Get to Know Me

My name is Kayla Marie Yetter. I am a wife and mother to two beautiful girls. My family is my whole world, and most certainly my "Why". I have always been an active person. I played sports growing up, with a focus on softball through senior year of high school. In college, I didn't get involved in sports and I mostly stuck to the elliptical when I "hit the gym". 

Following college, my then boyfriend/now husband, and I started getting into lifting at the gym in our apartment complex. But again, I stuck to mostly machine-based exercises. ab workouts and cardio machines. It wasn't until after I had our first daughter in 2012 that I began to really focus on my health and fitness.  I found BodyBuilding.com, came across one of the more popular "Fitspos" as well as a 12 week Transformation Challenge that had just been posted. I had never lifted before and decided that I was just going to dive right in and I haven't ever looked back. I completed that challenge, and although I didn't win the award, I felt that I had won! I found a new passion and a drive to continue bettering myself through my new health and fitness journey. 

I went on to have our second daughter, after which I encountered some health issues that have played a significant role in my fitness journey. Both of my children were born via C-section, which in and of itself is a major abdominal surgery with recovery time. After the birth of our youngest, I believed myself to have developed Diastasis Recti. 

My Diastasis Recti was improperly diagnosed and, thus, improperly treated with a surgery that  did not go as planned, and subsequently required a corrective surgery. Following both of those procedures, it was recommended that I not attempt any further pregnancies due to severe risk of bleeding, blood loss and/or death. In addition, I was told by several surgeons that I would not be able to heal the Diastasis Recti without further invasive surgical intervention., which was not covered under health insurance. To read more about this part of my story, you can hop over to my blog: https://l.instagram.com/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fkyettfit.blogspot.com%2F&e=ATNXlN2U1YPFKw2zYeD-cCejBhuL8K8wlGt0dSbuh0ibKYRudnQPCeH5i8i910Nom7qcweGFYLil3SHN9ZnrBFOG1igkCrB-emie9w&s=1

Over the course of the last four years, I have made it my mission to overcome the odds, defeat the negativity and get my body back to a place where I was healthy, happy and confident while building a lifestyle that was maintainable and not restrictive. In the process, I have developed a much better relationship with food, a better image of my body in ALL of its stages, and an outlet for all the stress, frustrations and emotions that come from day-to-day life. Let me help you to do the same! 

I have been consistently lifting weights for the past ten years, with a primary focus of bettering my overall health. I have had an intense interest in the industry for years and when the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic forced the majority of us to stay at home, I decided to take advantage of my extra time and pursue my passion! I completed the Certified Personal Training Course through NASM and obtained my certification, as well as a certification on CPR/AED.  In addition, I obtained my certification through NASM as a certified Nutrition Coach.

In June 2020, I hired my own coach for accountability purposes in pursuing a better program to fit my current lifestyle. You see, even personal trainers can use some outside accountability!!! Without any previous plans to, my "lifestyle coaching" quickly turned into a path of pursuing the world of competing. I have now competed in two regional NPC shows, the first of which was on 11/14/20 and  brought home  1st Overall Bikini Class B and 5th in Novice!  Affer my second show, I decided to hang up the heels and focus on my own clients and helping as many people as possible achieve what I know they are capable of!