First things first...
I am a women’s health and performance coach, a mother to two rad lads Alfie and Arlo, obsessed with all things that encompass movement, an introvert, an enneagram 2, a wife, gym rat, book worm and a bit of a coffee snob. I currently live in Shanghai, China, but work with women all over the world.
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I believe ...
that health, strength and fitness doesn't have a look.
when you act with care and respect for your body you can change your relationship with your body and exercise.
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pursuing strength and fitness is important for all women through all seasons of life and it's important to have flexible thinking about what this looks like.
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feeling confident in your body doesn't come from changing the look of your body but how you think about your body.​
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My values are:
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Compassion
Autonomy
Knowledge
Hello! I am Olivia behind
Olivia Park Coaching.
After many years of working with people in person 1:1, small group and coaching CrossFit, starting in Auckland, New Zealand then 4.5 years in Taiwan, 4 years in South Korea and currently China, I shifted my business from in-person to online in 2019 so that I could educate and reach more women. I wholeheartedly believe that in order to be a good online coach, years spent working in person with a range of different people with different backgrounds, personalities and desires is essential.
Now, I work online with women 1:1 and through Grit and Grace, my semi-individualised strength and conditioning program. I also mentor other trainers and coaches to help them better support their female clients through program design, understanding female physiology and the psychology of training women.
HEALTH & FITNESS SHOULD BE NOT DETERMINED BY A PHYSICAL IMAGE
Although most of my adult years have been tied up in competitive sport with bodybuilding then CrossFit (winning Fittest in Taiwan in 2018), I’ve had my own battles with making my way through the noise of the fitness industry.
The work I do now has evolved from a story of transformation. It was only after years of pursuing control through extreme fitness regimes, disordered eating, restriction and body preoccupation, I was able to create a caring and supportive relationship with exercise by developing more skills in compassion, understanding more about my body image and focussing on deep health.
Through my own experiences and the hundreds of women I’ve worked with, I’ve learnt that working on how you perceive your body—not just what you do with your body—is essential for improving and supporting your relationship with exercise, food and confidence in your body.
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I have a unique coaching method (the ‘3 I framework’) inspired by what I wish I knew when I was going through my own journey, which blends evidence-based strength and fitness programs and a compassion-led approach with the goal of helping women realise their agency with exercise and their body.
I saw the need to serve active women through a compassion-first approach who were either being told to slow down and do yoga or that they were not doing enough. This space is the exploration of everything in between.
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Here, we love to get gritty and use our body to breathe, lift, move. But we also work on the internal systems for how we think about our body to support the physical.
Compassion, knowledge, and autonomy are at the Core of Olivia Park Coaching.
There is no single journey that is the same. Educating and guiding intentions are the building blocks for creating full autonomy so that you can finally find freedom in your body and mind. I am constantly investing in myself with education to stay up to date and continue learning to bring the best to my clients, whether this is with training, nutrition, female-specific education and mindset.
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Qualifications include:
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Open Polytechnic Certificate in Personal Training (Level 4)
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The National Certificate in Fitness (Level 3)
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CrossFit Level 2 Trainer qualification
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CrossFit Level 1 Trainer qualification
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Female Health + Performance Cert
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GGS Pre and Post Natal certified
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Safe Return to Exercise
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Nutritional Coaching Institute Level 1
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Precision Nutrition Level 1
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Body Image Fundamentals
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
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Compassion Focussed Therapy
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Post-graduate diploma in Publishing
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2 x Lululemon ambassador
You can also learn more about me, my coaching philosophy and the way I approach health and fitness on the Training Women Podcast as well as these podcasts I've been a guest on:
The Hypothalamic Amenorrhea Podcast
Live Perform Compete Podcast 1
If you’ve made it this far, keep going.
There’s many ways we can work together ...