 | I was born and
raised in a small city 45 minutes East of Ottawa, Ontario, called Brockville. As a child, I was always very active and played
almost every sport imaginable, through various leagues and school sports teams. Upon entering highschool, I decided to explore
my passion for skateboarding and other extreme sports which were more independent, but sometimes scrutinized for not being
"real" sports. One day, when I was still in highschool, I was messing around at the local YMCA with a few friends
in the gym area, and demonstrating the improper form of how exercises could be done. A fairly large man named Fred approached
my friends and myself, and asked us if we would like to set up an appointment to learn how to lift weights the proper way.
We agreed, and the next week myself and one of my friends showed up for what would be the start of my fitness obsession. From
that point on, I became fixated on fitness and the notion of turning my body into one of the images on the many posters of
sculpted physiques that were plastered all over my wall. While most students played highschool football or college basketball,
I idolized men with chiseled pecs and abs of steel, hoping one day to possess that picture perfect physique. I was literally
in the gym every day trying to work my way toward that ideal body type that I admired so greatly. My dedication to weight
lifting was so extreme that, between the ages of sixteen and seventeen, I converted my bedroom into a weight room, and I slept
on the balcony each night, dreaming of my aspirations and goals for the future. | | | | All throughout college, you could either find me in the gym, outside for a run, or of course,
in class, working hard at my studies. My obsession with fitness led me to enter my first competition as a fitness model during
my second year of college in 2005. I was extremely pleased when I placed 4th. The following year, I did the same competition
and won! I set up a photo shoot with a local photographer after the competition, and this was the next stepping stone that
led to the career path that I have been pursuing for the past two years (fitness modeling and acting). | | | | I
have competed with almost all of the organizations that offer the category of "fitness model" to date, and all in
the short span with which I have been competing. I originally wanted to get into the bodybuilding, but after realizing the
downfalls, not to mention the "ups" and "downs" (and I am not only referring to weight!) of the sport,
I decided to stick with what I love doing! Staying in "photo-shape" year round, competing, networking, traveling,
and knowing that there is nothing else that I would rather be doing, are all that I need in order to be happy. | | | | In the summer of 2007, I moved to Toronto, Ontario (yes, that is in Canada - eh!) where I quickly
started working as a personal trainer and nutrition consultant; I am currently working on building up my clientele. Since
I have been in Toronto, I have competed in many competitions and have appeared in many Canadian publications, in addition
to many well known magazines. When I am not traveling, pursuing acting, or in the gym myself, you can usually catch me training
one of my clients and doing my best to spark the interest in someone else that Fred sparked in me so many years ago! |
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