Meet the trainers: TC

Recharged Personal Training is a tight team of trainers who live fit and active lives in tandem with you. Choose a personal trainer who you get along with but who also trains in a way you respond to. Today we are talking with TC about her fitness journey.

How did you become a personal trainer? What other careers have you contemplated?

I started my personal training career when I first moved to Sydney. Before then I was living in California and working for The California Innocence Project, which helps exonerate people who have been wrongfully convicted. Helping others has always been a passion of mine.

I have been an athlete my whole life and train as if there’s no tomorrow. Between helping people through philanthropy and continuously challenging myself in fitness, I thought becoming a personal trainer will allow me to do both. Helping people with their fitness, building confidence, and improving overall health is such a privilege and excites me when I get out of bed everyday.

What is your biggest fitness/ sporting moment?

My biggest sporting moment would be setting several club swimming records that stood for many years. I am also proud of being one of two girls who qualified to play on an all male soccer team that won several championships.

What has been your most challenging physical experience?

Running a 200 mile (322km) relay race over 24hrs, through varying terrain, and with little to no sleep. Doing this kind of race taught me how powerful the mind is and about your ability to overcome physically challenging events, even when you body is depleted.

How do you motivate clients who are struggling to complete/ commit to a workout?

By sharing my own fitness experiences both good and bad, the client is able to relate, and feel as though they’re not alone. The struggle is real for everyone. Each client is unique and will respond to motivation differently. Keeping that in mind, I like to motivate my clients to stay consistent with their workout routine, push through to the end, stay positive, and remember little steps equal big changes in the long term.

What have you learnt in your years of training other people?

The most important thing I have learned from training others is… you can’t assume anything. I completely understand every person’s story is different and often people will surprise you when you least expect it.

Who is your fitness idol? Why?

I have a lot of fitness idols but someone who I admire for his work ethic, morals, beliefs, competitiveness, coaching, and sportsmanship is John Wooden, who coached UCLA to 10 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball titles.

What is one exercise/skill you wish you could do/have?

I wish I could do more than 20 pull-ups.