My Experience

For over 30 years I have been involved in the health and fitness industry helping men and women of all ages achieve optimal health and wellness. My practice is based on a holistic approach to health and wellness by looking at the entirety of a person’s well-being.  A person’s well-being includes diet, stress, exercise, posture, sleep, digestion, hormones, mind-set and lifestyle.  I believe maintaining all of these key components are vital to a person’s overall health and happiness.  My expertise is based on certifications as a CHEK Exercise Coach, CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Coach 2, Olympic Lifting Coach, Z-health Practitioner (neurology) and Certified Nutritional Consultant.

An athlete my entire life, I have played competitive tennis, participated in dozens of running races, including the Las Vegas Marathon, hiked the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim and Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the continental U.S. My personal accomplishments along with my education and training molded my approach to training her clients from a fitness-dominated perspective.  

In 2010, I realized years of focus on solely physically training my body began to break down. I hit a physical and emotional wall.  Everything I believed, practiced and espoused was no longer working. This is when I was introduced to the work of Dr. Ray Peat, Dr. Broda Barnes, Dr. Constance Martin, Dr. Han Selye, Dr. Uffe Ravnskov,, Danny Roddy and many others.

Within one year, after spending significant time reading, researching and personal experimentation, I healed my body and my metabolism.  Along the way, my entire belief system about what constituted “true health” shifted 180 degrees from what I had been practicing during my almost 25 years in this industry.  Good health was a no longer defined by how many hours I could work out, how much will-power I had, or how low my body fat could get. Good health is now defined by a lack of injuries and sickness, great sleep, good digestion, healthy skin and hair, lean muscle and a warm body, overall happiness and emotional well being.

I now know and understand that the nutritional, mental, physical and spiritual components of a person’s life must act synergistically…one is not more important than the other.

Education and Experience

  • Owner Kate Deering Health and Fitness 2007- Present

  • Z-Health Practitioner 2014-Present

  • ACE Personal Trainer Certified 2002- Present

  • NHI (Natural Healing Inst.) Certified Nutrition Consultant (CNC) 2005 – Present

  • Independent nutritional researcher On-going

  • Olympic Lifting Coach 2012

  • DCT Eccentric Stretching Practitioner 2011

  • CHEK Inst. Holistic Lifestyle Coach II 2011

  • TRX Suspension Trainer Certified 2010

  • CHEK Inst. Holistic Lifestyle Coach I 2010

  • Boot Camp Instructor 2008-2012

  • CHEK Inst. Exercise Coach 2009

  • Holistic Health Wellness Coach 2008

  • Gravity Training Systems (GTS) Fitness Personal Trainer and group instructor 2006

Degrees
– Exercise Physiology 1994 Berry College, Rome GA
– Psychology 1994 Berry College, Rome GA

Currently, I perform lifestyle and nutrition coaching with clients worldwide, via Zoom, Facebook messenger, e-mail and/or phone.