Marta Montenegro

Marta Montenegro has been inspiring people to live healthy lives by giving them the tools and strength to find oneâs inner athlete. Inspired by her fatherâs last words to her, âFind your victory,â she dedicated herself to living a healthy lifestyle and sharing her personal journey with others. Her award-winning website, MartaMontenegro.com, combines health and fitness advice, first-person stories, and tips on nutrition, beauty and fashion. In the past, she created SOBeFiT, a national fitness magazine for men and women, and the Montenegro Method DVD workout series â a program she designed for getting results in just 21 days by exercising 21 minutes a day. Her award-winning magazine has earned praise from top athletes and celebrities like Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal, Dwyane Wade and Mario Lopez, among others. Marta is a certified strength and conditioning coach, master trainer and serves as an adjunct professor of exercise physiology at FIU. Through her experiences, Marta has developed her own system of plyometrics and resistance exercises used by professional athletes across a variety of disciplines. With Masters degrees in finance and exercise physiology, Marta is continually updating her teachings with the latest in fitness science, sharing these updates with readers of her column on AOL en Espanol. She frequently contributes to both local and national media outlets, including CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS and Univision and even matched wits with a panel of comedians on âThe Joy Behar Show.â As a sought-after speaker, Marta has tackled topics ranging from business, fitness and holistic health. She also has worked as a print and broadcast journalist, in both her native Venezuela as well as in Washington, D.C. In Venezuela, she owned and operated a private wellness center, where she helped clients develop athletic performance. She is the author of the Spanish-language book âForget Dieting! Exercise and Learn How to Eat.â

Marta Montenegro's Background

Marta Montenegro's Experience

Founder, Publisher and Editor-In-Chief at SOBeFiT Magazine

January 2007 - December 2010

Conceptualized, launched, and served as Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of SOBeFIT Magazine, an award-winning international print and digital fitness, diet, health and sports publication targeting both men and women Ran the entire operation, including finance, marketing, branding, public relations, editorial, and design; raised over $3 million in startup capital; increased BPA-audited circulation fivefold to over 150,000 bimonthly issues; managed over 40 staff and freelancers Earned 14 editorial awards from the Florida Magazine Association, three ADDYs, and Folioâs top honors for Best Magazine Launch Party; also named as one of Publishing Executive Magazineâs âBest Publishing Companies to Work For in 2009â list Received praise from top athletes and celebrities such as Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal, Dwayne Wade, Alonzo Mourning, Mario Lopez, Natalie Morales, Bethany Franco, Daisy Fuentes, and Chad Pennington, among many others Created and launched two successful fitness-related events: The SOBeFIT Person of the Year Award and the SOBeFIT 5K, which sold out in its maiden run, a record for this type of first-time event Produced a critically-acclaimed DVD workout series called the Montenegro Method based on a proprietary system of pylometrics and resistance exercises endorsed by top fitness media and athletes

Owner and Fitness Director at Private Gym

September 2002 - December 2006

Founded and operated a successful private wellness center in Venezuela, serving over 65 regular clients at a 10-person facility specializing in health and fitness evaluations and designing customized recovery programs in conjunction with physicians Wrote Forget Dieting! Exercise and Learn How to Eat, a Spanish-language bestseller in Venezuela which garnered a high-profile CNN interview

CEO at MM Media Productions, LLC

January 2011

Health and fitness media producer and content creator: book author, features writer, blogger, TV and DVD content producer, on-air talent and multi-certified personal trainer and strength coach Currently collaborating with well-known health and fitness writer Ted Spiker on an English-language spinoff of the Spanish-language bestseller I authored

Health, Fitness and Nutrition Writer at Fox News Latino

January 2011

Health, Fitness and Nutrition Writer at AOL in Espanol

September 2010

Contribute health and fitness content geared to AOL's Latino audience

Health & Fitness Contributor at CNN in Espanol

March 2010

Health & FItness Contributor at CNN Espanol: Noti Mujer