Fitness & Classes

Personal Trainers

Personal Trainers

Get to know our Personal Trainers!

Welcome! Thank you for wanting to know more about our team. You can read about the story and specialization of our personal trainers by clicking on their name below:


Welcome To Personal Training

Welcome To Personal Training

Whether you are new to fitness, looking for a specialized program, or an experienced athlete, our friendly and personable trainers can help you reach your full potential – whatever your goals might be!

New to Personal Training

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Yoga & Pilates


Welcome to Yoga and Pilates!

Discover a peace of mind and connection with the body through the practice of yoga or Pilates. Each of these classes is open to all individuals – absolutely no experience required – and aims to …

Martial Arts

Martial Arts

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Find focus and build self-confidence while achieving mental and physical strength. UBC Recreation offers a variety of martial arts taught by experienced martial arts instructors who integrate discipline, precision, power, and self-defense into every lesson. The classes we …

Dance

Dance

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Reduce your everyday stress and discover your favourite style of music to move and groove to! Taught by professional and energetic instructors, the wide variety of dance styles available can help you improve your posture and balance, tone …

Cardio, Conditioning, & Strength

Cardio, Conditioning, & Strength

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Banish typical fitness boredom with the new Cardio, Conditioning, and Strength Classes that are designed to keep you on your toes in a group atmosphere! This suite of classes highlights exercises that focus on the muscles associated with …

Fitness & Classes

Welcome to UBC Recreation

UBC Fitness Programs are dedicated to the health and wellbeing of the UBC Community. We have two fitness facilities: The BirdCoop Fitness Centre and the ARC Fitness Centre. These facilities offer gym memberships, Women (Trans Women …

Heather Kirkland

Heather Kirkland

Heather Kirkland has been teaching dance in the Vancouver and Burnaby districts since 2003. Her early training included the Royal Acadaemy of Dance ballet technique and examinations and later Cecchetti technique and modern dance at Arts Umbrella. She graduated from

Gustavo Ferman

Gustavo Ferman

Professional Dance Coach, Choreographer, Motivator, Entertainer, Actor, stage Producer and Director, with 25 years of extensive experienced in Dance, Musical Theatre and TV & Film. His dance styles include: Jazz, Hip-Hop, Funk, Swing, Ballroom and Latin.

Gustavo’s training began in