing athlete. My approach is scientific through exercise science and nutrition to become more aligned with the body and mind to move better, feel better, and perform better in and outside the gym and fitness. I love empowering others and positively inspiring the world to accomplish their health & fitness goals, becoming confident, strong, focusing on living longer & healthier, becoming the absolute best version of their true selves throughout living a healthy and fit lifestyle and making gains in all areas of life! If you are seriously ready to make a change and/or inquire about 1-1 coaching virtually, online customized programs via my fitness app, or in-home in-person personal training.

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Hired 8 times

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2 employees

7 years in business

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This pro accepts payments via Cash, Check, Credit card, Square cash app, Venmo, and Zelle.

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2023

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Customers rated this pro highly for value, work quality, and professionalism.

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4 reviews

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Amira S.

Feb 14, 2024

Hired on Thumbtack

I can't even express the gratitude for Coach Mel! If I could hire her year round I would. She was knowledgeable about my physical needs, having had double hip surgery, Sciatica, arthritis. She taught me movements that worked with my physical pain and she challenged me to move my body in ways I didn't think I could. You know your doing things well when your pushing yourself and showing the ugly face and Glace up to see Coach Mel's Evil 😈 grin 😁. Best paid trainer experience I've ever had!

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Anne Marie W.

Apr 28, 2023

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I started training with Coach Mel 1 month ago, and I can barely believe the progress I've made because of Mel's training program. From the end of 2021 to the beginning of this year, I suffered from a series of mysterious intestinal health issues and hospital stays, had diagnostic laparoscopy which did not reveal any answers, and spent a week in the hospital from a routine procedure that caused severe pancreatitis and left me physically depleted and doubled over in posture for over a month. After starting pelvic floor physical therapy recommended by my surgeon to help retrain my muscles to support digestion, I decided to get some support with working out - I have always been a fairly active person, but a year of health problems had left me feeling like a stranger in my own body and muscularly weak and uncoordinated. My intake interview with Mel lasted an hour and a half and she asked every question and detail about my recent health struggles as well as my personal goals. She was so easy to talk to and patient as I expressed everything that had been going on with me, which was difficult because I had still not fully processed everything. Mel and I started working together twice I week, and after each session, I noticed my posture and the unevenness I was experiencing getting better. My digestion improved and my weak muscles looked toned and strong again. She had so perfectly developed a program tailored to my needs and it showed--not just to me but to others as well. Last week I saw my PT and she did an exam. She told me that she didn't need to see me again for a month because all of the muscles she was worried about appeared strong and coordinated and my digestive symptoms were exponentially better. So not only do I notice how well Mel's program has worked for my body and specific issues, but a medical professional confirmed that Coach Mel knows what she is doing!!! I would recommend Coach Mel to everybody looking for a trainer, but especially to those with specific physical issues or goals, as it has become clear that Mel is an absolute strategist and problem solver for those with physical issues to address!

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Hannah M.

2 days ago

Mel helped me prepare for my first WNBF bodybuilding competition! She was very knowledgeable and helpful with everything from training programs, diet, getting a suit, how to sign up, etc. and was able to contact the WNBF for me with any questions. I worked with Mel during my off season first where we bulked for about 3 months and I definitely saw a noticeable difference of muscle mass gained in just a short amount of time. I also worked with Mel during my cut and competition prep and was able to get very lean and won my WNBF pro card!! Thank you for all your help Mel!!

Angela H.

Jan 11, 2023

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Specialties: Fat-loss Building Muscle Strength Training Outdoor Fitness/ Obstacle Course Racing Hiking Fitness/Backpacking Running Corrective Posture and Corrective Exercise Specialist Improve Mobility, Flexibility, Stability Pre and Post Injury Rehabilitation Powerlifting Competitions Bodybuilding/Physique Competitions/Achieving Aesthetics Athletic Performance Nutritional Planning Functional Fitness and Overall Health Metabolic/HIIT Training Manual/Assistive Stretching Percussive Massage Gun Therapy Group Training Goal Setting

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