Kayla Bonkowski is a fitness writer, CrossFit athlete, and podcast host based in Sterling Heights, Michigan. The Motivation Edit is her editorial blog — a place to write at length about training, mindset, and the habits that hold up when motivation doesn’t.

She has trained in CrossFit since 2021 and has competed at local and regional competitions across Michigan. Those competitions — including events like No Boys Allowed and Cougars and Sugar Daddies — have given Kayla Bonkowski a firsthand view of what it means to prepare for something hard, deal with the outcome, and come back for the next cycle regardless.

Her writing reflects that experience. Kayla Bonkowski doesn’t write from the outside looking in. She writes about the barbell, the scoreboard, the rest day that felt like failure, and the community that makes all of it worth doing. The topics she covers — functional fitness, weight loss, mental toughness, performance vs. appearance — are things she has lived through, not researched from a distance.

Beyond the blog, Kayla Bonkowski hosts a podcast and creates content across YouTube, Substack, Spotify, and Pinterest. The Motivation Edit is the anchor for all of it — the longer-form, more considered version of what she is thinking about and working through.

She trains in Macomb, Michigan, and writes from Sterling Heights. If you have a question or want to connect, the contact page is the place to start.