Carole Frost

Getting to know Carole

How did you come into the fitness industry?

Fitness has always been part of my life…like eating and drinking…it’s something you need to do to be alive! I do have a strange memory of watching a Jane Fonda video about age 8 and thinking I could do that (how embarrassing)! Basically I grew from being a gym and class junkie into fully fledged instructor as soon as I could afford it and was legally old enough! Did many years part time fitness work and eventually took Voluntary redundancy from a very sensible PR career……maintained I’d have a few months off work and then look for a proper job…after all I could teach some classes and offer 1/1 training for fun in between jobs…..well I never did get a ‘sensible job’ again…..so here I am 11 years in  and loving every bit of it!

What are your biggest areas of interest in the fitness arena?

Honestly……..education and keeping standards high within the profession.  Yes it’s a fun industry but there is a serious side too. Education and learning should never stop….whatever you do!
On a personal note…..i’m particulary interested in the role of exercise in the aging process….particularly the effect of resistance work….i want to be forever young!

What’s your personal mission statement?

…anything is truly possible if you put the full power of your mind and energy behind it! Keep your glass half full not half empty!
Apart from not to have any regrets…personally I believe  two things lie at the heart of nearly everything….TRUST and RESPECT…as soon as these things disappear….well that’s when the trouble starts…..they are not measurable…but important in both huge organisations and personal relationships too….i wish more people would work towards achieving trust and respect for both themselves and others!

If you were stranded on a desert island, what 3 items would you like stranded with you? (Not people!)

1. Big Case of Pink Laurent Perrier Champagne to make Bellini’s with – assume peach trees grow on my desert island!
2. Either a big fat Sudoko book,(pencil and rubber too) or combined DVD/TV with all the episodes of Sex and the City built in ☺ (scary how I can go from being seemingly intelligent to seemingly shallow in a split second)!
3. My laptop (internet) – covers a multitude of sins! – is this allowed mum!

If this wasn’t allowed… A huge photograph album of everyone I know and love!

Any hidden talents?

Goodness! Well I can still do the splits do a full back bend but not sure you’re bothered about that!
Well I’m a rather mean cook actually and made a few birthday cakes in my time by request for friends. Can’t cook fish or meat though as can’t stand the stuff…but anything else is all go!