Who is MemfitDre?

Hi!

Welcome to my blog! I'm Andrea aka MemfitDre. A little background on myself: I grew up in southern California, now live in Memphis, TN, and I've spent most of my life in cheerleading. I have 3 brothers, and we've all been in sports pretty much our entire lives. I cheered in college at Hawaii Pacific University, where I earned 4 national titles and a Bachelors degree in Health Science.

I've been teaching cheerleading camps since I graduated high school, and have worked for Varsity ever since. My work in the cheerleading industry has been awesome. I get to work with athletes of all ages, teaching and inspiring them to be better athletes and better people. I get to travel the country and world, and I have the luxury of feeling like I don't have a "real job" because my work is so enjoyable.  And while I absolutely love the work I've gotten to do in cheerleading, I've always felt like I was missing out on pursuing my passion for working in fitness. With my 30th birthday approaching, I felt like it was time that I pursue this passion, so I got re-certified to personal train, and got a job at Burn Bootcamp as the Head Trainer.

Despite my athletic background and my interest in fitness & nutrition, I, like many others have struggled with keeping myself at a consistent weight and body composition. I look back at some of my "before" pictures, and wish that I could look like & feel like that! The woes of aging and retiring for sports, I guess.

I work out regularly, and have a clean-ish diet (I love dessert & brunch), but I also fall victim to the quick fix mentality, and have fallen victim to extreme dieting & exercise (body building diet & workout plan), only to relapse with 3x as much junk.  Although I KNOW what I'm supposed to do, sometimes I just get lazy.. OR, I see progress, then tell myself that I earned these donuts I'm having for breakfast...... eek.

But with my new career path, I think it is really important for me, as a leader, to find a balance. I will be leading hundreds of women on a path to self confidence and fitness success, and I think the first step for me to do that is the walk the walk.

I'll be using this blog as a diary of what I'm trying, as well as a source for motivation, tips, tricks, and workouts for anyone who needs those things.

Thanks for reading along!