MICHELLE ELS

Michelle Els was born in Zimbabwe and at age 3 her parents immigrated to South Africa. At the age of 5 she was introduced to ballet dance and by age 8 she included modern, tap, and jazz dance. Dancing soon became her passion and at age 16 she received an award for top regional choreographer of the year. During her college years she joined her first gym and that was when resistance training became an important component of her exercise regime. Michelle had always lead an active lifestyle but at age eighteen she decided to improve her nutritional habits and became a lacto-ovo vegetarian.

From 1988 to 1998 she worked in the hospitality industry. Using her strong communication skills, outstanding service, and quality standards, she became a Trainer Specialist. Michelle interfaced with all organizational levels developing, implementing, and facilitating theoretical and practical training materials for employees and students.

She accompanied her husband to the USA in 1998. Initially Michelle was on a holiday visa and needed to find something to continue to stimulate her mind. Considering her training background and her interest in exercise ,she looked into Personal Training and in October 1999 became an ACE certified Personal Trainer.

Spending a lot of her time in activewear, Michelle became frustrated with the variety of colors and styles. Using her strong entrepreneurial spirit she began experimenting with designs making her own workout gear. These designs caught the eye of two businesswomen. They joined forces and refined a line of activewear for “real women.” The PB Fitzwell line is comfortable, fits and looks great and is easy to care for.

In continuing her quest to train and educate people on maintaining a healthy, balanced lifestyle, Michelle decided to improve her own skills and knowledge by advancing her training in Pilates. Michelle is certified by Power Pilates to teach Mat and Reformer.

By combining her education and experiences Michelle helps others in their quest to make healthy lifestyle changes a permanent part of their lives.