Victoria : Johnson Street

Amy Chayko

Fitness Programmer, Presenter and Instructor

Amy has been involved in the fitness industry for the past 10 years working as a Kinesiologist providing one-on-one personal training and sport specific training for several fitness facilities and athletes. She also teaches numerous group fitness classes, teaching at some of Victoria's most dynamic fitness facilities including Bala Fitness, Balance studio and BC Transit to name a few. She completed a degree in Human Kinetics specializing in Exercise Science. She is also a registered BCRPA Supervisor of Fitness Leaders. She currently works as a Fitness Programmer, developing programs and initiatives for people of all different fitness levels. In her role as the Fitness Programmer, she manages over 50 Group Fitness, Spin, Yoga, Pilates and Strength classes. She regularly gives back to the fitness community by mentoring new fitness leaders, providing them with the necessary tools to become highly successful instructors.

Aside from her role as a Fitness Programmer, Amy is involved with fitness presenting, educating fitness leaders all around BC. You can see Amy presenting at the Island Fitness Conference this coming November at Cedar Hill Community Centre. She educates fitness leaders in the areas of motivation, biomechanics, physiology and various group exercise disciplines such as TRX, Spin, Fusion, Choreographed Step, Stability Ball Training, Core Conditioning and Outdoor Bootcamp.

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