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Jun 30 2016

Personal Training Success Story In Santa Fe

Personal Training Success Story – Barbara Radov

The desire to be the best! Striving to be a better you! Commitment to excellence! These are philosophies that we truly believe in and what our company is built upon.

In fact the “commitment to excellence” is one of our Core Values. It is always our desire to attract people who need our assistance and who are aligned with our core values. This makes the process smooth, because since we all “think alike” they have no problem following the directions and understanding the process.

Barbara fits this to a T. She is a person who really thinks things out first and likes to understand what is to come. But she is also very much an action taker and pretty competitive.

These two defining attributes have really propelled her to some amazing results. I am proud to announce Barbara Radov as our June member of the month.

1) What made you decide you wanted/needed to start a program.

I knew that I needed to do something besides cardio. I am really good getting my hikes in and walks, but I knew that to have good physical quality of life, as I got older I needed to improve my strength and posture.

2) What did you do before?

A lot of hiking! I had taken yoga and at one point joined a gym, but I never found what I was looking for.

3) What results have you achieved since starting your program that you are proud of?

I drink so much more water than I ever have. My posture has improved and I am much stronger. I now notice how much better my posture is on my hikes and how my legs aren’t tired or sore at the end of a long hike. And my balance and awareness is much better. I used to loose my balance and do things like run into the walls, but that is gone.

4) Do you have a favorite exercise? Least? What do you like or don’t like about them.

I have a love hate relationship with the roll up roll down abs. I see and feel how good they are for me, for my core and spine… they are just so hard! My least favorite exercise is the frogs. That is a really tough series.

5) What are some challenges or goals you are currently working on?

I want to keep improving my posture.

6) What do you like best about our program/ having a trainer?

The expertise in class is wonderful. The other people in class really motivate me. And the fact that you guys are always bettering yourselves is really inspiring.

7) What advice would you give to the other SolCore Fitness members?

Isn’t this fun! Doesn’t it feel good to push yourself in such a positive way!

8) What would you say to someone on the fence about joining our program?

If you REALLY do it. It will change your life.

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May 25 2016

Personal Training Success In Santa Fe

Personal Training Success- Julia Gelbart

When I do these interviews, I am usually trying to dig a little deeper to find out more about the member of the month. I want to find out what makes them tick to be so successful. I generally know this person through being around them all the time, but I always find out more through sitting down with them and talking. This month’s member of the month is much more simple than that. And in her simplicity you discover an admiration as to who she is.

Julia Gelbart is not very complicated in her desire to improve herself. To her, it is just common sense. As she grows older, she doesn’t want her body to fail her so she does something about it. And of course she wants to commit to herself and work hard, because anything worth getting involves work.

It is this absoluteness about why she is doing what she is doing and an incredible positive attitude that have made Julia Gelbart our personal training success May Member of the Month.

1) What made you decide you wanted/needed to start a program?

I was swimming with a friend of mine Vikkie, who was in your program and she raved to me that I had to do it. I am not in this to being tall and beautiful, I knew that I needed to wake up my muscles and strengthen my body especially in the upper body.

2) What did you do before?

I do a once a week yoga class, I walk and I swim.

3) What results have you achieved since starting your program that you are proud of?

I wanted a preventive program to help me age gracefully and improve my strength and balance. I have a great story to demonstrate the different benefits I have achieved.

It was the end of the day out at a house that I was getting ready to show and was walking up these long flights of stairs. Well on one of the times I was walking up them, my foot caught in my dress and started to fall face first toward the stairs. Well I was able to quickly react and put my hands out in front of me and slow myself down and then push myself back up! I avoided really getting hurt.

So first off, I wasn’t tired at all. Just normally in a regular day, I would be a little tired like most people. But I wasn’t even winded from walking up and down those long flights of stairs! And of course I was able to react fast enough and then have the strength to push myself back up! I had noticed a lot of great improvements over the year or so, like better posture and better movement, but after that incident I knew and felt what great progress I had made.

4) Do you have a favorite exercise? Least? What do you like or don’t like about them.

Frogs! Even though I know they are good for me, they are so difficult.

5) What are some challenges or goals you are currently working on?

I will always be working on gaining and keeping my strength.

6) What do you like best about our program/ having a trainer?

Three things:

1) Being in the group environment is really inspiring. When I first started I wanted to quit, but I didn’t because I am competitive and because nobody else in the group was quitting.

2) The corrections that we are given in class are great. They help me make sure that I am doing the exercises correctly.

3) The accountability. You guys notice when people are not in class and you track them down!

7) What advice would you give to the other SolCore Fitness members?

Don’t quit!

8) What would you say to someone on the fence about joining our program?

If you are looking for a program that will empower you, as you grow older by keeping your body strong and balanced, this is it. If you truly want to commit to yourself and your health and fitness, this program works!

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Jun 22 2015

Personal Training Success Story

Personal Training Success Story- Mary Brown

I find Mary very interesting, so it was a great pleasure to interview her this month for our member of the month segment. So before I even got into the pre-determined questions I wanted to find out more of just who she was and what made her tick. Turns out Mary has a very diverse background. She was born in Iowa, but through her interest in genealogy found out she has Native American and African American in her blood lines. This ethnically diverse woman also has a talent for art, and took her talents to the Big Apple to pursue her passion. Unfortunately as she said was a “starving artist” and moved to Santa Fe and became a fourth grade teacher. She loved teaching her kids and has since retired and is now in search of more ways to challenge herself. One of these ways to keep improving her body and her mind was to start taking the Posture Perfect classes. Since we share a space with another gym I get to meet people outside of SolCore Fitness while at work. One of these people was Mary. She was always so friendly and was always working hard. She had her routine and she stuck with it. So I shouldn’t have been surprised when she jumped in with two feet and rocked the classes. Anybody who meets Mary would feel the sense of strength that she exudes, and it is that strength of will that has made Mary this month’s

Personal Training Success Member Of June.

What made you decide you wanted/needed to start a program? I didn’t want to shrink! I had also seen a lot of my friends start to have a lot of physical issues. They were also starting to have a lot of mental issues as well that were a direct result of their physical issues. I absolutely did not want that to happening to me. I also really enjoy challenging myself.

What did you try before? I have always been active. I especially love hiking. Most recently I had done Olympic lifting and was on a machine workout when I started your class. I was not fond of the machine workout because I didn’t feel like I was being challenged.

What results have you achieved since starting your program and are proud of? I have gotten stronger, have lost inches, have more energy and much better balance, but most of all I have much more confidence in my body and in myself.

Do you have a favorite exercise? Least? What do you like or don’t like about them? The ones where you are on all fours with your arm up are the hardest for me (Upper Thoracic ELDOA’s). I don’t like the way they feel while I am doing it, but I do like the results. I actually like the Frogs (What!). Again they are really tough, but I feel great afterward. And any of the spine work we do is great.

What are some challenges or goals you are currently working on? I want to continue to get stronger.

What do you like best about our program/having a trainer? I love the people that I take class with. They are so motivating to me. I know that each and every one of them is working on something really tough, and the effort that they put into it puts me in awe of them. I love how patient you guys are, how skilled and intelligent.

What advice would you give to the other SolCore Fitness members? Keep it up!!!***

What would you say to someone on the fence about joining our program? Join!!!***

***She told me to put the exclamation points in there***

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Mar 19 2015

See how she found the time for herself…

Personal Training Success Story: Liz Cale

I have known Liz since Fall of 2013. She is the President and COO of Santa Fe Properties and she was referred to my first ever structured group class “Posture Perfect” by her friend and coworker, Georgette. When we first sat down to do her consult, I instantly liked her. She is just one of those people that feels good to be around. I was really surprised to learn how many physical issues she had and the pain that she felt on a daily basis, and the fact that she was such a happy person was even more incredible! At the time she was working with another personal trainer, seeing a Chiropractor once a week and was thinking that she was going to have to get neck surgery to alleviate her pain. When she first started the class, I was actually a little worried. It was very difficult for her to get in and out of the stretches. All I could think was “I hope she doesn’t quit.” Now that I know Liz, I know that this was NEVER a possibility. I have seen Liz get consistently better over the years and she has over come some immense challenges. Liz’s intelligence, positive attitude, friendly demeanor, willingness to learn and change, and dedication makes Liz our March member of the Month and I am privileged to share her Personal Training Success story:

What made you decide you wanted/needed to start a fitness program? I had a lot of pain in my neck, Thoracic (trunk). It got to the point where I use a standing desk at my office because sitting was too painful.

What exercises or fitness programs had you tried before? I had a membership at Santa Fe Sport and Medicine and was working with a trainer. I was also seeing a chiropractor once a week to keep out of pain. But the workouts that I was doing were not what I needed. In fact they were down right dangerous for where I was and when I started the classes, I stopped with that so that I could focus on the classes and getting better.

What results have you achieved since starting your program and are proud of? I was able to not have another surgery and stopped having to see the chiropractor. And even though this was not my main goal, I lost inches and really toned my body. In fact, I was out one night and was with a group of people and one of them was a past client who I had worked with for a long time. And when we were going around and introducing ourselves to each other and it got to us being introduced and he heard that it was me, he he just stopped and said “No way!” It felt pretty good.

Do you have a favorite exercise? Least? What do you like or don’t like about them? The wall (L5-S1) is by far my favorite stretch, because it feels so good. The Frogs (series of inner thigh abductor myofascial stretches) are the most challenging of the myofascial stretches. It’s not that I don’t like them, it is that they are really challenging to me.

What are some challenges or goals you are currently working on? Creating more space in my Thoracic is a big, and it is difficult because my job is counterproductive to that. Eating regular meals has also been a challenge, and I need to make it a priority.

What advice would you give to the other SolCore Fitness members? Have a good mindset. You can’t accomplish any goal without a good mindset. If you have a good mindset, it gets you through the hard times.

What would you say to someone on the fence about joining our program? Try it! But if you do, have a good mindset and be open about it.

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