Building Better Bodies

Specialties

Building Better Bodies’ programs are designed to meet your healthy lifestyle needs. We offer Personal Training, Small Group Training, Corporate Fitness, Balanced Boot Camps, Pilates Reformer Training, and Nutrition & Wellness Coaching.

«Balanced Boot Camps» are held every Monday and Friday morning from 6 – 7 a.m. at Western Martial Arts Academy (6580 Belleau Wood Ln. Ste. B, Sacramento, CA 95 822). These small group, hour-​long, workouts combine strength, cardio, and Pilates exercises to create a fit and functional body. Particular focus is on form and safety to prevent injury.

Personal training sessions are held at the venue of your choice: in-​home, in-​office, at Western Martial Arts Academy, or at a local park (you’ll often see Kristen training clients at Land Park and McKinley Park).

Meet the Business Owner

Kristen M.

Business Owner

Kristen Merrill has worked in the fitness industry for over 20 years as an ACE-​certified Group Exercise Instructor and Personal Trainer, and STOTT-​trained Pilates Instructor. She is the founder and owner of Building Better Bodies, a fitness and wellness coaching business in Sacramento, CA. Kristen has an innate sense of how the body functions and has had great success in helping a broad range of clients achieve their goals including strength gains, mobility, injury recovery, pre– and post-​partum fitness, and weight loss. Kristen is also a wellness coach and regularly lectures on nutrition and lifestyle. As a busy mother of two young children, Kristen recognizes the challenges that we all face in maintaining active lifestyles and eating well, while juggling all that our busy lives entail. She strives to make fitness and nutrition easy and accessible to everyone.