COVER MODEL INTERVIEW
Audacious Action
Alexa
Few trainers have the skills, experience and education of STRONG Australia Head Trainer and Livin (@livinorg) mental health speaker and ambassador Alexa Towersey. Even fewer have her resilience – from dealing with her father’s alcohol abuse as a child and then quitting the booze herself in her teenage years, to suffering a horrific injury that left her unable to walk let alone train, our cover model knows a thing or two about overcoming challenges. Get ready to be inspired.
WORKOUT: ALEXA TOWERSEY alexatowersey.com // @actionalexa HAIR & MAKEUP: NICOLE KENE nicolekene.com // @nicolekene_makeup PHOTOGRAPHER: JESSICA APAP jessicaapap.com // jessicaapap_photographer STYLIST: TULLY HUMPHREY tullylou.com.au // @tullylou_
ON BOXING
I developed a real affinity for boxing during my university days, when it became an incredible outlet for me. It can teach strength and power, but also patience and focus. There’s nothing like hearing the ‘crack’ as you hit the pad to make you feel empowered. Boxing is the perfect analogy for life and mental health – it doesn’t matter how hard or how often you take a hit, it’s about the number of times you get back up to fight another day. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Attaining my Gym Jones full accreditation, gracing the cover of STRONG Australia and moderating a mental health panel at the 2019 Fitness Show in Melbourne on behalf of the magazine, and touring the United States as the opening speaker for internationally renowned suicide prevention warrior Kevin Hines. 4
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