GymGem

Anything Fitness, Fashion Design, Body Building/ Figure Competitions

Why I love doing Cathe Workouts: To be frank, she knows what she is doing. Her style of teaching leads me to belive that she truly cares about what she is doing and the impact it makes on her fans. I see tons of videos and most are just about " I made a video" nothing more, nothing less. I love her attention to detail and professionalism...I could go on and on.....

My Fitness Goals: To follow in Cathe's footsteps and make a difference with care and integrity!!!

My Success Story: Wow....I have been a group fitness instructor for about five years. For most of those years I was overweight (183lbs 5'3"). I was at a very unhappy place in my life and was an infamous non-eater. When I did eat it was comfort foods. More often than not I was comforted by dear friends Ben and Jerry. When I removed myself from the horrible situation and got it together emotionally, I called a dear friend and personal training mentor. I took a deep breath and told him that I want to compete in a figure competion. Six meals a day, cardio twice a day, weight training 4 days a week, and teaching 16 class a week later, I was 50 pounds lighter, and had 11% bodyfat....I have competed in figure competions 3 times. My first show I placed 9th, my second show 5th and my most recent show I placed 3rd!!!!!!