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| - I'm 40 years old. I decided at the end of February of this year that I wanted to join a gym and lose some weight. I was 230 lbs at the time. So I talked to my hubby and we went in search of "the perfect gym". We shopped Gold's Gym, Lifetime, 24hr Fitness, LA Fitness and Fitness Works. Let me tell you why we chose Fitness Works:
We wanted a kickboxing style class because everyone wants to be a Bad A** right?! When we got to Fitness Works and were taking the tour it just so happened that there was a Body Combat class going on. For those of you not familiar with Body Combat, it as a cardio mixed martial arts style class. It further intrigued us that it was taught by a married couple Doug & Cindy . It was dark in the room (a major plus as I was insecure of the thought of people watching me) and the music was great. My husband (a previous law enforcement officer) had originally thought that group classes were going to be geared more to women and that he would stick to lifting weights but agreed to take the class a few times with me and see how we liked it.
So that next Monday night we attended our first Body Combat class. It was amazing! A great cardio workout! But even better, you are having so much fun and enjoying it that you forget you are working out! There were kicks, punches, strikes... you name it, and we did it. It was our first class, so did we make mistakes, you betcha! The important thing is that we made it through the entire class and had a ball. Afterwards Doug & Cindy introduced themselves and explained more about the class and other classes at Fitness Works. They made us feel welcome and encouraged us to come back to their class and to give other classes a try as well.
Well it has been almost 8 months and I am down from a size 20 to a size 14, and from 230 lbs. to 188 lbs. My husband went from a size 38 waist to a size 33 waist and he is pretty proud of the 6 pack abs he has gotten! We now do 5 Body Combat classes, 3 RPM classes, 4CX classes an occasional Sh'bam class and are adding 2 Body Pump classes into our workout schedule for the new year.
Thank you Fitness Works and Thank you Doug, Cindy and Sarah you guys are extremely motivational and amazing at your job! We look forward to continuing our fitness journey with you!
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