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Tackling my Fitness by Will West from the Sports Animal 99.1 FM

Posted By: Will West on 10/08/2011

If you listen to the Sports Animal, by now you know that I’ve been working out with Fitness Together for just over 2 weeks. The results have been awesome. The most accurate description that I can think of for Fitness Together is it’s a healthy lifestyle makeover without affecting your lifestyle.

I’m eating better. I have more energy. I’m losing weight and I’ve learned a ton. Here are the top 5 things that I’ve learned in my first two weeks with Fitness Together:

5) Man am I out of shape: It’s only been a few years since I really stopped living a healthy lifestyle and the initial shock that came during my fitness assessment was down right depressing. Even if you’ve only let yourself go for a few years you’d be amazed how far your health can decrease in just a short amount of time.

4) Accountability makes all the difference: Over the years it just became too easy for me to blow off going to the gym after a 10, 12, or 15 hour work day. Having that set appointment each day eliminates excuses. I treat it like a business appointment, leave my phone in the car, and simply do what I have to. It’s great to know that there’s no chance of talking myself into skipping a workout and it actually is a nice vacation from my workday 3 days a week.

3) Man am I out of shape…and that’s okay: Had I gone to a normal gym and found out how out of shape I was during my first Fitness Together workout I would have been mortified. There was none of that with Fitness Together. At Fitness Together you work out in a private fitness suite where you never wait on equipment and you never feel judged for your fitness level.

2) I’d worked out most of my life, but was doing it inefficiently: Here’s a quick example: I suffered a back injury playing sports in high school that’s caused me back pain for the better part of 2 decades. My Fitness Together workout has included a lot of work to my upper back and hamstrings which has taken the pressure off of my lower back and I’ve been pain free. It would have taken me months in the gym to focus this much on the problem areas if I had tried this on my own. Having an educated trainer designing a workout specifically for my body has eliminated a lot of wasted hours doing exercises that wouldn’t have been as beneficial.

1) Man am I out of shape…but not for long: Just over two weeks in and I’ve had numerous co-workers, listeners to the station, my boss, my girlfriend, and my family all comment on the difference they can see in my body. The first day I couldn’t do 5 minutes on an elliptical trainer at 3 ½ mph. Now I warm up on the same machine for 15 minutes at around 5 ½ mph before I begin my workout. Things are progressing and it’s a fun process to undertake.