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JULY / AUGUST 2019 17 living fit Meet the athlete Scott Menzies By Mae Jacobson, Associate Editor Canadian native Scott Menzies grew up in West Vancouver, where he started play- ing soccer at age 5. In 2014, he walked on to the University of Washington men's soccer team, where he found success during his junior and senior years. Scott now plays for the WAC men's soccer team and works as a sales consultant for Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits. Q. Tell us about your time playing at UW. A. I redshirted my freshman year and didn't play as a sophomore. During my junior year, I scored two goals—including a game-winner in the first round of the NCAA tournament against New Mexico. During my final two seasons, I scored seven and then nine goals and was named to the Pac-12 second team. Q. What does your athletic future hold? A. I'm playing for the WAC now, so I'd love to win some Greater Seattle Soccer League championships and continue to play the game at a relatively high level. Q. What's your favorite part of soccer? A. Defending. It's the most rewarding and glamorous aspect of the sport. Q. Any advice for aspiring soccer players? A. Play as much as you can. Find other kids who love the game as much as you do and kick the ball around with them in your spare time. u The WAC men's soccer team, with Scott, wearing white in this archive photo, won the spring 2019 GSSL D1 title. Instructor insights Caroline Wagner | Vinyasa Flow Native Seattleite Caroline Wagner taught her first fitness class as a teenager, step- ping in for a sick instructor. She went on to graduate from Washington State Uni- versity and then moved to Los Angeles, where she trained and taught alongside some of her favorite fitness gurus. She returned to Seattle and started teaching at the WAC in 2016. Caroline has also developed her own workout format in- volving Olympic rings that she describes as "a combination of yoga and ballet." It's this ingenuity that drives Caroline's ca- reer. "I've been successful helping others because I have a passion for exercise," she says. "Getting fit and staying fit is a hard job. Having support and encour- agement is key to staying on track." —Caroline Wagner teaches vinyasa flow at 10:30 am on Saturdays and offers private instruction for those wishing to further their practice. meet the athlete / instructor insights is allows your trainer to check in with you regularly and make sure you remain in the correct intensity range to acquire your desired fitness adaptation, whether that's muscular endurance, hypertro- phy (i.e., muscle growth), or maximum strength. Been skipping the gym lately? No problem! Starting in a deconditioned state means you'll get to begin low and go slow with an eight-week general prepa- ratory period to let your body gradually adjust to weight training. As your body creates new neuromuscular adaptations, I guarantee you'll start to see and feel a difference within the first few weeks. So let's get started! —Learn more about WAC personal train- ing at wac.net/one-on-one-training. Reach trainer Conrad Larsen at clarsen@wac.net. C O U R T E S Y C A R O L I N E W A G N E R C O U R T E S Y S C O T T M E N Z I E S