My Mission
To teach you the tools to help you chase (sometimes literally, I am a running coach and trainer of running coaches!) your wildest dreams and/or figure out what your dream is.
Hint: You may not being dreaming big enough...yet!
My name is Catherine
I'm SO glad you're here!
But I'd really like to hold space for you in person.
When I'm not training private clients through my company, Fit Armadillo®, I host and curate Island Time Transformation events.
I've lived life going through the motions.
If you're feeling like that's how you're living, I'm here to tell you it doesn't have to be that way!
I've gone from living someone else's dream to living my own. Now? I wake up feeling excited to get out of bed and end the day grateful I worked to make the changes I needed to make to get to this point. I know you can feel the same way.
You deserve nothing less!
My passion is to empower women to become their own heroes and create the lives of their dreams.
I've have been specializing in transformations since 2007 when I became an ACE-Certified Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor. Growing up, I HATED gym class. Finding running led to my first and most important personal transformation: from someone who hated fitness to somone who embraces it and works to share the many benefits of being active with everyone she meets.
After working in several gyms and wellness facilities throughout the country, I launched my fitness company, Fit Armadillo,® in 2013 to help you enjoy fitness at your place and your pace.®
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The Fit Armadillo team and I were hosting virtual private fitness sessions since before that 5 letter "word" happened...
While I still offer online personal training sessions and group fitness challenges, going through a divorce and driving across the country to start over (another transformative process for me), made me realize how much more joy I get out of experiencing exercise outdoors than inside. It made me want to share not just fitness, but other wellness practices that helped me through that time in my life with my clients.
While being in nature has always helped me gain perspective, I've found some locations more supportive than others. My two favorite places for reflection and transformation Block Island, Rhode Island and the Hawaiian Island of Maui might seem very different at first. However, they do have one important thing in common; they're surrounded by water. Visiting them and getting on island time has been so helpful to me on my personal journey. When you're surrounded by water, feeling far far away from it all, it is easier to gain perspective and identify what really matters. Islands are the perfect place to take a time out to reset as you look to make changes in your life.
I encourage you to join me on one of my favorite islands so you can experience their life-changing power for yourself!
It could be starting a business, publishing your own best-selling book, launching a podcast or simply learning how to put yourself first and feel better from the inside out. Whether you join me for a pop up women's wellness event or full retreat, I hope to inspire and guide you through your next big transformation.
Official Bio
Catherine Turley, M.Ed. is the CEO of Fit Armadillo®, hostess of Island Time Transformations events, a best-selling author and ACE-Certified Personal Trainer who's been passionate about sharing the life-changing power of fitness with the world since completing her 1st road race in Manchester, CT in middle school.
While she recently became addicted to surfing, her 1st fitness love is running. She's completed the Boston Marathon twice and enjoys teaching other fitness professionals and runners how to train smarter through her work as a Revo2lution Running Coach and instructor.
Catherine has been a certified fitness professional since 2007 and has been quoted for her expertise in the print version of WebMD as well as in various online publications (SparkPeople, Livestrong). She writes as a blogger for The Huffington Post and Thrive Global.
About Current Offerings
Catherine and her team of certified fitness professionals at Fit Armadillo® are available for:
Private 1-on-1 fitness sessions
Custom wellness retreats
Running Coaching and Run Coach Certification
Catherine is a certified Revo2lution Running Coach and instructor and available to offer the training to your group of certified fitness professionals or running enthusiasts.
Book talk and signing
Invite Catherine to share insights from her best-selling book with your group.