What Olivia Amato Did Before Becoming A Peloton Instructor
Olivia Amato/Instagram By Hope Campbell/Sept. 20, 2021 12:18 pm EST
She sweats, she sparkles, and she seems like a petite wonder as she pushes your mind and body to do things you never expected — either on a spin bike; on a treadmill; or right on the floor, tending to your core or lifting weights. With her bubbly personality and unbridled enthusiasm for fitness and getting others fit, one would think that Peloton instructor Olivia Amato’s lifelong goal was to coach people to become a better version of themselves both physically and emotionally.
But Amato is not just an expert at making you feel like you can fly, even at a bike resistance that makes it seem like you’re pedaling through quicksand. She also has a penchant for math and numbers — and that’s what led her to her first career, which is as far from a fitness instructor (who teaches thousands of people at a time) as you can get.
Olivia Amato traded in her business suit for fitness wear
Olivia Amato/Instagram
A New York City native, Olivia Amato grew up loving team sports, participating in lacrosse, hockey, track, and cheerleading. She even cheered for her college team but studied something decidedly different from fitness when she was there. As it states on her website bio, “Olivia wound up majoring in business and finance because she was good with numbers.”
Unfortunately, being good with numbers doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll love the business world, and Amato didn’t. She was lucky enough to land a job as a Wall Street trader right out of college, but she wasn’t happy there. “I was good at my job, but I didn’t like my job,” she told E! News. “And I thought to myself, ‘I can’t live the rest of my life like this.’” So, rather than continuing to spend her weekends crying and dreading going onto the trading floor on Mondays, Amato chose to write down the things that brought her joy in life, and she realized she was happier taking a client for a workout and a healthy fitness drink than she was frequenting New York bars with them. As she watched the instructors she loved teach, she stopped wondering why she couldn’t also do that and instead she decided she would do that.
What Olivia Amato Did Before Becoming A Peloton Instructor
Olivia Amato/Instagram
By Hope Campbell/Sept. 20, 2021 12:18 pm EST
She sweats, she sparkles, and she seems like a petite wonder as she pushes your mind and body to do things you never expected — either on a spin bike; on a treadmill; or right on the floor, tending to your core or lifting weights. With her bubbly personality and unbridled enthusiasm for fitness and getting others fit, one would think that Peloton instructor Olivia Amato’s lifelong goal was to coach people to become a better version of themselves both physically and emotionally.
But Amato is not just an expert at making you feel like you can fly, even at a bike resistance that makes it seem like you’re pedaling through quicksand. She also has a penchant for math and numbers — and that’s what led her to her first career, which is as far from a fitness instructor (who teaches thousands of people at a time) as you can get.
But Amato is not just an expert at making you feel like you can fly, even at a bike resistance that makes it seem like you’re pedaling through quicksand. She also has a penchant for math and numbers — and that’s what led her to her first career, which is as far from a fitness instructor (who teaches thousands of people at a time) as you can get.
Olivia Amato traded in her business suit for fitness wear
A New York City native, Olivia Amato grew up loving team sports, participating in lacrosse, hockey, track, and cheerleading. She even cheered for her college team but studied something decidedly different from fitness when she was there. As it states on her website bio, “Olivia wound up majoring in business and finance because she was good with numbers.”
Unfortunately, being good with numbers doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll love the business world, and Amato didn’t. She was lucky enough to land a job as a Wall Street trader right out of college, but she wasn’t happy there. “I was good at my job, but I didn’t like my job,” she told E! News. “And I thought to myself, ‘I can’t live the rest of my life like this.’” So, rather than continuing to spend her weekends crying and dreading going onto the trading floor on Mondays, Amato chose to write down the things that brought her joy in life, and she realized she was happier taking a client for a workout and a healthy fitness drink than she was frequenting New York bars with them. As she watched the instructors she loved teach, she stopped wondering why she couldn’t also do that and instead she decided she would do that.
Unfortunately, being good with numbers doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll love the business world, and Amato didn’t. She was lucky enough to land a job as a Wall Street trader right out of college, but she wasn’t happy there. “I was good at my job, but I didn’t like my job,” she told E! News. “And I thought to myself, ‘I can’t live the rest of my life like this.’”
So, rather than continuing to spend her weekends crying and dreading going onto the trading floor on Mondays, Amato chose to write down the things that brought her joy in life, and she realized she was happier taking a client for a workout and a healthy fitness drink than she was frequenting New York bars with them. As she watched the instructors she loved teach, she stopped wondering why she couldn’t also do that and instead she decided she would do that.
