Jamie Walker: Fit Approach & SweatGuru

Jamie is the co-founder and president of Fit Approach (www.fitapproach.com), an online health and fitness community. She is also one of the founders of SweatGuru (www.sweatguru.com), the OpenTable of fitness, providing consumers with a single source for discovering, reserving, and paying for fitness classes in their area. Jamie drives the vision and strategy for Fit Approach and Sweat Guru.

She is dedicated to helping others achieve their own fitness goals and healthier lifestyles. Jamie’s athletic pursuits include tennis, cycling, snowboarding, swimming, dancing, and running. A competitive ultra-marathon runner, Jamie has won Ohlone, Dick Collins, Chimera, Cinderella, and Skyline to Sea ultra-marathons. She also placed first overall at the Solana Beach triathlon.

For the last five years, Jamie has also trained and taught bootcamp classes, helping her students lose weight, gain strength, increase flexibility and endurance, and develop healthy habits. Jamie has also been practicing yoga for over 15 years. As a Yoga Alliance certified yoga instructor, she shares her love for athletic, challenging yoga with her students.

She graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from University of California, Berkeley, and completed her 7 year corporate career in PR and marketing to create Fit Approach and Sweat Guru.