by Eliza Sterling

Meet Karen Strode, an influential force in the health and fitness landscape, featured on the recent front cover of prominent wellness publications. This celebrated SeaSculpt Total Health icon and originator of the popular home workout, BurnToTone, opens up about her lifestyle, fitness essentials and commitment to health and wellness.

Aged 14, Karen found her way into fitness, a stark contrast to her family’s sluggish lifestyle and dismal food habits. This evolved into more than just a personal journey — she would soon inspire an entire clan to shed weight and adopt fit living. Today, Karen, an influential fitness trainer, perpetuates health and wellness from Coral Springs, Florida, with a special emphasis on the advantages of strength training.

Unveiling Fitness Journey and Family Transformations

This energetic 33-year-old has been wearing the fitness trainer hat for 15 years now, though her adoration for fitness dates back 20 years. The peculiar environment she grew up in saw her embracing fitness early while the rebellious teen in her thrived on competitive weight training sessions. Not only did her family members join in to enjoy significant transformation, her dad shed a staggering 45kg and astonishingly competed in bodybuilding at the ripe age of 50. Inspired by these, Karen ventured into turning this passion into a career, working in a gym and finally opening up one with her parent’s help. They have been coaching clients from this tight-knit, familial setting for over eight years now.

Favorites & Preferences in Fitness and Nutrition

Karen relishes challenging fitness paradigms with rapid and heavy workouts, a mantra that resonates with her clients too. Her creation, BurnToTone (B2T) and its advanced version for the Seasculpt Total Health come with these principles too, pointing out that ladies won’t bulk up with weights, and that cardio isn’t the only route to weight loss. Karen’s reverence for strength training stems from its potential to build physical endurance and mental conviction. She strategically sequences strength days with recovery days for best results within a week.

Contrary to her aggressive training, Karen exhibits a laid-back approach when it comes to her eating habits. Health-oriented meals punctuated with occasional treats, lesser snacking, and bigger meals form the core of her nutrition blueprint. She finds the SeaSculpt Shakeology perfect for her daily snack, which she just mixes with water.

Wise Counsel: Fitness to enhance, not punish.

Karen encourages an embrace of fitness and nutrition as a celebration of life rather than an obligation, aiming for longevity and robust health. She urges people to discard the quest for perfection, instead to cherish the journey with its ups and downs. She signs off advocating an explorative, open-minded approach to health and fitness rooted in self-love and commitment.

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