I’ve been an athlete my whole life.  I played soccer almost as soon as I could walk.  Then in high school I played three sports including volleyball, basketball and soccer which ultimately earned me a scholarship to Virginia Commonwealth University.  Fast forward a few years and I became a professional cheerleader for the Washington Redskins [...]

I first started weight training when I wanted to tone up a bit for the Australian Swimsuit Calendar shoot I had coming up so I started going to the gym with my partner. Since I had no other females to work out with I would work out with Chris just doing what he did with a fraction of the weight. It was addictive! The biggest adjustment though was my diet. After seeing [...]

My body wasn’t made to be super thin, I had soccer player legs, nice and muscular but I hated my arms because they were not defined. My mom got me a gym membership and I was introduced to weight lifting. Then I though by lifting 5-10 pounds would get me somewhere, but I was wrong. I began lifting for my strength and I started to love and see [...]

Growing up I was always a very skinny girl and was teased and bullied a lot because of it. I began working out to become stronger physically and mentally. When I started seeing the changes in my body & health I decided to change it from an interest into a lifestyle. After years of being successful as a bikini and glamour model I wanted [...]

It’s funny  that I am a professional athlete, because I was all about the arts as a kid. I originally wanted to become a photographer, but university courses led me into a career as a graphic and web designer. I loved my profession, however my passion for fitness eventually lead me to become educated as a personal trainer, and my entrepreneurial [...]

My whole life I have been active since I was 5 years old. I played every sport you could imagine. When I was about 19 I started working out and over time developed my own programs to keep me in shape. When I started modeling and came to a point when I was receiving over 800 emails a day on questions relating to fitness, I started blogging and becoming [...]

Very few of us succeed on our own – more often than not it is a “team” effort to get you to where you are, and none of us would be where we are today if it were not for some significant people and events in our lives. I would like to just acknowledge (again for a couple, since I have noted this in times past, but it IS important to me) some of those individuals who [...]

My diet is very clean and well balanced.  One common misconception about a “diet” is that the person on a diet is being starved.  This is simply not true.  I prefer to think of my diet as fuel for my body to accomplish everything I demand of it on a daily basis.  As an athlete I demand a lot from my body and it doesn’t make sense to not give it what it needs in order [...]

I spent many years involved in sports and then training in a local gym to stay fit. I started in the gym on a mission to sculpt my physique in every workout. I was there 5-7 days a week, working my entire body in every session. A few years in and minimal lean muscle development; I started training with a friend a majority of the week. Professionally we both work in the medical [...]