Losing it Big, the Right Way!

EMECULA, Calif. -- “I had tried everything,” said Andy Ringle, who was 307 pounds when he walked into a Fitness Together studio in Temecula, Calif., last year. Today, more than 70 pounds lighter, many people don’t even recognize him.  Ringle credits Fitness Together owner Ed Ferrell, his certified personal trainer.

“Before joining Fitness Together, I did it all,” Ringle says. “I did Power 90 and Power 90X [the home boot camps]. I had all the home fitness gear. I bought the treadmill. I bought the exercise bike. I would be gung-ho for a month. Two months. Three months. And then I would go back to my old ways. It was a cycle.” What used to be a quick fix for Ringle in his younger days no longer did the trick. “Here I am 44, and I keep thinking I’m 25. I’ll just whip into shape,” Ringle said. But that’s never how it worked out. There was always an excuse."

"I’ve got three kids. We work hard. And the whole balancing act takes over,” he admits. “Eventually, something would kick in and the first thing to go would be exercise.” Then he met Ferrell. Ringle Googled personal trainers and Ferrell’s name came up. But he still waited three months before setting foot in the Fitness Together studio. It was a commitment, financially and emotionally, to sign up and be accountable to a person whose sole business is helping him exercise. If the client quits, the trainer knows! For Ringle, that meant no more excuses..." Rest of Article