First of all, where did her interest in sports and becoming a personal trainer come from?
“Well, I have always been involved in sport and always felt better when I was active. I was always on my bike when I was little and I used to be on the swim team at school. Then when my family moved from Germany to California when I was nine I started life guarding, surfing (we had a surf team at school) and I also did a lot of running. “When it came to my choice in careers I actually applied to five colleges for architecture and, as much as I love architecture, the thought of sitting behind a desk and drafting every day was not so appealing. So I took a ‘time-out’ and got a job as a waitress on a cruise ship in Hawaii. This way I would see Hawaii, make some money and have time to figure out what I wanted to do. I knew I was going to move back to either Europe or the East coast after that because I love the culture, but beyond that I had no real plans. “During my time on the cruise ship I wasn’t working out any more or going for my usual runs. Basically the whole job was pretty stressf
