Ongoing Case Study

     A few months ago, I had the honor of making a new friend. She's a married 27 year old mother of  2. After a while of talking, she found out about my training to be a Professional Fitness Consultant. So she asked me for some advice. She weighed 197 pounds and stands 5'2. She had an ongoing issue with her knee giving out after walking for a period of time. She wanted to know what she could do to lose some weight, and strengthen her knee.
     Of course the first thing I made a point of telling her was, that even though I can offer advice, there was no way I could help her unless she devoted herself to it. She informed me that she was very devoted to being healthier.
     For weight control, I explained to her how important it was to eat 3 meals and 3 snacks a day. Also to keep an eye on portion size, and eating healthier foods. I also explained the importance of drinking water. As for exercising, I had her start with seated light lifting. I wanted her to do the light lifting while seated, so as not to put any strain on her knee. For her knee, I had her doing easy body weight exercises, and a lot of dynamic stretching.
     For just over a month now, she has been following my directions. She eats 3 meals and 3 snacks a day. She is no longer getting that hungry feeling through out the day, and she is also not getting that overly full feeling. She has increased her water consumption as well. She is very pleased to tell me that in just over a month, she has lost 9 pounds and can now walk up a hill by her house with no problems from her knee. She is averaging around 2 pounds a week weight lose, and feeling a lot better about herself.
     She is going to continue with this strategy. Once her weight lose slows down, we will change up the exercises and see what happens. For now, we are both very happy with the progress. I look forward to sharing the final results with everyone, once we reach her goals. Whatever they may be.

     Stay tuned...

Another Tough Challenge

     Well here we are, just over half way through our in class Trainer/Client relations. My client has been a very big challenge. It is not because she has a hard time getting active. It is because she has no time to relax. Between school, running her own gym, work, sports that her children play, renovations to her house, and building workout routines for me and her other clients, she really doesn't have enough time. I've decided to show a little snip of her schedule. Just to show how busy her life really is. (See Below)

     Just think, that was actually from a period not so busy for her. Although I think we might not be able to hit her goals right on, I am very confident in the time we have remaining that we can do it. Her busy life schedule is starting to be uncluttered. The sports are over, renovations are almost completed, and hopefully in the next few months she will have someone to help relieve her of some gym duties. I will update this post as results show, or at the end of our client/trainer session. Check back often to see how we do.