About Josh
Josh Romaine is a Certified Personal Trainer, a Functional Training Specialist, a Certified Adventure Fitness Trainer, a Certified First Responder, as well as being certified in secondary education. Josh loves to play and have fun! His active lifestyle along the beach has led him to spread his enthusiasm of physical fitness to others in the St. Augustine community and beyond. Josh enjoys surfing, running, kayaking, paddleboarding, swimming and cycling.
Josh was voted #1 Personal Trainer in St. Augustine in 2008.
Josh began competitively swimming at age 7 and continued racing until reaching the Florida High School State finals 10 years later. He ran for the Flagler College (class of '92) cross-country team and has been running competitively ever since. Some of his running accomplishments include winning the 2004 and 2008 St. Augustine Beach 5K Run, the 2005 Vilano Bridge 5K, and having a personal record of 5:11 in the mile, and 16:54 (at age 38) in the 5000 meters. Josh is a multiple marathon finisher and a Boston Marathon Qualifier with a time of 2:59:52. Josh can regularly be seen running on the beach while pushing his three children.
Josh has been a St. Johns County Ocean Lifeguard since 2001, but has guarded the local beaches as far back as 1990. He has won numerous events at the regional, national and international level of lifeguard competitions. In 2002 he earned a bronze medal in the Rescue Tube Race at the World's Ocean Rescue Championship and was recognized by the St. Johns County Board of Commissioners for his performance.
Also a health teacher, Josh is in his 14th year of teaching at Sebastian Middle School, and greatly enjoys teaching the importance of maintaining one's health and wellness. Josh is the Wellness Coordinator for Sebastian Middle School and is one of six members of the St. Johns County School District's Wellness Steering Committee.
In addition to coaching, teaching and training, Josh writes a monthly column in St. Augustine's Old City LIFE Magazine. The column covers fitness and health related topics.
In an effort to encourage wellness in the community, Josh is now offering his exciting health and fitness seminars locally to employers and groups.
The time Josh spends with his students and clients is when healthy habits are instilled and nurtured; and when lifestyles are enriched.
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"Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Rebecca Romaine
Josh's wife, Rebecca handles all the advertising, marketing, public relations, media inquires, scheduling and administration for Josh. She also works as the web master, designing, building and maintaining both (www.staugustinebootcamp.com and www.joshromaine.com) websites. Additionally, Rebecca plays a role in the program development of actual exercise you will do in Adventure Boot Camp. If she can do it, so can you!
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"Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit."
~Napoleon Hill