Atlanta : Morningside Showroom

Amber O'Neill

Cafe Physique

404-444-2857

amber@cafephysique.com

www.cafephysique.com

AMBER O’NEAL BIOGRPAHY
CAFÉ PHYSIQUE FOUNDER & HEAD PERSONAL TRAINER

Born and raised in Elgin, Illinois, Amber O’Neal is an odd candidate for starting a fitness and nutrition company. As an overweight child, exercise was something that she despised with a passion and avoided at all costs – even volunteering to grade papers for the teacher rather than endure recess outside with the other kids. While she grew up on healthy food, portion control was an unknown entity, and by middle school she had become the dreaded “big girl.”

Committed to changing her figure and her fate, Amber began taking aerobics classes at age 14. As the pounds whittled away, she felt empowered to test new physical limits - even joining the girls’ basketball team in high school, and she has continued to remain active ever since. “I’ve never met a workout that I wouldn’t try at least once,” says Amber.

After gaining the typical “freshman fifteen” in college despite her physical activity, she began to pay closer attention to her eating habits – reading every nutrition magazine and book that she could get her hands on. Through her own self-study and experimentation, she found ways to satisfy her appetite without going overboard, and with that she began her fitness and nutrition journey. Currently, she is working towards completing requirements to become a registered dietician.

After college, a friend suggested that Amber become certified to teach aerobics since she was always at the gym anyway. Originally thinking it was an absurd idea; she later pursued the certification and found her true calling as a part-time aerobics instructor at a major fitness chain. After quickly realizing that many of her students needed more intimate instruction in order to reach their goals, she became a certified personal trainer.

Several years later, Amber was ready to make a pivotal career change. In 2006, Café Physique was born out of Amber’s desire to offer a 360? approach to fitness. Convinced that for the ordinary person, progress would not be permanent without habit-altering lifestyle changes; she designed a company that offers full lifestyle management in the form of fitness training, weight loss management, and educational services.

With over 7 years of professional fitness experience, Amber is well-respected by her peers in the fitness community. In addition to presenting seminars and conducting workshops for audiences across the nation, she is a freelance fitness and nutrition writer who has been featured in newspapers, websites, national magazines such as Heart & Soul, and the NBC Nightly News.