Lauren Keenan Rich, LK Rich…

WHO is LK Rich? I am a Philly raised - Boston based, fitness instructor, personal trainer, yoga teacher (200 ytt),. boxing coach, health coach & self proclaimed “PLAYmaker”. I see the best in my clients and have unique ways to bring it out! I believe that behind every smile is a savage, so if you are looking for a badass-playful approach to sweating - I’m your girl!

My path, tells the story of what got me to leave the comfort of corporate, to living a life of service & purpose. Since the day I remember I was always fighting to be good enough. Good enough to make the team, to start, to be friends with my teammates, earn respect, be noticed & mostly belong to something. Fast forward to a 2014, the year everything changed. I suffered the biggest heart break to date and was left in a new city with a choice, to pack up and head back to Philly or stay and FIGHT. Luckily, I choose to FIGHT and my life has forever changed. In one of the darkest times of my adult life, I fell in love with boxing which in return made me fall in love with myself. When I started boxing I was barely 100 lbs & couldn’t look at myself in the mirror. I felt shame, embarrassment, guilt. In boxing, you are you’re biggest opponent so I was forced to face myself.

Fast forward to October 2016, I stepped into the ring for the first time in front of over 2000 people - the feeling still gives me goosebumps to this day. In that moment, I told myself I would work for the rest of my life to give this feeling to as many people as possible. A feeling so complex it takes my words away and fills my eyes with tears, it was the most in love with myself I have ever been. I finally felt like I was good enough, and the only person I needed to belong to, was myself. I lost the fight, but what I’ve come to realize was it was never about the fight or boxing,(although I swore I was going to continue fighting) it was about building a relationship with myself, my mind & my body.

That is exactly what led me down the path of becoming a trainer. I take pride in my connection with my clients and asking of much more than just their fitness goals, how do they want to feel? Who are they striving to be? What’s holding them back? What gets them excited? …I do not care how much they want to weight. I care if they can look in the mirror and be happy with who they see, not what they see.