Amanda Russell is an exceptionally talented and accomplished fitness expert. She is in conversation with Namita Nayyar President Women Fitness.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
Tell us about your journey that took you to the top of the world of fitness training?
Ms. Amanda Russell:
Firstly, thank you so much for considering me at the top of the world of fitness! There is still so much I have yet to do and can’t wait to share with you. But my journey started in a small town in Northern Ontario where running had always fueled my passion and ultimately shaped my journey, as I know it.
Being a “runner” was my identity and provided me a ticket into a larger world in the form of a track scholarship to a prestigious Division One university in the US. I was from a small town, but I had big dreams, and this was the ticket that catapulted my career. I was fiercely determined and my sights were never just on the Olympics. I wanted to break every record, surpass the current university standings, change the course of the sport, and make my own OLYMPIC RECORDS. I was reaching new heights and there was nothing that was standing in my way. I was on fire and I had it made, then it all came to a screeching halt…
While I had my mind set on an ultimate goal, I pushed my body to the limits and reached a point where I had created a stress fracture, which continued to get worse and finally cracked as I continued to train and race on it. I went from running twice a day, logging 70-80 mile, to being told I would never run again (and possibly always walking with a limp). a fracture at the neck of my femur, an extremely rare injury and usually the result of a traumatic accident…but in my case I had inflicted this pain on myself. All because I was so fixated on the end result, that I stopped paying attention to the journey and experience itself.
As many of your readers likely know, fitness becomes a part of your identity, your life, your self-confidence. So when it’s taken from you, whether that’s in the form of an injury or illness, it’s as if a part of you dies. It was through this setback that I truly began to understand the impact fitness can have on your life. I wanted to feel alive again, to get that challenge and passion back, and to make that passion my life’s work.
Fitness is not easy, but once you experience it, you can’t imagine life without it. Exercise elevates you to a level you otherwise would not have known was possible and shows you how much better your life can be I believe these cards were dealt to me so that I would use my exercise for more than winning races, but instead to help others experience an elevated state of health and improve their lives through simple techniques that provide results. Fitness is about more than simply exercise; it’s a catalyst for positive change.
Everyone has a different motivation, and we all need to be tapped into. I wanted to give women more than another workout plan, they need a friend, a supporter, and fitness is 99% in your head. The FSS Program was created to train your brain, the strongest tool you have, to push harder, stay disciplined, and do whatever it takes to reach your goals.
The FSS Plan is expertly designed for success, but it’s your mind that will get you there! The best, most expensive plan or machine in the world won’t work if you don’t work it – part of the FSS plan works on strengthening and motivating your mind. I want to be your friend, your trainer, and your coach to get you in the head space to elevate your mind, your body and your life.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
How your experience and background of a running athlete has helped you in your present profession of Fitness Trainer, Fitness Expert and Fitness Model?
Ms. Amanda Russell:
My experience as a runner and athlete has given me such a deeper understanding of not only the body and exercise, but the power of the mind, the psychology behind it, and how that is what plays the biggest role in every individual’s fitness.
Fitness modeling showed me another side of the ‘fitness’ world. A world where your training is focused on aesthetic appearance above athletic performance. Some people don’t know, but fitness modeling often requires hours of running on a treadmill or bounding, jumping, leaping and beyond to get ‘just the right picture’. It’s a full workout on its own.
I learned both sides of the industry, whether its functional training for performance or training to look a certain way, there are many parallels and you need to know how to address all angles, as everyone has different goals
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
Share your exercise routine that you do to maintain such a bikini perfect physique?
Ms. Amanda Russell:
I work hard and consistent – when it’s time to exercise I make it count. Some people think you need hours to have a successful workout, but if you workout strategic and smart, you can maximize any amount of time if you really use that time to the full extent. The other key point, is that it is about structuring the right flow of workouts for maximum benefit.
Ex. If I do an interval cardio workout one day, the next day I have an appropriate complimentary workout. You can get fixated on doing the same thing which causes your body gets used to it and the workouts become less and less effective. You’ve got to keep your body guessing.
The 7 Day Body Reset Plan is an exact example of my weekly workout routine and has all the videos for each workout Seven days of guided workouts, meals, recipes, tracking progress and more to get you to literally reset your body, tone up and energize in just one week.
If you want to follow my daily plan long term, that’s exactly what the subscription to FitStrongandSexy.com includes: a daily workout delivered directly to you, so you always know the plan and never get bored!
Plus you receive access to my entire full-length workout library, nutrition plan and recipe database. If you are the busy woman who wants it all, I HEAR you, and the FSS fitness and nutrition plan is for you.
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