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 Bodysport Managing Editor Kevin Myles has always had a passion for exercise, fitness, and nutrition and has been involved in the fitness industry for over 30 years. He spent eight years as the manager of Gold's Gym in San Jose, CA. and seven years working/managing at a natural health food and nutrition store.  Kevin is a Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Specialist in Performance Nutrition, and a Certified Physique Specialist. He has conducted weight management classes for Santa Clara County employees and has given sports nutrition and weight management seminars for high school and college athletes, health clubs, law enforcement agencies and business corporations. He currently coaches fitness, figure, and bikini athletes for competition and designs training and nutrition programs for both athletes and people from all walks of life. Kevin grew up in a military family and was a multi-sports athlete participating in baseball, basketball, football, boxing, natura...

Liza Hughes is a Native Floridian currently residing in South Florida with Jim, her husband of 16 years and their children, 11 year old Dillon and 9 year old Sophia. Liza is a Florida licensed Registered Nurse and worked in a clinical setting for 8 years until she discovered fitness and made it her career. It was Liza’s personal journey of getting fit after having two children that led her to switch careers and become an internationally recognized Certified Fitness, Nutrition and Lifestyle Coach to women across the country.  She understands first-hand the struggles and challenges that women, especially moms, face in the quest of a healthier way of life. Her drive and discipline propelled her over “life’s” obstacles and she has accomplished more than she ever thought possible. Liza earned her status as an IFBB Professional Athlete, has become a well known published fitness model and now, a highly sought after Wellness Coach, all the while managing her most im...

Barely 20 years old Ana Tigre left her home in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 1995 to follow her dream of becoming a fashion designer.  In 1997 she graduated with honors from FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising) in Los Angeles, one of the two most prestigious Fashion Design schools in the country, with a degree in Fashion Design. Ana has enjoyed the years since then bringing her artistic style and vision to life in fashion design and manufacturing.  In recent years she married her love of fashion with her love of fitness designing a highly successful line of fitness wear for women.  She has since expanded her creative horizons recently launching a new line of  Urban fashions for women called Sweet Revenge. That project even in its early months promised to be her most successful venture yet. There are professionals in every field but very few elevate what they do to an art form.   Ana is one of those few and because of her ability to see be...

IFBB Pro Bikini Athlete Jaime Baird is a marketing expert who specializes in brand strategy and research. She has helped companies ranging from Fortune 500s to start-ups uncover and utilize consumer insights to develop brand and business strategies.Over the past eleven years, Jaime has served many brands including Universal Orlando, Nike, Got Milk?, House of Blues, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, ARS and Kroger. Currently, Jaime works as a consultant for AdSAM, a marketing organization specializing in emotional response research that serves clients worldwide.Driven by the desire to make a meaningful difference in others' lives, in 2010, Jaime will begin sharing her knowledge of branding with others by providing education and consulting on the development of personal brands. “Similar to corporate branding, personal branding is about identifying what makes you special and unique and determining how to share it with the world in a way that is authentic to you and congruent with your goal...

Always active throughout her childhood, Alissa grew up in small town Pennsylvania participating in softball, track and field, and competitive cheerleading.  Upon high school graduation, she enlisted in the US Army and served one term before settling in the Washington DC area.  She and her husband Dave have been married for nearly 10 years and just recently welcomed their first child, Joel, into the world.  Alissa realized she had a passion for health and fitness and made a career change from information technology to personal training.  She has obtained certifications through the AFAA and NASM.  Alissa earned an AA in Business and is closing in on her BS in Sport Management: Fitness and Wellness.  Throughout her 8 years of personal training experience, Alissa has honed her specialties to those suffering from structural issues, recreational runners, and physique competitors in fitness, figure, bodybuilding and bikini.  She coaches a team o...

Krissy was propelled into health & fitness back in 1994 when she lost her mother to cancer.  Since then she has pursued and successfully obtained a dual degree in the medical field, an IFBB PRO card and has been seen in numerous fitness publications as a fitness model and IFBB PRO Figure competitor.  Krissy possesses a Masters of Science degree in Physical Therapy and a Bachelors of Science degree in Health Sciences.  She has practiced as a Physical Therapist working with various patient populations and diagnoses including stroke, spinal cord injury, orthopaedics, pediatrics and many others.  Currently, Krissy is competing as an IFBB Figure PRO, smiling in front of the camera for photo shoots, representing Team Gaspari Nutrition as one of their elite athletes and helping others reach and obtain their goals.  Krissy's passion is to help and to inspire others in leading a healthier and happier lifestyle as well as to be a positive role model for others. ...

Elaine Goodlad has been a model for over 25 years but she is best known for her work in recent years in the fitness industry as a popular Cover Model.  Elaine was among the initial group of IFBB Professional Figure athletes and she had the distinction of being competitor number one in the Inaugural Arnold Classic Figure International.  That meant she had the good fortune in becoming the first IFBB Pro Figure athlete to step onto a competitive stage in the history of the sport. During her competitive career she competed in 19 professional IFBB shows and has been published hundreds of times gracing the covers of numerous fitness industry magazines around the world.Prior to her years as a Professional athlete and Model Elaine was a much sought after makeup artist and hair stylist.  After she retired from competing she returned to her first love and her work as a prominent makeup artist in the industry both on competitors and in the magazines has propelled her to the top of...

Dr. Deepika Goyal is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at San Jose State University, and a family nurse practitioner. Her clinical practice focuses on the care of women throughout the lifecycle, in particular during the childbearing years. Her research interests include postpartum depression risk factors in minority women. Deepika earned her BS in Nursing, MS, and certificate as a family nurse practitioner from San Jose State University, School of Nursing. She earned her doctorate from the University of California, San Francisco. Deepika has three children, ages 22, 20, and 9. She is passionate about keeping herself and her family fit and healthy. Her own fitness journey began in 2004 after being told that she had high blood pressure and needed to lose weight. Determined not to end up on a “yo yo” weight loss roller coaster, she lost the weight through healthy eating and exercise.  She continues to exercise regularly 4-5 days a week and this past summer completed...

Lisa Maloy drew on her nearly 18 years of experience as a Certified Master Personal Trainer, Certified Nutrition Specialist, director and examiner for the Private Trainers Association (ProPTA), professional fitness model and IFBB Pro Figure Athlete when she founded Fitbodi Training, Elite Fitness and Fitbody bootcamp a group of professional fitness training business’s. As an owner and Master personal trainer, Maloy’s position includes providing a vast array of services including weight loss management, muscle developing, nutritional counseling, sports performance, circuit, competition and speed and agility training, as well as conducting seminars on training, eating disorders, athletic modeling and more.  She also has worked with the Havasu Heat Semi-Pro Baseball team which led them to their first ever World Series Win in 2007. In addition to several fitness companies, Maloy is also a director/examiner for the ProPTA, where she trains and certifies athletes to become...

Dr. Sandi Stuart is a board-certified emergency physician and IFBB fitness pro. Born in small-town Mississippi, she grew up with a strong motivation to succeed not just in academics, but in life. With accomplishments as diverse as national poetry awards, national speaking awards, and beauty pageant titles, she attended Boston University on academic scholarship, graduating cum laude with a B.A. in Biochemistry. After deciding it was time to relocate to a warmer climate, she moved to Florida and completed medical school by the age of 25.   Sandi spent the next four years completing a residency in emergency medicine at Mount Sinai/University of Miami/MIami Children's hospitals, where she developed a passion for working out. Working as an aerobics instructor as well as being a regular on the Ft Lauderdale bikini contest circuit helped eventually led her to competitive fitness and figure. With over 5 years of competitive fitness and figure experience, she currently works with competito...

Concita Thomas resides in North Texas with her husband Al and son AJ.  Concita can best be described as a very enthusiastic and outgoing scientist whose personal pain, struggle, and frustration with weight loss and the fat loss industry gave birth to a passion for fitness and personal training.  Concita’s formal education includes Bachelors and Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Biomechanics.  She worked in automotive design for three years before realizing that her true calling and life’s work was in the fitness industry and more specifically helping busy women achieve significant and permanent fat loss. Concita’s clients consider her to be more than their personal trainer.  She is also the friend in fitness that they desperately need to get in and stay in the fitness game for the long haul.  Since her God given gifts are encouragement and teaching, Concita uses a unique blend of inspiration and education to help her clients id...