About
Hi, I am Katie Blackburn. I have always been an active person who liked to stay in shape. As the years went by and I had my girls I realized that staying fit was not going to be as easy as it was when I was in my early 20s. Creeping up on 30 was slowing making being fit harder. In 2010 I started working for a health club after the birth of my second daughter. And this is where I began my journey as a FIT Mom.
I had lost all of my baby weight by doing what I had done in my early 20s, cardio…..cardio……abs. But after months of hard work the pounds came off but my backside was no longer, how I should say this, pleasant to the eye…it was now closer to the floor than ever before. I waved and my triceps…yea they waved, too. “What is going on?” I would say to myself. So one day I decide to talk to a trainer because I obviously was not doing something right. I learned that day that women needed to be in the “free weight” area and strength train just as much as men did. That protein and weights would not make me look like Arnold! That day I learned I was “skinny fat.” and I did not like that I was in a category with the word FAT. The next day I meet with…..my trainer!
Over the next year, I learned so much about my body, myself, and about being FIT. I had a lot of sessions where I answered my trainer with puzzled looks on my face when he would tell me what exercise was next. Squat, what is that? Do you mean you want me to take my backside to the floor with that bar on my back? Ha, ha o.k. But each workout got better. I got stronger and my knowledge of fitness grew. I made it a goal of mine to help other women get over their fear of weight training, fear of stepping into a gym when they hate the way they look, and let them know my story and how I have overcome my fears to be healthy for myself and my family. I became part of a Personal Training team. Hearing other people’s stories of how they so desperately wanted to be healthy and encouraging them on getting started is now one of my passions. Seeing my clients make transformations to being healthy is such a rewarding feeling. My clients look at me often and say, “Because of you, I did not give up”. And those words are what keep me focused as a Coach and a fitness competitor. My clients believe in me and my passion for fitness.
Coaching Since 2010
Katie Blackburn
