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Healthy Lifestyle Changes

Thank you, Ashleigh, for your on-going support and guidance, that has helped me to make healthy lifestyle changes over the past 14 months.  Your positive nature is very motivating!  I have gained valuable knowledge of proper nutrition, weight training and flexibility exercises - all of which have contributed to decreasing my body fat percentage, weight loss and becoming virtually pain-free from a nagging knee injury.

Most recently I have benefited from your Exercise for Success class.  Your expertise is evident in your ability to design this class for the benefit of participants of varying fitness levels and experience in weight rooms.  Although I was already comfortable with weight training, I did garner insight on different exercises that I can incorporate into my work-outs; clarification on proper technique in an effort to get maximum benefit from the exercises; as well as flexibility exercises to improve my knee injury.  All of these factors have added variety to my work-outs and prevented me from getting bored in my routines.

By following the easily understandable nutritional concepts you taught me, and by weight training four times per week, I have been able to reduce my body fat percentage which has also translated into losing 52 pounds over the past 14 months!  I appreciate your taking the time to measure my body fat percentage periodically so that I can have a quantifiable method to assess my progress other than using a scale as the only barometer to measure success.  By changing my mindset to focusing on improving my body composition over time, rather than on weighing myself daily, I have become more motivated and disciplined in consistently maintaining my health plan.

Thank you for your inspiration, kindness and support that has motivated me to make positive changes to my health.  In fact, your positive example has given me the impetus to become a personal trainer myself.  You personify who a personal trainer should be, so I know I will continue to learn from your positive example.  Because of you, I am motivated to continue to work towards my personal fitness goals.  In addition, I am also motivated to positively impact the lives of other people whom I will train in the future.  I appreciate YOU and all you continue to do to assist me in making healthy lifestyle changes!  You are AWESOME! 🙂

Karen S.
Clearwater, FL