The following article can also be found in the Winter 2016 edition of GoKimberley

Ten Years at Tanglefoot!

Graduating at the head of her class from the Faculty of Physical Education at UBC in 1991, Heather Bourchier studied Human Kinetics with a specialty in Health and Fitness. She has over thirty years of experience in the fitness industry, including five years with the Provincial Fitness Council developing certification standards in BC, and holds a number of advanced certifications in fitness, as well as strength and conditioning, and functional and rehabilitative training.

In the summer of 1996, Heather moved to Kimberley from Vancouver, where she was working as a Fitness Programmer at the city’s busiest municipal facility in Kitsilano. Born and raised in Rossland, BC, she was thrilled to land a regional program coordinator position with the Canadian Red Cross and return to the Kootenays to raise her daughter in a mountain ski town. Finding it difficult balancing work and motherhood however, she took a leave of absence in 1999, and instead focused on her own fitness business; providing fitness instruction, personal training, and regional instructor training courses and workshops. Continue reading →