About VPN
ABOUT
Kylie Gamelier - Owner - Head Coach
"Nutrition coaching is more than just giving a client a set of numbers.
It is understanding the needs of each individual, creating a plan, and giving them the tools to become successful on their own."
Kylie currently resides in northern Virginia with her husband and their 1.5 year old daughter. Kylie loves exploring new places, espresso and oat milk, personal development, nature, and soda water. Her clients love her for her honesty, her holistic approach, and her ability to create a calm, trusting coaching environment.
Kylie was a former division 1 swimmer at the University of Toledo where she qualified for Olympic Trials in 2008 and NCAA’s championships in 2009, while obtaining her bachelors in exercise science. Kylie then went on to coach Division 1 college swimming at Davidson College and Youngstown State University respectively for the next four years, finishing with a masters in school counseling.
Although Kylie spent most of her life as an athlete, it wasn’t until after her college swimming career that she truly understood the importance of nutrition in fueling for performance and thriving.
After college, she found her next competitive outlet in the bodybuilding world through Figure competitions. She had learned the hard way the importance of not sacrificing your health for your weight loss goals. This sparked her interest and love for nutrition and her desire to share her experience with others. A year later, she found CrossFit and decided that was her next athletic venture!
Kylie has successfully coached hundreds of clients over the past decade as a nutrition coach and her passion lies in learning and being able to help others reach their goals using a holistic approach. Kylie believes that while nutrition plays a crucial role in our ability to achieve our goals, it’s one piece of the puzzle. By focusing on the whole picture and supporting our whole selves, we can more successfully reach our goals.
Being holistic in nature and desiring to further her education, Kylie became certified as a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner. Kylie is able to provide functional testing and recommend protocols based on results. She typically focuses on functional hormone testing whether a client is interested in getting a baseline or if they are trying to get to the bottom specific issues such as brain fog, period symptoms, low libido, and more. Feeling crappy doesn’t have to be your normal!
Education:
BS, Exercise Science, University of Toledo
MS, School Counseling K-12, Youngstown State University
Certifications:
Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certified
CrossFit Trainer Level 1 Certified
Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner
Certified Life Coach
What Does VPN Stands For?
Volition- choice or decision made by using one’s own will. I am a firm believer in that we are the captains of our own ship. We may all be in different circumstances and some may have it harder than others, but we all make choices daily. Those choices you choose to make determine your direction.
There is a lot of subpar coaching out there. I take a scientific and conservative approach to make sure we have sustainable progress while optimizing health. If health deteriorates, so does the ability to perform or change body composition long term.
Through proper nutrition and lifestyle adjustments, my clients will perform better, have increased energy, and reach their body composition goals. Being a functional practitioner, I am also able to run labs on food intolerance, adrenal stress, parasites, etc. This makes for a very well rounded experience or option for clients that not a lot of other nutrition coaches can provide.
Who is Volition Performance Nutrition's ideal client?
Volition Performance Nutrition is for those who have performance goals, in or out of the gym. Whether you are striving to compete at the CrossFit games, just want to look good naked, or want to feel more confident and empowered in life, we have you covered. Your overall wellbeing and health is taken seriously, not sacrificed.
At VPN we believe that in order to accomplish your goals, you must fuel appropriately. We take a conservative versus aggressive approach as we have found that it allows us to limit stress, and most of the time, minor adjustments are all that are necessary to create change.
Performance is more than just training hard and following macros. Stress, food intolerances, sleep, hormonal imbalances, etc can all impact your success. Kylie is a certified functional practitioner and life coach that believes in a holistic approach to coaching. Through VPN, you can purchase lab tests and schedule a consult to go over your results and recommended protocol with Kylie.
We promise to give you our best, and we expect the same from you. We don't ask for perfection, but we do expect 100% effort. Similarly to your goals, you can't expect to achieve them if you only put in the work when it's convenient. You must CHOOSE to do what is necessary. You are the captain of your own ship. It is up to you to steer it with abandon in the direction you wish to go. And as promised, we will be there to guide you full heartedly along the way!
SERVICES
NUTRITION COACHING
Nutrition coaching isn't just about prescribing a client macronutrients and checking in with them regularly. It is about how well they are functioning and what may be holding them back from seeing the progress they desire.
FUNCTIONAL TESTING
Adrenal stress profile, metabolic assessment profile, food sensitivity IgG testing, GI pathogen testing, and vitamin D3 25(OH)D testing lead to a healthier you.
VPN COACHING MENTORSHIP
Find a coaching mentor dedicated to helping you along your journey that will guide you towards achieving your goals.