Lynn M. DiGennaro
I wanted to take the time to thank you for being such a great Advanced Personal Trainer, and group fitness instructor. The training that you provided me during our 10 sessions far exceeded all of my expectations. I have detailed the benefits that I gained from attending your classes and having been trained by you so that you can share the feedback with others.
I’ve been diligent about fitness for approximately twenty years now, beginning in high school. During that time I have had the opportunity to hold memberships in many, many different facilities and participated in a wide variety of diverse fitness routines, including: Aerobics, Pilates, Yoga, Muscle Toning/Strengthening, Body Sculpting using free weights, and various fitness machines and equipment. In my 20 years experience in fitness, you are, by far, the best instructor/trainer I have ever had the opportunity to work with.
The value that you brought to my work outs in group fitness include: communicating diverse versions of a particular exercise based on individuals’ personal level (i.e., beginner, intermediate, or advanced), always being incredibly motivational (this is where my energy comes from when I feel like I can no longer keep up pace & always pulls me through). You make fitness classes fun given your relaxed and humorous personality that makes others laugh, and the great music mixes you never fail to deliver. In addition, you consistently provide individual corrective instruction during your classes to ensure that each of us are holding the appropriate form in order to achieve the most effective workout. Something that has been lacking in many other instructors in classes that I have attended over the years. This is especially important because you can only gain as much as you put into a workout. Those of us who are not trained in this area are often unaware of the importance in form and will lack the ability to achieve the most effective work out without such corrective instruction. I know that I have a great understanding of fitness and nutrition thanks to your never-ending tips and instruction provided both during your group fitness class and personal training sessions.
Most importantly, you consistently bring new cutting edge routines to your students because you are always bettering yourself by way of certifications, seminars and hiring top level trainers at your own expense to pick up new tips from them. I also appreciate your reliability. You were punctual for each and every fitness session that I attended.
Also important to note, I often observed that way that you make your students feel valued by constantly pointing out their/our successes during a more difficult work out activity as well as providing constant encouragement throughout. I think that makes the process much less intimidating to those new to fitness and in fact, encourages them to come back.
Finally, I’d like to share my personal success achieved during your personal training with only 10 sessions, one time weekly. Based on your measures of my body mass index given the caliper reading, with my height/weight, I lost 8 lbs., 7% body fat, and approx. 8 inches overall. As you know, I did not change my eating habits drastically, nor did I work out every single day. My results were purely from your personal training sessions.
Thank you again for being such a great instructor and I look forward to working with you into the future.