Official & Legal Info:
Certified Personal Training Specialist (PTS) with Can-Fit-Pro - Jan 24/2011
Insured by Stevenson & Hunt (General & Professional Liability) - Jan 24/2011
Master Business License issued (Ontario Government) - Feb 7/2011
Business officially opened - March 1/2011
Fitness Achievements, Awards & Certificates:
- Can-Fit-Pro Personal Training Specialist (PTS), 2011
- PADI Divemaster, 2008
- CPR & First Aid training
- Toronto Ultimate Club (TUC) - nominated league female MVP & all-star team player in 2009 & 2010
- Triathlon 2004 (completed Duncan Hadley Triathlon, Fredericton, NB)
- Bachelor of Science (Honours degree) Biology & Geography, 2000
Fitness Hobbies (Past & Present):
- I grew up playing tennis, basketball, sea kayaking & hiking.
- During university and the years soon after, I took up: swimming, scuba diving, skiing (downhill & cross-country), kickboxing, pilates and triathlon.
- I love sports & exercise in general, thus many of these above activities have been hobbies off and on for me, however, there are 3 sports - Ultimate frisbee, Pilates & scuba diving - that have become particular passions of mine.
Personal Fitness Goals (next 5 years):
- Complete another Triathlon
- Become a Pilates instructor
- Train further in Kickboxing
- Learn Biathlon (cross-country skiing combined with shooting)
Why Personal Training?
In 2010, I made the difficult decision to switch careers. It was not something that I made easily at the time, but once I committed completely & professionally to my fitness career I never looked back. While I enjoyed studying biology and eventually working in the aquaculture industry for several years, I realized that fitness was a greater passion in my life. I was always organizing or searching for sports teams, taking fitness classes, giving nutritional advice, I even organized my vacations around fitness goals. My holidays were spent attending ultimate tournaments, hiking volcanos, camping & hiking in national parks. It was sport & fitness that made me happy, helped me relax, made me feel alive.
Despite this, I suppose I had always viewed sports and athletics as a hobby my entire life. It was only for recreation since I wasn’t going to be a pro-athlete (NBA, NHL, MLB style). Growing up it was assumed that since I was a honour roll student and a bookworm, I would naturally go into academia.
While I do not regret studying science and my work in that area (which include several academic publications and international projects), I hold no regrets switching careers.
Looking back I wonder why I never realized all this sooner. The best part of my day was when I was doing something athletic, its obvious to me now, but hind-sight in 20/20 as the saying goes.
I knew I made the right choice when I told my mother that I was becoming a Personal Trainer and her response was “Kelly, that makes so much sense.” Finally, I heard my calling and followed. I view my career as you might your path to fitness, we can’t change the past, but we can learn from it and take action now for a better future.
I love what I do and wake up happy every morning. I embrace challenge. When I train a client (wether it be a fellow teammate, grandmother or anyone else) I consider your fitness training as a challenge for us both.
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