About Gillian
Fitness Is My Passion

Gillian Kotantoulas
Personal Trainer & Fitness Coach
Certifications/Experience
- Over 35 years working in the fitness industry
- Certified Personal Trainer CanFitPro
- First Aid, CPR and AED Certified
- Fitness Evaluations
- Body Composition Testing
- Pre and post natal client training
- Nutritional Counselling
- Full Liability Insurance
- Defibrillator on site
I have been in the Fitness industry since the 80’s. Exercise and a healthy lifestyle have always been important to me for as long as I can remember. I have a love for life and try to have a positive outlook on everything. Life is too precious to waste not realizing your potential and living your dreams.
I believe in a holistic approach to fitness. We all need to live balanced lives, with lots of movement as well as good sleep and eating habits. If one of those areas is out of balance, everything goes out of whack.
Fitness has always been my passion. I have abundant energy, and I am very grateful for that gift. I truly believe that everyone can feel great and look great. Set a goal and then train for it, keep your eyes on the goal and focus on it. You can do it; you just need to believe you can.
I learned a long time ago that my success or failure as a trainer had very little to do with me. If my client succeeded I could take no more credit than I could take the blame for a client who failed. The difference between failure and success is the belief you have in yourself.
Let’s get one thing clear here, exercise isn’t easy. Motivating yourself to do your workout when the couch is calling you is hard work. If you want to be fit, if you want to feel better, if you want lots of energy, it comes at a price. You must put the hours in at the gym daily, you must eat healthy 80 percent of the time, you must find a good work balance and here is the kicker… you must do all of this for the rest of your life! That is the true recipe for success. How’s that for a sales gimmick? No false promises of quick weight loss or how I can change your life. No claims of how easy it is. No pill that will ‘melt the fat’ away. Just the truth. This is hard work… but you are worth every drop of sweat you invest into it.
I am empowering you to make the change; I will just be here to guide you.
It is up to you. All you have to do is believe and then you can achieve!
Gillian
Work History
1987 – 1990 Holiday Fitness Cardiofit salesperson and Gym Floor staff
1992 – 2010 Group Fitness Instruction for Nortel clients including Step Aerobics, Power Walking classes, Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced (specialty) Weight training classes.
2006 – 2008 Power Walking classes for Motionware Source for Sports
1998 to Present Personal Training
2010 to Present Group Fitness Boot Camps and Circuit Classes
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Working with Gillian on my fitness has been great. Her ability to motivate me with challenging and fun sessions while always stretching my abilities keeps me improving. She demonstrates the importance of varying the focus of my sessions and constantly mixes in exercises that I have not done before . The variety makes the workouts fun and the steady progress towards my goals keeps me wanting to keep it up. Gillian is able to push me to do things that I am convinced I cannot do but her encouragement and guidance makes me work far better than I could ever do on my own. The only thing that is repetitive about my workouts is that I usually arrive feeling tired and rushed and I always leave feeling energized and renewed.
- Jon Hughson