Ashley McCullough was always known to abide by the rules. Now a NASM certified personal trainer, fitness nutrition specialist, and creator of The Grind Before Wine, Ashley is dedicated to helping her clients learn how to break them. After nearly a decade of following diet and workout plans that continuously resulted in overtraining and disordered eating habits, Ashley set out to pave her own way to fitness and nutrition. The Grind Before Wine is both a brand and a lifestyle founded in freedom, strength, and joy.  

           Ashley was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago and moved to the city after graduating from Saint Mary’s College with a degree in Elementary Education. Ashley was a kindergarten teacher by day, personal trainer by night before closing her classroom door and opening a new door to a fulltime career in fitness and nutrition in 2018. Outside of the gym, Ashley can be found writing, meal prepping, cooking, drinking wine, and pretending to get into something new on Netflix but really just watching Friends for the 187th time.

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