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G7 Success Story: Albert Quintanilla

Back in December 1990, while I was in the Army National Guard, my unit was activated as a part of Desert Storm. I weighed about 170 lbs and I felt I was in the best shape of my life. Fast forward 19 years and I had gained 20+ pounds and was out of shape. I had borderline high blood pressure and while my cholesterol level was not high, it was nowhere near balanced. My wife, Maricela, told me she wanted to join a gym and start working out again. I agreed with the idea, but wanted to start exercising on my own for a while so that I would not embarrass myself in a gym if I could not complete a work out. She found G7 Athletics and joined. I remember her coming home and talking about the workouts and the nutrition information they provided. I in turn started walking and said I would join in the summer time. In January, she started a Primal challenge at the gym to follow a primal diet. I told Maricela that I would support her and started following the diet as well.

Five months later, Maricela called me from the gym and asked me if I was still planning on joining the gym. At that point, after trying to follow a primal diet, I had lost 15 lbs, but was not sure I wanted to join G7 just yet. She told me if I was not ready then when would I be? So, I headed to the gym and enrolled on April Fools Day.

I remember starting the elements class and saying this is easy, I can do it, but by the end of the class, I was spent and was saying that maybe this was not for me. I figured since I paid for the month, I might as well continue. After completing the elements, I started doing the regular workouts. I remember when I started I could only do 1 unassisted pull-up and while I could do the workouts, I was not the completing them in the fastest time in the class.

Since then, I have lost about 10 more pounds, but more noticeable, I have lost inches and have had to buy smaller clothes. My blood pressure has dropped and my cholesterol has dropped some, but more importantly my good cholesterol level has gone up. I can now do 6 unassisted pull-ups and just as many sit-ups and push-ups as I did 20 years ago. I complete most workouts slower than the others in my class, and when I look around and see that I am just about old enough to be the parent of most of the others in the class, I think to myself that I am not doing too bad for a guy my age if I can almost keep up with the younger bunch.

I thank my wife for nodding me to join G7 where the coaches do a great job encouraging you as you do the work out in a family environment and they are always available to discuss nutrition and exercise.

 

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