Amanda Matuz

With a natural spirit and gregarious attitude, Amanda has quickly gained prominence as the face of women’s personal training in Long Beach. Originally from south Orange County, Amanda settled in Long Beach after graduating from Chapman University with a degree in Dance.

Amanda’s enthusiasm for personal training and fitness were inspired by her background in dance, which dates back to her early childhood. Along with her husband Mike, Amanda founded First Step Fitness in Long Beach three years ago as an innovative personal fitness training center, blending the solidarity of team-building group workouts with the personal attention of highly skilled trainers. Because of Amanda, First Step Fitness has grown rapidly with a client base as diverse as the workouts that are offered. Her fitness programs build a new body from the inside out, with dietary changes and proper hydration, combined with high-intensity resistance training at an aggressive pace. Skeptics need only meet Amanda to understand that her training works, and that it can help them too.

Her passion for personal training exudes and is superseded only by her love for her family and the Long Beach community. Last October Amanda gave birth to her first child, a son named Noah. As an ambitious business owner and mom, the way she balances work and life is relatable to many of her clients, who not only see her as coach in the gym, but one in life.