AboutKaren Sullivan Expertise Karen can help with lifting technique, muscle recovery, weight loss, body building and powerlifting. She has been certified by AFPA for the last 10 years as a Personal Trainer and has recently acquired a certification from the same agency as a Post Rehabilitative Exercise Specialist. Any recommendations or advice rendered are based on fitness information as specified by the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Fitness Professionals and Associates.
Experience
Past/Present clients Clients include athletes training for marathons, mountain climbing and general weight loss. In addition I have clients troubled with COPD, Fibromyalgia, and Parkinsons as well as stroke rehab. She was the Strength and Conditioning coach for Williamsburg Aquatic Club, a USA Swim Team, in Williamsburg, Virginia for 3 years.
Karen is presently working at Main Street Gym in Historic St. Charles, Missouri where she teaches Pilates and continues her work with clients. Her training reaches across the country with her long distance Body Restoration eTraining. Her dedication to fitness reaches into the nutritional supplementation with Shaklee products. She only works with clients who add nutritional supplementation to their training. Read more of her story on www.shaklee.net/BodyRestoration
I need to inquire about 2 different issues; I hope you can help me:
My first question is about protein powders, calories products and drinks that are used for body building, food and diet supplement; also some types of high potency multi Vitamins. Almost every gym I went to I noticed many different types of these products, but studies in some eastern countries outside the United States showed that those products can cause sever or permanent damage to the body, and I heard several doctors and physicians saying that if I want to increase my body mass, I need to resort to eating more regular food, and they said that I have to stay away from protein and body building supplements that claim or pretend to add more weight to my body. Some men where training with heavy weight and in the same time using those products for few years, then after they stopped weight lifting, or they stopped the supplements the boomerang worked against their will and their goal, they started facing more physical problems and challenge that can not be resolved anymore. What do you know about this topic?
My second question is about acupuncture. I live in Michigan and I need to take an acupuncture class, but over here colleges do not offer this type of class. The only possibility that I found is an online course offered by Harvard University, which will coast from $6000 to $9000, but I don’t like this. What I really like is to go take the course in the Middle East as first choice, India is my second option, and Europe is my third choice to study acupuncture. Please let me know if you have some possibilities available in those 3 areas. My employer is willing to pay half of the tuition and fees, so money is not a problem for me.
Thanks for your answers and consideration.
Answer Sam,
I sooooo agree with the doctors regarding the body building supplementation on the market. The main deal is that there is no regulation with these products, there is no science behind the products and there is very possibly an issue of purity and potency.
That is why I am so insistant that the Shaklee brand products are used by my clients. This 50 year old company does the testing on every single batch of supplements made. Raw materials to finished product. Each supplement/herb is backed by double blind placebo clinical studies. They do not have contaminated supplements which is what happens with many other products on the market. What they say is in the product is truly there and does what the supplement is supposed to do! Any of the Shaklee powders are awesome. If you don't have a Shaklee contact check out the web site at www.shaklee.net/bodyrestoration and look at the info on Shaklee to see the difference.
How cool about your employer paying for half of your training. wonderful!!! I know nothing about acupuncture except that it works. You might want to talk with the local acupuncuturists to see where they got their training. See what you can discover. I would certainly choose to do the India or Middle East. Good luck
Karen
