Jackie brings a wealth of knowledge from a combination of both her formal education and her experiences as an elite level athlete. Competing on the world stage in martial arts for over a decade since age thirteen, brought forth a drive and dedication to optimal health and performance. These attributes lead Jackie to numerous national and world martial arts championship titles.
Experiencing countless injuries as a national level athlete ignited Jackie’s passion to teach optimal movement patterns. Her keen attention to detail has allowed her to excel both personally and professionally. A dedicated commitment to her craft and helping others to master movement as a skill, inspired Jackie to start KINnected Training in 2013. Since then, she has helped numerous people from elite athletes to geriatrics, improve their health and performance, and to overcome acute and long-term debilitating injury, through functional movement skills, and strength and conditioning.
She implements a holistic approach to fitness, rehabilitation, strength and conditioning, and nutrition. Jackie lives in Niagara Region with her husband and beloved lab Bowser.
Formal Education
Bachelors of Kinesiology – University of Western Ontario
Bachelors of Education – University of Toronto Ontario
Certifications
- Functional Range Conditioning – Certified
- Precision Nutrition Level 1 Practitioner
- Functional Movement Screen
- Bio-signature Level 2 Practitioner
- TRX Team: Group Instruction Coach
- Fascial Stretch Essentials Practitioner
- Trigenics Institute of Functional Neurology – Shoulder Assessment
- Cressey Performance – Sturdy Shoulders
- Can Fit Pro – Personal Trainer Specialist
- TRX Suspension Trainer: Level 1
- Goodlife Personal Training Specialist – Instructor
- NCCP Level 1 Boxing Coach
- Canadian Amateur Sport Kickboxing Coach
- CPTN Personal Trainer
- First Aid and CPR
Achievements + Awards
- Began competing at 15 years of age (2003) in adult kick-boxing international competition
- Japanese Jiu Jitsu Black belt at age 16
- Judo Brown belt at age 18
- 3x Jiu Jitsu National Champion
- 2003 World Jiu Jitsu Champion
- 10x National Kick-boxing Champion
- 4x North American Kickboxing Champion
- 3x Intercontinental Kickboxing Champion
- 2005 World Kick-boxing Champion- (competed as a senior at age 15)
- 2x Boxing National Champion
- International Boxing Canada Competitor
- Wrestling Team trainer (Medical/Rehab) for University of Western Ontario co-ed 80 athlete Wrestling Team -2009
- First Female and Youngest National Junior Kickboxing Team Coach
- Top 100 Goodlife Trainer for three years
- Over 20 Years of Movement Coaching experience
- Over ten years, and more than 15,000 hours of Personal Training / Kinesiology experience