Brittany Thorsch Biography:
Brittany grew up in
Saratoga, CA where she attended school, dance and was an aspiring
gymnast. At the age of eight, along with her family she relocated to the
beautiful Queensland Australia where she pursued her gymnastics career
as a member of the Australian Olympic Developmental Squad. As a straight
A student in school Brittany hit a brick wall after training for 25hrs a
week at the young age of 10. She rarely saw her family and never played
with friends, as in her spare time she had her schoolwork to complete.
Injuries took a toll on her body and one day with the love and support
of her family a life altering decision was made to say goodbye to
gymnastics.
Brittany felt like a whole new world opened up. From that point forward
she participated in every school sport on at least the State Level in
track, equestrian, netball, touch football and cross country and was
loving it. She also competed at the national level in marching and at
the internationals in Sport Aerobics placing in both.
Due to her gymnastics injuries she had to attend frequent physical
therapy to heal her injuries. Lifting weights and rebuilding her body
brought about a new love. Brittany developed a genuine love for the
human body and on her own read, learned and studied all aspects of human
development. Her new passion taught her to control her eating again and
bring her body back to life.
In 2000 she moved back to America and is currently living San Diego,
California. Her competitive fire was still in her and she was once again
in search for a sport to pursue professionally. At the age of 16 she
couldn't decide on what she could be successful in until she saw a
fitness event on television. With her background she decided this was a
perfect fit. At this time Brittany was thrown a difficult twist in her
life she was involved in a near death car accident. She was trapped in
the back of an open aired truck which rolled 450ft down into a canyon
for 7 ½ hours. Suffering from a 1 ½ inch lesion across her forehead,
severe spinal compression and numerous sprains and bruises both internal
and external. After recovering from this incident, approximately 8
months later she was involved in another car accident where she totaled
the car in a head on collision with a brick wall. From this day on she
had a much more passionate view about life and helping others achieve
their dreams.
She then sought out a trainer to help her prepare for a show and began
working with Kim Oddo of Temecula California. 2002 was a great show year
and she fell in love with the sport. She then went on to win the 2003 LA
fitness overall and figure short class event. Brittany also went on the
next week and placed 7th at the USA's in the short class. In 2004 she
competed in the Fitness USA Championships and placed 2nd, walking away
with her pro card all at the age of 19.
Brittany wants to
create a powerful positive image within their training business which is
available to anyone for support and guidance in any aspect of their well
being .Brittany is now an ISSA Certified Personal Trainer and Specialist
in Performance Nutrition and Supplementation. She owns her own personal
training company called Fit Images where she specializes in competition
preparation and emphasizing not only the physique but the beauty
preparations involved in fitness and figure competitions. Brittany is
also in the process of implementing some children's total fitness
programs, with emphasis on building self confidence from the inside out,
through school seminars, training programs and nutritional education.
Fitness Model, Competitor History:
2005
San Francisco Pro Figure top 16
2004
USA’s 2nd Fitness Short
2003
USA’s 7th Fitness Short
2003
LA fitness and Figure Champion
2002
LA fitness 4th
2002
Ironman Naturally 2nd
Career Highlights: Earning Pro card in 2004 at 19 years old
Sports/ athletics: Was in Australian Olympic Developmental Gymnastics Squad, Competed on
National and International Level in Track, Equestrian, Marching,
Aerobics. State Champions 3 years in Touch Football and Netball.
Modeling
history: I have modeled for Ironman Magazine, Body Temple, www.billdobbins.com, www.herbiceps.com, www.fitsights.com, UFC Ring Girl
Print: 2004
Ironman Magazine feb Swimsuit edition
What makes a great fitness model?
Someone who is confident, naturally sexy, down to earth, and truly loves
fitness.
What are the secrets to become a fitness model?
Stay
in shape all of the time, act and dress as a professional at all
times and network at all of the fitness shows and tradeshows.
What did you do to become a model?
Honestly it kind of goes hand in hand with competing, photographers
approached me at the shows and I made good contacts that I followed up
on and stuck to my word when booking shoots. You must always show up on
time and when you set a date to shoot and be sure to complete the
project when scheduled.
What is your favorite things about being a fitness model?
I like
to make the photo shoots fun by coming up with different outfits and
creative ideas to keep things interesting. Having a make-up artist for
the shoots are always fun because you get to learn different techniques
and looks for yourself. I also love the diversity of people that I come
in contact with and the relationships I build within the industry.
How
do you stay beautiful?
The
key to being and staying beautiful is being content and happy on the
inside. I take yoga classes and breaks from training when I need it. I
balance my life so that my relationship, family and work life all flow
harmoniously which allows me to live a low stress life and focus on
positive things.
How
do you stay fit, do you have a personal trainer, chef, work out, what do
you do?
I
prepare all of my food and take it with me wherever I go, I try to keep
training fun and I have really learnt to enjoy eating healthy.
How
do you keep you skin healthy and fresh looking?
Good
nutrition, lots of veggies, efa's, water, no excessive tanning and lots
of lotion. I also get monthly facials.
What do you believe is good health and fitness?
BALANCE. Good health and fitness is not living in the gym and eating
100% all of the time. Health and fitness is about achieving total
balance between your training, eating, family and work. It is no point
looking good if you are not enjoying life.
Do
you prefer to tan or use tanning lotion?
I do a
combination of both. I am not a big fan of frying my skin so I use the
highest quality of bed so it's not as damaging. I make sure to put
lotion on after every shower and before I tan.
Goal Within The modeling/ Fitness Industry: Develop a fitness business and name that will allow me to touch
people and educate people from all walks of life on a large scale.
Pre-contest Diet
1.Oatmeal/ egg whites
2.Yam, lean meat veggies
3.Rice Lean meat veggies
4. Meal Replacement
5. yam, lean meat,
veggies
6. egg whites, veggies
Supplements you use: Greens First, BCAA's, Glutamine, Multivitamins, EFA's
Regular Diet -
My off season diet pretty much stays the same. If I want to eat
something off my diet then I do and get back on track with my next meal.
If you allow yourself to do this it is much easier to stay on track.
Contest Work Out Routine: Cardio 6 x week working up to 45min 2x daily. I weight train 5 x per
week. I rotate my split Shoulders/chest/ tris, legs, back/bis and abs 3
x per week. Yoga 3x weekly. I always take 1 full day off.
Off
season work out routine: My off season workout routine pretty much stays the same I do cardio
about 4x a week for 40min but I do a lot more things outdoors instead
like hiking, trail running and some boxing to mix it up. You have to
keep training fun.
Favorite body part to work: I love training every body part. There are so many challenges with every
training session.
Ideal Man: Someone who takes care of himself, is self-confident and internally
strong
Relationship Status:
Taken
Personality: I
am a very focused, caring person and am passionate about everything I
do. I sincerely love helping others achieve their dreams.
Things
I love: Late
night movies, spending time with my family, traveling and meeting new
people.
Favorite
animals: I grew
up with a lot of different animals, I love horses and wish I could have
one out here. Right now I have a beautiful Golden Retriever named
Bailey.
Favorite
food: I love my
morning oatmeal
Favorite movie: Beyond Borders- Angelina Jolie
Favorite
shoes: Nike Shox
Workout
wear: Brazil Sul
Favorite
thing to do: I
love dancing and spending time with my other half and my family.
Favorite
diet food: Yams
and oatmeal
Favorite
music: Janet
Jackson
Turn-ons: Positive energy and honesty.
Car
I drive: Mercedes ML 430
Favorite
Dessert: Denny
Reese’s Pieces Peanut Butter Pie
Favorite Nutritional Supplements, why: BCAA'S, Greens First, Multivitamins/Antioxidants.
Favorite Cardio Work out, why: Interval Sprint Training with my training partner Shelly Pinkerton. I
love getting outdoors
Favorite Cardio Equipment, why: Stepmill., it is the most intense machine in the gym
Favorite Exercise, why: I love them all! I like the way lateral raises sculpt my shoulders and I
love to finish off my leg workouts with heavy high repetition butt
blasters.
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