Competition achievement
Natural Ms. Olympia Silver Medal
About Angelina Margo
Experience, resilience and a genuine passion for transformation.
Angelina Margo is a certified personal trainer and sports nutrition coach serving women in West Los Angeles. Her approach combines intelligent strength training, practical lifestyle guidance and personal support to help clients feel stronger, healthier and more confident.
Certified personal trainer
Sports nutrition coaching
Corrective exercise experience
Behaviour-change support
Training with purpose
A personalised approach built around each client’s body, ability and goals.
Individual fitness assessments
Strength and body composition
Mindset and accountability
Sustainable progress
Founder of Lyfe Bod
Helping clients progress since 2010.
Personal training, wellness guidance and individual support designed around real people.
Personal trainer and nutrition coach
Fitness coaching that looks at the complete person—not just the workout.
Angelina’s method goes beyond short-term weight loss. She combines corrective exercise, progressive strength training, nutrition awareness and mindset support to create an approach shaped around the individual.
Every client begins with different capabilities, preferences, health considerations and goals. Angelina uses this information to build an appropriate progression rather than applying the same routine to everyone.
Her understanding of body mechanics also helps her accommodate clients managing previous injuries, structural concerns and health-related limitations.
Build the foundations first, then progress with greater strength and confidence.
Angelina’s training principles emphasise postural alignment, balance, core stability, body composition and the preservation of lean body mass.
Angelina’s personal journey
Her method was shaped by challenges she had to overcome herself.
Angelina’s understanding of transformation is not based only on formal education or professional experience. It was also shaped by her own recovery through Lyme disease, IVF treatments and significant injuries following a major car accident.
These experiences led to unexpected weight gain and required her to rebuild her strength, health and confidence. Angelina applied her knowledge of training, nutrition and behaviour change to refine a complete body-transformation method.
Her recovery ultimately took her from difficult personal circumstances back to competitive fitness, where she achieved multiple natural bikini victories and a silver medal at the Natural Ms. Olympia competition.
Personal experience
First-hand understanding of rebuilding health, strength and confidence.
Science-informed approach
Training and nutrition decisions supported by professional study and experience.
Competitive achievement
Multiple natural bikini victories and Natural Ms. Olympia recognition.
Client-centred coaching
Each plan is adjusted around individual needs, capabilities and progress.
Transformation is physical, personal and emotional.
Angelina brings her professional knowledge and personal experience together to help clients move forward.
Competitive achievements
A proven commitment to discipline, preparation and performance.
Angelina’s competitive fitness journey reflects the same consistency and determination she encourages in her clients.
First place
2017 Team USA Bikini
Natural competition
INBA Natural Team USA 2017
First place
OCB Miami Muscle Bikini
National competition
Masters Nationals 2019
Education and certifications
Professional knowledge supported by extensive study.
Angelina’s background connects fitness training, psychology, social work, behaviour change and client wellbeing.
2010
Founder of Lyfe Bod and personal fitness trainer
4.0
Master of Social Work graduate GPA
ACE
Certified Personal Trainer and specialist credentials
BA + MSW
Education in psychology and social work
Graduated with a 4.0 GPA, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society membership and published exercise research relating to falls risk.
Dean’s List recognition during the 2005–2006 academic year.
Also qualified as an ACE Senior Fitness Specialist and Brains and Balance Specialist.
Mental Health First Aid certification through the National Council for Behavioral Health.
Experience and specialised skills
More than exercise instruction.
Angelina’s professional background helps her support the physical, practical and behavioural parts of lasting change.
Personal training progression
Building structured training progressions suitable for clients ranging from complete beginners to experienced athletes.
Behaviour-change coaching
Helping clients create structure, make fitness part of everyday life and approach personal goals with greater confidence.
Motivational interviewing
A person-centred counselling approach that helps clients explore uncertainty, clarify goals and strengthen motivation for change.
Modified fitness training
Adapting fitness sessions for individual capabilities, structural considerations and health-related limitations.
Women’s group training
Experience facilitating mothers’ fitness groups, boot camps and small-group training environments.
Wellness and support
Professional experience in wellness coaching, psychosocial assessment, care coordination and supportive counselling.
Beyond personal training
Community, compassion and an active life.
Angelina’s interests and community work reflect the same focus on confidence, wellbeing and helping people move forward.
Community support
Volunteer experience supporting organisations serving survivors of domestic violence and people receiving hospice care.
Self-defence and movement
Facilitates self-defence workshops and practises kick-boxing, light boxing and martial arts.
Dance and performance
Enjoys East Indian and Arabic belly dancing, Spanish flamenco, jazz and Mexican folklórico dancing.
A lifelong interest in sport
Her early activities included gymnastics and competitive softball before progressing into fitness competition.
Ready to build strength with guidance you can trust?
Tell Angelina about your goals, current challenges and the type of fitness support you need. Your personalised journey can begin with one clear conversation.