Joanna has always been passionate about sport, health and people. She excelled in school sport and represented Natal for athletics, hockey and mountain biking until Matric. She pursued her mountain biking
career after school and quickly rose to the top of the National Women's Cross Country Circuit. She continues to love riding her bike and rarely says no to an adventurous challenge! As growing up in a very sporty environment where exercise and health were a priority, she decided that she wanted to pursue a career in the health and fitness industry.
After qualifying as a Personal Trainer through the Exercise Teachers Academy in Cape Town, she gained invaluable experience as a fitness instructor at the Sports Science Institute of South Africa. She then furthered her education and completed her BA Degree in Sports Science in beautiful Stellenbosch. She specialized in sports psychology, psychology and outdoor adventure.
In 2003 Joanna left for London where she taught developmental gymnastics to children for two years which was a fantastic experience for her. Now back in Stellenbosch, she runs her own sports massage business and is involved in teaching outdoor adventure and team building skills to corporates, sport teams
and scholars. Joanna discovered Adventure Boot Camp when she met the director Huenu Solsona at the 2007 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike Challenge. Adventure Boot Camp's mission is to inspire women to
get fit and healthy. in the outdoors, in an encouraging, motivating and unconventIOnal manner and Joanna's desire has always been to train clients outdoors and help women achieve their personal
best. This, coupled with the fact that encouragement and motivation make up Joanna's nature, made a great combination for her to bring this new and exciting concept to Stellenbosch. |