HELLO, I’M TIFFANY, A SOUTHERN GIRL BORN AND RAISED IN ALABAMA, CURRENTLY RESIDING AT THE BEACH IN FLORIDA. I GREW UP PARTICIPATING IN A VARIETY OF SPORTS, BUT IT WASN’T UNTIL AFTER HIGH SCHOOL THAT MY FITNESS JOURNEY TRULY BEGAN. 

I WENT TO COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL AT 19, AND WHILE TRYING TO BUILD A CLIENTELE, I BEGAN WORKING AT A WOMEN’S ONLY HEALTH CLUB PART-TIME. I BECAME A GROUP FITNESS INSTRUCTOR AND TAUGHT EVERYTHING FROM STEP AEROBICS TO BOOT CAMP, KICKBOXING, AND INDOOR CYCLING; YOU NAME IT, WE HAD A CLASS FOR IT. I TRULY LOVED IT! SOON AFTER, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THE GYM, AND IT WAS THEN I KNEW THIS WAS WHAT I WAS MEANT TO DO. THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS I SPENT MY DAYS TEACHING GROUP FITNESS AND PERSONAL TRAINING AND THE EVENINGS DOING HAIR IN THE SALON I ADDED TO THE GYM. MY WEEKENDS WERE SPENT RUNNING AND CYCLING, WHICH EVENTUALLY LED TO A LOVE OF TRIATHLONS AND OBSTACLE RACING. 

AT AGE 25, I WAS READY FOR A NEW ADVENTURE, SO I SOLD THE GYM, PACKED MY JEEP, AND HEADED TO THE BEACH WHERE I WOULD LIVE FOR THE NEXT 6 YEARS. I TOOK UP BARTENDING FOR A WHILE AND COACHED SMALL GROUP WORKOUTS IN THE PARK AND AT THE BEACH, AND THEN OPENED A HAIR SALON. IT WAS DURING THIS TIME I WAS INTRODUCED TO THE WORLD OF CROSSFIT, AND ALSO WHERE I FELL IN LOVE WITH MY HUSBAND AND MILITARY LIFE. THREE YEARS LATER WE WERE MARRIED, AND WITHIN 6 MONTHS WE WERE OFF TO OSAN, KOREA WHERE WE WOULD BE LIVING FOR THE NEXT YEAR. 

WHILE IN KOREA, I GOT MY CROSSFIT L1 CERTIFICATION, NUTRITION CERTIFICATION, AND GOT BACK INTO RACING (THIS TIME SPARTAN RACES), AND ALSO MET A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD INTRODUCE ME TO AN ENTIRELY NEW SIDE OF THE FITNESS WORLD, BODYBUILDING COMPETITIONS. INTRIGUED AND CURIOUS ABOUT THE SPORT, I GAVE THE CATEGORIES BIKINI AND FITNESS A TRY, WHICH LED TO THREE SHOWS WHILE THERE, AND THEN SEVERAL MORE OVER THE YEARS WHILE AT OUR NEXT HOME, AVIANO, ITALY. 

WE WERE IN ITALY FOR THREE YEARS, WHICH I CAN DEFINE ONLY AS LIFE-CHANGING, REWARDING TIMES. I COACHED CROSSFIT IN THE EARLY MORNINGS AND SPENT MY DAYS IN THE CLASSROOM PURSUING A DEGREE IN NUTRITION AND HEALTH. MY HUSBAND DEPLOYED WHILE WE WERE LIVING THERE, WHICH ALLOWED ME TO FIND LOVE AND A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR SOLO ADVENTURES. I SPENT MY LAST YEAR IN ITALY TRAVELING FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY RACKING UP SPARTAN RACES TO ADD TO MY ROSTER WHENEVER POSSIBLE. I CROSSED THE EUROPEAN TRIFECTA OFF OF MY BUCKET LIST, SCORED A SUPPLEMENT SPONSORSHIP, AND PLACED TOP 3 IN MY FINAL 3 SHOWS. IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE! 

AFTER ITALY, WE WERE BACK TO THE STATES, THIS TIME TO LAS VEGAS, NEVADA FOR ANOTHER 3 YEARS. I GOT MY CROSSFIT L2 CERTIFICATION AND STARTED MY ONLINE BUSINESS, BUILDING CUSTOM NUTRITION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS. I WAS INTRODUCED TO AN INCREDIBLE INTERVAL TRAINING GYM, F45, WHERE I COACHED PART-TIME FOR THE NEXT TWO AND A HALF YEARS. AFTER TWENTY YEARS OF MILITARY LIFE, MY HUSBAND RETIRED AND WE DECIDED ON A FOREVER MOVE BACK TO THE BEACH. 

WE’RE CURRENTLY LIVING THAT SALTY LIFE, WHERE I CONTINUE TO COACH BOTH IN THE GYM AND ONLINE.