Beach.
Fitness.
Culture.
FitnessBeach is a community of fitness exploration — building experiences for people who love movement, travel, and the cultural moments that bring the two together. Designed for you. Lifelong appreciation. Community of support.
Exercises and experiences geared toward you.
We don't do it if it's not fun, or we can't make it fun.
Learning from each other is inspiring and motivating.
Our passion for the beach, fitness
and culture.
The beach represents a lot to us: happy times, calm moments, vivid beauty, blissful engagement, active and free, open and pure satisfaction. For us, fitness is our beach. It brings us comfort, connection, strength and joy.
Fitness is not just for the gym or studio. It's in our daily activities, our weekend hikes and bikes, walking with family and friends, and our travels. Travel brings transformative moments of awe, inspiration and rest. When combined with a group of souls that understand what the benefits of exercise can do to improve your day, it becomes blissful.
The benefits of being active are essential at all ages, and become more apparent as we age. We understand that clear relevance and embrace it. We create, plan, and provide related fitness activities that bring the full benefits of an active lifestyle — from the studio in your neighbourhood, to the deck of a villa above the Platinum Coast.
How we design
every experience.
The three pillars below run underneath every class, hike, session, and trip we plan. If something doesn't carry all three, we don't do it.
Designed for you
Exercises and experiences geared toward you are important to our actions. Every plan starts with the person, not the programme. If it doesn't move you forward, we change it.
Unique and fun
We don't do it if it's not fun, or we can't make it fun. Life is unique to everyone, but the fun is about everyone. The goal is a relationship with movement that lasts.
Social culture
Learning from each other is inspiring and motivating. The strongest workouts happen with people you like, on routes you'd take with friends, with food you'd want to eat after.
Four programs.
One philosophy.
FitnessBeach runs four programs across Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal and Barbados. Show up to one or to all of them — they're designed to stand alone, and to compound together when you do.
The Year
An immersive eight-month wellness journey, September through April. Monthly fitness, wellness and community events that close with the April retreat in Barbados.
ActivePace
A culturally aware wellness check-in at partner gyms — fitness assessment, nutrition consult, and a connection to mental-health support if needed. Free with partner-gym membership.
Active Hikes & Mind+Body
Drop-in fitness classes and Saturday hikes across Toronto, Ottawa and Montréal. Free Active Hikes; Mind+Body sessions at studio rates. Open to anyone.
Blissful Barbados
Seven nights at La Maison Michelle on the Platinum Coast. Boutique luxury, fitness, food and rest. The closing event of The Year, and open to walk-in bookings.
We know the island.
And we love it.
The people, the atmosphere, the views, the food. Barbados is rich not only in history but in its lifestyle. The Platinum Coast on the west of the island assures the best in its sunsets, turquoise waters, restaurants, shopping, golf and overall vibe.
Our retreat home, La Maison Michelle, sits above the Platinum Coast — a boutique villa expertly designed to capture your senses. Because of our connection, knowledge of the island, and on-the-ground partnerships, we can provide the best cultural and luxury experience the island has to offer.
Explorers, advisors, planners
and connectors.
Travel, fitness and culture brought us together. We're here to help you find your beach.
Marq Nelson
Founder of FitnessBeach and the wider Culturis brand. A lifelong explorer of travel, fitness and wellness. Brings opportunities for representation into the luxury travel and wellness space.
Donovan Prendergast
Certified Personal Trainer, motivational speaker, Co-Founder of Fitness Nation. Decades of experience in corporate fitness and personal training. Believes in expectancy — the belief that effort leads to performance.
Sheila Aue
From Caribbean to Europe, South Pacific to Africa — Sheila can take you there. Whether it's a cruise, an adventure, or just lazing on a white sandy beach watching the world go by. The person behind every retreat booking.
Erica Gittens
Toronto-based mindfulness artist and founder of AURA BODY+HOME. Through movement and stillness, Erica creates imaginative, mindful experiences infused with breathwork and music. Leads Mind + Body sessions and morning yoga at retreats.
FitnessBeach is part of a connected brand family.
The travel, fitness and community side of Culturis — a brand management group focused on transformative lifestyle experiences in fitness, wellness, travel and food.
Reward yourself.
Find your beach.
Drop into a class. Sign up for an Active Hike. Reserve a seat on the April retreat. Or just join the newsletter and see what fits.