Today we’d like to introduce you to Alexandria Ponce.
Alexandria, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
I’m a San Antonio, Texas native and grew up as an elite gymnast. In college, I found a love for personal training and helping my friends and family reach their health and fitness goals. Over the years, I took my love for personal training global and began an online health & fitness coaching/consulting business. With this business now being mobile, it provided me with the opportunity to take another passion of mine to the next level, acting. Atlanta is the #3 Film & Television hub so I made a 90-day plan, packed up my furbabies, and made my way down the coast to Georgia. Now that I am in Atlanta, I extend my personal, online, and health coaching to all those interested in getting healthier. I’m happy to announce AP Training has extended to college campuses and I’m in contract with Spelman College as a group fitness instructor.
We’re always bombarded by how great it is to pursue your passion, etc. – but we’ve spoken with enough people to know that it’s not always easy. Overall, would you say things have been easy for you?
Each day on this journey to being my best self is an adventure and no two days are the same. The entrepreneurial lifestyle is unique to each of us and understanding that what works for one may not work for another. Trust yourself. Your creativity is what brought you this far and that teamed up with your belief is unstoppable. There is no rule book on how to be your kind of success. that’s for you to create. So, take notes along the way, so that when you make it to your pinnacle of success, you know the steps that led you there. It’s not for you, it’s for the generations after you, the ones who are inspired by your challenges and how you overcame them.
Advice – Write out what a perfect work day would look like to you from when you wake up to when you go to sleep. Give yourself a vision of what you are working towards. Expand on your Big vision of life monthly (Vision boards are my favorite way of doing this).
At the root of my struggles, there was a seed of fear. Fear that I wouldn’t make it, I wasn’t qualified, I didn’t fit the mold, but what I grew through was understanding that the grass is greener where you water it. Focus on what you want, if you can’t see yourself succeeding in your lane take 15 minutes a day to be completely quiet, a dim lit place, envision your successful self. Use your imagination because it will take you places!
So, as you know, we’re impressed with AP TRAINING – tell our readers more, for example, what you’re most proud of and what sets you apart from others.
My workouts are creative and typically circuit based, I incorporate gymnastics, dance, calisthenics, weight training, and flexibility as the building blocks of my training.
Often it feels as if the media, by and large, is only focused on the obstacles faced by women, but we feel it’s important to also look for the opportunities. In your view, are there opportunities that you see that women are particularly well positioned for?
I believe that now more than ever there is a rise in women supporting and empowering other women. In my eyes, this is exactly what each of us needs to succeed. Take the power away from putting women against women and place that power within women working together, now we’re changing the world.
Pricing:
- Customized Nutrition & Workout Program * Based on your current budget
- One on One Training $90 per hr *
- Group Training $50 per hr *
Contact Info:
- Website: Alexandriaponce.org
- Email: Alexxandriaponce@gmail.com
- Instagram: @alexandria.ponce
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alexandriamponce
- Other: Getfitwithalex.goherbalife.com
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