PowerLifting Princess
I am a strong woman. I'm not conceited, nor full of myself. I'm just stating the facts. I can lift heavy things, and pride myself in my super hero feats. Yet, I am struck by how much people assume that just because you are strong and muscular insinuates you're a bad-ass. I'm actually far from it. I've never been in a bar fight or hair pulling cat brawl but, if you must know I've come close to it....
When most 5-year-old girls were playing with Barbies I was adorned in pink leg warmers, working out to Jane Fonda videos.Since then fitness and health has been a growing passion fueled by the need to help others.
Kim Coronel is a 2005 Liberal Arts graduate of The Evergreen State College, ISSA Certified Personal Trainer and Metabolic Effect Group Fitness Instructor and Trainer. She also works as a Fitness Center Supervisor at Wake Forest University. Kim is an amateur power lifter and natural physique athlete. In the last year she has developed “Strong Girl Fitness LLC, Personal Training” which emphasizes unconventional training. Being a creative trainer has set her business apart from others as she utilizes outdoor tire workouts, prowler pushing, sandbag work, and park conditioning. She credits a lot of this creativity to her encouraging power lifting team, Primal Strength & Conditioning in Kernersville, NC.
Kim also has background working with natural supplements, bodybuilding, sports nutrition, and is an advocate of alternative health. She has spent many hours working with clients of all fitness levels from the beginner coach potato to the elite endurance athlete. She loves organizing health events to promote health and wellness through Whole Foods Market as well as various health clubs. She is also in the process of designing an organic cotton fitness apparel line to motivate and encourage women to train hard! In her off time she loves traveling to tropical destinations, relaxing and writing her quarter life memoir about body image, fitness, the journey to find balance. Kim continues to prove fitness can break many boundaries, it doesn’t have to be completely systematic and routine; physical training can be an art form, creative, intuitive, unconventional and full of life.