Client of The Week: Juanita!

Congratulations to our Client of the Week, Juanita!

MY GOALS & BECOMING A PERSONAL TRAINING CLIENT

Fast forward- I’ve lost 50 pounds in the last 2-3 years by changing my lifestyle and doing extensive walking and some bicycling.  However, my one un-replaced knee has been giving me increasingly more problems but I don’t want surgery, if at all possible. My son continued to encourage me to start training again and also to see Dr Jimmy McMullen, whose office is at Jada Blitz. After working with Dr Jimmy, I experienced really great improvements with his physical therapy methods (which I’ve never had with previous physical therapist. I decided if I were to pick up training again, I wanted a trainer who would follow in his methodology.  He recommended Travis who has been the perfect trainer for me!  Travis listened to Dr Jimmy’s recommendations and it seems both of their methodologies align perfectly in helping me to increase stability, strength, and posture while working the whole body.

Travis is very respectful, kind, friendly, and really cares about my progress. He carefully and quickly adjusts the exercises to my needs. If doing something hurts, he quickly adjusts it or gives cues which stop the pain while producing the desired affects.  I’m working muscles I didn’t know I had. It has become very evident of how they all work together to strengthen and stabilize the whole body.  Most of my issues have been with lower body joints, I played several sports throughout my younger and early to mid-adult life.

I have never had a big focus on my upper body.  I learned one of my biggest issues was actually poor posture; which, I’ve had most of my life.  After working with Travis on the various areas of my upper body, my posture has improved greatly (along with my awareness of it). I feel so much stronger and finding this improvement is actually helping with my lower body joints.  We work upper body at one session and lower body at the next with some core at both.

Recently, we were doing an upper body exercise which was going very well and Travis said he was going to pull on the bands (while I resisted) until I came forward.  When he stopped, my sharpened stabilization kept me from going forward! He was truly amazed! He also convinced me to go to barefoot/minimalist shoes and I love them and how they help me use my feet properly to again make improvements. Even though I still have a long way to go, I look forward to the journey, especially since I overall feel so much better!  Travis is the best!