Cara Castronuova – Fighting Spirit

Why two-time Golden Glove boxing champion,  Season 11 trainer for NBC’s “The Biggest Loser”, and founder of the “Knockout Obesity Foundation”, still has something to prove. From the wrestling mat to the boxing ring, the remarkable capabilities of the human spirit and body, and her fight to become the first woman to call a men’s heavyweight championship bout…

Cara Castronuova, celebrity fitness trainer, athlete, activist and media personality (previously featured as a head trainer on NBC’s hit television show “The Biggest Loser”, where she helped propel the show to its highest ratings ever. a champion boxer and past nationally ranked two-time Golden Gloves Champion, who has acted as spokesperson for many sports, fitness and nutrition companies such as Puma, Modell’s Sporting Goods, The Sports Authority, Kind Bars and Purium Health, and who made history by becoming the first female spokesperson on Everlast’s extensive roster of champions) joins host Dale Moss in the MouthMedia Network studios powered by Sennheiser.

In this Game Plan:

Cara Castronuova on finding balance between being a lover and a fighter

The transition to life after boxing, what does she do next, what are her skills?

Training young girls to box and refereeing

The “shame” felt after initially leaving your sport

The poetry of a match, and the need to be close to it

The barriers Cara and her peers faced in the world of boxing

The stigma of being a female boxer and the difficulty to find quality trainers

MMA vs Boxing and the shift to empower female athletes in male dominated sports

Her personal goal to referee a Manny/Floyd caliber fight

The joy of refereeing and being so close to the fight, she has the best seat in the house

Understanding the need for fighter safety today versus her mentality when she was a young fighter

The future of boxing in an MMA world

Women in sport; MMA vs. Boxing

The structure of MMA vs. boxing

Which is more important? The product or the athlete?

Hindsight is always 20/20: How she would approach her career differently with the knowledge she has today

Feeding fighter mentality and moving to boxing.

The army drills of childhood.

Attending high school upstate away from her family in Long Island

Joining the wrestling team thinking she was signing up for “professional” WWF

The fear of your first fight

The mentality behind individual sports vs. team sports

The moment she knew she had respect in the boxing world

The impact fighting has had on her life outside the ring

The grind of training, and different approaches to motivation

The turn from giving up to seeing results

Leveraging a fighting career into endorsements and TV opportunities

The new world of social media and branding your athleticism

The genesis of Knockout Obesity; creating positive associations with fitness for kids

The reality of life vs reality tv; “Biggest Loser”

The different psyches she experienced in her years of training