Vera Slawnitsch

"Dear prospective client,

I have had the distinct privilege of having Michael as my personal trainer.  Over a period of several months, Michael worked with me to get me into optimum shape!

Because of Michael's personal experiences (having lost over 125 pounds himself), he was able to offer me the perfect combination of compassion, knowledge and assertiveness to motivate one of the most stubborn of people on the planet at the time, yours truly!

Being well-read in nutrition and having made his own dietary modifications, Michael taught me how to prepare, weigh and measure meals which were both delicious and nutritious and also taught me the "physics" of weight loss as far as calorie and fat gram daily intakes and the necessity of consistence in exercise, my greatest challenge.  I had been sedentary most of my life and even though I realized the importance of exercise, I cringed at the thought, feeling overwhelmed!

I cried initially when we'd begun my exercise program.  This did not deter Michael who would jog by my side while I'd walk briskly around a path at a popular area park.  I eventually increased my endurance to the point where I'd alternate walking with a light jog.  Believe it or not, I eventually jogged the entire course (approximately two and a quarter miles).  This was a true miracle in the sense that when I was much younger and capable of jogging, I wouldn't!  Having seen the results taking place within me and having Michael encourage me to always push myself harder each time, I built up to a 2 1/4 mile jog to an alternation of jogging and jumping rope throughout the aforementioned course.  Ultimately, I jogged, jumped rope, and ran up a large hill at the park equaling 2 1/4 miles!  Who was this transformed person?  Surprisingly, it was I!

Exercise was never dull with Michael who'd vary forms of exercise, i.e.: tennis, racquetball, swimming, bicycling, and locations, i.e.: gyms, parks, pools, tracks, etc.