Jun-1996
In the beginning…
I was 175lbs when I got married in June 1995. In about a year, I had gained 75lbs – without realizing it, I had blossomed into 250lbs.

1996-2001
Depression & Medication…
5 years, my life was affected by serious depression that was only controlled with high doses of medication.  While the meds worked for awhile… I wanted to see if there was another way.  So, with the help and support of my physician, my husband and my family – I made the decision to slowly take myself off the medication.  It was then that I started to introduce physical exercise as a replacement.

Dec-2001
Suddenly, I couldn’t breathe…
I was laying in bed one night when, suddenly, I couldn’t breathe.  I was sure I was having a heart attack!

Though I had made the decision to implement exercise into my life, it was then that I truly realized my health was at risk.  I knew that the excess weight I was carrying was causing me to feel this way… I needed to make a lifestyle change.

Jan-01-2002
3-2-1. GO!
The day I started my weight-loss journey!

Jun-2002
Finding the right combo…
After many years of different trying the “Quick Fixes” and “Fad Diets”, I realized that exercise AND diet need to be in my program – I hired a nutritionist.

Jul-2002
I found passion…
Combining a good nutritional diet and steady exercise I had already lost 15lbs – but I wanted more.  At 235lbs, I decided to add running to my exercise program – I was hooked!

 

Dec-2004
My First Marathon!
Three years after I thought I was having a heart attack at 250lbs – I ran my first marathon!  I was 40lbs lighter at 210lbs and was keeping it off!

Sept-2005
“Fit Ball for Fun & Fitness”
From humble beginnings – with the help and support of my friends… Health Matters Fitness is created and our first group fit ball classes began!

May-2006
Coaching a Swim Team – but not in the water!
Health Matters Fitness becomes the Land Coach for the Killarney Synchronized Swim Team for their 2006 training season.

 

Nov-2006
Proud and Honoured!

Team In Training created an award in my honor called the “Sheena Denscombe Spirit Award“.  This award goes to people in the Team In Training program who go above and beyond giving back to the program.

It is about loving what you do, be passionate about what you do, believing in what you do.  It was in extreme honor for me to be receiving this award, never mind having it named after you.
(I honestly thought I had to be dead to get one!)

May-2007
Hired on as Boot Camp trainer!
Became a trainer with “Bikini Boot Camp” – not your typical personal training experience!  The programs are created specifically for women by women.

2004-2008 Ups and downs…
I’m no different than anybody else – my weight has fluctuated between 210 lbs to 190 lbs for the past 4 years depending on my activity level and my will-power.

December 14, 2012 Down-down-down…
I have always hated clothes shopping and would buy clothes & bring them home to try on. One shopping trip, I bought my usual size 16 pant, brought them home only to find they were “falling off” me.  I exchanged them for a size 14… to my surprise, my husband said they still “hung” on me.
Off I went to buy my first pair of size 12 pants in 30 years.
What a feeling!!!

Jan-2008 In the News…
Movers & Shakers – an online article written by “Nexen” staff shares my experience and personal involvement with “Team in Training”.

Sept-2010
Back To School
Learning Continues! Start September 10, a long and hard journey begins. Muscle Activation Techniques 10-month course where traveling once a month to Denver, CO along with homework and practical work when at home between the course.

 

Oct-2010 Quoted in the San Francisco News

S.F. marathon: Spirits high, but soaked
October 18, 2010 |By Carolyn Jones, Chronicle Staff Writer

 

 

 

July 18, 19, 20, 2011 Final Exam! Two Day Written & One Day Practical
After many hours of learning, traveling, practical, the final exam for the Muscle Activation Techniques Internship has finally arrived!  Sore hands from writing!  After many tears of joy, the exam was done! Wow…I did it!

July-2011 CTV Athlete Of The Week

Dynamite drills from TNT coach For her years of tough training and dedication to coaching, Sheena Denscombe is the CTV Athlete of the Week for Friday, July 22, 2011

 

 

 

Sept-2011 GRADUATED – Muscle Activation Techniques™ (MAT) Specialist!!!  

So Happy!!!

 

 

 

 

January-2012 Accepted the Goofy Challenge

In January 2012, I accepted the challenge to raise funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada and completed the Goofy Challenge in Disneyworld.  Donald Duck Half Marathon Saturday – 21.1K; Mickey Mouse Full Marathon Sunday – 42.2K = Goofy Challenge = 63.3K.  What an amazing event!

One of the proudest moment of my life!!!

May 2014 Muscle Activation MASTER Level Specialist – Graduate!

One of the proudest moments of my life! After hard work and dedication to the industry that I love, I achieved the MAT Master Level Specialist designation.

Start Date:  September 2014

Completion Date:  August 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November- 2017 MATRx Full Body Certified Specialist GRADUATION

Start Date:  January 2016

Graduation Date:  November 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

A special thank you to Greg Roskopf, the founder, and developer of MAT®. 

Thank you to my table partner, and friend, Christopher Verdi, of Core Restore®.  Your patience, knowledge, and friendship over this period of time is and was more than appreciated and I will never forget it!  Thank you!

Thank you to all the MATRx assistants, my classmates, the MATHQ staff, my Denver host family and most of, my dear husband for helping me to make this dream a reality!

September 24, 2018 – YYC White Hat Volunteer

Giving back to the world!  Weekly, on Thursdays, I am volunteering my time at the Calgary Airport as a White Hat Volunteer.  I have always wanted to be one and after speaking with a volunteer, I realized I needed to do it.

Did you know, you do not have to be retired to volunteer as a YYC White Hat Volunteer?  Now you do!