Tiffiny Hall in Women's Health Australia Magazine February 2020 Tiffiny Hall Women's Health Australia Magazine Photoshoot Tiffiny Hall Photoshoot for Women's Health Australia Magazine Download
Tiffiny Hall in Women's Health Magazine Australia February 2020
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“Treat every three hours as a brand new day,” the 35-year-old Melburnian says with a kindness that shows she’s fallible – like the rest of us – but with a firmness that comes from 19 years of navigating people out of their ruts as a PT. “It’s a reset. It stops that all-or-nothing attitude that comes into play, especially with weight loss and fitness.” Like, I was just writing a pitch document that wasn’t going my way. I said [to myself], ‘You know what, I’m going to rest it and in three hours’ time, I’m going to go back to it.’” It’s advice that works. And she has the numbers to prove it: the PT has helped half a million people through her online TIFFXO program since 2016, hundreds of thousands more watched her whip Biggest Loser contestants into their best shape ever, and 208K followers on Instagram gravitate towards her for her very real, and very forgiving, approach to life. You can see this reset rule working throughout her own life, too, from the way she “bounced forward” after gaining 30kg during her pregnancy (more on that later), to the way she scored a three-book deal for her Roxy Ran Series of teen fiction despite 40 rejections. “Through every rejection I revised the manuscript, and with every rejection I made it better. That’s 40 times that it got better! Don’t look at a rejection as a failure ... [but] as an opportunity to learn something,” she says. Then, there’s the way she’s managed to live with epilepsy and still practise taekwondo while building a career as one of the country’s most recognised trainers. “Sometimes I felt like [having epilepsy] has held me back, and I always have carried this sort of sadness and grief … But then I think, no, it’s made me a fighter,” she revealed for the first time on our WH Uninterrupted podcast. Obstacles like these are difficult to overcome if you wait 365 days to take control of your life. The key to success, as Tiff says, is “always resetting”
Bouncing forward
Two years ago, Tiff famously threw out her bathroom scales. And she still hasn’t replaced them. She gave the scales over to her husband, comedian and radio host Ed Kavalee, who either “hid them or maybe he ran over them”, she would later jokingly tell the crowd at her TEDx Melbourne talk. Back then, though, she wasn’t laughing. If you don’t already know the story, here’s a recap. The high profile fitness star – who had spent years building a fitness career that saw her going from the tiny shorts-clad athlete Angel on the TV show Gladiators to the much loved taekwondo instructor on The Biggest Loser – had gained 30kg after giving birth to her son Arnold. She thought it would mean the end of her business, TIFFXO, which itself was still in its infancy. “It was the first time I looked in the mirror and thought, ‘You are not a leader in the health and fitness space – look at you.’ I had lost my sense of self,” she tells WH. But Ed helped Tiff to see herself differently; he helped her love the strong body that created their “little ninja”, Arnold (now aged two). And, instead of ending her career, her honest account of taking the next 18 months to slowly “bounce forward and come back stronger than I had been before Arnold”, by prioritising self-care, healing and recovery, brought her more fans than ever. “I’m so happy I don’t weigh myself anymore. The scales don’t measure your personal best, or that I’m trying to nail the 540 kick in taekwondo [FYI: it combines three kicks in one 540-degree spin!], or whether my boxing speed or dead lift has improved,” she says. “The scales don’t measure confidence, self esteem and how comfortable I am in my new body that has changed since Arnold, with stretch marks and loose skin and wider hips. I wouldn’t change it for the world, because they’re reminders of him and how strong my body is for giving birth.”
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