I have been in the fitness industry for around 9 years now and work as a Personal Trainer, Group Fitness Instructor, Kettlebell Instructor and Mentor. Starting out in fitness 10 years ago as a Group Fitness Instructor, into which I was pushed, I didn’t go willingly, I learned to love the role of motivator and teacher. I expanded into more freestyle roles and then onto boxing and outdoor training. I got into Personal Training around 7 years ago and I have learned a whole bigger picture in that time in regards to fitness, strength and training. I worked from a private studio at my home but have now taken that step and branched out into bigger premises in town and love that I have the opportunity to educate and motivate people in a group and one on one to achieve their goals and become the best version of themselves. My role as a mentor for Sue Heinze at Ideal Bodies Online allowed me to practice my skills as a mentor and support person. The most rewarding part of my career to date is being able to help people have the confidence and belief in themselves that anyone can transform their body going from weak to strong and overweight to lean.
It was my personal transformation that started my education into training and nutrition. In my late teens I suffered from anorexia, which was replaced by bulimia a few years later and continued for nearly 10 years! As I searched for a way to kick my disordered eating I started looking to food as a fuel to make my body work well instead of a tool to medicate or beat myself up. I started to focus on what my body could do during exericise instead of how many calories or how much fat I was burning off. It has been a long road, a slow journey but a permanent one. I lost 20kg and have kept it off, learnt many things about me and the body in general plus managed to find a lifestyle that I love, can comfortably live everyday and wouldnt change for anything. I am driven to share what I have lived and learnt and help other people get to this comfortable place.
