Tara’s Story

Tara is a once obese young woman turned fitness enthusiast and gym owner.

Over the last twelve years, she learned that food is the hardest barrier to overcome in achieving and maintaining fitness goals. Not only does making good choices sometimes come at the expense of how it tastes, it’s hard to know what’s truly healthy.

She couldn’t find a healthy, fast-casual solution to both of these challenges and it was her deciding factor to sell her first business, WakeUp Fit in March 2021.

She knew that to continue impacting the world, inspiring people to move, and to do her part in ending the obesity epidemic she had to get into the healthy food space.

There were a few requirements: it had to be affordable for everyone, taste good, give people the inspiration to get outside and move, and create an atmosphere encouraging those around her to live life to the fullest.

She believes that life is truly our greatest adventure. We’re able to do so much if we fuel our bodies the right way!

You can generally find Tara working out, rucking, hanging out at the lake, on the slopes snowboarding, traveling, spending time with family and friends, volunteering at church, listening to podcasts, teaching at the local technical center, mentoring new business owners, working on her next projects (books), loving up on her nieces and nephews, or undoubtedly at her next concert.

Tara is a daughter, sister, auntie, mentor, and leader - all of these roles are important to her. It is rare to ever find Tara not smiling, laughing, and bringing light to those around her. She believes her role as a leader and mentor are two of the greatest gifts in her life. She loves her “girl gang” of employees who are now family, her customers who have become the best of friends, and the community Adventure Bowls has cultivated.

Tara gets her strong will and empathetic heart from her momma. Her entrepreneurial spirit comes from her dad, Michael, who passed away in August 2015. Chasing her big dreams in his honor and living with an “others first” mentality fill her life with joy!