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We had another amazing year here at the studio in 2013.

As we thank you all of you for your hard work and dedication I would like to announce our client of the year.

Every year this is a really tough decision as many people have gotten amazing results and could have gotten it. However I made my decision and 2013 belongs to John Mitchell!

John has lost 67.6lbs so far, 29% of his total body weight!   Those are some crazy results.  Very motivating!
Johns consistency with the workouts has been amazing, it always is with the people who get results.  The great and inspiring thing about him is that he did not give up.  He did not have success right away, but he believed me when I told him that if he put is all into it, that it would be the greateast decision he ever made.  He is a new man, he walks with the confidence that only comes with having worked hard for your success.

I really enjoyed watching how John really took the time to learn about what proper nutrition was.   As we all know, working out is only half the battle.  I also love how passionate he is about not making excuses and just making it happen.   Both taking the time to workout each day and constantly learning how many calories are in new foods, reading labels, and taking nothing for granted.  Way to go John, we are so proud of you!   (ps you have to start collecting some of this fan mail, the studio office is getting crowded 🙂 ).

John wasn’t the only one that got great results.  There are too many of you to mention everyone, but here are a couple of the other nominations for this year.

When I asked Fabian about his input he immediately talked about Jeff and his hard work.  The word Fab used, and his face lit up when he said it, was DETERMINATION.  He was psyched how determined and dedicated he is.   Jeff is down almost 50lbs now!   We can’t wait to see you keep it going in 2014.

Todd wasn’t going to let me do this blog post without mentioning Cherie.  She showed us what ‘ no excuses’ is all about.   A broken elbow and ACL surgery both in 2013 didn’t slow her down one bit.   She kept working out the whole time, finding ways to keep it going while she worked around her injuries.  Truly inspiration for anyone that tries to have an excuse why they can’t workout.

Jane made a very strong case for Emmy,  she sent me a in depth email that was very passionate about her feelings for Emmy’s accomplishments over the past few years as a One on One Fitness-er.   Saying “Emmy has not only accomplished weight loss but she has a new passion for fitness….she always does her homework…is eager to learn more….she has inspired her Husband and son to start working out too…other people in our bootcamp look up to her…   Jane and the rest of us are so happy that we can call you a ‘One on One Fitness-er”  Emmy.   Keep up the good work!

-Altough they are fairly new to the studio, both joining in the fall, Andrew put up a good case for Patty and Sam who started late in this year but are already down over 20lbs and 30lbs respectively!   Whohoo!  2014 Client of the year?

Other highlights:

-Janet F and Kelly M making this years Healthy by Accident Weight loss challenge, our most successful ever, exciting down to the last week.  We had dozens of people lose 10, 20, and over 30lbs in 8 weeks!

-Jenni and Alissa have been killing it at Bootcamp.  Down over 36lbs combined!

-We had several people join the “Pullup Club”.  Kelly H. and Janet L. are a couple that come to mind!   A woman (that may or may not be 60 yrs old) can do 5 pullups!   Really?!

-Mike O breaking the 50lbs lost mark this year a day I’ll remember!

-Jen S is currently on fire getting ready for her big day.   Best I have ever seen her at.  Keep up the good work.

-Kristina you never give yourself enough credit but you continue to inspire me.   Going through the mental battle of losing a lot of weight and then letting yourself know its ok to putting baby weight on while your pregnant and not to lose your marbles knowing all the hard work it took to get that number on the scale down.   Now you have a great little man to show and your back on track losing weight, being healthy, and balancing the ever challenging work of being a mother/wife/worker.

-Too many first time 5k, 10k, and half marathoners to mention.   I would be afraid of leaving someone out, but keep up the great work everyone!

All the people keeping weight off, Jay, Jamie coming back from shoulder surgery and still doing fantastic, Heather, Owen….Ahhhh to many to name.   There are so many people I would like to name, we keep growing every year and I know I’m leaving some pretty amazing stories out, but I just hope that each one of you know how much we love working with you.   You inspire us and YOU are the reason why we love our “jobs”.  Thanks again, I hope you and your family have an amazing holiday season, and I look forward to seeing what you can do in 2014.

Trainer Pete

If you are reading this and you are not a current client please don’t hesitate to reach out to me with any questions you may have.   We would love to be writing this blog about you next year.

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We did a couple grocery store “Nutrition Tours” with a resisted dietician over the past couple months here at the studio. There was one point our dietician tour guide made that I totally agree with and really gets me fired up.

-Be careful of where you get your nutritional information from.-

There is so much information out there now telling you the best way ever to lose weight. Online, on TV, what your neighbors say, what your friends friend did…I could go on and on but the main point here is that information can be wrong, confusing, and even sometimes harmful. There are a lot of diets out there that might help you lose weight fast, but in the long run they can reek havoc on your metabolism and body overall.


When you see or hear something take a look at the source where the info came from. Magazines, TV, and websites are funded by advertisers and these advertisers are trying to sell you something. When reading an article or watching a show make sure it’s info from a credible source and not somebody trying to sell you something. Especially Blogs and websites, there is no regulation and anybody can say anything.

Speaking of people trying to sell, there are a lot of people out there selling supplements. I’m not going to name names of these companies, there are a few of them, but they are driven by “selling” people like you and me that they can make a lot of money and live the dream life by selling their products.

Maybe true you can make money, but the sad thing about most of these companies to me is that they brainwash their people selling it into thinking that these products are the best and only way for people to lose weight and that they are unhealthy if they are not taking them. Simply not true

I have to be careful here as I have a few friends that have tried working for these companies, but OF COURSE they are going to tell you there products are healthy! They love saying “Scientifically Proven” or “Research Based”. Yes maybe some study was done by their own team of biased researchers! Most people recruited to sell these products have no outside nutritional education other than what the company has told them.

Don’t get me wrong, under certain circumstances with athletes or people with illness, supplements can be a good thing. But leave it up to a Registered Dietician and your Doctors to make those judgements, not the person with no education besides a weekend seminar from the company trying to make them rich.

The majority of people don’t need supplements, if you are eating the right way with proper portions of vegetables, fruits, and natural unprocessed foods you will have all the tools you need to become the healthiest version of you.

In a perfect world everyone would go to a trainer for fitness and a registered dietician for nutrition. Unfortunately it’s not a perfect world and as a weight/bodyfat loss personal trainer it’s hard to ignore all the nutrition questions as nutrition is so important for weight loss. If you don’t eat properly then you will not lose weight bottom line. So where should a personal trainer stand on nutrition?

A good educated trainer will have a taken basic nutritional classes to get their degree (be weary of the trainers who just picked up training as a hobby because they like to workout with no formal education, that’s a whole different blog). A good trainer will be able to give you some of the BASICS but only the basics of healthy eating. We should be getting our more detailed info from Registered Dieticians. These are the people who have put the time and work into earning a graduate degree and learning from actual unbiased scientific research. All the info I have ever passed onto my clients is from registered dieticians and the basics of healthy nutrition are actually pretty simple if you put your blinders on and ignore all the noise you hear.

We all need to quit trying to find the fast and simple way to lose weight. Nothing great ever done was easy to do.

That’s my rant for the day! I’m not trying to bash anyone. I Hope that what you learned from my blog is to be weary of the information that is passed onto you. Some info isn’t regulated as much as it should be, and sometimes people not knowing any better will pass on bogus practices thinking they are doing some good. As always please share with me any questions/comments you may have on my Trainer Pete Facebook Page.

Trainer Pete
Owner of One on One Fit Studio, Inc.

At One on One Fitness we don’t sell a magic pill or a quick easy solution. We give you long term, healthy, and effective results proven programs to help you lose weight and keep healthy for life! Thousands of pounds lost, no supplements, no shortcuts!

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3 Rounds:
1. 50 Plank + Leg in’s
2. 40 Wide Squats
3. 30 Bike Crunches
4. 20 Push Ups

Time yourself and see how fast you can get the workout done. You are only competing with yourself so time it and then see if you can beat it the following weekend!

Trainer Pete is the owner of One on One Fit Studio, Inc in West Springfield.
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Thanks for checking out my weekend workout challenge for March! I’m very excited to see what all our weight loss challenge participants can do this month!

Trainer Pete
Owner of One on One Fit Studio, Inc
West Springfield’s Place for results guaranteed personal training and fitness AntiBootcamps!
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