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Hi, I'm Kim. Thanks for visiting to see what I have to offer you on your fitness journey. I am ready to help you create the body you have been dreaming about! It's there already. You just can't see it yet. I believe you can uncover it (and build a crazy amount of confidence in the process!!) through consistent, progressive strength training and nutritional habit changes. Strength training can help you burn fat and sculpt your body into the best version of you imaginable. You will find inner strength and satisfaction as you become physically stronger. Success in the gym will boost your confidence in all areas of your life. How do I know this is possible? Well, here's my story.... |
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My Story...
 FEBRUARY 2014
June 2016
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When I was 43 I decided it was time to try (yet again) to lose weight. I've been a lot of sizes in my life- from 2 to 16, and every size in between. Over the last few decades I've tried, with varying levels of success, to lose fat and get "toned." I've done NutriSystem, Weight Watchers, and MediFast. I've tried Zumba and kickboxing and P90X. I even convinced several of my girlfriends to train to walk a marathon in an attempt to lose weight. We took dozens of two to five hour training walks over the course of our three months of training.
We successfully completed the Baltimore Marathon in 2008. It was a marvelous, once in a lifetime experience. However, I crossed the finish line at close to the same weight as when I began the training 3 months before. This may have had something to do with our frequent carb-loading sessions ...Cream-cheese stuffed french toast after most training walks? Turns out that wasn't a great fat-loss strategy;) So there I was at 43, ready to try again. It just so happened that we had a family friend staying with us for a few months, and I was his ride to the gym. Of course he worked out up in the "man-cave" where I would have never dared to venture in a million years. It was like another world up there with the grunting and the enormous weights and the men drinking brightly-colored liquid out of gallon sized jugs. I would keep right on walking to the rows of cardio machines where I would slog through my dreaded, mind-numbingly boring 45 minutes. Afterwards I would lift free weights for 15 or so minutes and then head home. One day my friend asked me what I was trying to accomplish. "I'm trying to not be fat and out of shape!" Duh. He then informed me that I was going about this all wrong. Considering that he was more than half my age I was a little taken aback by his frank assessment of my workouts; but he obviously knew a thing or two about fitness, so I heard him out. He told me if I wanted to reach my goals I had better get off my cardio machines and spend more time lifting weights. And while I was at it I better start eating some protein and vegetables too! He invited me to train with him and the next day I entered the "man-cave" for the first time. To say I was intimidated would be an understatement. I just tried to do what my training partner told me to and not look like an idiot. We trained together for the next 3 months. And over those 3 months amazing changes took place. The weight began to drop off- twenty pounds worth to be exact. Now, I'd lost 20 lbs before (more than once) but this time was different. It looked and felt like way more than twenty pounds. My body radically changed, dropping from a size 12 to a size 2! That's 5 sizes! I'd never lost 5 sizes before. I had shape and 'tone" and definition in all kinds of places. Friends and acquaintances constantly asked what I was doing. People didn't recognize me! What's even better is how I felt. I was so proud of myself for the things I was accomplishing. It was thrilling to go into the gym and do something that just the week before I couldn't do. I was able to do real push-ups on my toes with my chest to the ground for the first time! I worked and worked until I could finally do my first unassisted chin-up. The weights I lifted were getting bigger and bigger and my body was getting leaner, faster, and stronger. The confidence I gained in the gym carried over to other aspects of my life. I felt more comfortable in my body than I ever had before in my life. I met a long-time personal goal of singing a solo in public for the first time (something I'd previously been too scared to do) It became easier for me to do hard things outside of the gym because, heck, I did really hard things in the gym every day. I started helping friends with their training programs. I was constantly being told that I should train people for a living. After hearing it enough times I finally decided to take the plunge and get certified as a personal trainer. Since nutrition is a non-negotiable part of any real physique change, I sought out the best education in nutrition coaching as well, becoming Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certified. I love helping the women I work with get fit and strong and push themselves to do things that they didn't know they could do. Watching them learn how to get off the diet roller coaster while losing 5,10, 15, 25, 50+ pounds is thrilling. It is rewarding to see their results and know that I helped them get those results. I'd love to help you get real results. Get in touch and lets start your transformation today! |