If Ted Can Do It, So Can You!

Our members join Fitcorp for many reasons. Some have never exercised a day in their lives. Others are in great shape and their goal is to maintain their fitness levels. Many members desire to lose weight. However, a good percentage of our members join Fitcorp because they have serious health issues that they hope to cure or control through exercise. Over the past 30 years, Fitcorp has helped thousands of people with various health issues achieve their goals.

Ted is one such member who joined Fitcorp after experiencing a catastrophic health problem. Ted was overweight as a child. He never played sports growing up, and he admits to spending most of his childhood in front of a TV eating junk food. When Ted went on to college and law school, his bad health habits followed him into adulthood.

Five years ago, Ted’s life seemed to be out of control. He was 100 pounds over weight, his blood pressure and cholesterol levels were in the danger range, and the stress of his job was causing him to consume way too much alcohol. His co-workers were worried about him, and many were politely encouraging him to join Fitcorp by leaving guest passes and flyers describing new fitness classes on his desk.

Unfortunately, Ted ignored their pleas and then, three years ago, he experienced a massive heart attack. This was followed by a triple bypass operation to repair his damaged coronary arteries. The good news was that Ted finally got the message that he was unhealthy, and he realized that he needed to change his life. After going through a 12-week cardiac rehabilitation program, Ted’s doctor sent him to Fitcorp where he began to work with one of our Personal Trainers and our Nutritionist. On weekends, Ted went out on long walks. Ted’s three-day-a-week exercise program quickly increased to four days and then five days. The guy who had hated gym class as a kid was now hooked on exercise.

Today, Ted is 90 pounds lighter, and his cholesterol and blood pressure are normal. More importantly, his outlook on life has drastically changed, and he has become a very successful litigation lawyer for a large Boston law firm. When I see Ted around the gym, I am reminded why I started Fitcorp 30 years ago. Our mission is to help you achieve your health and fitness goals.

No Time For Exercise – That’s An Excuse That I Just Can’t Accept

I’m always shocked at how many people tell me the reason they cannot exercise is because they just don’t have time. This just amazes me.

How can people not understand that regular exercise is the most important thing that any of us can do each day? It is what sustains us, keeps us healthy and helps us to live longer, more productive lives.

Over 14 million people have diabetes, and over six million of them are unaware that they currently have the disease. Cancer and heart disease are two of the leading diseases that kill adults each year. Many people would be alive today if they had taken the time to exercise 30 minutes per day and had maintained healthy diets.

So how is it that these same folks who cannot find one half hour per day to exercise have time to eat lunch, call their friends, shop, pay bills, do laundry and watch TV?

Thirty years ago when I started Fitcorp, I used to tell people that regular exercise may make you healthier and allow you to live longer. Today, research has proven that regular exercise will improve both the quality and quantity of your life. A 30-minute exercise program conducted five days per week will prevent heart disease and many forms of cancer, control your blood pressure and cholesterol levels, allow you to maintain a normal body weight, help you to sleep better, improve your sex life and help you cope with daily stress.

Exercise is the most important thing I do for myself, and I block out an hour in my schedule each day for it. I do not allow my workout to take a backseat to meetings, lunch dates, phone calls or TV.

So tell me, are you going to rethink committing one half hour per day to taking care of yourself?

by Gary T. Klencheski