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HELPING YOU GET STRONGER SINCE 2004

Kat ‘The Mighty Kat’ Ricker
Written By : Scott Bird
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The Mighty Kat, Kat Ricker

The Mighty Kat, Kat Ricker

Like most of the good folks around Straight to the Bar, when it comes to fitness, Kat tends to be conspicuous on the gym floor or in the backyard, doing odd-looking exercises and making strange guttural noises that leave her throat sore.

Kat began training in 1990. She earned personal training certification
with the National Academy of Sports Medicine in 2001, worked as a
trainer at a Gold’s Gym, and as head trainer/manger at a Bally Total
Fitness.

Kat holds a master’s degree in professional writing. Her training
articles have appeared in many top muscle magazines. Infatuated with
the liberation of self-publishing over the Internet, she maintains a
few blogs, including one which reviews fitness equipment and books.

Kat is an explorer by nature and finds great joy in her fitness
evolution. She has competed with various bodybuilding organizations,
and judged for OCB. These days, her passion is strength
training, with big chunks of Olympic lifting and heavybag beating.

She strives to promote a lifestyle geared toward overall health,
well-being, safety, strength, power, sanity, lasting results and peace
of mind.

Find out more at :

Over to you. Drop us a line on Twitter ( @scottbird ), or add a comment below.

Cheers.

 

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Written By Scott Bird
Scott is a long-time fitness enthusiast (Jan 2004!), writer and photographer living in Sydney, Australia. If you share the passion for spending a bit of time under a bar, welcome. Love hearing how everyone else trains. You can connect via X (Formerly Twitter), Facebook and the various networks listed in the sidebar.
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