Kami Haider Fitness

05/26/2026

The Witch's Gulch in the Upper Dells of Wisconsin. Vacay weekend. ❤️

05/12/2026

Preppin' for vacay in two weeks. Raleigh, here we come.

03/26/2024

Have Fun!

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02/21/2024

Did it take me three months to get here? - nope. Did it take me six months? - absolutely not. It didn't take me nine months, either. How about one year? - hell no!
It's been 12 years in the making since I began taking my strength training seriously.
This timeline of photos, spanning from 2012-2024, exemplifies the shapes and sizes of my body and how they DID NOT reflect a decade+ stint of improvement. My growth was not linear and my progress was not perfect.
But eventually, through many tireless years of self-discovery, I found a place that I am happy existing in both physically and mentally.
- At 13 years of age, I began my journey with an athletic background in basketball, track, and volleyball. Little did I know that my summer strength and conditioning class at the local athletic center would be the gateway into my life's passion.
- When I started seeing my first signs of muscle gain, it was what I imagined as the equivalent of becoming addicted to a drug. I didn't want to stop. I fell into my confidence and found a home in the gym that I didn't feel I had at school, in my social circle, or even under the very roof I was raised beneath.
- After my time in organized sports, I felt inclined to take on the next right of passage in the fitness world - CrossFit. From 2016-2018, I went into the sport fast, heavy, and way too technically underdeveloped to compete at the level I did. I incurred several injuries during that period of time because of said inexperience - a broken wrist, several bruises, aches, and bloodied blisters, a strained PCL, and a torn labrum. I stepped away from the sport after the epiphany I had that my body SHOULD NOT be hurting in the way that it did at just 20 years of age.
- My junior year of college, I started lifting slower and heavier. I also started consuming more meals from the fast food restaurants in the Union that were covered under the student food plan. I was the strongest, but also the heaviest I had ever been, and my confidence became non-existent.
- In 2019, I went through a pretty devastating breakup that, fortunately, set me back on track with a renewed sense of purpose and reliance in my fitness.

01/30/2024

You know what the best feeling is, well, the best feeling in this context, anyway?
- Finding a sense of comfort and confidence in your own skin that has never existed inside of yourself before.
There are several factors that influence that feeling, or lack thereof, but I can say in earnest that I am now at a place in my little life where I am proud of what I FEEL when I look in the mirror.
About 75% of that is knowing who I am at my core : honest, hard-working, passionate about my profession and my people, strong in my beliefs and willing to fight for them should they be challenged.... And several other characteristics that have been developed over my life and have taken me many years to give myself credit for.
The other 25% is what I SEE when I look in the mirror : I am strong and I am proud of how I have crafted my body to reflect my heart. I will forever be someone that thrives in the gym and the fitness world, but I also want to be someone that others view as inspiring and motivating beyond that space.
I genuinely admire every individual I encounter in the gym each day because their drive and will to make themselves a better human, husband, wife, son, daughter, friend, father, mother, etc. by taking the time to improve their wellness - physical and mental - is a powerful energy to be surrounded by.