Personal Trainer Michael Blauner (New Jersey)
In 1986, Michael Blauner, a trainer at a gym in Hawthorne, New Jersey visited California with some friends. After a few weeks hanging around California’s famed gym scene—even meeting Arnold Schwarzenegger along the way—Blauner knew individual personal training and being his own boss was the ultimate goal and dream. Since that fateful trip over 30 years ago, Blauner has been living his dream each and every day. Only 24 years old...
Body Blueprint (Bloomington, Illinois)
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” -Eleanor Roosevelt The above quote from Eleanor Roosevelt sums up Vanessa Sobin and Bloomington, Illinois’ Body Blueprint. Sobin—a graduate of the National Personal Training Institute in 2010—opened her beautiful new facility in early December 2017 and is already looking at a big future. “I want Body Blueprint to become the best personal...
Work Harder: Woodmore High School Adds Body-Solid to Athletics Facility
Woodmore High School, home of the Wildcats, recently worked with Body-Solid to outfit their athletics gym with a wide array of brand-new Body-Solid equipment including Body-Solid SPR500BACK Extended Half Racks and SFID425 Commercial Benches. Woodmore added a number of additional Body-Solid products including: OB86 Olympic Bars, KBS275 Kettlebell Set, GDKR100 Dumbbell/KB Rack, SDRS550 Rubber Dumbbell Set, GDR60 Dumbbell Rack, BSTSPBOX...
Sweet Science Boxing Club (Atlanta, Georgia)
After 10 years of working in corporate America, Marty P. Hill wanted a change. His job as an executive search consultant may have been comfortable, it may have paid the bills but Hill wanted more, he wanted a challenge and he wanted to pursue his passion — in 2009, Hill left the corporate world and created Sweet Science Fitness Boxing Club. Today, the Sweet Science Fitness Boxing Club is located in the metro Atlanta, Georgia area just...
No Family Left Behind: Precise Fitness (Leawood, Kansas)
No family left behind — that is the rallying cry for Terrance Saunders and year-old personal training studio Precise Fitness in Leawood, Kansas (10 miles south of Kansas City). Precise Fitness opened in January 2017 after Saunders spent years as a fitness manager and trainer for corporate gyms. The facility caters to high-end professionals, moms-to-be, athletes of all crafts and fitness competitors. Saunders’ love and passion...
Iron Fitness (Springfield, Illinois)
Seven years ago, Natalie Hudgens—owner and operator of Iron Fitness in Springfield, Illinois—was experiencing severe back pain. Soon after, she lost the ability to move her right leg. Sensing something was seriously wrong, she sought medical advice and the diagnosis was not encouraging. “I had a large tumor removed from my spinal cord,” said Hudgens. “Had it not been removed I would have lost my ability to...