About Kathy
“Success isn’t about how much money you make.
Kathy Murray is a certified personal trainer with the National Federation of Professional Trainers. She shares over 30 years experience in the fitness industry. Kathy is known throughout the fitness industry for her ability to motivate and achieve results.
She has always been active from a young age, playing softball in high school and Cheerleading from middle school through college where she was a member of the 1983 National Cheerleading Championship Team at her Alumni The Ohio State University. From there she competed in and won the United States Aerobic Championship in 1985 and spent the year traveling the World with a team of 6 as a Fitness Ambassador. Kathy was then hired as a free-lance educator to teach fitness to Instructors in Europe. She lived abroad based in Munich, Germany and taught mostly in Germany, Austria and Italy for five years. While in Munich, she also coached the Munich Cowboy (American Football) Cheerleaders to 6 National Titles in Cheerleading and was head trainer/translator for the “German Gladiators” during a pilot TV show for the “International Gladiators”. Fit Bodies was created while living and working in Munich, Germany. She moved back to the US in 1997, relocating to Atlanta, Georgia in 1998 and opening her own Personal Training Studio in Buckhead from 2001 – 2009. She no longer has her own gym but continues to train out of the Buckhead area. She lived abroad based in Munich, Germany and taught mostly, in Germany, Austria and Italy for five years. She has co-authored an upcoming Audible book on this experience called “The Munich Cowboy Cheerleaders” due out Spring of 2022. Fit Bodies was created while living and working in Munich, Germany. She moved back to the US in 1997, relocating to Atlanta, Georgia in 1998 and opening her own Personal Training Studio in Buckhead from 2001 – 2009. She no longer has her own gym but continues to train out of the Buckhead area.
Always an avid cyclist, Kathy dipped her toe into the world of multi-sport in 2000, first competing in Duathlons then eventually moving to Triathlons a few years later challenging herself to overcome her fear of swimming in Open water. Kathy was hooked, competing in several races a year and qualifying for Nationals in her age group in 2014. She took an unexpected break from Triathlons in November, 2017 after she had to have a total hip replacement of her left hip. 8 months later she was back at it competing in her first Triathlon finishing 7th in her age group and hiking the Grand Canyon. She returned 1 1/2 years later to do 2 more Sprint distance races winning 2nd place in her age group and qualifying once again for the Nationals in her age group during the second race.
She is still training the same clients 15-20 years later and continues to train a variety of clients including students, stay-at-home-moms, professionals and even elite athletes. Kathy’s mantra is “Fitness starts in your Head”, once you make up your mind that you want to get healthy your body will follow.