Brooklyn’s Finest: Amira Lamb & The Lion.
Muscleweek’s Senior Editor, Shane Ray on another business venture in The Big Apple never stops working. Always on the hunt and hungry like a wolf for a new story or new interview for Muscleweek.com . Often interviews are conducted in the most obscure places on a whim. Standing outside the American Airlines terminal at La Guardia Aiport, Shane Ray spots the wild haired and beautiful Amira Lamb about to get into a cab. Using instinct and a little bit of experience he rushes over to the cab and says to her…
“Hey. Thanks for getting the door for me. My name is Shane. You can take this cab with me if you want but you if you do then you must do an interview with me for Muscleweek.com .”
With a coy laugh and the power of persuasion, Amira agrees and the 2hr cab ride to Brooklyn paid off and Shane didn’t even make her pay for her ride.
MW: Amira. Welcome to Muscleweek. This has to be the 3rd time this year I’ve been to The Big Apple. Right off the bat tell me what the best movie ever made in NYC is and don’t say Home Alone -2.
AL: So many good movies were made here. I’d have to say either Coming To America or Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
MW: I was leaning more towards KIDS or The Warriors but Coming To America was great. You told me once that you are a full-time fitness professional. Explain to me what exactly you do and give me some more information about your company – Hollistic Hottie.
AL: I’m a New York City-based certified trainer, group fitness instructor, nutrition & holistic lifestyle professional, and entrepreneur. I’ve been passionate about exercise, nutrition and holistic wellness for most of my life – so my company Holistic Hottie Inc provides online and in-person individualized coaching to individuals seeking a healthier lifestyle and their best body.
MW: Have you always been really involved in the fitness industry? I can tell you’re very passionate about it. What led you in this direction?
AL:
I grew up studying gymnastic and dance plus idolizing al the fitness gurus on TV like the 20 minute workout ladies, Gilad, Donna Richardson, Kiana Tom, and Cory Everson. And then as soon as I turned 18 I got certified to teach group exercise. I went to school at Umass Amherst and there I designed my own major concentrating on exercise science, health promotion, nutrition and business. After graduation I studied and certified through NASM, AFAA, Power Pilates, Stott Pilates, the CHEK institute, and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition. 
MW: I have to ask you. As a woman of ethnicity has it ever been a challenge living a lifestyle of clean eating and regular physical fitness? I spoken to many Figure & Bikini girls in Chicagoland who are black and most of them told me they face adversity from their family, relatives and friends on a regular basis as this lifestyle doesn’t fit in the norm of their culture or upbringing.
AL: I’ve never really cared what others thought about my eating and exercise habits. I’ve never felt any peer pressure to eat a certain way to fit in.
MW: You agree that the best medicine is preventive medicine, correct? Why do you think the AMA pushes the dependency of prescription medicine instead of living a lifestyle of discipline and common sense? Are we as a country doomed?
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