“While I definitely appreciated the work, I had this voice in the back of my head telling me that I wanted to try something new and different,” Hailey said. “Fitness is something that I’ve always been interested in and have really grown passion for in the past couple of years, so I decided to make it my career.”
Although she did team sports in high school, Hailey
says she really became interested in fitness when she started college.
“When I first showed up to college, the whole concept
of showing up to a gym and working out was kind of foreign,” Walker said, “so I
got to school, and they had a huge variety of classes, so I got to try out
everything.”
After she graduated from university, Hailey continued
her fitness journey and lost 30 lbs which made her realize she wanted to help
others reach their fitness goals.
Hailey and her boyfriend moved to Bellevue in January,
and she agrees that Washington and Oregon have a lot of similarities, but she’s
loving the diverse community of people she gets to meet while living in a more
populated area (she was born and raised in the small city of Canby, Oregon).
Although Hailey will miss her old job, she looks
forward to working in an environment where she can see her fellow lifters
progress.
“Seattle Kettlebell Club is not just a gym. It’s really a community of
people getting together and promoting a healthy lifestyle and learning a new
skill,” Hailey said. “What I love is that you see people of all walks of life
and all levels and abilities. That’s something that really cued me into the
health of the environment around here; people are excited to show up here
day after day.”
When Hailey isn’t at SKC, she enjoys ballroom dancing,
running, reading, and watching TED Talks and documentaries.
As far as future fitness endeavors, Hailey has always wanted to run a half marathon, and she’s currently training to compete in her first competition at SKC’s Pro-Am on December 1st where she’ll be doing a biathlon with 12-kilogram bells (not bad for someone who has only been training for a few months!).
As far as future fitness endeavors, Hailey has always wanted to run a half marathon, and she’s currently training to compete in her first competition at SKC’s Pro-Am on December 1st where she’ll be doing a biathlon with 12-kilogram bells (not bad for someone who has only been training for a few months!).
“If you see me in the gym, and we’ve never met, I’d
love to be your friend,” Hailey said. “I promise I don’t bite. I want to get to
know as many people as possible, and I’m excited to be part of the team.”
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