MEET YOUR TRAINER...ANGELA WHITLEY!
You LOVE her but do you KNOW her? Angela Whitley and her burpee obsession have whipped us all in shape. Her amazing PiYo classes help you gain balance in life as well as lengthen and strengthen those beautiful muscles. There's more to Angela than her high intensity workouts and incredible motivation. Read on fitness friends...
1. How did you become a fitness guru? After my son was born back in '98, I gained a lot of weight, I weighed over 240lbs. My cousin told me "Angela, You're not going to get anyone with those thighs" That's all it took. I started doing Taebo workouts in my living room, started running and most importantly, started eating healthy. I paid it forward to everyone in my office, getting them to eat right and exercise-- my coworkers were in tip top shape. Then someone approached me and said, "Why don't you train or teach aerobics? You're very inspiring and motivating!" So BOOM! I studied, took every class I could, got as much training as possible and got certified through AFAA and TurboKick. Since I was a little girl my dream was to inspire and teach dance someday... I believe this is the closest thing to accomplishing my dream. It's very rewarding to know that I have an influence on someone's fitness goals and making them feel great. Lets just say "I've been there done that."
2. If you weren't training, what would you do? I'd probably be a movie star!!! Ha! Actually, I'd probably still be in the mortgage business.
3. What's your favorite band? I like all kinds of music so I'll break it down for you.... Rock - Old Metallica or Jimi Hendrix, R&B - Usher (duh), Country - Dierks Bentley
4. Your favorite movie? Dirty Dancing (by far--- I quote from that movie a lot!)
5. How do you reward yourself for reaching your goals? I'll go shopping for workout clothes. Preferably Lululemon.
6. On that note, do you have a mini goal you're trying to reach? A competition is calling my name in the near future. Yeah baby!!
7. What's your guilty pleasure (don't say burpees....please!!!) HAHA!!! OMG I almost did! But seriously- PIZZA and BEER. Period.
8. Who's your fitness idol? WHO ELSE??? Jillian Michaels
9. If you could dine with one person, who would it be? From history, it would be Jesus. I'd like to see how I'm doing, where I could improve, and If I'm headed down the right path he's laid out for me. If it was someone current, it would definitely be Channing Tatum. OMG! But we'd have to go dancing & preferably with his shirt off! HA!!
10. You're stranded on a desert island...what's the one thing you couldn't live without? One thing I couldn't live without would be an unlimited supply of Duct Tape. I watched Myth Busters and you can do a lot with duct tape. One person I would take with me- well that's a different story. I'd bring Bear Grylls from Man VS Wild...He can survive anything! Boom!
