June 19, 2013 8pm EST 
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kickassradio/2013/06/20/fitness-living-with-melissa-hall

Melissa Hall grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota and early on knew she would be a performer. She has a twin sister Melinda who was her biggest cheerleader and who encouraged Melissa to start dance classes at a young age. Melissa continued performing throughout high school and was enrolled in the Visual performing arts program at North High School. Shortly after, she enrolled at the University of Minnesota and began performing with the local modern dance troupe 10,000 Lakes. Her quest continued as she became a professional cheerleader, first for the Minnesota Viking Cheerleaders and then with the Minnesota Timberwolves performance team. She was approached by a pageant scout and ran for the title of Miss Minnesota in 97 and won. She never would have entered a beauty pageant before meeting Faith Schway. It was such an opportunity to learn how to be confident and poised in front of many people.

Melissa continues to be close with her family who resides in Minnesota. Her mother was stricken with breast cancer in 2002 and lost her battle in June of 2003. Melissa knew it was time to pursue her dreams of a health and fitness career that her mother had always encouraged her to. In 2004, she ran for the title of Mrs. Minnesota 2004 in honor of her mother Veretta Hall and promoted the importance preventative healthcare via exercise & nutrition. She placed in the top ten at Nationals held in Palm Springs CA and thereafter became an active board member for the Hope Chest for Breast Cancer Foundation. As the Mrs. Minnesota United States 2008, Melissa has continued with her platform of preventative health care and provides her fitness services to inner-city women and disabled citizens. Her passion for fitness and encouraging others to be healthy, fit & happy continues.

Melissa continued to compete in the Fitness America system and placed in the top ten out of 100 competitors at her first competition. She started a professional fitness modeling career in 2000 and has graced 8 covers with her latest being the December 2008 Oxygen Fitness Magazine. She competed at the Fitness Universe Pageant June of 2005 and won the title of Ms. Bikini Universe.

Melissa is currently residing in Tampa Bay Florida and has recently decided to take her love and knowledge of health and fitness by pursuing another endeavor, Melissa Hall Fitness and launched products November 2008 on the Home Shopping Network. As a certified trainer, Melissa’s goal is to develop products that will help people achieve their health and fitness goals.

She continues to help young women with their dreams and goals. “Too many times I’ve been told that dreams don’t come true, which is far from the truth. You need support, encouragement and with discipline and guidance, anything is possible. My motto is: Know thyself and help others; share your knowledge, it’s empowering.”

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June 12, 2013 8pm EST 
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In common with many women, hitting her 40’s was a time of inner reflection which led Laura to the realization that she was out of shape, her hormones were off the charts, she had fat in places it has never been before, and not the confident person she once was. It was time for CHANGE and Laura embraced it with passion!

Cleaning up her diet and eating organic foods and embarking on an exercise program were two steps that began her journey to physical and spiritual transformation. Reading and studying about fitness and nutrition lead her to study at the largest nutrition school in the country, Integrative Nutrition and also to become a Nationally Certified Personal Trainer by the NSCA.

Laura is an online fitness and nutrition coach who has helped hundreds of women reclaim their health and their fitness through healthy clean eating, weight training and chemical free living.

Visit her websites: www.LauraLondonFitness.com and www.FitandFabulousMomContest.net.

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She works with many different types of people, mainly clients with weight loss goals.

She is very passionate about educating men & women on creating a healthy lifestyle and living at a healthy weight.

Visit Freedom of Fitness website to get more info about her training services.

May 29, 2013 8pm EST 
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kickassradio/2013/05/30/chasing-the-dream-with-raechelle-chase

Raechelle Chase is an IFBB Pro Figure competitor, International Fitness Model, writer & mother of 3 from Auckland, New Zealand. Being a parent is the most important role in her life and takes up the majority of her time. She found that throwing herself into fitness and competing allowed her a life outside of motherhood and has allowed her to continue to grow as an individual and balance being a mother with achieving her own goals. As they say the mother is the foundation of a happy family. When her children see her working towards her own goals, even if they don’t realize it, subconsciously they will learn how to achieve their own goals too and that nothing is impossible with hard work and determination.

Her biggest accomplishment in the fitness industry was to be the 1^st female from NZ to compete in The 2011 Figure Olympia. This was a huge goal accomplished by her. She loves to help motivate & inspire everyone she meets throughout her own journey to achieve their goals too.

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This and Karen’s other books can be purchased through www.GymnasticsBooks.com.

This is not Karen Goeller’s first book. It is her 16th book. Karen Goeller is the author of more gymnastics books than anyone in the USA. She started writing books in 2000, after an accident caused permanent spinal damage. Writing books is how Goeller remained involved in gymnastics and fitness. Goeller is also the creator of Swing Set Fitness with three books on that topic. And she has a book, Sentenced to Life in Bed, but I Escaped, which tells her story since cancer surgery in 1991.

Goeller is available for interviews, book signings, consulting, and private training. Contact Karen through her email Karen@karengoeller.com, phone: 908-278-3756, or blog www.KarenGoeller.com.

May 8, 2013 8pm EST 
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kickassradio/2013/05/09/up-close-and-personal-with-kristy-lee-wilson 

Originally from Australia, Kristy made her mark in fitness at an extremely young age. At just 8 years old, she became the youngest athlete to ever be offered a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport. Kristy was one of Australia’s top junior gymnasts, 3-time Australian Power Tumbling Champion and performed with the world renowned Cirque du Soleil performer for 10 years. She is also a sponsored athlete and fitness competitor.

Kristy is a Certified Personal Trainer, Corrective Exercise Specialist, and Sports Performance Specialist through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. She is a Fitness Expert on Dr. Oz’s Sharecare.com website, as well as an International Presenter and Speaker. Kristy specializes in Weight Loss and Weight Management, Youth Fitness, Women’s Fitness, Sports Performance Enhancement and is a Fitness Writer and On-Screen Talent for Demand Media Studios – contributing regularly to websites such as Livestrong.com,   eHow.com, SFGate Healthy Living, AZ Central Healthy Living and TheNestWoman Fitness.

Kristy is a Best Selling author and won an Editor’s Choice Award for her contribution to “The Definitive Guide to Youth Athletic Strength, Conditioning and Performance”. She has a tremendous passion for helping prevent Childhood Obesity and is an advisory board member for the Excellence Through Exercise Foundation.

Kristy has been featured and published in publications such as Oxygen Magazine, Natural Muscle Magazine, USANA Magazine, World Physique Magazine, Today & Tonight Magazine, and A Sky’s the Limit Magazine, and is seen as a featured fitness expert on numerous health and fitness websites.

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I don’t know what it is about Canadian girls, but it seems like they ALL are COOL and in SUPER SHAPE. This month’s KickAss Woman of the Month is both. One thing that makes her cool is she readily shares her challenge with eating disorders that so many women quietly deal with. Major props to Aeryon sharing her battles and being a role model for others. Hope you find her story inspiring! – jd

How did you get into “working out”?
My dad was a bodybuilder so I grew up reading the mags and watching him train at our home gym. I started at the gym at 16 years old and fell in love with lifting weights.

What let you into competing?
I was a trainer at Bally’s in Toronto and my girlfriend did Fitness competitions, I had read about them in Oxygen mag but never had met anyone who did them. She helped me with my first show, staying over weekends doing my diet, posing, helping me train, she was amazing.

Did you play sports growing up?
My mother was a figure skating coach so I did skating and swimming which might explain my legs now! I spent several years on a farm when I was younger where I had horses, so I did barrel racing in little rodeo’s and loved that.

Who is your role model?
My role model’s vary in different areas. I have my mother who went back to school at 40 to get her masters and now has the job of her dreams. I admire Oprah and her message to women and people everywhere that they should live the life of their dreams. Monica Brant has always been a fitness icon of mine as she has been in the industry for so many years, I am actually attending her fitness camp next month so that will be exciting!

You have been vocal about your dealings with eating disorders. Why do you want to share your experiences?
I want women to know they are not alone and that in this industry where people try to look perfect there is no perfection, we all have our struggles to work through. I want to be an example of how you can take a negative and turn it to a positive, that life is a work in progress and each day you try to be the best you can.

Where are you in your battle with your eating disorder?
I believe I will always have certain issues with food, so what I have been able to do is change the message in my head… as humans we are driven by pleasure and will try to avoid pain. So what I have done is change the language in my mind from “you will be fat if you don’t purge” to “you will never have the life of your dreams if you continue to purge”. It is more painful to think of not creating my dream life as I know when I am deep in my eating disorder: I am anti social, I am consumed by food, and I become depressed by what I am doing to myself, which is not the life that I have dreamed.

Is training and/or competing a good outlet for any girl dealing with eating disorders?
I have been able to use fitness as my outlet, for myself I enjoy the organization and planning, working towards goals. There is a spin off from reaching my fitness goals, it helps me feel better emotionally and mentally. I am no longer my eating disorder which it used to define me, my language has shifted and what works for me is to feel physically fit because it makes me feel emotionally and mentally better. What works for one might not work for another, but this has been what works for me…

You not only battled with eating disorders, you also were heavier at one point in your life. What is the emotional/mental battle you deal with when heavier, and having an eating disorder?
It is all wrapped up together, I become depressed for what I am doing to myself knowing that nothing positive that stems from it, and then I am upset at myself for being heavy. I had to look at weight loss in a totally different way, it became about wanting to feel better, and have more energy which lead to weight loss. I did not try to make it happen fast but for the first time I gave myself patience. I listened to my body, what it really wanted food wise, I became forgiving to myself, and I loved myself at the point I was at.

Ok, for the fun stuff. Do you ENJOY getting into a bikini and doing photo shoots, competitions, and other things to show off your work?
I do love the day of the show, when you get all dolled up and get to see how everything came together. I also really enjoy photo shoots seeing how my body has changed and developed over the past years has been amazing. I have had the opportunity to work with many wonderful photographers.

Do people treat you different as the hot girl?
I don’t believe they do, I am a business woman and I present myself in a manner that I receive respect from people I deal with. There are many hot women in the world, so I would rather be a hot smart girl:)!!

What do you like best, the attention you get from men or admiration from women? (Joey wants to know!)
I really enjoy the admiration from women, I had a woman walk up to me in the gym a couple of weeks ago and tells me she reads my blog for inspiration. So that meant so much to me that I can motivate her to believe that she can do whatever she wants to do in life, in fact I am now training her for her first show!!

What are your upcoming plans?
I am competing in the Canadian Nationals on Aug 18th, I am also going to be working at the booth at the shows leading up to that for SD Pharmaceuticals. I have some new ad for SD coming out soon as well! Spending time with my daughter and really enjoying the age she is at now, heading to the lake with her and my boyfriend this summer as well!!

April 24, 2013 8pm EST
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kickassradio/2013/04/25/get-the-right-pose-with-christine-anderson

Christine Anderson is a Certified Personal Trainer with ACE, Nutritionist, and a Fitness Coach to female clients that want results. She is also a busy wife married to a busy man, a mother, a business owner and an ex-Figure competitor.

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