Q: What is your athletic background?

A: None to speak of, I was a cheerleader for many years in H.S. I was really a school person and into drama and books. Now I run, doing 5 and 10ks, even though I don't have a running background.

Q: What is your typical weekly fitness routine?

A:It varies because right now I am really close to a fitness competion ( I do 3-4 a year) and I am working out twice a day for 5 days with 2 hours of cardio and 1 resisistance session a day. I do a split routine with a muscle group per day. The 6th day I do only 1 hour of cardio and do more of an active rest kind of thing on the 7th. Core is done 3-4 days a week. When I am further out from a show, it is less intense. I normally will do 45-60 minutes of cardio 5-6 days a week with 4 lifting days two upper and two lower, core a couple of times.

Q:What made you turn your passion for fitness into your profession?

A: I left the computer industry and and got into this field on a whim. I loved working with people on their health and fitness goals as well as personally understanding having a slow metabolism and needing to work out. I truly enjoy exercise and I realized that I could share my enthusiasm knowledge to help people change their lives. This choice has changed my life and career forever, I am in the best shape I can be in to be a good role model for my clients and career wise. I am adding the designation of Licensed Professional Counselor to my repertoire in the next two years to offer my clients a complete behavior change program.

Q: What is your typical daily diet?

A: I eat 5-6 times a day 3 main meals and 2-3 snack meals. I have oatmeal and protein and half an apple for meal 1 a protein bar as snack 2, some chicken or egg whites with a sweet potato, brown rice, for meal 3. Meal 4 is a lean cuisine spa meal and meals 5 and 6 are protein, and veggies only. I eat a lot of salads, with lite vinagrettes, I use smart balance lite for my healthy fat source and splenda for my sweet tooth. I eat like this all the time not just for shows, it is the only way to keep my body fat down.

Q: What diet advice would you offer our readers?

A: Eat low fat, with moderate complex carbohydrates and lean protein sources. Eat a lot of vegetables and drink 80 oz of water per day. Eat frequently, starting heavy with breakfast and scaling your meals back towards the evening while eliminating starchy carbs at night. Keep the diet clean during the week and have a cheat day one day a week (within reason and if your body can handle it), for your sanity’s sake. Be consistent with what you are doing, if not, your body will show the cheating.

Q: What is the most common mistake you see people making with their exercise routine?

A: No consistency, not changing it, not trying something different and not working out hard enough.


Q: What would you recommend to remedy this mistake?

A: Intensity is a big deal for my clients. We work out pretty seriously. That is how you get the change you want, you consistently pursue your goal. We all wear calorie counting heart rate monitors, I change their programs weekly, and we stay on top of whether or not what we are doing is working, if it isn't we simply do something different.

Tiffany Brown, Fit 4 Life
"A Lifestyle not a Fad"
www.tiffanysfit4life.com, (704) 491-2216

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