Melanie Ortanez

Melanie Ortanez

Education:

BA Political Science (Health, Environmental, Food, and Nutrition Policy)

National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) Certified Personal Trainer

Equinox Federation of Training Institute (EFTI) Tier II (Level II) Personal Training

Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Anatomy, Physiology, Biomechanics, Nutrition

UCSF Level III Instructor/Mentor/Educator/ Personal Trainer/Coach, 

F45 Coach

United States Powerlifting Association (USPA) Powerlifting Coach

National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) Bodybuilding Coach

National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) Corrective Exercise Specialist

American Council on Exercise (ACE)  Metabolic/HIIT Training

Precision Nutrition Nutrition Coach           United Endurance Sports Coaching Academy (UESCA) Running Coach Certification 

National Academy of Sports Medicine/ASTI CPR/AED  

Specialties: 

• Fat-loss

• Building Muscle 

• Strength Training

• Running/Trail Running
  Spartan Racing, Obstacle Course Training, Endurance Training

• Outdoor Fitness, Hiking, Backpacking

• Corrective Posture and Corrective Exercise Specialist

• Improve Mobility, Flexibility, Stability, Balance

• Pre, Post Injury Rehabilitation, Pain-Free Strength Training

• Powerlifting Competitions

• Bodybuilding/Physique Competitions/Achieving Aesthetics

• Athletic Performance

• Nutritional Planning 

• Longevity, Functional Fitness, & Overall Health

• Metabolic/HIIT Training

• Manual/Assistive Stretching 

• Percussive Massage Gun Therapy

• Group Training

• Goal Setting

Once you train your BODY and MIND, the changes that you begin seeing are great; cultivation and manifestation of the mind embraces positive thoughts into actions. I will help you to plant your seed, water your seed and one day you will harvest your fruitful garden, because the best life to live is the one full of JOY and HAPPINESS! Mentality is everything. 

"When you Train your Body you will change your body, when you Train your Mind, you will change your life!”

Coach Mel: 

My passion is to help others live their healthiest, longest, and ultimate best lives; especially those that want to improve their health & fitness to return to their active lifestyle without injuries and being pain free. My name is Coach Mel and I have been a fitness professional since 2015. I am a fitness coach, educator, and a former physical therapy assistant. I am a former powerlifting competitor and a former bodybuilding National Physique Competitor (Women’s Physique). Currently, I am a competitive hybrid athlete in Spartan racing, Obstacle Course Racing, and mountain trail racing. I am a worldwide adventurer & outdoor adventurer; I love to trek the highest mountains and travel throughout the world’s most beautiful places to  hike, backpack, and adventure. I was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, California and currently reside in Portland, Oregon.

I have a variety of training specializations in coaching strength & endurance training for outdoor fitness enthusiasts, endurance athletes, trail racers, obstacle course racers, hikers, backpackers, runners, bodybuilders, powerlifters, and those desiring to improve their overall fitness & longevity. My focus is on helping others optimize their functional fitness & long-term health; moving pain-free, strategies to increase your healthspan, creating a healthy relationship with food & feeling confident in your own body, increasing mobility, improving posture & overall health, guiding through nutritional planning, injury prevention, and even beyond to training the high-performing athlete. I worked with all walks of life; ages 8- age 88. Even focusing on improving older populations health & fitness throughout their marginal decade! My approach is scientific through exercise science and nutrition to become more aligned with the body and mind to move better, feel better, and perform better in and outside the gym and fitness. 

I love empowering others and positively inspiring the world to accomplish their health & fitness goals, becoming confident, strong, focusing on living longer & healthier, becoming the absolute best version of their true selves throughout living a healthy and fit lifestyle and making gains in all areas of life!

Click below if you are ready to make a change and/or inquire about 1-1 coaching!

I AM READY TO MAKE A CHANGE TODAY!