Live Free, Laugh Hard Fitness

 

Fitness and Motivational Consulting by Dr. Iina Ester Antikainen

New Orleans, LA
iina@livefreelaughhardfitness.com

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  • Welcome!
  • Bio
  • Iina's Approach
  • Services
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  • Thought of the day
  • Contact
  • Lifestyle Change
  • Personal Training
  • Nutrition Intervention
  • Life Skills
  • Seminars & Workshops


SERVICES

Lifestyle Change Programs:

  • Health and/or weight loss programs that include fitness, nutrition intervention, motivation, and behavior modification for a permanent healthy lifestyle.

Personal Training:

  • Personalized programs to increase general fitness, endurance, strength, flexibility, and balance.
  • Rehabilitative conditioning for very low fitness or obese individuals.
  • Specific skills training (i.e. pull-ups, handstands, paddle boarding, yoga)

Nutrition Interventions:

  • Health education and behavioral programs to increase adherence to healthy eating
  • Weight loss
  • Healing or management of lifestyle related illnesses (diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol, thyroid)

Life Skills:

  • Programs that target goal setting, time management, organizational skills, and behavior modification skills to increase goal accomplishment or to reduce problem behaviors, such as hoarding, chronic tardiness, lack of task completion (aka "not getting shit done"), alcohol abuse, etc.

Workshops:

  • Health, fitness, nutrition, and motivation workshops tailored to the needs of your family or company
  • Weekend fitness camps for your family and friends
  • Wellness and Health Workshops (healthy cooking, healthy shopping, lifestyle change)
  • Seminars or brown bag lucheons on health, fitness, motivations, and nutrition topics.
  • Health Screenings (Blood pressure, blood sugar/diabetes, cholesterol, BMI)
  • Motivational Coaching (designed specifically for your organization)
  • Meditation and stress management worshops

 

 

  • CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

    "I highly reccommend Iina. She is a passionate and super creative instructor that knows how to make health and fitness fun. She brings a lot of positive energy and simplicity to workouts so that you stick with it."

    ~ K.I., Atlanta, GA

     

    "Iina is an amazing instructor..She will get you moving and working 'hard' without you even noticing it...Oh yes!!! HARD is the proper term to use coz her program, while may not seem complicated, will MOST DEFINITELY make you feel its effect the next day and ooooh, it feels so goooood!! I have done her classes three times in a row and I still come back for more! I'm looking forward to more and more activities!!!"

    ~ C.J, New Orleans, LA

     

    "Iina is professional yet fun at the same time. She respects your time, doesn't cancel appointments, and accepts where YOU are when you first start training. Perfect personality for a trainer.  She will tell you the truth and make you work hard, all with a smile on her pretty face!!"

    ~ A.A., New Orleans, LA

     

    "Having experienced disappointment from personal trainers in the past, I was delightfully surprised after meeting Iina.  Rather than treating fitness as a one-size-fits-all remedy, she takes time to address your personal challenges to maximize results and minimize discomfort.  Best of all, she isn’t judgmental or robotic so I felt comfortable being open with her and receiving her honest evaluation. Our workout together was exactly what I needed – challenging enough to leave me slightly sore the next day but not so much that I was dreading working out again.  Unlike other trainers, Iina doesn’t order you through complicated poses that leave you feeling dependent on her assistance.  She teaches you simple, effective moves you can complete on your own long after she’s gone.  I highly recommend her to anyone needing a gentle push and knowledgeable guide in their quest for a healthier, happier self."

    ~ A.C., New Orleans

    


Review by L.S in New Orleans December, 2019:

"This morning was my weekly session with Iina Ester. Even though we were meeting at my house, I was late, and wearing a SUBLIME hangover along with the party clothes I'd crashed in the night before. Her reaction to all this was who she is: laughter and love.
There is no negative judgement from Iina throughout our work; only acceptance of who and where I am at this moment, and encouragement as I move towards who and where I've said I want to be in the next moment. She doesn't try to mold me, but she'll listen to my thoughts and wishes, and then give me tools to use in order to mold myself. We've been working together 10 months, and everything has improved. My figure, my cash flow, my home life, my confidence, my peace. My relationships with people.
Each session is different. Sometimes we meet in City Park and work out in the sun. Other times we sit in my livingroom and figure out how to schedule my time and budget my cash. Sometimes the psychological work of changing who I am can be very intense, but she's right there with me, grounding me. And sometimes she'll kick my ass if I really need it...but *only* if I really need it.
Today's session was spent stretching on the floor (due to said hangover) and discussing how to confidently express ideas and give direction in creative settings. About halfway through, I said to her, "Iina...I'm really starting to like myself."
And that's what Iina does. She gives you the best version of yourself. And she does it with grace, and with style."


To schedule a consultation or to learn more,

please email Dr. Ester at iina@livefreelaughhardfitness.com 

 

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