Certifications: Nationally Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach • Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach • Precision Nutrition Certified Health Coach • NASM Certified Personal Trainer since 1997 • NASM Certified Corrective Exercise Specialist • NASM Certified Performance Enhancement Specialist • FascianationTM Method Certified (Self-myofascial release) • HyperIce Training (Self-myofascial release) • Bioforce HRV Protrainer Certified • StottTM Pilates Reformer, Mat and Corrective Exercise • CPR and AED Certified
29 years in industry
Joan Gamble’s passion for teaching and equipping people with sound health, fitness, wellness and nutrition information to live an active, vivacious, fulfilling life is evident in all that she does professionally and personally.
Joan is a Nationally Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach and an FMCA Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach. She is also a NASM Certified Personal Trainer, Corrective Exercise Specialist, and Performance Enhancement Specialist and is trained and certified in Stott™ Mat and Reformer Pilates, the Fascination Method™, Bioforce HRV, among other exercise modalities. Her career began in Hawaii as a Nutrition Coach at Gold’s Gym and soon after became a NASM Certified Personal Trainer, working in different gyms in Hawaii. In 2014, she was part of the opening team of a new 177,000-square-foot Life Time Fitness facility in Henderson, Nevada. She served as a Personal Trainer, Pilates Instructor, and Nutrition coach for a year before joining the team of Corporate Health Coaches, where she played a pivotal role in growing the health coaching program for the largest employer on the Las Vegas Strip. Her expertise allowed her to simultaneously serve as a hands-on instructor for Life Time Academy, guiding aspiring personal trainers through an accredited Professional Fitness Trainer Certification Program. In February 2019, she was invited to the National Academy of Sports Medicine Practice Analysis Task Force, along with other selected industry leaders and entrepreneurs, to provide NASM with valuable insight into ensuring the certification maintained its industry standards and accreditation while guiding the future direction of the Certified Personal Training program. In October 2020, she moved to Medford, Oregon to manage the fitness department for Village Fitness.
She currently runs her business, An Innovative Life, which offers a comprehensive approach to health, fitness, and wellness. Her passion extends to teaching and equipping individuals with the knowledge to lead vibrant, fulfilling lives filled with passion and purpose, whether through health coaching clients, personal training clients, workshops, retreats, and even products that are natural and healthy. She specializes in helping women navigate their unique symptoms and challenges during pre-, peri, and post-menopause, individuals gain more mobility, strength, and freedom in their movement and training, and also enjoys helping new competitors prepare for and navigate their journey to stepping on a body-building stage.
Her passion and purpose also includes empowering adults and youth in making significant transformations in their mental, emotional, and spiritual lives. A Follower of Christ for over 25 years, she has actively served her community through various outreaches.
The motto she lives by and teaches: “Live. Different.” She believes that if you want different, you must learn what it means to LIVE and to live differently than you have been previously. If different is what you desire for your life, then let Joan be your guide!😉
