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Success Stories
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Single Mom Wins Weight Loss Challenge #2
Elise Fine, 37, single mom, came to PowerSource in January to sign up for the weight loss challenge. She had tried for a year to lose weight and couldn't. She joined Curves and tried other things with no success.
In mid January she weighed in with 22 others and began lifting weights for the 1st time in her life. Elise started the challenge at 232lbs and a size 18. In only 5 weeks she won 2nd place losing 17lbs. By the end of the 1st challenge on May 12th, Elise took 2nd place overall with a total loss of 32lbs.
Elise immediately signed up for the 2nd Weight Loss Challenge. She took 1st place in Weight Loss Challenge #2. From January 27th to August 25th (only 7 ˝ months) she lost 52lbs and she's still getting stronger.
Now Elise is down from a size 18 to 8-10. She is able to do more activities with her son because she has a lot more energy. She feels better about how she looks but her goal is still to lose another 20 to 30lbs.
Elise wore a skirt that she hadn't worn in 7 years and felt great! She feels that she can live a healthier life on her own and will never go back to the bad eating habits.
Training tip from Elise - "Get your protein in the morning, take your training one meal at a time, and let yourself relieve cravings in a controlled way." |
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Tuned Up and Toned Up Together!
Julie Verry, 47, HR Director of Novartis Medical Nutrition and Dean Davidson, 49, Bank President, joined the PowerSource Weight Loss Challenge in January to get buff for their son's wedding in June. Besides getting ready for the wedding, their goal was to get a good nutrition and exercise lifestyle change in place for the future.
Julie said the nutrition information from PowerSource really was the most valuable piece of getting the results they wanted. Julie was also training for a marathon at the same time.
In fifteen weeks, Julie went from 147lbs to 130lbs and got tone and definition she never had before. She dropped from a size 10 to a size 6 and enjoyed having to buy new clothes! Dean went from 210lbs to 180lbs and his waist size went from 36" to 32".
They say the most valuable part of the training at PowerSource is blending the sports nutrition program with the weight training. They have found that they are able to continue both in their daily living.
They loved the Weight Loss Challenge because of the camaraderie, the group sharing of goals and celebrating together each person's success!
Training tip from Julie and Dean - "Nutrition is critical to one's success!" |
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Training Partners and Partners in Life!
Barbara Rosenzweig, 49, President of Dental People, Inc and Barry, 47, Owner of Rosenzweig Law Office are parents of three children ages 13, 11, and 8 years old.
Barbara began training at PowerSource thirteen years ago, right after her 1st child was born. After each baby she came back to train to get back in shape.
When Barbara decided she wanted a training partner, Barry decided to join her. They workout each week with trainer, Steve Jerik. Their goal is to start young, stay healthy and to build stamina to keep up with their active kids, their businesses, and with life in general.
Both Barbara and Barry love the discipline of having to meet with their trainer each week. They like the focus, intensity and efficiency that Steve brings to their workouts. He pushes them to work harder than they realized they could, and teaches them new exercises to keep things new and keep their love of training efficient, intense and fun.
Barbara and Barry enjoy kidding each other and having quality time together with no distractions. They also enjoy having the trainer make the decisions and give the direction on what they do each week.
Both of them are seeing way more tone to their bodies. Barry feels his posture has improved and feels a lot stronger than he’s ever been.
They say that lifting weights is a good addition and as Barbara says their training session is "something that they dread to look forward to." Barry says the workouts "give them a high, more focus and help them feel more relaxed." |
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A New Lease of Life!
Jane Wolf, Realtor for CB Burnet, decided to come to PowerSource to reshape. She had been weight training one day a week for years with some results. In 2007, she decided to take her training up a notch.
Judy told her 80% of getting the results you want for body shaping is nutrition. Jane followed her trainer’s advice and increased her protein. She ate every two to three hours (five to six meals a day). This plan increased her metabolism and stopped her food cravings by controlling her volitale blood sugar.
Also, she increased the intensity of her workouts. She worked out 3x a week with weights. Her weight training and nutrition gave her energy to start running. Jane is training for her first 5k race. She has lost 25lbs since January and is still reshaping her body. For body shaping, Jane does lunges to narrow hips and bench press and military press to open up chest and tone shoulders.
Jane says it feels so good to take such good care of herself everyday. She is feeling lots more energy and plans to make this new training program and way of life.
Training tip from Jane - "Believe you can do it!" |
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Girlfriends Get Buff
Lynn and her friend Mary Lou came to PowerSource in February of 2007 to lose weight and build strength.
They both had friends that worked out here and decided to do their own weight loss challenge. They worked out with Erica with weights and felt the nutrition information was a huge awakening.
Lynn has lost 25lbs and has gone from a size 12 to a size 8. She loves feeling stronger and going towards fifty in better shape than when she was younger. Lynn is wearing clothes she hadn’t worn in years.
Mary Lou feels the best thing about training is getting stronger for a bike trip in France, which required an average of 30 miles per day with steep hills. She also plays competitive tennis and her legs have gotten much stronger and made her a much better player, she hasn’t lost a match in 10 months. Mary Lou has also lost 18lbs and has gone from a size 14 to a size 10/12.
Mary Lou and Lynn are planning on losing even more weight and working on more body shaping.
Training tip from Mary Lou – “Do a little bit of a workout every day, it all adds up.”
Training tip from Lynn – “Write your calories and protein down everyday!” |
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Physical Defense for Criminal Defense
Tom Rothstein, 43, Owner of a six lawyer law firm Halberg Criminal Defense, came to PowerSource to train with Steve. He was training with another trainer and not seeing progress.
Steve helped Tom with weight loss by concentrating on circuit training. Steve had Tom use fewer machines and more free weights, lots of super setting and keeping his heart rate up.
In five months, Tom has gone from 202lbs to 175lbs, his waist went form 38-40” to 32-33.” He has a lot more energy and his heart doctor is very happy with him. Tom sleeps better and feels more control of life in general. He likes the high professional atmosphere and says he’s sending his friends to PowerSource, too!
Training tip from Tom – “Concentrate on the end results not the aching of that hour of training!” |
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Son and Mom Muscle Up!
Robin Harmon, age 46, and her son Ted, age 13, both train at PowerSource
and both came in with the goal of building some muscle and strength.
Robin is the mother of Ted, age 13, and Charlie, age 11. She felt she wanted to
get firmer and develop her muscle tone. Since she's been weight training she's
had no colds, greater energy and in only one month was much firmer and more
toned.
Ted, who plays baseball, basketball, and football for Edina, wanted to "get
muscles" and to get stronger for sports, especially football and
baseball. He also said he "wants to look like his trainer Tom!"
Since beginning his workouts, Ted has gained 20 pounds of muscle, slimmed his
waist, made bigger shoulders and is much stronger. He can pitch the baseball
faster and tackle harder in football!
Thanks to Robin and Ted for showing how great it is to make more muscle! |
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Son and Mom Muscle Up!
Seventies and Stronger Than Ever
Claire Peper, 74, and Dwight Jennings, 77, saw PowerSource in the yellow pages. They felt they needed a totally individualized fitness program. Claire has Osteoporosis and is at high risk for a back fracture. Physical therapy hadn’t helped her strengthen her abs and back and she was afraid to move.
Dwight knew he had to exercise because he has one shoulder that has only two of the four tendons that help move the shoulder. He wanted to learn to get more movement in the bad shoulder to reduce the pain.
Both wanted a home strength training program. They have only done three lessons and already they feel physically a lot stronger, more in control, and have less pain.
Training tip from Claire and Dwight – “Age is no barrier, you can get strong at any age.” |
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Second Half Vitality?!
Richard Leider, 59, is the founder of the Inventure Group which provides
executive coaching to top executives worldwide. He is also the author of six
books, his best sellers being the Power of Purpose, Repacking Your Bags (available
in 15 languages), Whistle While You Work, and soon to be released Claiming
Your Place at the Fire: Living the Second Half of Your Life With Purpose.
Richard came to train at PowerSource about four years ago to build up his
strength for leading executive safaris up Kilimanjaro in Africa and for his
hobby, running. He wanted to maintain muscle for all his sports; climbing,
roller blading, and hiking, but he also wanted "to be able to run with his
shirt off and feel great about his body."
In Richard's work of coaching top executives in the second half of life, it
became obvious to him that we live in three domains-we live in our bodies, we
live in language or story, and we live in moods or emotion. He says that in the
second half of our lives our bodies begin to define our stories and our moods.
At 59, as Richard continues training twice a week wid1 his long time trainer,
Steve, his goal is vital aging. He and Steve have been working on building his
core strength. Now that he has achieved the look of strength, what motivates him
to continue is that he feels more vitality and feels more I resent in the
world.
Richard says anyone that is at the top of their game in any field has two
things: a game plan and a coach.
Richard is a coach and he values having his own coach, Steve, who has continued
to help him implement his game plan for several years. Look for an interview
featuring Richard Leider in up coming Men's Health. |
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Tracey Builds Strength, Beats Childhood Polio
Tracey Stretch, 55, owner and operator of Beltone Hearing Center in
Roseville, is the mother of four children and grand- mother of three.
When Tracey turned 50 she said "That's it!" She wanted to lose weight
and be strong. In her line of work, Tracey sees many older people that can't
open a heavy door or stand up out of a chair, it scared her.
Tracey wanted to be strong as she got older. Another factor was the after
affects of childhood Polio, which left her left leg and arm much weaker and
smaller than the right.
As Tracey began training with weights, she grew much stronger. She started doing
squats with 15 pounds and is now up to 175 pounds, on bench press she went from
15 to 85 pounds. Tracey noticed her balance was much better and she built some
size and shape to her left leg. Tracey is now more toned then she has been in
years, she has lost 25 pounds and has gone from a size 12-14 to a size 8.
Tracey has brought both her daughter and granddaughter in to train with her
trainer, Tom. She is proud that her granddaughter became the 400-meter record
holder for track in the state of Wisconsin. |
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"TIGER" Wood Overcomes Effects of MD and Osteoporosis
We would like to introduce our own PowerSource "Tiger" Wood. At size 2 and 98
pounds, Terri Wood looks feminine and dainty, but she is a real tiger
and a true survivor. Terri is married, 46 years old, and is a mortgage broker
with Burnett Home Loans.
When Terri came to PowerSource she was looking for a way to develop balance and
strength. When Terri was eighteen, she was stricken with Muscular Dystrophy,
which affect- ed her balance and stability. She lost muscle on the top of her
feet which resulted in drop foot and trouble with balance and walking.
Terri had tried pilates and other workouts but nothing helped her like weight
training. At first it was hard for her to do a squat or dead- lift without
losing her balance, now she can squat 65 pounds, dead lift 60 pounds and bench
press 50 pounds for 12 reps. She says she has much more strength in her legs
now and can do stairs more easily.
Terri was also diagnosed with Osteoporosis in July of 2002. After one year at
PowerSource, she's had a 15% increase in her bone density through supplements
and weight training, she has impressed her doctor. Terri says the hest benefit
from weight training is that her husband and sailing companion Bob says she
looks "damn good" with her new muscle!
Way to go little Tiger! |
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Kari Trains for Wedding and to Shape Up After Baby
Kari, 35, her 8 month old daughter Makenzie, and her trainer Steve - October 2007 |
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Jeff and Connie Cauble have been married 19 years. They have three children
(ages 9, 11, and 13) and are realtors together for Edina Realty.
Recently, Connie gave a gift to Jeff and herself of personal training sessions
at Power Source. Jeff is 48 years old. He needed to rebuild after major surgery
he had for throat cancer. He needed to build neck, chest, shoulders and legs. He
noticed a difference in only 2-3 weeks and is still making progress. His chest
is bigger, his waist smaller, and his energy way up.
Connie is 46 years old. She wanted to firm up and lose weight. Within six weeks,
she was down a full size and was 8 pounds lighter. She hasn't reached
her goal yet, but knows she will.
Connie and Jeff enjoy working out together, making good food choices together,
and helping each other improve.
Connie's main goal is to have the strength to ski with her kids for the first
time in 15 years. She says this is the best gift she's ever given Jeff and
herself. |
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Carole Bearon and Russ Bagley came to Power Source as a team. They work as a
team in the winter as ski instructors at Hyland Hills. Carole, 52, dragged Russ
in to train with us. Russ, 78, was skeptical. Carole, who is also an RN, ski
instructor, and Master gardener, had several reasons for coming to Power
Source. She was going to be vacationing with friends in a few months and wanted
to look good at the pool. She also wanted to keep her level of fitness up for
ski season.
Carole got fast visible results -- she kept the food log and really dug into
the weight training routine. In 6 weeks, she dropped from a size 8 to a size 4,
and stayed the same weight.
Russ, a retired anesthesiologist, dropped from 36 to 34 in his waist, noticed
an increase in his overall strength and endurance, and opened up his posture.
He built up his shoulders, biceps, triceps and legs. Our thanks to Carole for
making Russ come in to train. |
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 SUPERWOMAN!!
By day, Janelle Kuznia is a mild mannered businesswoman, owner and
operator of Colonial Title and Mortgage. At the gym, Janelle is Superwoman,
able to do incredible feats of strength, she "never thought possible.
Janelle came to PowerSource because she didn't like aerobics and wanted to get
rid of that flabby feeling. As Janelle got into her 30's her body changed and
her definition disappeared. She no longer felt confident wearing shorts and she
wanted to go into her 30's looking good.
When Janelle came to PowerSource, she had never lifted free weights before.
Working with Steve she has learned to do real hard core bodybuilding, she can
squat 225 pounds and bench press 105 pounds. Janelle is most proud of being
able to do wide grip pullups (very, very difficult). Janelle only works out
three hours a week with the weights and eats like an athlete-frequent small
meals including high protein and lots of fresh fruits and veggies.
Janelle has lost 15 pounds and gone from a size 8-10 to a size 4-6. She now has
people stopping her on the street and at work asking her what the secret to her
totally toned body is! Thank you Janelle from your PowerSource trainers
for making us look good! |
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My Mom Made Me Do It!
For 3 years now, I have watched my mom lifting weights and going to see "Judy"
at Power Source. She has made so many changes in the way she looks and everyone
is always telling her how great she looks that I decided I should finally join
her. I am 20 and work full-time retail and am starting school at night this
fall. I am built like my dad's side of the family and have been big ever since
high school. I hate being "big". It's felt weird that my mom is smaller than I
am. I started working out with my mom at Power Source just a few months ago and
have already seen a drastic change in myself. I have lost more than 45 pounds
and went from a size 18 to a size 9/10. If I hit my goal by my 21st birthday in
January, my grandma is treating me to a cruise! I feel so much more confident
in myself and the way I look. I love going to buy clothes that fit me! Because
I am more confident, my customers and my employer even notice the difference.
The hardest thing for me is eating right. I think that's most people's problem.
But, I have learned that if I stick to it, I really see the difference. I
always keep a couple of Luna bars or Balance bars with me and I keep imitation
crab legs and salsa in the fridge at work. I try to eat Lean Cuisines and other
frozen dinners at work (the ones that have a full chicken breast in them and
are under 8 grams of fat) so that I don't fall into the "fast food" trap. Now
when I'm hungry late a night, I just make a salad and throw cut up chicken or
turkey on the top with just a little bit of fat free dressing. I also learned
that if you add fresh fruit to your salad (don't forget the lean protein too);
that it's juicy enough you won't need any dressing! Finally, Turkey Jerky
rounds out my snacking. It's higher in sodium than I like, but it keeps me away
from pizza!
I love Power Source and am looking forward to my cruise! Nothing can keep me
from my goal and Judy is one of my strongest motivators!
- By Lauren Rosecrans |
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Shannah Before |
Age: 53
Weight: From 197 lbs. to 136 lbs.
Size: From 1X to 6-8
Time to change: 6 months |
Shannah After |
Wendy Before |
Age: 36
Weight: From 160 lbs. to 114 lbs.
Size: From 14 to 2
Time to change: 5 months |
Wendy After |
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Sir Robin
Robin Dawe, 60, is from Liverpool and is a retired Research Director for the pharmaceutical industry. Robin is also a grandfather of two. His main goal at PowerSource was to workout to be stronger, particularly in his legs. Robin was feeling like his legs were giving out. Before training, Robin's knees ached all the time – now that he's built up the strength in his legs at PowerSource, no more pain!
After training with Steve, he has built up his leg press to over 400lbs and his balance has greatly improved. Robin has also built up to 55lbs on dumbbell press for his chest, a very impressive weight.
Robin says he's hooked. He's going to strength train for the rest of his life and keep getting stronger. Robin says he is uncovering his “body of steel” with each workout. One final note – we love Sir Robin's British accent! |
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Midddle (l to r): The Metcalfs Maria (48), Daniel (26), and
Melissa (23). Maria and Melissa trained for Melissa's wedding. Maria
lost 12 pounds and a size; Melissa lost 15 pounds and went from a size 10 to 5.
All three have more energy and confidence.
Left Front: Kate (9), Margot (10), and Anne (37), and Brad (43) train
for family fitness and learning proper form. All have lots more energy and
tone.
Left Top: Katie Noack (17), and Jake Noack (19). Katie trains for injury
prevention. She's down from a size 8 to a size 4. Jake rehabbed a bad knee,
built strength and lost 3 inches in waist, increased arm by 1.5 inches.
Top Middle: Randy (50) and Lucy (49) Matson. Lucy strengthened her neck
and back, improved posture, toned her arms, and increased strength. Randy built
bigger chest, arms and shoulders. Both learned to lift properly and to eat
healthy.
Top Right: Ted Harmon (13) and Robin Harmon (46). Robin has
strengthened, toned and built great energy. Son Ted trains to put on weight and
gain strength for baseball. He has gained 20 pounds of muscle.
Bottom Right Outside: Kristina Dahl (14) and Kelsey Dahl (12).
Kristina has lost 15 pounds and dropped a size; and built strength for hockey,
lacrosse and fast-pitch softball. Kelsey lost weight and built strength for
hockey and tennis. Kristina and Kelsey love benchpress and squats the best.
Bottom Right Middle: Deb Whited (39) and Kelsey Whited (10) learned to
lift properly, have more tone and strength. Kelsey is stronger in hockey and
softball. They are more aware of good nutrition.
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