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...

After 4 years away from the bodybuilding arena and not regularly training, I had lost my way and found myself at my heaviest in over 13 years. Whilst 55 kg does not sound huge for most people, for my usual 47kg frame it was not pretty.  As part of reclaiming me, I explored and worked with a couple of other trainers and I have got myself back somewhat regularly into the gym however not much had shifted in terms of my weight. I had been following Johanna for some time and her over 50’s group. I had also watched her career as I was competing at the same time.  Initially, I bought one of her programmes to see how I liked it.   About the same time my husband decided he was going to do ICN worlds in Melbourne (20 weeks out) and was ‘encouraging’ me to do it.  In my mind, I was saying the body would need to catch up with my head.  I did say at one stage, “I could wear a dress” and do the Runway model class....Continue Reading...

This was always going to be my last year of bodybuilding so I decided I needed the best coach so I could be in my best condition.  It was an obvious choice, Johanna had just won “Coach of the Year” in 2018, so she was my first choice!  I have not had one moment of regret with this choice.  Her programmes, which changed every 5 weeks, were spot on and every week I saw changes in my body.  Johanna also oversaw my nutrition programme and that’s when my body responded beyond anything I had ever achieved previously. She also has the best Posing Video Tutorials Programme that helped me display all that muscle she helped to develop. I went on to win 2nd place at NABBA Nationals this year.  Johanna, I will be forever grateful for your knowledge and guidance and I highly recommend anyone who is passionate about this sport to contact Johanna today.

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...