Powerful, strong, poised and elegant is 33 year old American Helen Kim-Papas. A devotee of CrossFit for the last three years Helen, a Mother of a very active four year old, has sculpted and maintained a physique ladies half her age would envy!
A keep fit fiend in her college years, Helen played soccer for 16 years, lifted weights, did TaeBo and jogged.
Her interest and love of exercise saw her earn a degree in Kinesiology from San Francisco State University and she later honed her knowledge and experience by gaining certifications from the American National Academy of Sports Medicine and the American College of Sports Medicine.
Most recently Helen has become a CrossFit Level 1 coach and a CrossFit Nutrition Coach. Talking the talk and walking the walk Helen regularly challenges herself resulting in some impressive PBs:
38 consecutive pull ups
225 pound x 5 rep deadlifts
145 pound squat cleans
165 pound front squats
195 pound back squats
And in January this year she placed an impressive 7th overall in Femme Fit 2011.
Helen swears by the positive mental outlook that exercise, particularly CrossFit type exercise, provides. Not only does it create an empowering self-image, it also allows her to quite literally lift the stresses and strains of the day away!
It's these benefits of exercise that she imparts on an up and coming CrossFit athlete, her four year old daughter Giana, the star of the Femme Fit 2011 - Movement Standards video.
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