Mike Gaines’s Story

A Busy Life Was No Excuse for Mike!

Mike has some great advice and thoughts on how to lose weight and feel great. Number one is join boot camp! They are a lot of fun and the perfect way to get into shape. Lead a busy life? Can’t cook healthy food every day at home? That’s okay too! You can still be healthy, just focus on proteins and vegetables when you look at the menu, ask questions, and order carefully!


Mike Before and After

Michelle Horn’s Story

Michelle’s Challenge Wasn’t Easy!

She had an emergency appendectomy after finishing the marathon she was training for. But she still finished the challenge! Being fit and healthy from boot camps and good eating habits also helped her recovery time. She’ll be back in boot camps in no time!

Dave Capagna’s Story

Can’t work out every day? That’s okay as long as you try! Mr. Capagna had decided to make some changes. With the help of a healthy weight loss challenge, a workout routine developed and some dietary changes were made. Even his wife lost weight by tweaking the home cooked meals to make them healthier! The results speak for themselves:
from 307.8 lbs. to 283 lbs.!
9% Body Loss!


Dave's Before and After

How Susan Lost over 17% Body Fat in our Los Gatos Boot Camp

After going to my training event last weekend, I’ve thought a lot about the concept of “doing a little, often, over the long haul”

Over the next few weeks, I’m going to start showcasing some of our Be Fit members who have been doing exactly that. Maybe they joined at first because we were running a big fitness or nutrition challenge, but they did something that most people don’t do:

They decided to stay and stick it out over the long haul.

Because that’s where you really change, progress, and grow.

This picture is Susan when she started, and then again a few months after

Susan Freiman joined Bootcamp the summer of 09 after having two children. She was ready to do the work, set some goals, and follow through. She joined when we ran our first fitness challenge, and she won! She lost the most percentage of body fat and even gained 2 pounds of muscle. Needless to say, she was thrilled and I just love it when our clients get results.

But she did something that most people don’t. She kept coming. She stayed in the game. She decided to stick it out for long haul.

And this is Susan after less than a year of training at our program

And that’s when the real fun starts.

Her body has continued to morph into an itty-bitty, lean, mean, fighting machine! As you’ll see from the interview below, it’s an inspirational story, but not out of reach. On the whole scheme of things, all she did was show up. She did a little, often, over the long haul.

She invited me into her home after an early bootcamp session to do this interview. So sit back, relax, and get ready to be inspired!

What questions do you have for Susan? She would love to answer them below!

Congratulations Susan!

Before

I started in late April with Audra’s Saturday bootcamp and a couple of semi-private sessions to work on form. I had some modest results and because I was feeling better, I started making better eating choices and imposed portion controls back into my diet. When I learned about the Fit Body Bootcamp, I knew this was my summer to reshape my body. I carved out a slice of “me time” in the 6 am hour and got busy. At the first dunking near the first week of June, I weighed 144 and was over 34% (to check actual #s) body fat. At the second dunking on 8/30, I weighed 132 and had lost 8.8% of my body fat. I also put on 3 lbs of muscle during those 11 weeks.

After

One of the biggest factors in my success was diet. I can still remember sitting on picnic benches under the oak trees, munching almonds and drinking coconut water while Audra gave us a nutritional counseling session.

Audra here. Since Susan is to humble to say it herself, I’ll say it for her! We at Red Shift Fitness Ran our very first 12-week challenge this past summer, and Susan was definitely up for the challenge! She won our first annual contest and now participates in our Bootcamp and nutrition programs FOR FREE for an entire Year! Congratulations Susan!!!

You have to check out Leanne’s story below… it’s nothing short of inspiring!!!