There’s a New RI “Reality” Series - Helping Women Achieve Their Health Goals

There’s a New RI “Reality” Series - Helping Women Achieve Their Health Goals

Christina Rondeau is on a mission to help the middle-aged women of Rhode Island. 

The health and fitness professional, who runs Rondeau’s Kickboxing, has recently embarked on her own reality show project. 

Her goal? Give women the tools they need, from workout to nutrition advice, to address what she says is the “taboo” issue of menopause. 

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“I created a six-week series; I wanted to prove, that give me this opportunity, and I will transform your lives,” said Rondeau. 

Now, Rondeau is documenting her cohort of middle-aged trainees, real-time, on video, in her "Menopause Fitness Makeover."

And she hopes this "real" reality show garners attention. 

'[With menopause], there are aches and pains that have come with this that you never expected," said Rondeau. "So yeah, we're a little bit more reactive. And we're very more emotional." 

 

Real Females in Focus 

For Rondeau, who has spent her career on fitness, she saw an unmet, and often undiscussed need, of women going through menopause, and peri-menopause, who are facing a unique set of challenges.

As a professional fighter and member of the USA Kickboxing Team, Rondeau has not only excelled in the ring but has also dedicated her life to teaching and inspiring others.

Now, she is on a mission to tackle menopause. 

“I said, I am going to transform you," said Rondeau, of assembling her first cohort of "fitness makeover" females. "I'm going to get you through a plateau."

"I'm going to teach you how to eat better, for menopause, for your body," she continued. "I'm going to give you the correct exercises; [we’re] going to push you and create a habit. In six weeks, I can create a habit with you, okay?”

And Rondeau is capturing it all on video.

“And that's what I did, and I got a film crew, I'm the director and creator, I have a co-director, I have an assistant cameraman, I have a production assistant, and we've got this entire reality show filming,” said Rondeau.

Right now, Rondeau is teasing snippets of the filming on YouTube shorts.

“I love it. And it's awesome, I mean, we are following these ladies through their everyday life. One's a nurse, one's a teacher, one's a social worker, one's a spiritual advisor, I mean, so I have six women from all different walks of life,” she added. 

The series, she says, wraps up on July 21 with a “red carpet” walk at her studio - and she would love for the “real” look at middle-aged housewives, their struggles, and accomplishments, to be picked up by a network. 

"The main reason I'm doing this, is I really want women to feel supported," said Rondeau. "So they're going to learn a lot. Just from watching this, they're going to learn the eating, the education, they're going to learn the exercises."

Rondeau already has her sights on a "Season Two."