{"id":162821,"date":"2019-12-11T08:17:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T00:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/?p=162821"},"modified":"2020-02-13T11:01:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T03:01:26","slug":"avey-cortes-interview-wellness-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/avey-cortes-interview-wellness-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"We chat with personal trainer Avey Cortes about finding his way into fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may have read his story about bouncing around on kangaroo feet at XP Fitness Hub<\/a>, or followed his series on alternative healing<\/a>. It may be thanks to him that you know where to shop the comfiest (and trendiest) men\u2019s activewear in Hong Kong<\/a>, either way, we\u2019re sure you are familiar with our wonderful wellness writer Avey Cortes. We sat down with him over turmeric lattes to discuss leaving the corporate world for a career in wellbeing and what\u2019s on his fit agenda for 2019.<\/p>\n

Meet Avey Cortes<\/h2>\n
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Born in Hong Kong, Avey went to school here before moving to London at age 18 to study film, TV and theatre at University. He then lived and worked in the States, and in Australia, but always kept coming back to Hong Kong thanks to the many opportunities available. Since he arrived back in 2010, he\u2019s worked in TV, marketing and events, and in 2013, he started working closely with wellness experience provider Chosen. This year, he also joined the crew here at Honeycombers Hong Kong, as our writer and guru for everything fitness and wellness, as well as being named an ambassador for Lululemon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

An interview with Avey Cortes<\/h2>\n

Hi, Avey! Great to sit down with you today. Obviously fitness plays a huge part in your life, but has it always been this way?<\/h3>\n

I think I was always relatively fit growing up. But in school, I wasn\u2019t picked a lot for team sports because I wasn\u2019t particularly good at them. So I feel like I shied away from exercise because no one wanted to pick me. I was always really good at running, so when I got older I was able to explore running and going to the gym a bit more and figuring out what my strengths were. <\/p>\n

How did you become involved with Chosen?<\/h3>\n
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