Dooley Noted: 11/5/2015
The Person: Talia Mariani
Profession: strength coach at Catalyst SPORT
How I know her:
I met Talia when she started training her clients at Catalyst SPORT. We bonded over mutual love of musical theater and mutual goal of becoming an Iron Maiden.
(Iron Maidens can press, pistol squat, and do a tactical pull-up, all with a 24 kilo kettlebell.)
How she’s changed me:
Talia battles an autoimmune condition known as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT). This disorder makes her metabolism very sluggish, no matter what she consumes and no matter what her energy output is for the day.
Despite her frustrations with biomedical treatments for HT, she eats modest portions of a healthy diet, while working hard to become an Iron Maiden and inspiration to her clients and colleagues.
She’s one of the strongest women I know, pressing a 28 kilo kettlebell (!) and deadlifting 315 pounds.
She helps me understand that despite a health struggle, the dedication to fitness can’t take a back seat. Fitness coexists with the achievement of full health.
And she is also one of the most hilarious and fun people I’ve met in ages.
Her responses to a list of questions:
Hobbies:
Musical Theater, Doctor Who, Reading
Book that changed you:
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Best website:
I choose books over the internet.
Biggest mentors:
Stephen Sondheim and my mom
Secret to success:
A good night’s sleep
Secret to happiness:
Follow your passions
Secret to fitness:
Eat and train for your goals 90% of the time, live life the other 10%.
Secret to wealth:
Follow your happiness
Best advice you’ve been given:
“A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting.”
– The Third Doctor, The Time Warrior
Your acronyms: SFG1, HKC, NKT, USAW
How you can be contacted for assessments/help: www.trademarkfit.net
Honor and acknowledge the people that change you.
As always, it’s your call.
– Dr. Kathy Dooley