Local Fitness Pro celebrates 37 years of Teaching Fitness!

Vancouver, WA: Sherri McMillan began teaching fitness classes at 19 years old in Canada, where she was born. Now 37 years later, her passion for helping people adopt a healthy and fit lifestyle hasn’t wavered. She completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Exercise physiology while she worked full-time in the fitness industry. Her life took a big detour, and she found herself moving from Vancouver BC to Vancouver WA 26 years ago and launched NW Personal Training in downtown Vancouver.

When asked what the biggest changes in fitness over the last 37 years have been, she explains “Cardio used to be the focus but now we’ve learned the critical importance of strength training. Lifting weights is truly the fountain of youth. But the good news is you don’t need a ton of time to experience life-changing results. Just 2x/week focusing on building and preserving muscle can offer dramatic benefits to overall health!”

McMillan opened Northwest Personal Training in January 2000 with hopes of making Vancouver WA a little healthier.

“As a Personal Training studio, we differentiate ourselves from a typical fitness gym because we focus on a more high-end, customer service oriented, boutique-style experience” says McMillan. “Our specialty is personalized strength and fitness workouts led by world-class, award-winning trainers. We provide the type of accountability that most people need to help them stick to a program long enough to experience great results. Many of our clients require customized programming due to medical or health limitations. We have clients with Parkinsons, Heart Disease, Cancer, Obesity or those coming back after injury, joint replacements or surgery. We will often work with our clients’ medical team to assure safe programming. Our process, that has transformed lives for 26 years, starts by conducting an analysis to review a clients’ posture, and their muscular weaknesses and imbalances” says McMillan. She adds, “We are celebrating 26 years of fitness, friendships and fun. Our studio feels more like a fitness family where lasting friendships have formed as a result of people meeting at the studio! In fact, we’ve even been responsible for a few marriages!”

NW Personal Training has been voted #1 Fitness & Training studio for decades receiving the Columbian’s Best of Clark County, the Vancouver Business Journal Best in Business, the Business Bureau’s Business of the Year for their customer service initiatives and the Chamber of Commerce Community Builder Award for their community support. McMillan has also been acknowledged within the fitness industry winning the International Fitness Presenter of the Year, the IDEA International Program Director of the Year, the Canadian Fitness Presenter of the Year and the Inaugural IDEA International Personal Trainer of the Year.

“All these awards and recognitions just prove that we take what we do very seriously and we’re adding value to our clients’ lives. We aren’t happy until our clients are experiencing life-changing transformations! That’s what’s most important to us!” says McMillan. She continues “You won’t find another training organization anywhere in the world with our credentials. When we say we are a world-class training studio that hosts the World’s best trainers, it’s a fact!”

What’s next for Northwest Personal Training? McMillan says “Our number one goal is to help our clients achieve their personal best and optimal health. In addition, we have been working closely with many local businesses to provide Workplace Wellness to their employees. We offer health talks, workplace workouts and fitness challenges for employees to help increase energy, decrease stress, improve productivity and reduce sickness and healthcare costs. It’s a great way for a company to show their employees they care about them. Other than that, we look forward to many more decades of health and fitness in Vancouver WA!”

Contact: Sherri McMillan

sherri@nwpersonaltraining.com

360.798.4744 (cell) 360.574.7292 (office)