This web site, which is intended to help health and fitness marketers communicate with each other more easily so that joint ventures might become possible, was created by me, Carolyn Hansen.

I have added this page for those of you who would like to know a little more about the nature of the site, and about me. First of all, let me re-iterate that the idea behind this site is to help facilitate joint ventures between health and fitness vendors.

But that is a very general description of what healthandfitnessjv.com is all about. Here is brief bulleted summary of what members of the site can expect:

• The site is NOT about a joint venture of any particular kind. So please do not send questions on the nature of THE joint venture. There is none, unless you have approached another member and proposed one.
• Joint ventures can be of many types, involving participation in: adswaps, giveaway events, joint product development. I will be adding articles on different joint venture models as the site develops.
• Members of the site opt into my membership database with the aim of possibly doing joint ventures with other members. But such opportunities are entirely optional and at the discretion of the parties involved. Finding someone in the database is no guarantee that they will be receptive to any particular overture for a joint venture.

If you really want to understand my motivation for spending time rounding up health and fitness marketers when instead I could be hitting the gym a lot more frequently, then you need to know a little about my background, and my earlier life.

I was born in New Zealand (which, by the way is a beautiful country that you should take the opportunity to visit if you ever get the chance) and I still live there today, in Whangarei, the northern-most city in the country. Don't worry if you have never heard of it - so many people have no idea even where to look for New Zealand when they pick up a world map. Hint: it lies about a thousand miles to the south east of Australia.

See that little red dot on the map above? - that is me waving to you!

Basically Whangarei is a little green paradise surrounded by the most gorgeous coastal scenery you can imagine, and so much in the way of ocean that it is almost like living on an island. Whangarei is also famous for the fantastic diving opportunities out at the nearby Poor Knights Islands.

For many years I trained as a competitive bodybuilder. I even managed to pick up a national bodybuilding title along the way. Although I have not competed for a few years now, I also have not ruled out the idea of getting back into the game. In fact, the prospect of competing again one day still excites me, and I have a feeling that this will always be true because (in my opinion) the pursuit of the bodybuilding lifestyle is an excellent way to stay in shape year round.

Currently I operate a pair of fitness centers located in the heart of Whangarei city, and I spend a great deal of my time consulting with personal clients. Over the years I have also picked up certifications in the fitness training area.

Recently I have begun re-focusing my fitness interests and bringing them online. It was because I discovered that making contact with other health and fitness professionals online is such a chore that I decided to build the current web site with the aim of making the job of finding people such as yourself easier.

While I have created several information products for people interested in the subject of weight loss, body sculpting, and eating right for better health, my flagship product is presently my Hot Metabolism fitness system. More information about other products that I have put out can be found on my coordinating site http://www.fitnessweightloss.com/.

As I make new acquaintances, possibly through this very site, I expect that my interests will expand and opportunities for developing even more products will arise. Hopefully this will also be true for you as well.

So that is basically who I am and what this site is about. I hope you will take the time to join the other members of this site and begin initiating some new contacts of your own. The health and fitness industry is an exciting one in which to operate and I look forward to seeing you on the inside.

To your success with Health and Fitness joint ventures,

Creator of healthandfitnessjv.com,