Today we’d like to introduce you to Melissa Johnsen & Heather Clark. They and their team shared their story with us below:
Heather was a personal trainer at our local gym. Melissa was a preschool teacher of Heather’s daughter. The two began talking about the gym and Heather encouraged her to join despite her fear and intimidation. Heather trained
Melissa for about five years. Through their training session, not only was sweat formed, but a friendship too.
Conversations were had throughout our friendship about different dreams and wish we each had about health and fitness. Melissa left her teaching career in May 2021. Throughout my time spent at the gym, I developed a passion for wanting to help other women with their health and fitness goals. I began working with an Online Fitness & Health Coach in November 2022. Through this experience, I knew this is what I wanted to do; I wanted to pay it forward! I then earned my Online Fitness and Nutrition Coaching Certification and began working at the gym with Heather.
Heather worked at the gym for 8 years. During that time, she earned Certified Personal Trainer through the American Council of Exercise (ACE), National Academy of Sports Medicine Corrective Exercise Specialist, ISSA Weight Management Specialist, & ISSA Nutritionist, and several other certifications. But throughout that time she helped many individuals get to their happy place and some losing over 100lbs!
Our friendship has spilled over into weekend getaways with our husbands (who also became friends), RZR rides, and so many memories of laughs and inside jokes. Then, we realized we enjoyed working together at the gym too. We have similar beliefs when it comes to working with women and their health and fitness goals.
So, those conversations that were had at the beginning of our friendship regarding health and fitness led to more. So, in January of 2023, we turned those dreams into reality and created Peachy Queens Fitness, an online fitness and nutrition coaching business.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
There have been smooth parts of starting our new business. In fact, so smooth that it was like the “stars aligned!”
And the typical challenges of technology issues and the vulnerability of putting ourselves and our stories on social media.
Appreciate you sharing that. What should we know about Peachy Queens Fitness?
We are an online fitness and nutrition coaching business. We offer 2:1 coaching (2 coaches per 1 client). We provide custom macro and/or nutrition education. We customize specific workout plans for the home or gym with the client’s goals in mind. We provide education, accountability, and support for women to achieve lifelong habits to sustain their health goals.
We help women transform their minds, body, and attitude because beauty isn’t a size. We believe in no restrictions, but rather in finding the 80/20 balance. We believe in teaching women to have body confidence. We are here to flip the script on why health looks different on EVERY BOOTY! We believe that real queens fix each other’s crowns.
Any advice for finding a mentor or networking in general?
We do not have any specific mentors but rather have used our own personal experiences throughout our health and fitness journeys.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/peachyqueensfitness?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090827401404
- Linkedin: https://linktr.ee/peachyqueensfitness
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz4vvu_da6Jy26isOj93FaQ
- Other: http://www.tiktok.com/@peachyqueensfitness
