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COVER SHOT FITNESS
John Hawley, Publisher
Photographer/Videographer
John Hawley (904)333-3527
11604 Surfwood Ave, Jax. Fl 32246
Editor & Administrator: Nellie Hawley
Issue #24 July 30, 2015
In This Issue:
Kristina Vinal
Please share a bit of your background and how its let up to where you are in the fitness industry today.
I am a Florida native born and raised in Miami, Florida. My family is from Panama. I have been involved in sports from childhood all the way through high school. After high school I worked out very seldom, but it always stayed in the back of my mind that I needed to do something.
I liked being part of a team, I liked being active and competitive. In 2010 I started taking group fitness classes, one of them being Zumba, which led me to become a Zumba Instructor the following year. I realized I was good at it and really enjoyed having students and decided to create my own business Kristina Zone.
I continued taking courses and getting certifications in other areas, however I wanted to challenge myself as a person. I looked at myself as someone that wasn’t where they wanted to be and it all started with how I felt inside. I started following a bunch of different fitness personalities and was very intrigued by the Bodybuilding world.
I decided that I wanted to compete in the bikini category after asking a few friends if they could picture me doing it, found a coach, did my first show and fell in love.
Where do you typically workout? A certain gym? Any outdoor training?
I typically workout at the gym LA Fitness. The only outdoor training I do is during marathon season. I run half marathons every few months. (cont. pg. 22).
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