April Townsend

I am turning 50 this year and have been teaching fitness classes for almost 30 years. I love to get people up and moving and help jump start their day. I generally teach mornings here at home for just that reason. My first love of exercise began in the 80's at a fit conference that I attended. I branched off into tap, jazz and ballet for recreation but had thought about the posibility of becoming an instructor. In 1987, I finally took my courses and never looked back.

Fitness is a way of life for me and a nice outlet from my full time day job as a real estate agent. I began as a land instructor, and soon followed into aquasize (even though I never learned to swim until last year). I have spent my entire water career teaching in the pool with the participants and have had some great opportunities over the years teaching at my favorite hotel spot in Puerto Vallarta.

I am married with no children. I sell real estate in Saskatoon full time and I teach fitness classes 3 or 4 days a week. I am currently about to start my training to become a Pilates instructor at the end of this coming August and very much looking forward to it.