01/28/2025
*Re-Inteoduction*
Hey guys! 👋🏽 My name is Mariana, I’ve been involved in fitness now since 2009! I started off as a Zumba instructor and then had a small pause in my civilian career as I went to boot camp and joined the Marines!
I’ve been working with some of you for a long time and some of you are new clients ( or you’re thinking about it)!!!
Growing up I loved all sports, I tried so many, basketball, waterpolo, swimming, and I fell in love with Track, soccer and rugby! There were so many other sports I wish I would have tried including gymnastics and wrestling! My parents and I were born in Venezuelan and growing up I was taught a lot of homecoming! Although I wasn’t good at it at first, I’ve grown to love cooking now and getting creative with healthy food.
While I was in the service I always worked hard to maintain perfect scores for our fitness test, and taught Zumba and bootcamp fitness classes on and off base near Camp Pendleton, California. After I got out, we moved to Wisconsin while I was pregnant and I finished my bachelors in business management/marketing.
Our family quickly grew as we moved back and settled in Minnesota (near husbands family). I taught a few classes here in Waconia, and my husband was also working as a trainer in Lifetime. As our family grew, our time started to disappear, with each other, with the kids and things were getting really scrambled. We started to brainstorm ways we could keep helping people, but on our own instead of through gyms, or having to drive super far early and late at night to meet with clients- so we created Blue Ox Fitness and got started right away with customized meal plans and workouts. We haven’t stopped since then 💥
Since then lots of things have changed, and some have stayed absolutely the same. We moved out into the country because we realized how much we value our health. Our research went beyond supplements and what you could do in the gym. But what can food do for you, and nature, growing your own food and raising meat. Our passion for the nutrition side went much deeper as our family grew from 2 to 6! Our passion has been unwavering for helping people, still to this day.