As the story has it, one day I headed to the opposite side of the globe – the Flipside. I arrived in Korea February 16th, 2005 and thought I’d do a year, then leave. I was wrong. I stayed, launched my first company, Flipside Fitness, and then opened Korea's largest boxing club, Hulk's Boxing (now called Hulk's Club).

After 11.5yrs in Korea, I then picked up one day and returned to Toronto, Canada. But then I left again.

Now I live in the Philippines where I am the CEO and head coach of Empowered Clubhouse, the Philippines' first and only boxing clubhouse exclusively just for women. I also am the founder of the Lil' Sistas Project, CEO and designer of Slay Gear and Baa Baa Black Sheep .Ph.

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Smiles, Sweat and the Struggle to Hydrate

I did a commercial about Toronto about a year ago and today I got word from friends that it had finally aired.  How's that for ironcy?!  Right.  Ahhhh Toronto.  I love you.  I will forever love you but you're not what makes me on fire anymore.  Makati is the city for me.
Click HERE for the commercial link.
Back when I was visiting Toronto I noticed a trend circling among many of my friends -- these massive 2L water bottles.  A 2L bottle may be sufficient for Toronto but here in the Philippines I'd have to carry around a couple of them.  Hydration is both key and the biggest problem with training here and 2L just doesn't cut it.
No one snickered or giggled when I walked in with my 6L bottle.  Those training here know all too well the struggle against the heat and dehydration.  The struggle is real.
I was just finishing up training and packing my gear up when this beast of a man, a Muay Thai fighter, came walking into the club.  I stayed to watch him train for a bit.  Check out those tree trunks he calls legs!!!
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