Empowered Personal Training Studio

When I first passed by Empower fitness, the thought that crossed my mind was “skinny Jeans”. How nice would it be to fit into those jeans I have hiding in the back of my closet. You know the ones I am talking about, I use them as a mood temperature gauge. We all have that piece of clothing hiding somewhere in there, you put it on in the morning after a good shower and either the jeans fit a little better and you are thrilled for the rest of the day, or they don’t get past your thighs and you shun chocolate and swear off carbohydrates for the rest of your life, or just that day, since will power is not every ones strongest point sometimes.
Jennifer Friedmann This is what I was picturing ever so clearly as I marched into Empower and handed over my goals of a skinny healthy woman to the Owner and Operator Emily Knudson. What I didn’t expect is what I actually received in return. After attending my first free consultation and fitness test, I was informed of my body fat and BMI. A personal goal sheet was provided and personal training plan was set up. I began seeing my Trainer twice a week. I received encouragement and motivation, I was assisted in digging out my self esteem and confidence as the weeks went by. I began a mission of self exploration, which in turn made me reassess my long term goals. Do I really want to just fit into those skinny jeans at the back of my closest or is there something bigger here I am uncovering. I requested to start training with Emily’s in house running specialist. A program was designed for me to increase my running while at home and to weight train in the gym. I was now working my cardio six times a week, easily fitting it into my schedule as a busy full time mother of two, with a small catering company, I was beginning to feel amazing and it was starting to show.
My husband at the time had been watching my transformation and started voicing his desire to follow my change in diet, he began grabbing the jogging stroller and walking our 1 year old around the neighborhood. He has since lost 40 pounds and has been able to come off his high blood pressure and cholesterol medication. In two months my husband will run his first 5K road race. In addition my 9 year old son has started riding his bike along side me while I run, he has expressed his need for running medals like Mommies and will be running in his first 1 mile fun run in October.
Since walking into the Empower Training studio for the first time, I have raced in 3 5Ks, the first I won 3rd place, the second I came in 1st for my age group and the 3rd I came in 400th out of 1300, placing 90th. I competed in the Marine Mud run proudly along side Emily, and Jonathan both personal fitness trainers and along side another client. We came in 27th out of 74 teams. I have 2 half marathons coming up and 2 full marathons right behind them. I will be running with my husband during his first 5k and I will run along side my son in his first fun run. To say I am proud of my family is a true understatement. My dreams of skinny jeans when I walked into Empower have been blown away; I came out of Empower with a Healthier family, better eating habits, a goal driven lifestyle, not to mention new adventures around every turn. I now mountain bike with my husband for dates instead of sitting on the couch sharing Chinese, our son would rather get outside and go to “that” park mommy runs at, to play than to turn on his wii. Oh and those skinny jeans in my closet. They are 5 sizes too big.
-My Name is Jennifer Friedmann and I have lost 110 pounds I am a competitive Runner and a healthy Mom This December I will also take my exam to become a Personal Fitness Trainer. When you are blessed with this kind of encouragement, all you want to do is share.