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Hello Island Matters readers, I'd like to reintroduce myself. I am Jaime Ibarra. I am the Marketing Manager and a Personal Trainer at Island Fitness. I have a B.S. in Kinesiology from UTRGV and a personal training certification through NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine).

Every week I write a new article for Island Matters covering interesting, fun, and informative health and fitness topics. I hope these articles shed light on how fitness and exercise can be beneficial to your life and how the geography and weather on South Padre Island is conducive to year ‘round fitness improvement. These stories will be backed up by articles by subject matter experts and my personal experience of what I have learned in the fitness industry.

I am no stranger to being in a gym. Ever since I was in high school, I have been physically active, whether it be traditional strength training or any sport that involves a ball. Those experiences playing different sports and lifting weights paired with my academic training created a great base to understand biomechanics. All of those experiences gave me a deeper understanding of how the body works and showed me how I can optimize movements to get the best outcome.

I am looking forward to continuing to provide interesting and informative articles for readers who want to examine all different facets of fitness and health. I will be covering topics ranging from health for all ages, all the way to training in and out of the gym.

I will also try to cover current and trendy topics that can come about in the fitness industry. More than anything I hope that if nothing else, whoever reads this comes away at least learning something new or interesting that they can implement into their own daily lives.

Let me know what matters to you about fitness in your life at jibarra@spislandfitness.com