{"id":3570,"date":"2014-08-06T09:12:15","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T14:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.personaltrainersindallas.com\/?p=3570"},"modified":"2014-08-06T09:12:15","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T14:12:15","slug":"august-2014-fitness-success-story-peggy-aubrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newwavefitness.com\/blog\/august-2014-fitness-success-story-peggy-aubrey\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2014 Fitness Success Story &#8211; Peggy &#038; Aubrey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"responsive-vid-wrap\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZD0MF03TV2s?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peggy: <\/strong>I\u2019m Peggy. I was Peggy Jo, born in Castro County, and went to school in Lubbock for nursing. That\u2019s where I met Aubrey, we were married there, and that\u2019s where we moved to Dallas from\u2014from Lubbock.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hut: <\/strong>Great; and Aubrey, tell me, how long have y\u2019all been together?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aubrey: <\/strong>It\u2019ll be 60 years in November, so we\u2019ve been together a while, and it\u2019s been mostly great times. A few ups and downs, but mostly ups.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hut:<\/strong> Great.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peggy:<\/strong> He just walked; he walked a lot, and about the only thing I did was go up and down stairs a time or two a day, and work around the house.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aubrey:<\/strong> Well, I guess I was in fair shape. Not really good shape, but I liked to walk. But Peggy had had a broken hip that had a partial replacement in what, \u201807?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peggy:<\/strong> Somewhere along in there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aubrey:<\/strong> And walking wasn\u2019t her thing, so&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peggy:<\/strong> Well, walking on a sidewalk, it\u2019s too unlevel. I did go to the mall and walk with him some, but I could think of all kinds of reasons not to walk.<\/p>\n<p>I sent him in to Busy Body\u2019s to get a Total Gym. I said, \u201cWe\u2019ve got to do something,\u201d and those people in there just laughed at him. They said, \u201cYou can\u2019t do the Total Gym. What you need is a Power Plate,\u201d so he came out with a Power Plate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aubrey:<\/strong> So we bought a Power Plate. It was primarily for Peggy to get her in good shape without having a lot of pain. So anyway, that\u2019s how we got started.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peggy:<\/strong> We couldn\u2019t use the Power Plate without knowing how, and so we had to have someone come to teach us how to use it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hut:<\/strong> So tell me, as a result of using the Power Plate and having our personal trainers come in your home, what type of results have y\u2019all seen from that?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peggy:<\/strong> Well, I\u2019m much stronger. I think we\u2019ve built muscle for my leg, and kept it built up, and physically I feel just better, just feel better. It\u2019s been a year this month since he had the stroke and he has made lots of progress.<\/p>\n<p>When he came home from rehab, he couldn\u2019t do much with his left arm. Now he\u2019s lifting weights and he goes to the mall at least three times a week and walks, with his walker, of course. And we have Andy come and do our workout a couple of times a week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aubrey:<\/strong> They told me at the time that I was in fairly good physical condition, and if I had not been in fair to good physical condition, I would have suffered more, had worse results than I did. So it\u2019s been, I guess you could say, almost like it\u2019s a life saver for me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hut:<\/strong> That\u2019s great.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peggy:<\/strong> How do you feel?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aubrey:<\/strong> Well, I feel 84. No, I feel good, I do. I\u2019m sure I feel lots better at 84 than a lot of other 84-year-olds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hut:<\/strong> If you didn\u2019t have someone come into your house, do you feel like you wouldn\u2019t see as good results from your overall exercise program?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peggy:<\/strong> Probably wouldn\u2019t do an exercise program if we didn\u2019t have a date with someone coming to help us. I doubt very much if we would do it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aubrey:<\/strong> Yes, I don\u2019t think we would either. We might have good intentions and get started, but if you don\u2019t have somebody that you know is going to be knocking on the door at 9:00, it just doesn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n<p>I noticed that my stamina\u2019s improving when I walk at the mall. I can just about make one complete turn around the mall, and do it in a reasonable amount of time. So my stamina and the strength are improving, and I think it\u2019s due to the workouts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peggy: <\/strong>Well, we are able to go to church now. We\u2019ve gotten back in church and I can handle getting him into the church with his walker, and parking. The grandchildren usually came once a week and so that would happen. They felt like I was their favorite playmate, so I had to go upstairs with them and play.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3573\" src=\"http:\/\/www.personaltrainersindallas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/peggy-aubrey-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"peggy-aubrey\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I feel more alert and happier, you know, because we don\u2019t feel down and depressed, and I think the stimulation of the Power Plate is part of that. I think my balance is improved by the Power Plate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aubrey:<\/strong> I think you ought to make a phone call and get something started, because as long as you sit there, the worse it\u2019s going to get.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peggy:<\/strong> I think it\u2019s just important. It\u2019s more important. You don\u2019t worry about the cost so much as the benefits you\u2019re going to receive from it. It\u2019s a necessary thing at this stage in life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aubrey:<\/strong> It\u2019s just a lot better to have someone come to the house and do your workouts rather than trying to go to the gym somewhere, and you\u2019ve got no set schedule there, and maybe you just say, \u201cWell, I don\u2019t want to go today,\u201d and you don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peggy:<\/strong> I think it keeps us a little more cheerful and looking forward to seeing someone to talk to and visit with.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aubrey:<\/strong> Especially young folks!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peggy:<\/strong> Yes!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Peggy: I\u2019m Peggy. I was Peggy Jo, born in Castro County, and went to school in Lubbock for nursing. That\u2019s where I met Aubrey, we were married there, and that\u2019s where we moved to Dallas from\u2014from Lubbock. Hut: Great; and Aubrey, tell me, how long have y\u2019all been together? 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