A few years ago I noticed that I had started to gain weight at a fast rate after giving up sports in high school. I had terrible eating patterns and would often find myself excessive amounts of food to the point of feeling sick, I had no self-control and began extremely lazy. My decision to make a change came when I was walking to the letter box and I couldn't catch my breath. I was so unfit and overweight that I started to find even the most basic tasks exhausting. I lost all self-confidence and was ashamed to even socialise with my friends. One day my sister asked if I wanted to join the local gym. At first, I was extremely hesitant but agreed, I stepped on the scales for the first time and was absolutely shocked to see that my weight was sitting at 108kg. I made small goals to try and come to the gym on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for 30 mins. As time went on I increased this to 5 days and managed to drop 40kg. I slowly cut out the crap food and replaced with whole foods....Continue Reading...

I started with Jo over three years ago after becoming frustrated not seeing any change in my body shape even though I was “dieting” and exercising.  With Jo’s guidance, not only did we change how I look, we changed how I felt about my body and repaired my relationship with food.  I’ve since gone onto compete on the bodybuilding stage and continue to work with Jo with all my health and fitness goals.  I cannot recommend Jo highly enough to anyone wanting to make a positive change in their lives. In 2018 I won the NZ National Title for the Nabba New Zealand Classic Physique Class and the 2019 Best Poser award at Nabba Taranaki

Johanna has been my coach for almost three years. Jo is professional and a joy to work with. We can be serious but also have a laugh at the same time. Jo is a great teacher and she has changed my life. I have competed in three Figure competitions in two years and won overall at each: Ms WFF Figure Wellington 2017 Ms WFF Figure Wellington 2018 Ms WFF Figure NZ 2018. I could not have achieved these titles without Jo. I can’t wait to see what happens this year! I have so many goals and I know working with Jo they will be achieved. If you are considering competing you should contact Jo as her expertise and guidance will lead you to greatness. Jo is the best coach ever - she was voted coach of the year 2018!

Johanna...It all began on your Feb 2019 Off-Season Course. You have been writing tailored personal training programmes to guide my training since February 2019...about 10 months now. Each programme has been so well-structured and very specific to meet the needs of my training goals. Our video chat discussion, as we go over the exercises and how to execute them, has been really valuable... giving me lots of tips and helping me to know what I am doing, why and how! When it is needed you have provided video links which I can keep looking at to remind me of the form....Continue Reading...

It was during my holiday in South America late last year that I first decided to compete in a bodybuilding show. I had always had a passion for health and fitness and had been involved in things such as running, CrossFit, horse riding and netball before discovering a love for working out. I was going to need someone to help me get there. I started researching online prep coaches and was recommended to Johanna Mountfort through word of mouth. After booking to meet her I flew up to Auckland to meet her. I told her about my goals and ambitions and that same very day locked in dates for my first competition. I walked away feeling like everything was real, this wasn’t something I was just talking about, this was something that was going to happen. Within a few days, I had my first training program. Every program from then on was created with the purpose of presenting the best possible package I could come stage time. The programs were always fully explained in detail and she ensured I was educated about the reasoning for everything she asked me to do so I could understand it better, making it so much easier to follow....Continue Reading...