Lauren Whitmore Powers is one of the lead trainers and Program Director for Boot Camp Revolution and Total Fitness Revolution. Her passion for training stems from her own personal weight loss story. Lauren started as a boot camp student several years ago and through consistent boot camp training and proper nutrition, Lauren lost over 80 pounds.

She believes that diet and exercise are the true keys to weight loss success. Lauren is not only a certified personal trainer she is also a certified group fitness instructor, boot camp instructor, certified in TRX group suspension training, certified Schwinn Cycling instructor, certified Level 1 Crossfit Trainer and a Certified Crossfit nutrition expert. Lauren fuses her knowledge of boot camp, group exercise routines, Crossfit and kickboxing to help others achieve maximum fitness results. She is also currently getting her Master’s in Human Movement/Kinesiology. Lauren also competed in her first figure modeling competition with SNBF in November 2011. Her story  was also  featured in a documentary entitled “Soul Food Junkie”. Lauren and her husband Jamal are expecting their first baby due in May 2013, and Lauren will be teaching prenatal fitness classes as well as educating women on how to have a fit and healthy pregnancy.

Lauren makes it a point to have a personal connection with each student that comes in her class. She truly believes that once an individual begins to feel good about themselves on the outside their lives will begin to change from the inside. She has trained well over 1000 individuals in the past 4 years and her clients have lost hundreds of pounds under her care. She looks at fitness from a total care standpoint; she wants her clients to feel good emotionally, physically and spiritually. Some of her students have healed their marriages, found new jobs and embarked on new journeys in their lives and it all started from within. Students have 100% access to her via phone, text or email, and she will help ease your fitness fears, help you create a nutrition plan that works for you and help you set realistic goals. A lot of her students think of her as more than their trainer, but as a friend and a coach. You can check out her reviews on Kudzu, Yelp and meetup.com, just type ‘Boot Camp Revolution’. You can also check out her daily blog that includes free workouts and fitness tips, as well as video of her class in action at trainerlauren.com or totalfitnessrevolution.com.