Fitness became my passion years ago when I saw the benefits of training for Basketball in high school. I first began in a sport strength class for young athletes not unlike the Sport and Strength Conditioning held at UTC. This stimulated my intrigue for bettering myself through physical fitness, and educating myself about the body and how it moves through a 4-year honours degree in Kinesiology at Laurier. During my time in university, my awareness of different types of training grew, and with the help of several trainers, friends and coaches, I began to become better at training myself. It was because of my high level of athleticism that I was able to obtain my goal of playing basketball for WLU. as well as competing with the varsity cross-country team.
After graduating, I went on to obtain a Sports Business Management diploma at Durham College. This landed me a `dream job`working at a Sports Agency that handled high-profile Olympic Athletes during the Vancouver Olympics..... Except it wasn`t MY dream job because I was stuck behind a desk for 9 hours a day! So, I quit, became a certified kinesiologist, moved home and followed my passion to become a trainer.
Over the past year and a bit my fitness and nutrition knowledge has grown and grown. There is NOTHING I would rather wake up at 5am for than to meet a group of people dedicated to bettering their health through fitness. My nutrition knowledge has been my latest obsession, as it was not until late in University that I realized that my commitment to training was only half the equation, and to become a better athlete, to obtain better health, and to get the full gains of my training session I needed to employ healthy eating habits to coincide with my healthy active lifestyle.
My current meal plan is as follows: (please note that this is not a diet and I have not consulted a nutritionist... it is what I have found that works for me to stay looking and feeling fit)
Meal 1: Egg Whites and 1 peice gluten free bread
Meal 2: Broccoli Slaw and Chicken
Meal 3: Broccoli Slaw and Tuna
Meal 4: Spinach, Strawberries, Almonds, Chicken, Balsalmic dressing
Meal 5: Egg Whites and Asparagus
I`m not perfect at following this diet, but I do my best. I notice a HUGE difference in the days when I `cheat `and the days when I am on track. That different in how I feel is enough motivation.
After a year of training, I am now returning to school to become a Doctor of Chiropractic. My dream is to have a clinic where I run functional strength and conditioning classes, can help people with their nutrition and most of all, allow people to be pain-free through Chiropractic treatment and other therapy modalities.
While my Boot Camps and personal training will scale down during my 4 year return to school, I will not give it up entirely. I will be available to answer any question, do online training, and I intend to run at least 4 Boot Camps a weeks (Tues and Thursdays). I hope you will join me as I grow as a trainer!
Thanks for reading,
Alli Cain
After graduating, I went on to obtain a Sports Business Management diploma at Durham College. This landed me a `dream job`working at a Sports Agency that handled high-profile Olympic Athletes during the Vancouver Olympics..... Except it wasn`t MY dream job because I was stuck behind a desk for 9 hours a day! So, I quit, became a certified kinesiologist, moved home and followed my passion to become a trainer.
Over the past year and a bit my fitness and nutrition knowledge has grown and grown. There is NOTHING I would rather wake up at 5am for than to meet a group of people dedicated to bettering their health through fitness. My nutrition knowledge has been my latest obsession, as it was not until late in University that I realized that my commitment to training was only half the equation, and to become a better athlete, to obtain better health, and to get the full gains of my training session I needed to employ healthy eating habits to coincide with my healthy active lifestyle.
My current meal plan is as follows: (please note that this is not a diet and I have not consulted a nutritionist... it is what I have found that works for me to stay looking and feeling fit)
Meal 1: Egg Whites and 1 peice gluten free bread
Meal 2: Broccoli Slaw and Chicken
Meal 3: Broccoli Slaw and Tuna
Meal 4: Spinach, Strawberries, Almonds, Chicken, Balsalmic dressing
Meal 5: Egg Whites and Asparagus
I`m not perfect at following this diet, but I do my best. I notice a HUGE difference in the days when I `cheat `and the days when I am on track. That different in how I feel is enough motivation.
After a year of training, I am now returning to school to become a Doctor of Chiropractic. My dream is to have a clinic where I run functional strength and conditioning classes, can help people with their nutrition and most of all, allow people to be pain-free through Chiropractic treatment and other therapy modalities.
While my Boot Camps and personal training will scale down during my 4 year return to school, I will not give it up entirely. I will be available to answer any question, do online training, and I intend to run at least 4 Boot Camps a weeks (Tues and Thursdays). I hope you will join me as I grow as a trainer!
Thanks for reading,
Alli Cain
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