Meet your coaching team

Two coaches, one standard of care: thoughtful programming, honest feedback, and support that meets you where you are.

What we offer

Three ways to work with us.

Women-focused coaching — everyone is welcome here, and our small-group sessions are women-only.

Online ServicesLifestyle Coaching and Competition Prep, including posing.

In-Person ServicesPrivate Training 1:1, Bring your person 2:1, and Small Group at

200 Vanguard Drive, Orléans, Ontario, K4A 0T8.

Practitioner ServicesVirtual Wellness Clinic with registered dietitians and independent therapy practitioners.

Meet the team

These are your coaches

Nicole is usually available for evening appointments and coaches most small-group sessions. Meredith is usually available during the daytime and also coaches online, lifestyle, posing and contest-prep clients.

Coaches Nicole Vanderhorn and Meredith Parry, back to back in the studio.

Meredith Parry

Bachelor of Kinesiology (BKin) | Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) | Certified Nutrition Coach (CNC) · Owner, Head Coach & Personal Trainer

Guidance when you need it. Momentum while you build it.

Relevant experience: Kinesiology, personal training, nutrition coaching, national-level bodybuilding competitions and posing.

Coaching style: Consistency and quality movement will always matter more than perfection.

Typically works with: Online, lifestyle, personal training, posing and contest-prep clients.

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Nicole Vanderhorn

Coach & Personal Trainer

Structure when you need it. Encouragement while you build it.

Relevant experience: Military background, long-term strength training, bodybuilding, personal training and online coaching.

Coaching style: Discipline and resilience.

Typically works with: Strength, endurance and body-recomposition clients across 1:1, partner and small-group coaching.

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Meredith Parry smiling in the Urban Fitness Ottawa studio.

Meredith Parry smiling during a posing coaching session at the Urban Fitness Ottawa studio.

Our philosophy

Coaching for real life

“I built Urban Fitness to help people feel stronger, understood and genuinely supported.” Fitness should add to your life — not take it over. No punishing workouts because you ate something. No guilt. No "no pain, no gain" nonsense.

“This space started as our little idea and was shaped by the people who show up here, they make it become something bigger, something shared, and something we're genuinely proud to say belongs to this community.”— Meredith Parry

What we believe instead: strength changes everything. When you get stronger — in the gym, in the kitchen, in your habits — your confidence follows. Your coach guides that process with expertise, honesty, and genuine care.

No-shame coaching — the goal is not perfection, and you never need to apologize
Plans built for real life — your schedule, your body, your preferences
Education, not dependence — we want you to understand your training and nutrition
Whole-person support — training, food, mindset, sleep, stress: it's all connected

What it's like to work with us

In your corner, every step

Regular check-ins help your coach understand how you are doing, how the plan feels and what may need to change. Monthly coaching assessments are included, with additional support depending on your plan.

You'll get structure when you need it, flexibility when life demands it, and honesty always. If something isn't working, we'll change it — together.

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Curious what change looks like in practice? Explore client transformations →

Meredith coaching a client through a barbell squat in the Orléans studio

Meredith Parry working at her desk with her little dog.

Let's get to know each other

Book a free consultation — tell us where you are and where you want to be. We'll tell you honestly how we'd help you get there.

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