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"I’m one of those people who had always been “lucky” when it came to staying in shape. Active kid, fast metabolism, no emotional-eating issues, what-ever. Not that I was a ten, but I stayed the same size/weight through college and my twenties without giving much thought to planned diet or exercise. Which was good, because I have very little actual will power. Big Macs, brews, if it’s bad for you I’m probably quite fond of it and not likely to resist. Then the pooch happened. Eek, I realized that, I too, was human & sooner or later the pooch would be the least of my worries. Years from now I’d be the one at work about whom people would say, “Really, you should have seen her 10 years ago”.
I joined the gym in April of 2007. At first I tried to work-out on my own. My motivation lasted all of 2 weeks; that’s when I met Ali. She seemed to have a new perspective on working out, or so I felt the day after working-out (ouch). After a month, I knew that I could not only get back to my twenty-something physique, but actually take it even further. She combined an almost annoyingly up-beat attitude with the ego-stroking I needed to push myself “Really, you can’t do just one more? But your sooo good at push-ups”.
Speaking of push-ups, Ali is king. Who knew there were so many ways to train/torture the body? I kid because deep-down inside I totally want someone to challenge me to a push-up contest. I’d kick-ass now because of Ali. And it isn’t just what I can do, like crazy-feet on the ball pull-ins, but I’ve had two women I know comment on how I don’t have that little back-of-the-arm jiggle so common these days. In fact, I get this wicked-cool little bump, muscle definition in technical terms, when I flex. I try to do that at every opportunity. But enough about me.
I would totally recommend, and have, Ali as a personal trainer. She makes working-out challenging and I never get bored. It probably doesn’t hurt that she is really likable and someone who can take your still-at-work-mind and get it focused on the task at hand (did I mention push-ups). Just in case you haven’t figured it out yet, Ali is Awesome."
~Julia Schmitz
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