Fitness Together Wilmington

Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time. ~Steven Wright
Usually, when someone tells you to ‘go take a long walk…’, it’s a not friendly suggestion. But Bev DeLuise, an FT client for the past eight years, has given the phrase a whole new meaning. She has been inspiring her neighbors to take very long [...]

I failed the 60-Day Challenge.  Mark Twain wrote in  The Innocents Abroad:
At certain periods it becomes the dearest ambition of a man to keep a faithful record of his performances in a book; and he dashes at this work with an enthusiasm that imposes on him the notion that keeping a journal is the veriest pastime [...]

“Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.”–Henry Ford

I grew up on The Little Engine That Could.  My mother’s favorite mantra was:  “Whatever you do, do with your might; for things done by halves are never done right.”  My friends refer to me as a veritable self-help library.  I’ve [...]

A couple of months ago, our Fitness Together clients started out on The Cardio Race to the Capitol! The goal was to make it from Wilmington to the steps of the White House since Washington, D.C. is consider the fittest city in the United States!
45 cardio sessions later, Ann Burford was sworn in as the First [...]

Accomplishments of Some of Our Clients in 2010
•Adam went from 3 pushups to 15!
•Geoff decreased his mile time by 3:00 minutes, and surpassed his goal of losing 10 pounds—he’d lost 13 pounds as of his last fitness assessment!
•Dixie could only walk a mile if she took rest breaks; now she can run a mile in 14:50 [...]

The Ugly Truth About Resolutions:
•Are you having trouble sticking to the resolutions you set out for yourself?
•Are you feeling stuck with the same health issues, the same bad habits?
•Do you waste time beating yourself up for not eating better, not exercising?
•Is losing weight and getting fit on your New Year’s resolution again this year?
•Did you [...]

Fitness Together in Wilmington, NC is excited to announce an FT Cardio Challenge:  Cardio Race to the Capitol!  Why are we headed to the Capitol?  Because Washington, D.C. is the fittest city in the United States, according to The American Fitness Index.  With an exercies rate of 80.1% and an obesity rate of just 22.6%, [...]

Four months ago,  a group of FT clients and friends gathered at Landfall for the annual 5K/10K race. For many of our clients this was the first race that they had ever completed. Just last week our clients, their friends, and some of the trainers reunited on a Sunday morning at the NC Battleship to [...]

“It’s not that I’m afraid to die. I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”–Woody Allen
“It’s not that I’m afraid to exercise. I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”–40 Carrot Girl, paraphrasing Woody Allen
I have come to realize that I am the Woody Allen of exercise.  I am an anxious.  I think [...]

Meet Cortney Robinson, one of the newest additions to the Fitness Together “family”. She started training with Paul about 3 weeks ago. Why? Well, as Cortney (who has a great sense of humor) puts it: “I noticed that whenever I was driving or waving at someone, I had that grandma flop on my arms. “Granny [...]