Helloooo JMick Fit World, my name is Jillian! I am the CEO and head coach of JMick Fit. I could not be more excited for you all to be here and to be reading a little bit more about who we are! I was born and raised in CT, went to college in Rhode Island for 4 years, moved back to CT, met my husband which brought me to Wakefield, MA, and then once again BACK to CT once he decided to leave active duty and join the reserves.
I am 32 years old, a brand new momma, but a fitness lover since a very young age. The youngest of 3, with the 2 oldest being boys… I grew up in a very competitive household. I mean my brother and I used to have food eating competitions (which I never won by the way, but I always tried haha!) With both brothers being 6ft, athletic, and built I knew I needed to be strong to be able to be as good as them. Growing up I played soccer, cheered, and danced competitively for over 12 years. As much as I loved dance, it caused me to have extreme body dysmorphia for most of my life. I was never the typical “dancer body”. I was shorter, thicker, had curves, and the fact that I was a size large in my leotard mortified me. Que, the fad diets, constant dieting, running like my life depended on it, just always trying to be skinnier.
I fell in love with lifting weights and the gym when I was in highschool, quickly realizing how much stronger I was on the stage and the track when I was overall stronger. I still battled body dysmorphia but was starting to like the changes I was seeing and the confidence of mine was beginning to build. Attending Rhode Island College, graduating in 2013 with a Bachelor's Degree in the Performing Arts. I danced my way through college, still lifting in the gym weekly, but battling the worst relationship with food… running to “stay skinny”, and trying to wear clothes that simply did not fit my body. I thought I knew what I was doing when it came to health, nutrition, fitness…. But wow, was I so far wrong!
In 2013 I graduated, moved back home from college, started teaching dance at my old studio, and that is when I truly started to fall in love with training. I needed an escape as I was dealing with the depression of being out of college, moved back in with my parents, and overall just unhappy with myself. After realizing that teaching dance was NOT going to pay my bills, I went and got my 1st personal training certification and started coaching from there. Between coaching group exercise classes, dance classes in the evening.. I wanted a new challenge. So, I switched focus and dove into my first (and only ) bodybuilding competition.
Hired my 1st coach to help guide me as I knew absolutely nothing that I was doing and from there started training. It was an experience to say the least… It challenged me in ways that I had never been challenged before. Mentally, physically, and emotionally it hit me in every direction but DAMN did it teach me a lot about myself as a person and a coach. I took 1st place in 1 category and 4th in another. After my competition, I rebounded extremely bad (my own fault) and made my unhealthy relationship with food even worse than it was before.
Long story short, after all of that I continued to coach classes, met my husband, moved around, stopped teaching dance, dove all into coaching 1:1 clients and becoming a manager of a gym. Taking as many certifications as I could in all areas so I could be well rounded in all areas! I started Jillian Michalowski- Fitness Coach LLC back in 2016 when I wanted to still coach and work with old clients back in CT when I was living in MA at the time. From there the idea of owning my own health and fitness business really started to flourish. I LOVED helping others realize their capabilities, educating people how to take care of themselves, and pushing them in the gym. I wanted to create more from that!
COVID really flipped the gym world upside down when it made its way through and frankly, this is where the idea of JMICK FIT was created. I saw how quickly the world could shut down, including the gym world. At this time also my husband and I started discussing starting a family. I was in no shape to start a business with training 10-14 hour days in the gym with clients, teaching classes, while working Monday through Saturday. I wanted to be able to still do what I love, stay home, and take care of my child. In April of 2022, I put the plan into action and left my corporate gym job, brought back my LLC, and was officially my own boss.
JMick fit at this point is almost 2 years old and my baby girl is 5 months. I am beyond grateful that I get to do what I love every single day. I am blessed to have helped over hundreds of men and women help take their health to the next level. Learn how to actually sustain and enjoy taking care of themselves. It has been a journey to stay to least but I wouldn’t trade any of the journey, transitions, and transformations for anything in the world.
So, THANK YOU! For being here, reading this, getting to know myself, JMICK FIT, and helping support my forever growing dream. I cannot wait to provide you all with education, testimonials, and everything in between. Don’t ever hesitate to reach out if you ever have any questions, I love getting to know new people. Talk to you all so soon :)
Love, Coach Jillian
Unrelated to fitness, a few fun facts about me!
- I know how to drive standard! My first car ever was standard. It was basically learning how to drive it or not drive at all.
- I have been coloring my hair shades of red and purple for about 8 years now
- I am deathly afraid of spiders, burn the house down type of afraid lmao! I am all set with them does not matter the size
