Yoga Instructor

Martin Jurco was born in Slovakia and currently lives in Coral Springs, Florida and London, UK. Martin began his training as a competitive swimmer at the age of five in Slovakia where he quickly rose to the National level. Burned out from swimming thousands of miles of each year, he retired from swimming at the age of 18 to complete a Masters degree in Law. He moved to London in 1999, where he returned to swimming as a coach. He created a new revolutionary swimming program called Magnificent Junior Coaching. His knowledge and experience brought him and his club to the new heights. His stroke clinics became very popular and he soon had a long wait list for private instruction. In 2007, he finally decided to return to competitive swimming and moved to Coral Springs, Florida to train under world renown coach, Michael Lohberg. It was through the Coral Springs Swim Club that Martin was introduced to Resistance Stretching.

Martin met Anne Tierney and Steve Sierra of Innovative Body Solutions in September 2007 while training with international swimmers preparing for the Beijing Olympic Games. He noticed immediate results through their program such as more flexibility, muscle tone, strength and most importantly faster recovery after hard workouts. As a pro swimmer, Martin says "I can appreciate the importance of having more range and power in my arms and legs while protecting my joints and ligaments at the same time." He realized that this kind of stretching is the missing link in a regular athlete's schedule, when he started swimming his lifetime personal best times at the age of 33. His continued training with Innovative Body Solutions and one of their top trainers, Carrie Collins, has allowed Martin to gain incredible insight into the life changing effects of Resistance Stretching.

Martin specializes in working with elite professional athletes to give them that important advantage over the competition and enable them to reach their true potential. Martin lives true to the motto: 'Be the best you can be.' He has worked on Olympic Athletes, attended and assisted in workshops and certification trainings in Florida, Chicago and London. He also shares his experience with world class triathletes, runners, high school athletes and sport novices as well as regular hard working people who just need to stretch and feel great about themselves. He pursues his new passion of a healthier lifestyle for himself and others. He travels frequently between Europe and the USA often partnering with Carrie Collins of StretchChi to prepare athletes for their meets, games and races.