Joanne Austin-Teh

Born in England, Joanne emigrated to Melbourne.Australia with her parents. 
She began her fitness journey at a young age competing in calisthenics.tennis and running, completing her first marathon in under 4 hours.
After completing her Registered Nursing Degree, she began working out and going to fitness classes at the local fitness centre. She became friendly with the fitness instructors and decided to become one herself, completing her course with Exerfit in 1985.She began teaching 15 classes per week of high impact classes.

An avid traveller, she met her Canadian husband, Alex and lived in Kelowna, British Columbia. Canada from 1988 to 1998 . Here she worked in an Intensive Care / Coronary Care Unit whilst teaching 12 classes per week,teaching hi-Lo, step, Tabata, body sculpt and ball classes.

They then moved to Vancouver , British Columbia, where she works in Intensive care and added cycling. Resistance bands ,  Msingi, Corefirst Pilates,Jumpsport, Pound . Rolling and Yoga to her teaching repertoire.

They have 2 sons, Quirin , who is 18 years old and Chevy, their four-legged son , who is a 12 Year old Newfoundland dog.

After teaching and coaching fitness for so long, Joanne is looking forward to sharing her unique style , enthusiasm and passion for fitness whilst meeting people from all over the world.