Broads: The Bold & Badass Fitness Podcast for Women

2: From Modeling to Entrepreneurship: A Journey in Fitness with Amber Dodzweit Riposta


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Welcome back to The Tara Talk, your go-to podcast for all things mindset and movement! In today's episode, Tara connects  with Amber Dodzweit Riposta on her journey from modeling and fitness to entrepreneurship. As well as what it took to bounce back from burnout and take ownership of the life she wanted to create. 
 

As a 13x fitness cover model and All-American Track Athlete, Amber has experienced first hand what it's like to feel the pressure of up-keeping appearances and physique ... as well as feeling extremely burnt out from it all. She shares about her "enough is enough" moment and what it took to reinvent herself and reconnect with what matters most. 

 

In the start of Amber's personal training career, she was broke but passionate and made it work with a bench in her driveway to teach clients. Listen in to hear how she went from there to now, as the owner of BuiltForHer.com and TRAIN 186, a workout studio in Searsport, Maine. 


Episode Highlights: 

  • Amber's start as a 13x fitness cover model
  • Burnout and personal values
  • Leaving when things no longer align
  • Her start in personal training
  • Growing an online presence
  • Opening a gym and creating a business from scratch
  • Amber's bi-sexual experience
  • Finding her life partner
  • Top tips for finding the one
  • Breaking free from body insecurity
  • Embracing your true self in the midst of insecurity

 

You can connect with Amber @amberdodzweit  Learn more at BuiltForHer.com

 

Let's connect! Follow along on @taralaferrara for no BS fitness + life advice. Follow along on @broads.podcast for episode updates and extra content. 

 

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