September has been a great month! Kids are back in school, our work routines start to fall into place again and our workouts get back on track! This past month I have had a lot of fun working with all of my clients and seeing the progress that each one of them have made! There was definitely one client that accomplished something huge, and for that, I want to celebrate them!
Let me introduce you to Lydia Martin! Lydia is a hardworking, dedicated individual who loves her job and the kids that she gets to work with every day. It is so important to Lydia that she sets a great example for all of her students and that was one of the driving factors why Lydia started personal training with me about 3 years ago. At the beginning, we started off slow, ensuring that her exercise positions were correct and that she built up the necessary strength to handle more challenging exercises. This has been a steady progression, week by week, month by month, and year by year. This past month, Lydia managed to hit a personal best with her squat! A whopping 225 lbs! (Check out the video HERE!) At first, I didn’t know who was more excited about this accomplishment, Lydia or myself, but regardless, we were both ecstatic for achievement and that landed her a place on our Achievement Wall!
Every week I am encouraged with what I see from Lydia and I’m happy to have the opportunity to work with such an amazing individual!! Great Job Lydia!!!
Keep reading to find out a bit more about Lydia and her squat!
1) Name: Lydia Martin
2) Tell us a bit about yourself: I am a 22yr old performing arts teacher, stage manager and musician. I love teaching, classic movies, yogurt and church.
3) How long have you been working out with Matrix of Motion? I have been training with Greg for 3 years.
4) What is your Workout/Exercise/Therapy history: past – extreme amount of dance and very active lifestyle.
5) Why did you start working with Matrix of Motion? To maintain strength and agility, to be healthier and fitter especially as a role model for kids, to learn more
6) What do you like most about working with Matrix of Motion?
Greg is focused on finding out what works best for me. He is understanding of my life style while still pushing me to be better.
7) What has your experience been like?
Excellent. Greg is knowledgeable and compassionate
8) What are your goals? Anything specific that you are working towards?
Trying to lose enough body fat to look decent in a swim suit by February, but also wanting to increase in strength throughout my upper body.
9) What do you use as motivation to help keep you moving forward? My students. I want to keep up with them and set a good example
10) What advice can you offer to others who are looking to get in shape/become healthier/starting to exercise etc…
Start from a positive place. Keep notes and don’t get down on yourself when you mess up. Just use it as fuel for you to do better next time
For those of you interested in checking it out, and I hope that you all are, here is the video of Lydia accomplishing her new personal best!!
