The Game Plan with Dale Moss

The Game Plan with Dale Moss


Cara Castronuova – Fighting Spirit

December 05, 2018

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