Kerrin worked in industry as a full-time Engineer and Project Management Professional (PMP) in the Portland, OR area before transitioning in to being a full-time Fitness, Lifestyle, and Competition Prep Coach in 2017.
Kerrin is an International Federation of Bodybuilding (IFBB) Bikini Professional as well as a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT), Fitness Nutrition Specialist (FNS), and Women’s Fitness Specialist (WFS) through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM). She has a passion for coaching others to reach their health and fitness goals in a smart and sustainable way so they can look and feel their best forever.
Kerrin grew up as an all-around athlete playing competitive soccer, basketball, gymnastics, cheerleading, and track and field in high school. She studied at the University of Washington in Seattle and graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering. During college, Kerrin was heavily involved in Research and Development in UW’s BioChemical laboratory and spent her summers traveling the country with paid Engineering internships where she worked with chemical, mechanical, and energy engineering operations and sales.
Upon graduation and working in industry as an Engineer and Project Manager for over 5 years at corporations like Intel, Coca Cola, and Lam Research, Kerrin pursued bodybuilding as a side-hustle and it quickly turned into more than just a hobby. After 3.5 years and 14 amateur shows later (including 6 National shows from Charleston, to Chicago, to New Jersey, to Las Vegas), Kerrin obtained her IFBB Pro status in the Bikini Bodybuilding division.
Kerrin now works full time in the fitness industry competing as an IFBB Bikini Pro as well as coaching and training clients on science based nutrition, mindset/behavioral hacks, and training programming so they can tap into their potential and achieve their body recomposition, fat loss, lifestyle, and/or competitive physique goals.
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“Don’t look elsewhere, you’ve found your trainer!”
Whether you are a gym newbie or a seasoned competitor, Kerrin has what it takes to not only train, but to motivate and inspire you from personal experience. As an IFBB Bikini Pro, I know my body well and am confident in my own abilities to build a bikini body, but Kerrin has been one of the few people training out Gem Fitness consistently for the last year and half without pause, and she has the capabilities to work with anyone. She’s learned and mastered so much from Cem himself; she was able to teach me some new moves and get my glutes activated beyond my usual routine, burning for days, it was awesome! Aside from skill, she’s likely one of the smartest people you’ll meet which has easily translated into her training style. Don’t look elsewhere, you’ve found your trainer!
Vanessa H.
“Sustainable methods are key to seeing long term results.”
I started working with Kerrin using online coaching a few months ago and I am so happy with the results so far. I am in my mid thirties with two kids and had tried unsuccessfully to lose the weight I had gained during pregnancy on my own for months. I heard about Kerrin from a friend and thought I’d reach out to her. I do not regret it! Since working with Kerrin, I’ve learned so much about nutrition and understand now why I wasn’t losing weight before. Kerrin has great resources and materials on macros, flexible dieting, and her training programs have helped me become stronger! The last six months I’ve lost weight and gained muscle eating more food, just in the right macro ratios. Whereas before I thought you had to be extreme to see results, I now understand that change takes time and sustainable methods are key to seeing long term results. Kerrin has been a great guide and mentor through this process.
Kelsey V.
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You asked, and I answered! Here are the results of my Q&A, Part 1. I chose eleven questions to answer for Part 1 and will be following up with a Part 2 to answer the rest. Keep the questions coming and I will do a rolling Q&A throughout my entire competition prep this season! What…
I’ve trained for, dieted for, and competed in NPC bikini competitions for the past 3 years. In 2017, I placed 5th and 4th in my first two National shows (NPC Jr. Nationals and NPC USA Nationals). I am an online health, fitness, and competition prep coach, certified personal trainer, and fitness nutrition specialist. I grew…
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