Rachel Greenbaum: MAXIM-ise Your Discipline

Rachel Greenbaum is the Krav Maga Alliance (International Krav Maga Licensing Co.) Manager, and Director of StrikeFit®, KMA’s Heavy Bag Kickboxing Program, which allows her to combine her love of travel, language, teaching, and fitness. She has now earned her Instructor Black Belt in Krav Maga, (Israeli self-defense), the loving nickname of “Meanbaum” from her students and instructor candidates, and a certification to teach Lagree Fitness (Pilates on crack), along the journey. Rachel has completed multiple firearms and tactical courses including "Foreign Weapons". She is also Force Certified, which qualifies her to teach Krav Maga to Military and Law Enforcement. She is passionate about never missing her annual volunteer week with C.A.M.O. - Challenge Aspen Military Opportunities, (an adaptive cross-country Wounded Warrior ski program) in Colorado.

Rachel dabbles some in Hollywood too, having trained actresses like Aubrey Plaza and Natasha Lyonne for roles, consulting on Krav Maga on set, and has even done a little acting, fight choreography and stunt work herself. She was also scouted and hired as the only female and only fight coach for a Media Promotional Event for the most recent Tomb Raider movie release. Rachel has recently co-founded and taken on the role of spokeswoman for a soon to launch, free-standing heavy bag fitness tech company. She is now competing in The Maxim Magazine Cover Girl 2019 competition where she has dominated 1st place in her group, and currently outlasted 17500 women that have already been cut. Rachel is truly hoping to come out the Grand Prize winner on November 21st, to be a strong female role-model represented on that cover, and officially *strike* a pose with her newest given nickname, “Baumshell”. Rachel intends to both donate some of the prize money to C.A.M.O., and invest in her fitness start up so she can continue to motivate, inspire, and give back.