EXPERIENCE STORY | First Time at the Gym at Age 38: I Was More Afraid of Going to the Gym than I Was of Having a Root Canal

When makeup artist Maie Jaomaa first met personal trainer Janika Koch-Mäe, she had no idea that a chance meeting in the makeup room would lead to a major life change. “Janika showed me some stretching exercises in the makeup room, as if in passing, to relieve my stiff neck,” Maie recalls. “At that moment, I thought to myself, if I ever needed a personal trainer when I was in a state of confusion, Janika is the one I would contact.”