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Laura@LauraForteFitness.comWishing Mark, today’s spotlight ‘Transformation Tuesday’ a Happy 3-Year Bay View Boot Camp Anniversary!
When I first met Mark 3 years ago, he wanted to prove to his doctor that he didn’t need medication to control his cholesterol levels, but do it with clean eating and exercise.
He joined our boot camp family, and it has been history ever since. We asked Mark to share his story so that everyone can see how awesome he is!!
Here’s Mark’s “Transformation Tuesday” story.. in his own words!
October, 2014 completes my third year of training with Laura Forte and the Bay View Boot Camp family. A lot of sweat and hard work has brought me a long way. I am feeling great, eating healthy and have a ton of energy. Classes are never the same and the people that attend are so much fun and inspiring.
Before I started boot camp, I was running regularly along the bay, stretching, doing some sit-ups and push-ups. But it was not enough!
My annual physical In November, 2012 had a few numbers out of range:
Total Cholesterol was 235. For reference, Total Cholesterol range should be 125 – 200.
HDL/LDL was 41/167. HDL (good cholesterol) should be greater than or equal to 40. LDL (bad cholesterol) should be less than 130 (per the lab work printout I got from my doctor).
My doctor really wanted me to start taking a prescription drug to control my Cholesterol. After some convincing, I had another fasting blood test scheduled for 4 months later.
With Laura’s awesome workout plans and following a better diet, my results were super:
Total Cholesterol was 152 (down from 235), HDL/LDL was 37/101.
Another number Laura has been tracking is our time for running a half mile. My first recorded time was 5 minutes and 33 seconds on 1/9/2012. A few weeks later I knocked 27 seconds off that time to record a 5:06. For the October, 2014 Fit Test, I beat feet to a number of 3:25, not bad for being 50 years young!
All the trainers do a great job at coming up with different routines for each days workout; I really enjoy this about Bay View Boot Camp – you never know what exercises you will be doing that day. The routines are hard and challenging, a different muscle group seems sore every week. Sometimes I am not able to finish but that’s the point – to push yourself as hard as you can.
The Bay View Boot Camp family is so awesome, that’s another thing I love about Boot Camp – encouraging each other with random call outs, high-fives and cheering you to do just one more. Mix in a few laughs and another awesome class comes 
to a close.
My fitness journey started back in high school with stretching before football practice. I have always made an effort to try to stay fit over the years but training with Laura has got me in the best shape of my life – inside and out. Laura, the trainers and the Bay View Boot Camp family make the fitness journey challenging, fun and so much better than trying to make it on your own. No matter where you are in your fitness journey, it is up to you to push yourself as hard as you can.
Will I see you in a class soon?
If we want to have a great journey, exercise is an integral part of this journey we call life.
Just in case you were wondering if I have been able to control my cholesterol with diet and exercise: blood work results for October, 2014 were all in the good range.
How awesome is Mark?! He knew he could change his lifestyle in order to stay off meds… and he DID it!
I hope that Mark has inspired YOU by the massive changes he has made in his life.
Please show him a little love and support by leaving him a comment below.
Also…. are you ready to start making some changes in YOUR life?
We’d love for YOU to be our next success story! Book your FREE 1×1 consultation with Laura by sending an email to laura@laurafortefitness.com.
