About Us
Find Your Better With Us
Better Bodies Club began with one vision: to bring together a fun, non-intimidating community of like-minded individuals seeking the Better Life through muscle movement, injury prevention, strength training, balance, co-ordination and, ultimately, transforming the way you look, feel and live at every age.
Meet our Team
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Jan Cartwright FMS, TRX
Owner/Personal Trainer
Marathon runner.
Functional Movement Systems
TRX Suspension Trainer
TRX Functional Movement
BackFit Pro, Dr. Stuart McGill, Levels I, II, III
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Garfield Wilson
President
Garfield established Forward Fitness in 2004 after 15 years in a successful singing and acting career. Throughout his entire life, Garfield was involved extensively in sport and fitness. It was a natural evolution to marry his passion for fitness and connecting with people. Forward Fitness is his channel to build a supportive health and wellness community designed to raise the bar for quality in our lives.
Garfield gets his greatest joy from creating situations that affect improvement in his world. Simply put, he likes to make people feel really good. He judges his training success by how positive and capable his clients feel at the end of their session. And as an extension of that, how they connect and cultivate this energy within their lives. Garfield appreciates the time people spend dedicated to fitness and considers it a privilege when they choose to work with him or his team. In Garfield
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Courtney Curnew
Director of Operations
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Casey Souter BHK
Kinesiologist, Director of Training
Over 20 years of sport specific training, team training, rehabilitation, functional training and general fitness training including weight loss, eating plans and muscle body building is what Casey Souter brings to the Better Bodies Team.
Casey has a Bachelor of Kinesiology degree under his belt from the University of British Columbia along with certification in Functional Movement Systems and coaching certifications in Football, Baseball/Softball, Soccer, Hockey and Gymnastics. Casey is also certified as a Group Training Instructor for Team Sports and conducts year round team training sessions for young to high level athletes.
This semi-professional football player earned a Collegiate Scholarship to play football in the United States then transferred to UBC where he won the Vanier Cup and also obtained Academic and Athletic Honors. Later, Casey co-founded and played for the first semi-professional football team in British Columbia; The BC Spartans.
Casey is not all football. He has also participated in the Sea to Summit Series, various Tough Mudders, Adventure Challenges, Half Marathons, Gran Fondos and Body Building and Fitness competitions. He believes that people need to challenge themselves outside of their comfort zones. And the best way to do this is leading by example and training and participating in these events. This
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Carson Souter
Master Trainer
Former Toronto Argonaut, Carson Souter, has been a personal trainer for over 19 years. Playing professional and varsity level football at University of Oregon, Carson knows what it takes to be an elite athlete, including rehabbing his own injuries, and, ultimately, passing on his vast experience, knowledge and skills to other athletes.
Carson
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Emma Hewitt
Client Care
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Char Dangerfield
Client Care
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Clarence Le B.Kin
Kinesiologist, Sport and Conditioning Coach
Gold medalist of the 2017 BC Powerlifting Association Winter Open in the 66kg open weight class,
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Amanda Lau
Personal Trainer, Spin Instructor
Triple Crown sandwiched between coaching double spin classes? If you
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Gemma Slaughter
National Academy of Sports Medicine, Certified Personal Trainer
Gemma is passionate about helping others achieve their goals, push their limits and maintain
optimal health and wellness.She begun competitive running 5 years ago where she found success in combining her love for
endurance sport and strength training. Unifying experience from her personal athletic journey
and education, Gemma has lead clients to meet and exceed their goals and stay injury free.
Long Distance Road & Trail Runner
Certified Personal Trainer
Triathlete
Functional Movement Systems 1+2
Strength & Conditioning
CHI
Community Influencer
Agatsu Kettlebell Level 1
Athletic Ambassador
Keiser Spin Instructor
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Nick Lung
Personal Trainer
Growing up gymnastics, led Nick to high-level power lifting, Olympic weight lifting and ultimately a passion to coach others. Nick
ACE
FMS 1 & 2
FRC
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Katrina Barrett BESSc
Exercise and Sport Scientist
A competitive swimmer turned swim coach, Katrina found her way to becoming a Scientist of Exercise and Sport from the Australian Catholic University. Applying evidence based training protocols in practical fun ways, building strength inside and out, and focusing on life-training balance will become fundamental for anyone training with Katrina.
Katrina
BESSc
CSEP-CPT
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Molly Howes
Academy Council of Exercise Certified Personal Trainer
ACE
RHN
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Sam McDonald BHK
Kinesiologist, Physiotherapy Candidate
Sam is dedicated and passionate about the field of human performance. He possesses a degree in Human Kinetics from UBCO. While studying at University, Sam was the varsity men
Bachelor of Human Kinetics
Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology
Human Performance
Biomechanics
Certified Personal Trainer
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Andrea McDonald RHN
Sports Nutritionist
As a lifelong athlete, my interest lies in igniting passion and performance in others. As a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, I