KARINA, 30
“I first became seriously involved in health and fitness in my mid-20s. I managed to give up cigarettes after 12 years of smoking and began to take my health more seriously. I lost a few pounds and felt more confident, bit it wasn’t until I joined a women’s lifting gym that I really began to understand exactly what physical activity could do for me.
The effects exercise has on my health are both social and psychological; the physical changes have impacted on my overall wellbeing which culminated in an improved lifestyle. I have taken up triathlon training and I am aiming to complete the Dublin Iron man 70.3 in August of this year.