About Us
Meet EllA vrbanac
Owner & Head Personal Trainer
Ella is a CSEP Certified Personal Trainer, Kinesiology graduate from Western University, and incoming Master of Physical Therapy student at Western University with a passion for strength, movement, performance, and lifelong health.
Her approach to coaching is simple: training should be built around you. Your goals, experience, schedule, preferences, and starting point all matter. Whether you are looking to get stronger, feel more confident in the gym, support your long-term health, or improve athletic performance, Ella’s role is to create a plan that is intentional, individualized, and realistic for your life.
Her background in kinesiology, strength & conditioning, personal training, and physical therapy education shapes the way she coaches. She believes in evidence-informed programming, quality movement, and consistency over extremes. Every exercise should have a purpose, and every program should help you feel more capable both inside and outside of the gym.
Ella grew up immersed in sport and movement and continues to love the performance side of training. At the same time, she is especially passionate about helping women feel strong, confident, and capable through the many stages of life. From the prenatal and postnatal to perimenopause, menopause, and beyond, she believes strength training can be an incredibly valuable tool for supporting health, function, confidence, and independence as the body and its needs evolve.
Rather than viewing these stages as reasons to step away from strength training, Ella is passionate about helping women understand how movement can be adapted to meet them where they are. Her goal is to create an environment where women feel supported, informed, and confident in what their bodies are capable of, at every age and every stage.
Outside of coaching, Ella loves spending time with family and friends, travelling, reading, being outdoors, and training herself. Those parts of life are just as important to her and are a big reason she believes fitness should support your life, not take it over.
Ella looks forward to learning more about you, your goals, and how Ellavate Fitness can help you feel stronger, more confident, and more capable!