Featured DIAKADI Trainer | Todd Templin
Trainer Name | Todd Templin
As a young man I was not very coordinated; as a result of that, I was not physically active in sports and quite chubby. In high school I joined the swim team but I was still not comfortable. It was when I entered collage that I started to become passionate with sports. I joined the swim team, started to play tennis (almost everyday) and became very active with track and field. After leaving collage is when I discovered the gym. From that point on I became a gym rat. Becoming a personal trainer was a natural fit because of my passion for physical activity.
Cultivating Inspiration
Commit to Fit | Week 6
Author | Commit to Fit 2012 Winner, Karl Mason
Last week I was making the time to stop to smell the tiny roses I found beginning to blossom in my life garden, to appreciate and be thankful for the changes happening. This week, I found out that I have actually been unknowingly planting seeds of inspiration in other people’s gardens…and it has made me reflect on how I have cultivated my own life garden over the years.
What Do You Smell?
Commit to Fit | Week 5
Author | Commit to Fit 2012 Winner, Karl Mason
As I finish up week 5 of the Commit to Fit program, I think since I was expecting a more drastic change, I have missed more subtle changes happening. I know that changes are happening. I can feel them. I had to make a new hole in my belt to tighten it. Some of the flab under my arms has begun to tighten up as I develop muscle and I think I have found my biceps or tricep? – finally!
DIAKADI Featured Trainer | Chris Dovale
Trainer Name | Chris Dovale
Chris Dovale has been a Personal Trainer in the Bay Area, California for 6+ years. He has extensive training in Karate and Boxing. In his mid-teens, Chris was the skinny kid wanting to get bigger. He hit the gym focusing on a body-building style of weight lifting. While he got bigger and stronger, Chris realized total strength didn’t necessarily come with size. He was bigger and stronger, but his overall fitness was weak. This realization led him to pursue a more “primal” style of fitness — raw strength training and intense conditioning. Through this evolution and adaptation of fitness philosophies A3 Training was born.
Featured DIAKADI Trainer | Gavin Birmingham
Trainer Name | Gavin Birmingham
Gavin’s love of fitness training and love of soccer coaching came together to form the popular SoccerSculpt work outs at Crissy Fields and Golden Gate Park.
“I have always been taught never to give in, always strive to win and to always have fun doing it, Champions find a way!”
WTF?
Commit to Fit | Week 4
Author | Commit to Fit 2012 Winner, Karl Mason
Traffic is bumper to bumper and rain is beating down on San Francisco as I attempt to speed to make my appointment with Sarah at MV Nutrition. Grandma in the blue Toyota in front of me is being extra cautious, proceeding at the slowest speed possible. Every time I try to pass grandma, she speeds up. I’m going to be late for my weigh in! I am finally able to pass her. As I pass her, she honks then flips me the bird! WTF? I think I have to laugh it off as other thoughts and emotions swirl in my head. I keep trying to guess how much weight I may have lost over the past 3 weeks. Did I do everything possible to get the best result? Would I be disappointed? More importantly, would Sarah and Mike be disappointed?
Gurus of Fitness
Commit to Fit | Week 3
Author | Commit to Fit 2012 Winner, Karl Mason
Last week I met with Sarah, my MV Nutritionist Guru, to further plan my new food program and discuss calories. During that meeting she taught me how to use the food tracking tool on the MV Nutrition Eating Free website. We practiced entering information so I could utilize the tool fully. It was awesome – please check it out – and a simple way to begin to track calories, and to make sure I was meeting my prescribed targeted proper percentages of proteins, carbs and fats per day and week to lose weight. It was something I thought I could handle easily.
Featured DIAKADI Trainer | Caitlyn Allen
Trainer Name | Caitlyn Allen
I believe that it is not the destination but the journey that helps us to grow and change and thrive. Developing a healthy body as well as a strong mind and spirit enables us to meet our daily challenges with enough energy and strength to perform at our best and the will and power to succeed in life.
Featured DIAKADI Trainer | Gina Gutierrez
Trainer Name | Gina Gutierrez
Gina Gutierrez is the General Manager of DIAKADI. With an undergraduate degree in Exercise Science from Marquette University and a Masters degree in Sport Management from the University of San Francisco, Gina enjoys sharing her passion for fitness, wellness, and sport.
Growing up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Gina has always had the desire to participate and compete in sports. Starting at the age of three she excelled as a gymnast for eleven years.
Case Managing Karl
Commit to Fit | Week 2
Author | Commit to Fit 2012 Winner, Karl Mason
I am still buzzing from actually being picked for the 2012 Commit to Fit program. I know the program is not a “quick fix.” I am realistic in approaching this. I have my expectations in check. I know the work needed for transformation and know the road is long and tough. I am committed and ready to dedicate myself to that work. I have changed mentally. I value myself more than I ever had in the last 43 years and ready to find the true Karl who has buried alive under roles of fat.