KATRINA SCOTT and KARENA DAWN are New York Times bestselling authors, certified personal trainers, and best friends. Together they created Tone It Up, a global fitness and lifestyle community for women based on friendship, motivation, and inspiration. Their mission is to connect and empower women to lead the lives of their dreams. They live in Manhattan Beach, California, where they film fitness videos for their Studio Tone It Up app and ToneItUp.com.
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FIRST EDITION
Digital Edition JULY 2018 ISBN: 978-0-06-284356-2
Version 07022018
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-284348-7
To the Tone It Up community:
We are so grateful for all the love and support you provide us and for one another each day. You inspire us daily to keep living our dream and continue to motivate others to live happy and fulfilling lives.
Were so excited youre here. Just by opening this book, youve done something incredible for you. Congratulations on taking that first step to better yourself and begin your journey of passion, purpose, and self-love. Throughout these pages, youll feel empowered, uplifted, connected, and, of course, balanced and beautifulbecause thats what the Tone It Up lifestyle is all about.
If youre new to Tone It Up, welcome! Here youll find a loving community of women who support and empower one another to live their healthiest and most confident lives. Were Karena and Katrina, best friends and your fitness and lifestyle coaches. We created Tone It Up to make sure every woman feels her very best and achieves all her dreamsbecause they are possible, and the best you is possible.
As women, we so often put others first. Were nurturers and we want to care for everyone around usbut when we take time to prioritize ourselves, we are better partners, parents, girlfriends, wives, and leaders. Through the amazing journey of creating Tone It Up, we realized that life is truly about infusing mindfulness into everything we do. Its about finding balance not just within us but also within everyone in our lives.
Weve dedicated ourselves to connecting women to one another and to being a part of their journeys. You have so much to say, so much to give, so much wisdom and heart to share. Its your knowledge that helped us create this book for you.
Balanced and Beautiful is about so much more than fitness. Its about aligning yourself with positivity each day and awakening your most beautiful and authentic self.
We totally understand too how life can fall out of balance. For whatever reasona challenging life transition, an unexpected health issue, a stressful month with work, conflictssometimes you get thrown off your game, and this can create a ripple effect that touches every aspect of your life. Were going to show you how to look at every obstacle as a lesson, every closed door as an opportunity, and how to balance your life, ensuring that you always feel an abundance of love and support.
We drew a lot of inspiration for this book from our first-ever Tone It Up Tour in 2017. Going on tour was a longtime dream for us, and we hit the road to visit fifteen cities in thirty days. Women came from all over the world (we even met some who flew in from Sri Lanka, Dubai, and Romania!) to work out, to fuel their souls with inspiration, and to connect with the community.
In every city, we hosted meet and greets, which we love because they give us the opportunity to connect with women one-on-one. Through hugs, smiles, tears, and ros, we got to hear so many stories of strength, perseverance, friendship, community, and love. Women told us about how they met their best friends through the Tone It Up community, how they lost over 50 pounds, how theyve been through tough times, moved across the country, faced heartaches, miscarriages, breakups, divorces, cancer, and how they found the courage to shift professional careers to chase their dreams. One thing stayed consistent: they all felt supported and brave enough to face their challenges head-on because they have the Tone It Up community. Hearing this over and over meant more to us than anything ever before.