I would like to recommend Jared and Billy Regan of Physiqueology, Burleigh Heads.  I have had the opportunity and pleasure to work out at their personal training studio. 

 

I presented some unique challenges to them.  First, I am nearly seventy years old.  I have all the associated aches and pains, arthritic knees, two prior heart attacks, nerve damage, and accumulated fat from decades of occupational abuse by poor fast food diet, eaten on the run, constantly changing shift work, long periods of inactivity, sitting at a desk or in a car.  I had been a high caliber athlete through my university days, and through beyond ridiculously rigorous military training.  I thought I could coast the rest of my life on that fitness.  Wrong!  As life and occupations intruded, I slowly allowed myself to become a physical wreck and the future was not looking good.  I retired seven years ago and had given a half-hearted effort to working out several times, with only little success.

 

 I live in the US and visit my son in Burleigh annually.  When I came back to Burleigh for my latest extended visit, I determined that now was the time I was going to get serious about my health.  I looked around the area and mostly what I found were the gyms that catered to the steroid/spandex/don’t I look good posing in the mirror crowd.  Well, having never even contemplated using steroids, knowing how ridiculous I would look in spandex, much less posing in the mirrors, I searched out what I consider to be a real gym that is serious about helping their clients improve themselves.

 

 I found brothers Jared and Billy Regan and Physiqueology. I came in, introduced myself, told them a bit of my history, about various medical issues I had, they quickly came up with a plan for me.  I think a lot of people’s good intentions to get fit fail because the programs are boring and they aren’t sufficiently committed.  My weekly program involved boxing, kettle bells, heavier weights, and two sessions on the stationery bikes.  No time to get bored.  Over the next four months, Jared and Billy guided and encouraged my efforts at every turn.  I was never bored and my determination to push myself increased as I began to see the kilos start to drop off.  My nerve damage became manageable.  My knees did limit many of the exercises I could do so we devised alternative exercises that were just as helpful.  Even my knees felt better and allowed me to do more.  My cardio strength has improved tremendously.  Basically I feel great!  I also have to give a big thanks to my male and female work out partners.  I appreciated their encouragement and friendship as we all worked through our programs.  We all sweated together and had a great time while we did it.  In the process I lost nearly 12 kilos.  

 

What I gained are a few new friends and the determination to continue a daily training program wherever I am, until I can return to Physiqueology at Burleigh, next year.