Angela Martinez

Born in Huntsville, AL into a military family, Angela moved around a lot until her father eventually retired and settled in San Jose, CA.  It was there that she met her husband of almost 29 years, and they started their family.  While their two children, Katarina and Brandon were still young, they moved to the San Antonio, TX area and enjoyed the people, the land, and the food for 5 years.  When her husband's father passed, they packed up and moved back to CA to be closer to his mother.  They've lived in the tiny Oregon border town of Yreka for the last 15 years.  Her husband is a soldier in the US Army National Guard, and is currently stationed overseas.  Their two children both elected to go to college along the coast of CA, and after graduating, are living their best lives working in their respective fields.  With an empty nest, Angela woke up one morning and was ready to pursue her own health.  She spent one year working on just that, while her husband was deployed to Afghanistan.  When he returned, he had to scan the crowd twice to find her, as she was 35 pounds lighter than when he had left.  Determined that she wanted to inspire others to feel as good in their own skin as she did, Angela pursued an instructor certification in PiYO Live (Beachbody Live).  This will forever be her first love, and she teaches it three times a week at their local YMCA.  She lost her next 20 pounds on the mat with her community of PiYO Peeps, and has never looked back.  Soon one class wasn't enough, so she became certified in two more formats: Group Power and Group Ride (MOSSA).  She finds it amusing that while she doesn't like to ride bikes outside, she loves to ride the indoor bike--proof that no one should judge a format until they've tried it! Angela is currently studying to become an ACE certified personal trainer, so she can have more knowledge and awareness in how to instruct her classes, and be the best help she can be.