Bio
Dr. Kristi Harrison
Dr. Kristi Harrison is the co-owner of Highland Fitness and Wellness, a personal training studio gym and fitness community in Scarborough, Ontario. Kristi and her business partner Matthew McKeown are committed to total health and fitness, which embraces gym workouts in conjunction with other forms of physical conditioning, mental wellness, and lifestyle factors such as sleep, nutrition, hydration, and much more. Their approach to health and fitness (exercise) science is evidence-based.
Kristi began her personal training and nutrition coaching practice in January 2019, following an extensive career in postsecondary education as an educator, mentor, and positions in senior-level administration. Kristi has trained with expert personal trainers, fitness and wellness coaches, and wellness associates across various disciplines in her fitness endeavours. She has worked with a range of female and male clients ranging from adolescents to senior citizens. Her work with clients has been in functional fitness, strength training, improved body movement and nutrition. Her clients have also included those with therapeutic rehabilitation needs, perimenopausal/menopausal hormonal changes, weight loss/eating habits goals, and elite amateur sports participation. She also has a strong interest in fitness for people in transitional stages of their lives.
Kristi enjoys regular walking/light hiking, swimming, paddle boarding and yoga. She focuses her leisure time on family, reading, knitting, cooking and travel. She holds a B.A.(Hons) from York University, and an M.Ed. and a doctorate (Ed.D) from the University of Toronto/OISE in Education.
She is certified as a Personal Training Specialist, nutrition coach (©Lean Body Coach, ®Eat Clean, and ®Precsion Nutrition Level 1 candidate), and a Level 1 instructor in ®Animal Flow, a quadrupedal movement training modality.
Certifications
Personal Training Specialist (Canfitpro) – January 2019
Eat Clean Coach (®Tosca Reno) – October 2019
CanfitPro Member – 2019 – present
Lean Body Coach – June 2019 (DTS – Darby Training Systems, Toronto)
Animal Flow Level 1 Workshop and Instructor Training Test-Out- Oct. 2022-June 2023
Precision Nutrition – Level 1 Nutrition Coach – candidate, April 2022 - present