Helping people feel stronger and more confident in their bodies
Fitness should challenge you, build you, and become something you can carry with you for life.
Katie Schultz has spent more than two decades in the fitness industry as a Fitness Coach and IFBB Bikini Pro. What started as a passion for transforming her own body grew into a career helping others become stronger, more confident, and more capable. Her approach is rooted in consistency, proper technique, and helping people become stronger without feeling overwhelmed. With extensive experience both coaching clients and training herself, Katie believes fitness should challenge you, build you, and become something you can carry with you for life.
Who are you and what do you do?
I’m a Fitness Coach with over 20 years of experience, an IFBB Bikini Proand someone who genuinely loves helping people feel stronger and more confident in their bodies. I’ve worked with clients of all ages and fitness levels, and my approach is about consistency, good training, and making fitness something you can actually sustain.
When and where did your fitness journey begin?
My fitness journey started when I was young, but it really became a major part of my life when I discovered weight training. Over time, the gym became more than just a place to work out. It became where I built confidence, discipline, and eventually a career that I’ve now been in for more than two decades.
What got you hooked on fitness as a career?
I loved seeing what training could do for me physically, but helping other people experience that same transformation is what made me want to turn it into a career. There’s something really rewarding about watching someone become stronger, more confident, and capable of things they didn’t think they could do.
What’s the difference between working out and training?
Working out is moving your body. Training has intention behind it. You’re following a plan, progressing over time, paying attention to form, recovery, nutrition, and what you’re actually trying to accomplish. I’m a big believer that you don’t have to destroy yourself in the gym to get results. You have to train with purpose.
What does being strong mean to you?
Strength isn’t just how much weight you can lift. It’s discipline, resilience, confidence, and continuing to show up even when life gets hard. Physical strength is part of it, but the mental strength you build through training carries into everything else.
How does training benefit you physically, mentally, and emotionally?
Physically, training keeps me strong and lets me continue shaping and challenging my physique. Mentally, it gives me focus and structure. Emotionally, the gym has always been a place where I can clear my head, reset, and put my energy into something positive. Training has been one of the most consistent things in my life.
Tell us about your routine: from training regimen to nutrition, fueling, and recovery.
I train with a bodybuilding-style approach, usually focusing on specific muscle groups and being very intentional about the muscles I’m trying to develop. Right now I put a lot of emphasis on my lower body, especially glutes, hamstrings, and legs, while keeping the rest of my physique balanced. Nutrition is structured around fueling my training with enough protein, carbs, and whole foods, and I’m big on consistency rather than trying to be perfect every day. Recovery, sleep, mobility, and knowing when to back off are just as important to me as the actual workout.
What’s your supplement routine?
I look at supplements as exactly that: supplements to good nutrition, not a replacement for it. Protein, amino acids, hydration, and workout-support supplements can all have a place depending on your goals, but food, training, sleep, and consistency always come first.
What’s your movement of choice?
Weight training, without question. I love bodybuilding-style training because there’s so much intention behind it. I also enjoy conditioning and boxing, but give me weights and I’m happy.
How did Bodybuilding.com help you in your early days of training?
Bodybuilding.com was one of those resources that was always there when I was coming up in fitness. It gave people access to workouts, exercises, nutrition information, supplements, and athletes all in one place at a time when fitness information wasn’t nearly as accessible as it is today. To now be connected with a brand that was part of the fitness world I grew up in feels pretty full-circle.
What piece of advice would you give someone just starting their fitness journey?
Don’t try to change everything overnight. Start with the basics, learn how to train correctly, and focus on being consistent. You don’t need the perfect program, diet, or supplement stack. You need something you can keep doing. Results come from what you repeat.
What is one thing you would tell your future self?
Keep going. Trust yourself, keep evolving, and never underestimate what can happen when you stay consistent long enough.
