180. Kira Stokes, Trainer & Founder of The Stoked Method
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
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4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2021
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
This week I’m chatting with Kira Stokes, celebrity trainer and founder of both the Stoked Method and the KiraStokesFit app. Kira’s a health and wellness expert based in New York City, with over 25 years of experience in the fitness industry. After graduating from Boston College with a degree in psychology and a minor in health sciences, she went on to become obsessed with the beauty of movement — ultimately becoming a personal trainer (with almost too many certifications to count) and group fitness coach. Her clients (past and present) include Shay Mitchell, Ashley Graham, Norah O'Donnell, and Nastia Liukin — among others.
In today’s episode, she talks to me about how she first got into the fitness industry in college and how different things were back then — training at one point up to 12 people in one day to now, coaching thousands via her KiraStokes Fit App. We talk living a life you want versus the one that may be expected of you, and how trusting her gut helped her navigate some major professional hurdles as well as the COVID pandemic. Plus: Her best advice for anyone who wants a career in the fitness industry.
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| 0:00.0 | If you want something you simply ask for, |
| 0:02.0 | it's the worst that can happen and someone says no. |
| 0:04.6 | And then you find a way to make it happen anyway. |
| 0:06.9 | You know, like you find your way around. |
| 0:08.7 | Hey, everyone, Emily Abadi here, come to you live from the A-G studio. |
| 0:28.0 | You are listening to episode 180 of Hurtle, a wellness focus podcast where I connect with |
| 0:34.2 | everyone from your favorite athletes to top experts in industry CEOs about their highest |
| 0:38.9 | highs, toughest moments, and everything in between. |
| 0:42.6 | We all go through hurdles in life and my goal through these discussions is to empower |
| 0:46.8 | you to better navigate yours and move with intention so that you can strive toward your |
| 0:52.0 | own big potential and of course, have some fun along the way. |
| 0:57.5 | This week I am chatting with Kira Stokes, she's a celebrity trainer and founder of the |
| 1:01.7 | Kira Stokes Fit app. |
| 1:03.8 | Based here in New York City, she's got over 25 years of experience in the fitness industry. |
| 1:09.7 | After graduating from Boston College with a degree in psychology and a minor in health |
| 1:14.0 | sciences, Kira went on to become a celebrity, personal trainer and group fitness coach |
| 1:19.5 | with clients like Shane Mitchell, Ashley Graham, Nora O'Donnell, Nastia Luchin, I mean, |
| 1:24.3 | the list goes on. |
| 1:26.1 | In today's episode, she talks to me about how she first got into this industry in college |
| 1:30.3 | and how different things were back then, training at one point up to 12 people in one |
| 1:34.8 | day to now coaching thousands via her own app. |
| 1:39.8 | We also talk about living the life you want versus the one that may be expected of you. |
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