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Hi! I'm Jodi, founder of Fit with JMK!

I have a passion for training people that want to rediscover how to move in a way that is best suited to them in their current situation. I want my clientele to feel empowered with the knowledge to discover their strength, power and mobility through controlled movement patterns keeping in mind breath, core and joint health.

 

My passion as a personal trainer stemmed from my own struggles recovering from an L1 vertebra burst compression fracture that caused 70 percent spinal cord compression and two back surgeries. Looking back, I realize how little I knew about recovering from such a traumatic injury. I thought I was training correctly post injury, thinking I was getting stronger, until my left SI joint gave way because of wear and tear to the joint from not optimally controlling my movements.

 

Frustrated and in pain, I surrounded myself with a fabulous rehab team, unknowingly sparking my journey to career in the health industry.  The knowledge from these amazing professionals and my personal struggles through the rehab process grew an immense desire to help show others how to discover their own strength.

 

With a continual thirst for knowledge on how the human body responses to movement forces, I was initially certified by CanFit Pro as both a Personal Training Specialist and Pre and Post Natal Fitness Instructor. Eventually, I went on to complete my diploma as a Personal Fitness Trainer at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology.  

Over the years, I have taken a host of other courses and workshops!

A complete listing of my education can be found below. Highlights include:

    Strength training from the inside out has enables me to live a relatively pain free life and blossomed my love for the human body and how it can heal when given the right tools. 

     

    Even after my back injury, I carried my two beautiful babies; one born by c-section and the other by VBAC delivery.

     

    I am believer that “Yes you can” accomplish your goals and I am there to help you along the way.

     

    Because of this journey, Fit with JMK opened in 2015.

    Professional Development Summary for Jodi Hesse

    Fit with JMK Ltd.

     

    Graduated Personal Fitness Trainer through NAIT, Edmonton

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    Prior to her NAIT diploma, Jodi was a Canfit Pro Member with my Canfit Pro Personal Training Specialist (PTS) since April 2009 and Pro Pre/Post Natal Fitness Speciation since November 2014

     

    Annual re-certification of CPR Level C – AED

    2020

    • TRX Suspension Training Course: Live Virtual Edition, May 8, 2020

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    2019

    • Personal Fitness Trainer diploma, NAIT Graduate with Honors 

    • McGill Method Level 1, Foundation for the pain-free back – November 14 & 15, 2019

    • McGill Method Level 2, Assessment: Converging on a precise diagnosis – November 16, 2019

    • McGill Method Level 3, High-Performance Training: Progressing backs from pain to performance, November 17, 2019

    • Evolve Canadian Strength Symposium, September 14 & 15, 2019

    • Even More Complete Shoulder and Hip Workshop, Dean Somerset and Tony Gentilcore,  May 25 & 26, 2019

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    2018

    • Certification of Attendance for Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization According to Kolår – A Developmental Kinesiology Approach, Rehabilitation Prague School, Calgary.  Oct 12-14, 2018

    • L2 Fitness Summit, Sept 29 & 30, 2018

    • Strength Therapist Workshop with Dean Somerset and Dr. Sam Spinelli, May 19, 2018

    • Corrective Exercise Specialist Certification, National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) May 2018

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    2017

    • Prepair2Perform with Chad Benson, Sept 29, 2017

    • Can Fit Pro Annual Conference, Edmonton, September 30, 2017

    • L2 Fitness Summit, September 16 & 17, 2019

    • Certified Functional Range Conditioning (FRC) Mobility Specialist with Dr. Andreo Spina, Functional Anatomy Seminars, Feb 4 & 5, 2017

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    2016

    • Can Fit Pro Annual Conference, Calgary, 2016

    • Bullet Proof your Core and Pelvic Floor Course, Anthony Lo April 16, 2016

    • Opened my private studio – Fit with JMK Ltd. March 2016

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    Prior to opening Fit with JMK (2009 to 2015)

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    • Complete Shoulder & Hip workshop with Dean Somerset & Tony Gentilcore, June 6 (Hips) & Aug 22 (Shoulders) 2015

    • Hypopressive level 2, April 2015

    • Protecting the Pelvic Floor & Pelvis during Pregnancy & Delivery
      with Physiotherapist Mary Woods, November 2014

    • Hypopressive level 1, March 2014

    • Post Rehab Essentials with Dean Somerset

    • The Integrative Corrective Approach with Dr. Evan Osar

    • Advanced Core Training with Dean Somerset

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