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“That was the toughest part for
me, the fact that I was living in
a dream for a couple of years
and didn’t prepare for what
would come next. I was living
day by day.” Fitness model, track and
field athlete, trainer, and former bikini competitor,
Michele Levesque-Presciano reached the pinnacle
of a famous fitness career but realized she wants
and deserves much more. The blonde beauty
from Montreal, who grew up loving sports and
quickly rose to fame in the fitness world, is now
a well-established personal trainer with her own
programs, has a job she loves that allows for
travel, and most importantly is happily married
with a baby girl on the way. With humility and
genuineness, Michele revealed to MOST Fitness in
her candid interview how she discovered through
her journey as an athlete, competitor, and model
that it is important to plan for the future and that
life has so much more to offer than fame. She
also chats to us about staying healthy during
pregnancy, how we can all take a step back from
social media, and she divulges some of her hidden
talents. With a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology
and her own successful online personal training
business, Michele not only has the beauty and the
brawn, but she has the brains to back it all up.
FMM: What events did you do as a track and
field athlete?
MLP: I did 100 meter sprints, relays, and the 400
meters. When I stopped competing in track and
field I switched to long distance running. You don’t
normally see sprinters switch to half marathons.
I’ve trained for so long to be explosive and
powerful on short distances, but my dad started
training for a marathon and one day I thought I
would join him for support, and it was surprisingly
quite easy! I started off with 5 k, 10 k’s and 20 k’s.
I always wanted to do a marathon, but I had such
bad knees that I had to stop running for a while
and have surgery. Running long distance gets me
in a zone and makes me think; it’s such a high, and
I love it.
FMM: What was it like when you got the lifethreatening blood clot? Did that experience
change your perspective on life?
MLP: This was so random. It happened after a
really bad ACL tear I did playing football with family
in Connecticut. After a trip back home and my
knee in a brace for 2 weeks, I started to complain
about massive pain in my calf; it was triple in size
and had turned purple. I went to see my doc, did
an ultra sound, and was rushed to the hospital.
They told me if I would have been on birth control, I
would have not made it and that we stopped it right
on time. It had been traveling up, making its way
to my lungs pretty fast. It did for a little bit change
my perspective on life. I was very thankful, and it
made me realize that anything can happen to you,
and to cherish life has much has you can.
FMM: In addition to personal training you also
work in the automobile industry. What do you
do specifically and how did you end up working
in that industry?
MLP: I do! I’ve been in that industry for the last 4
years, and I love it. I am a product specialist for a >>>
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