Validation

Ever wonder about the credentials of your fitness professional?  Its an issue that has been of concern to many a fitness pro and their clients alike.  Thankfully Can-Fit-Pro, the organization that I have done most of my training with, has established a new website that can help validate the credentials of your trainer - myself included.  This month the RepsCanada website will take to the web, which potential clients can check up on their trainers credibility.   Feel free to check it out:

http://www.repscanada.com/index.html

Yours in good faith & healthy lifestyle,
Kelly

Now Offering Nutrition Counseling

Good news everybody!

I am now also a Nutrition and Wellness Specialist, as I recently completed Can-Fit-Pro's certification process.  Now besides personal training, I can also provide Nutritional counseling for my clients.  I can work with you to ensure your diet is healthy, balanced and reflective of your personal goals.  
I'm really excited to offer this additional service through Contours!  Book your nutritional evaluation session with me today to get on track to the healthy body you deserve!

Cheers, Kelly

Why blog for CPT?

I like to share my thoughts and ideas with others.  If not while working out, then writing it out is the next best thing for me.  This is a place where I’d like to share personal stories, fitness & nutrition advice, views on current fitness trends, discuss myths & facts...  I’ll leave the possibilities open.  

I expect this will be both personal & professional in nature.  

If you’re a potential client considering training with me this blog can serve as a way you can get to know me a little better (am I the right trainer for you?) and also as a source of advice and motivation.   

For myself, this blog will be both an outlet to discuss my thoughts on fitness (a mental workout per se) and a way to promote the non-business aspects of CPT.  My personal values, ethical standards, sense of humor and attitude towards life are all reflected in my personal training.  

If you’d like to suggest a topic for discussion please send me an email.  I will always keep an open-mind and respect your privacy.  This is a blog that is aimed at achieving healthy minds & bodies.    

Contours Personal Training (CPT): Business History & Biography

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.