Biography
Those affiliated with Gemini Vibes are among the most passionate in the fitness industry. It would be our pleasure to share with you this passion and our experience to work with you.
Meet Charmaine Martin, Fitness Professional, Owner of Gemini Vibes.
Qualifications:
- Personal Trainer Specialist (Can Fit Pro)
- Resist-A-Ball Level 1 (Can Fit Pro)
- Functional Anatomy Level I (Can Fit Pro - Bodysense Wellness)
- Reiki Practitioner I & II (Bodysense Wellness)
- Fitness Kickboxing PT Basics, Instructor Level I & II (Fitness Kickboxing Canada)
- Sports Nutrition I (Sports Medicine Council of Alberta)
- Spin Instructor (Spinning- Mad Dogg Athletics Inc.)
- TRX Suspension (Fitness Anywhere)
- Assessing Range of Motion & Posture (Can Fit Pro- Bodysense Wellness)
- Functional Training (Can Fit Pro - Andrea Thatcher)
- Certificate Adult Education (U of C)
- CPR and First Aid (St. John Ambulance, Can Fit Pro)
Charmaine has been involved with some form fitness most of her life; track & field and swimming were her favorite sports growing up. Formally educated with a B.Sc. in Physics & Math, her corporate world is mostly in IT sector where her experience and knowledge has accumulated to a role as a an IT Business Analyst today. But it is the world of fitness & wellness that has captured Charmaine's heart.
With her background in physics, Charmaine finds the mechanics of motion in the human body fascinating, but it is as an Adult Educator and Facilitator, she uses her skills in team building and facilitating learning, to helping others learn about themselves. This she says, is the true gift.
Charmaine passion for fitness & wellness, started after losing over 55lbs in 2004 and wearing a bikini for the first time in her 40-some years. Becoming a Certified Personal Trainer was a dream come true for her.
Charmaine considers herself a coach, committed to helping her clients achieve & maintain their personal fitness goals - mind, body & spirit, a 'Wholistic' or 'Holistic' fitness professional.
“My plan is to use my skills, as an facilitator, team leader, adult educator, and life-long learner, along with my passion for fitness & wellness, to be the best wholistic coach I can be; To facilitate, educate, inspire, support, coach, motivate my clients to be the best that they can be, as a whole."
"A client comes, not just with their body, but with all their life experience & as fitness professionals, personal trainers, coaches or whatever role we play in their lives, we need to keep this in mind as we work with them. As human beings we should love, respect & accept ourselves enough to know how we want to live, always leaving room for growth. We are not perfect, we must be open to the endless possibilities of growth, both inside and outside...I think this is called life. So I try to train the ‘whole’ - strengthen the body, educate the mind, & feed the spirit.”
Charmaine considers herself a "life long learner" and likes to keep up with what is going on in fitness & wellness; "There is always something to learn as we go through our daily life. Whether it is formal or informal, internal or external, I will always do my best to ensure I am as current as I can be. And if I don't know the answer, I will go looking for one"
Charmaine also believes in sharing knowledge: "This industry is a very competitive one, but it does not have to be. Because of things like the internet, there is a lot of information out there. I want to be able to offer other trainers the opportunity to connect with each other and learn from each other. The personal trainer who inspired me, not only taught me about my body but she inspired me to be the best that I can be, so this for me is all about paying it forward."
Favourite saying: “You are stronger than you think you are, and there is nothing that you can’t do, you just have to believe in yourself, it’s all an inside job”.
Favourite activities: “Resistance Training, Turbo Jam, Kickboxing, Off-road running, indoor cycling, educating, coaching, any techy gadget, cool fitness tools that will fit in my bag of trick and make my clients 'smile'...the bag keeps growing by the minute LOL”
Learning - Learning - Learning: Reflexology, Kettlebells, Funcational CrossFit and Life Coaching, just to name a few....look for more things to come!!!!
