Team Fit Barbie's Official Launch!

Welcome to the 1st Edition of the Team Fit Barbie Blog.

We are excited to announce the official launch of Team Fit Barbie! We are an up and coming fitness team in the fitness competition industry. Our goal is to create healthy athletes who shine on stage due to their confidence, sculpted physique, poise, and fun loving attitude. We specialize in training bikini athletes, fitness diva athletes, and figure athletes. 

Team Fit Barbie was founded by Kristin Hazzard, provincial bikini competitor, fitness role model, elite athlete, and coach. Although fairly new to the competitive fitness world, she has decades of experience competing and training as an elite athlete (competing in 3 different varsity sports in university, and playing professional women's hockey), coaching (hockey, volleyball, basketball), personal training (one on one, group fitness leader, and sport specific conditioning), and has the educational credentials that compliment her experiences. She is a life long learner who always strives to be the best, no matter what the activity is. After competing and placing in the Sandra Wickham Fall Classic in 2013, she fell in love with the world of fitness competitions and vowed to learn as much as she could to be the best competitor possible. She hired coaches, attended posing clinics both locally and in California, watched videos online of numerous Pro shows, reached out to industry leaders and mentors, and composed research to stay up to date on the ins and the outs of the industry. She became a sponsored athlete of No Limit Muscle, and won hardware in 3/4 competitions. Each prep taught her something new and different about training and dieting, so she is eager to pass along her knowledge with girls who would like to compete. 

Team Fit Barbie offers custom contest prep packages which include:

• Meal prep, including adjustments, recipes and variations to make prep less boring. Meal prep plans are based on science, living a healthy lifestyle, and NOT fad dieting.
• Custom training plans, including specialized focus on target areas, adjustments (PT sessions are offered at additional rates)
• Weekly check ins (online or in person) to measure progress
• Posing clinics which focus on individualized posing based on body type, video corrections through Coaches Eye (if performed online), development of poise, sass, confidence, and a fun loving attitude
• Access to the Team Fit Barbie forum (coming soon)
• 24/7 team support, encouragement, tough love (if needed)
• Weekly Team Fit Barbie bootcamp (free for TFB members)
• Being a part of a team of supportive, energetic, fun loving girls who are working towards a common goal!

Team Fit Barbie Highlights!

Last weekend our shining star, Sydney Langston, competed in her first fitness bikini competition and placed in the Top 5 which qualified her for the BC Championships! We are so proud of Sydney for encompassing the Fit Barbie ideals of  hard work, dedication, and developing a passion for fitness and healthy living. At only 18 years old, she proved that age is just a number and that if you set a goal, come up with a plan to achieve that goal, put in the work - anything is possible! We are excited to help her grow and improve and bring an even better package at the BC Championships in June 2015. Check out her 15 week transformation and follow her on Instagram @sydlangston!

Team Fit Barbie Recipe of the Week:

Check out this fast and easy recipe to make for some delicious and healthy energy bites. 
1 1/2 cups of dry oats
1 cup protein powder (I use Visalus Vi Shape)
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/4 cup almond meal
1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 cup peanut butter (I use Monkey butter)
1/2 cup honey (or honey substitute)
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 tsp vanilla extract

Mix all wet ingredients together in a bowl and microwave for 30 seconds. Add dry ingredients to the bowl and mix. Roll into balls and place on tray. Cool in fridge. Easy peasy!

Team Fit Barbie featured athlete - Christina Mastandrea

This section will focus on our amazing athletes and their progress. This week we take a look at our rising star, Christina Mastandrea. You can follow her fitness journey on her Instragram account @tinamastandrea. 

Q: Tell us a little bit about yourself. What are your future goals (personal and fitness)."I am a student at Douglas college taking legal administrative assistance. I also work part time at the keg as a hostess. My future goal is to become a paralegal in the next 4-5 years; with my fitness goal I want to be healthy and be able to feel confident in my everyday life and love the body I am in. Fitness models have always been an inspiration to me, In the last couple of months I have really found fitness ro be a passion of mine and I wanted to pursue it in a different way other than just going to the gym and working out; I wanted to have a goal. My boyfriend is very encouraging in everything I want to do, he really got me into fitness and wanting to feel better and look better."

Q: Why did you choose Team Fit Barbie? "I was inspired by one of the current athletes (Sydney) to choose Team Fit Barbie, I wanted them to help me towards my goal of competing." 

Q: What is your favourite training day? "Leg day is my favourite muscle group to train. It makes me feel great after the workout and getting the intense leg pump."

Q: Do you have any fitness role models? "Hannah Polities is a role model to me, she is a fitness inspiration and she has an amazing physique."

Q: Words to live by: "The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it"

Upcoming news and events:

• We are excited to launch our new website www.teamfitbarbie.com. It is currently under construction, however, you can check out our Facebook page for info and pics at www.facebook.com/teamfitbarbie Please "Like" and follow us!
• Team Fit Barbie bootcamp - for anyone interested in attending our new weekly bootcamp please email us at teamfitbarbie@gmail.com. Price for non-TFB members is only $10 per session.
• Team Fit Barbie YouTube Channel. We are currently filming some of our favourite workout routines. Check with us to see how to get tight and toned TFB abs, arms, legs, and booties!

Thanks for reading! Have a great week and remember to shine at whatever it is you love doing :)

xoxo Fit Barbie Kristin

Contact: teamfitbarbie@gmail.com