{"id":4203,"date":"2015-03-11T13:18:35","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T18:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.personaltrainersindallas.com\/?p=4203"},"modified":"2015-03-11T13:18:35","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T18:18:35","slug":"march-2015-fitness-success-story-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newwavefitness.com\/blog\/march-2015-fitness-success-story-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2015 Fitness Success Story &#8211; Mark"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"responsive-vid-wrap\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xn0Ak_YREPc?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>I\u2019m Mark from Irving, Texas. It was like I was consigned to get old and out of shape. It started getting more painful every day. Things were sliding down. I don\u2019t want to say I gave up but it was time to do something\u2014get a little bit more flexible, get rid of my gut and start acting like a 40-year-old even though I\u2019m about 50.<\/p>\n<p>It was horrible\u2014you <strong>hated getting up every morning<\/strong>. We kept getting new mattresses. It\u2019s like, \u201cOkay, that mattress hurts.\u201d Well, it\u2019s not the mattress; it\u2019s my body that\u2019s hurting just because it\u2019s staying in one place all the time. So it was really starting to affect everything.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d go on vacations. (It sounds stupid) it would take two days to get in shape enough to enjoy the vacation, to get your energy level up. It starts really getting on your attitude. You don\u2019t feel like doing anything.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, nobody is happy about going to work on a Monday but when you\u2019re dead from the weekend and the weekend was just like the work week, you didn\u2019t get out, you didn\u2019t do anything, Monday was even worse.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m thankful, I\u2019ve always been very creative at work but it just wasn\u2019t popping; it was just very flat. Again, it felt like, \u201cWell, I\u2019m done.\u201d It was affecting all phases of my life.<\/p>\n<p>The thing I wanted most from you guys that you really delivered on\u2014I needed something to take me to the next level. I had gained a bunch of weight. You guys didn\u2019t get to see me then. But what you guys did was organize it, give me somebody to talk to, accountability, and that really helped.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What I was trying to do was always a \u201ctry.\u201d I would make the best bad decisions, but they were still bad decisions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You really did put me at ease. There are so\u00a0 many things out there, you have no idea what\u2019s legit. I also had a trainer before I met you. Sweet guy&#8230;had absolutely no idea what was reasonable for a 48-year-old guy, and it was hurting me. So yes, I was very nervous whenever I first met you guys.<\/p>\n<p>Your program at first seemed a little bit overwhelming but you don\u2019t force it; you just let people ease into it so it\u2019s been nothing but good. But yes, I was a little bit skeptical at first.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4204\" src=\"http:\/\/www.personaltrainersindallas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/markm_1250-405x405.jpg\" alt=\"markm_1250\" width=\"405\" height=\"405\" \/>First off, just feeling so much better. Taking my shirt off, I\u2019m not cringing. But the physical numbers\u2014I\u2019ve<strong> lost 40 pounds<\/strong>\u00a0 and I\u2019ve <strong>gained 25 pounds of muscle<\/strong> in that time.<\/p>\n<p>That makes a huge difference. I\u2019m not that narcissistic but it\u2019s like, \u201cThat\u2019s me!\u201d That\u2019s incredible.<\/p>\n<p>It makes me feel great. I\u2019m happy, peppy. We just had a great holiday weekend. There was no downtime. It was awesome.<\/p>\n<p>I can actually, with my knuckles, stand up and touch the floor. Flexibility is great. Now every morning, stretch in bed, get out of bed and I feel perfect.<\/p>\n<p>Work\u2014I like to take the stairs at work. There\u2019s no huffing and chuffing by the time I get to the top. It\u2019s like I took the elevator.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Every aspect\u2014I\u2019m happier, more engaging. There\u2019s a self-confidence that comes along with it. It\u2019s like, hey, Mark, you\u2019re looking good. So it\u2019s great.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To stay fit through Thanksgiving, to make up for everything that I ate, I did four 26-mile bike rides in 7 days. They got progressive. The first one was a little bit rough and the second one felt better. Yesterday\u2019s felt awesome! I didn\u2019t have brick legs or anything. It\u2019s just amazing how much more you can do.<\/p>\n<p>I think that was one of Jason\u2019s [my trainer] big deals\u2014he was very excited when he found out how much I liked biking. That\u2019s a key element that I can keep going. Jason is also this little voice in my head now. It\u2019s like, \u201cYou know, you really should do this.\u201d \u201cWhy don\u2019t you just go ahead and do something better?\u201d That\u2019s always going to stick with me.<\/p>\n<p>I like your products. After a long ride, I want [Shaklee] Physique. I want Physique after a workout. On a Saturday or Sunday when I could eat something bad for breakfast, I\u2019ll have the protein shake just to get started. This stuff is going to stick with me; there\u2019s no question.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s never a bad thing. It\u2019s always a good thing. These guys are going to help you, there\u2019s no question. They are very professional and if things maybe aren\u2019t quite\u00a0 a match at first, they will go above and beyond to fix it. <strong>I\u2019ve been nothing but happy. I\u2019m grateful we met.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m Mark from Irving, Texas. It was like I was consigned to get old and out of shape. It started getting more painful every day. Things were sliding down. 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