All of my family is over weight from a sedentary and overindulgent lifestyle. So upon finishing Year 12 and entering the workforce Tiger G decided to join a gym to lose some weight. (Much to people’s disbelief I am not a naturally thin person.) It was all very scary and daunting and at no point in time could I say I enjoyed going. However, I persevered with it and started to lose some weight.

For years I attended aerobics classes and circuit classes as the big boys in the free weights area were way too frightening. I never really achieved the body I wanted but I did lose weight and I was certainly much fitter, so that was at least something.

In my late 20’s I was in a very bad car accident and the doctors told me I could never go back to the gym. After 3 years of doing nothing and gaining nearly 20kgs I bit and bullet and decided something had to be done. I joined a small gym close to home and paid for some personal training. They showed me how to train safely. I was ecstatic as I was able to show the doctors they were wrong.

My normal trainer wasn’t available one day so another trainer had to take me for my session. From that day I have never looked back. The trainer was named Alison, she was in her late 40’s and she had the body that I had always wanted. She was a “natural” bodybuilding competitor. I stood there and awe of her and finally plucked up the courage to ask her how I could achieve a body like hers. From that point on my passion for the gym and weight training started and with Alison’s encouragement I not only wanted to train like her but I decided I wanted to compete in a bodybuilding show.

With less than a year of training behind me I entered my first competitions. I placed 2nd in a regional show, 2nd in the state and 6th at the nationals. With good results for a beginner I started to read more and more about the sport, training techniques and nutrition.

I am now a state and national champion and compete only at national and international events.

In October 2007 I was approached to start my own sportswear label and became the face and sponsor of the sports model division for my bodybuilding federation, the ANB.

I have appeared in TV shows, magazines, commercials and music videos.

I eat, sleep and live the fitness lifestyle every moment of everyday. I lead by example and know what it takes and what it feels like to travel the long, windy road to a better, healthier life. I know the aches and pains, the highs and lows, the motivated and unmotivated moods.

To train with Tiger G is to train with someone who has been there and done that, who will understand what you are going through both physically and emotionally, and who will guide you through it as only she can.