Ozzie Jacobs
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Name
Ozzie Jacobs
Age
29 years
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Occupation
Personal Trainer, Yoga Instructor, Fitness Model, Educator.
Specialty
Fitness
Bio
Ozzie is a nationally certified Personal Trainer and Performance Enhancement Specialist in Los Angeles, CA with a Master's degree in Exercise Science with a focus on Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention and is currently working toward her Post-Master's Degree in Sports Psychology (graduation May 2009). She also earned an MBA with a concentration in marketing. Ozzie is a nationally certified Group Exercise Instructor as well as a nationally Certified Yoga Instructor with over 200 Hours of Training. As a nationally ranked fitness competitor, fitness model, and bikini competitor Ozzie walks the walk.
Ozzie believes that exercise is a healing tool for the mind and body. She views exercise as a moving meditation that will enhance spiritual, emotional, and physical well being for the obese, overweight, depressed, and highly stressed individual. For individuals that have found themselves disconnected from their true sense of self, Ozzie uses exercise to establish a reconnection that paves the way for a healthier standard of living.
Her unique experience within the health and wellness field spans from working with corporate health and wellness companies, training and educating the general fitness enthusiast as well as the over-weight person struggling with their self-esteem, self-confidence, and body image. Ozzie's inspiring demeanor and vast knowledge of exercise theory and technique allows her to make exercise accessible to anyone regardless of their fitness level or their environment.
Ozzie dismantles the assumption that exercise is a laborious task that can only change an individual's physical appearance. Through her continuous education and vast knowledge of the latest research in the field of sports psychology, exercise theory and exercise science, Ozzie is an expert on the connection between the spiritual mind, body and performance, "performance" from a sport perspective as well as an individual's success in the unpredictable game of life.
How I Started In Health and Fitness
I started working out very young, if you call running around the house ("like a maniac" as my mom would say) when I was a toddler working out...well, I was burning a lot of calories. So I guess that counts right :) I began my career in the business world working for a healthy lifestyle magazine on the business side selling ad space. I soon discovered that I was on the wrong side of the industry, I wanted to be in the trenches helping people reach their fitness goals first hand. Following that epiphany there was no turning back.
Why I Love It
Working out forces me to challenge myself mentally and physically. When the workout is over I feel like I have the strength to do anything!
How I Stay Motivated
I stay motivated by always focusing on a goal whether that is the next competition or mastering a difficult yoga pose.
Fitness Resume
MS Exercise Science: Performance Enhancement/Injury Prevention and Sports Psychology
NASM Certified Personal Trainer
NASM Certified Performance Enhancement Specialist
200 Hr Certified Yoga Instructor
AFAA Certified Group Exercise Instructor
Fitness, Bikini and Fitness Model Competitor
Favorite Health & Fitness Products
Fitness Magazines (Yoga Journal, Oxygen, Women's Health, Women's Fitness RX), Multivitamins.
Favorite Exercises
Lunges, Sun Salutations (especially the Chatarangha or "tricep push up" as its known on the gym floor is an amazing feat of strength and grace. Can you calm your breath while holding the pose?), Dynamic Warrior 3 (or a dynamic/repetitive 1 legged deadlift aka stork stance on the gym floor), and hanging leg lifts for abs (these cut/define my abs like no other).
Who Are My Sponsors?
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