Fran Rapport: FIT Member Since May 19, 2008

What were your short and long term goals coming to FIT and have you obtained them?
My short-term goal was to learn how physically fit I could become and discover how much my body could do. My long-term goals are to complete in Fight Gone Bad (and do well) and to keep my mind and body in the best shape I can for the long haul. I want to remain physically fit until my end.

What do you enjoy about partner training at FIT?
It’s fun and I also really enjoy the competitive aspect of it.

Likes: Wall Ball, box jumps, jump rope and sit ups
Dislikes: Rowing and Pull Ups

What is the key to your success from training here at FIT?
The commitment I have made along with having fun and getting support. Jen is a blast! She always pushes us just the right amount. The workouts are always varied and challenging.

Gina Estrada: FIT Member Since October 2005

What were your short- and long-term goals coming here to FIT and have you obtained them?
My short-term goal was to be able to do something for myself and hopefully change my post-baby "body "image." My long-term goals are to build muscle strength and endurancewhich will carry me through so many parts of my life, as well as set a healthy example for my children. I'd like to continue working out and using that strength to train for my first marathon. Last but not least, I want to continue beating my "Fighting Gone Bad" time, year-after-year. Is that possible?

What do you enjoy about partner training at FIT?
I enjoy the inspiration I get from working out with Fran. Her drive and enthusiasm carries me through some of our more difficult workouts!

Likes: Pull ups and push-ups are my favorite exercises.
Dislikes: I am not a fan of rowing or wall ball.

What is the key to your success at FIT?

My trainer’s dedication to me, and the support she has always gotten me to go for more. She says, I do ... it has worked out very well for me.

From their trainer, Jen Pleimann: Before partner training, I worked with both Gina (a little over three years) and Fran (about six months) separately. In many ways, they are very different and definitely have different individual training goals and needs, including over a twenty-year age difference. Some of Gina’s favorite exercises are Fran’s least favorite and vice versus. Despite their differences, they share something in common that almost everyone who has seen them in action, both trainers and clients, has commented on. They are both extremely committed to their health and fitness, always ready and willing to push themselves to the next level and ready to give one hundred percent at every session.

Partner training has been a great alternative to their one-on-one sessions. While they both have always worked hard, I have seen them both push themselves to a new level in the past few months. There is an underlying, friendly competitive energy that pushes the two of them that much harder. I remember one of the first sessions we had together I had them ‘compete’ and see who could hold a plank the longest. Fran looked at me and said, “but she’s twenty years younger than me.” The two of them laughed through the first minute, then there was silence as two minutes rolled around. Neither was willing to give up. Finally, Fran won. Day after day, one of them is helping the other reach their limits and set new goals (even though Fran dislikes pull ups, she would like to “pull her body over the bar like Gina” at least once). Besides being the two ‘cutest petite women’ at FIT, they both work extremely hard inside and out of FIT and I really enjoy working with the two of them. Keep up the work hard work ladies!