Today we’d like to introduce you to Rebecca Kennedy.
Hi Rebecca, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I’m a personal trainer and corrective exercise specialist at The Gym Lab, and I’m extremely passionate about what I do! After struggling with being overweight (borderline obese) the majority of my life, I jumped into the fitness world headfirst. While I fell in love with learning more and challenging myself, I started to become obsessed with achieving the “perfect” body. After losing a significant amount of weight, I spiraled into the world of eating disorders and body dysmorphia. It wasn’t until I hit rock bottom and started recovery that I recognized what I wanted, what would truly make me happy: finding balance.
Now I teach my clients everything I have learned: fitness is not about obtaining the perfect aesthetic. It’s about making you feel like your best, badass, most empowered self. I love teaching clients how to move in fun, creative, inventive, and empowering ways that FEEL good. Exercise doesn’t have to be a dreadful act of self-inflicted pain towards ourselves. It can, and should, be an outlet of self-expression and source of self-care.
I’m thankful for what I’ve been through because not only has it made me stronger, but it’s also given me the wisdom, perspective, experience, and empathy a personal trainer needs to connect with clients on another level.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Definitely not. I’ve struggled my entire life to find a sense of balance between extremes.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I am a body-positive personal trainer and corrective exercise specialist. I offer both in-person training at The Gym Lab and online training to clients who are not local to Orlando. I am known for helping my clients think about fitness in a completely different way.
Instead of utilizing fitness/exercise as a source of punishment for what we eat, we should be using it as a source of empowerment. Imagine a world where exercise has nothing to do with your appearance. Why would you work out? How would you move differently, knowing there’s so much more to exercise than what society taught us?
I am extremely proud in how far I’ve come with separating myself from the toxic fitness field and exemplifying to my clients that exercise can, and should, be an empowering act of self-care, not a dreadful chore stemming from self-hatred.
What do you like best about our city? What do you like least?
I love Orlando because it brings so much diversity. Growing up in Orlando, I’ve met so many people from different cultures and backgrounds. Orlando feels like home. It’s hard to find something I don’t like about this city… maybe the traffic during rush hour? lol.
Pricing:
- New client package: 5 sessions for $250. After that, price goes up depending on frequency
- 1x/week: $65/session
- 2x/week: $60/session
- 3x/week: $55/session
Contact Info:
- Email: redemptiverebecca@gmail.com
- Website: redemptiverebeccatraining.com
- Instagram: instagram.com/redemptiverebecca
