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(from the website of international fitness champion, model, and fellow ACE Certified Trainer Lyen Wong www.lyenwong.de)

A big THANK YOU goes to my mentor, Patrick Frey (www.topfitonline.com), who from far away in Oregon/USA is always keeping an eye on me. He's the one who helped me perfect my workouts and taught me a lot! Thanks, Pat, for all your time in answering my long, long e-mails!

(what did I get myself into?)

Patrick Frey, Personal Trainer and Fitness Consultant changed my life.

My name is Debra B., 49, single mom with a gorgeous 13 year old daughter who is going on 30, a 90 lb. German Shepard who has separation anxiety, a stressful job that requires a lot of travel, and too many things to do and never enough time to do them. I have always been into fitness, have understood the basics of good nutrition, but for some reason have just never made the true body and mind connection, until now.

When I say I have been ‘stressed” I am not kidding. I do not think Patrick really signed on to be my “shrink” as well as my trainer. However, that is what he has been since I have started training with him since last October of 2004. In the beginning he used every psychological trick in the book, reverse, child, bribery; you name it, just to get me to pay attention. It worked!

In March and April of 2005, I had three back to back surgeries. A lumpectomy, which will not require any further treatment, and two carpal tunnel surgeries. And, I quit smoking.  It all seemed like it was going to seriously overwhelm me. But, Patrick was right there for me the whole time. We e-mailed, and we talked on the phone. I whined, and he encouraged. I had several occasions where I felt really really sorry for myself, was really scared, and I wanted to eat chocolate until I passed out, threw up, or married the Chocolate God and had his nasty little chocolate babies! I e-mailed this to Patrick; I suppose asking for his permission to do so. Patrick in his usual no nonsense way asked me what I had done to deserve to eat chocolate or why I was punishing myself and said NO! Then he e-mailed me back and said did he mention NO and HELL NO! He made me laugh so hard, I forgot about feeling sorry for myself and totally did not eat chocolate and stuck to my food plan.

I have already lost 15 pounds, and am getting leaner everyday, I look fabulous, I feel even better, I have lost several dress sizes, I am in better shape than I have ever been in my life, and I am getting stronger every day. I am confident, I am stronger mentally, less stressed, more disciplined, and have a sense of accomplishment! “I have the fire in my belly!”

I cannot express to you enough the importance of fitness and nutrition. In my case no matter how much I thought I knew about the subject, or you may think you know, ask yourself, do you truly have the body and mind connection that it takes, to bring it all together? Patrick has helped me fine tune that connection. And for that I am eternally grateful, he not only is my personal fitness trainer and consultant, he is my friend.

Thanks, Patrick!

Debra B.

Thanks --- For the routine.  It looks intense, I will let you know how it goes (if I can move afterwards).

~Erik

(and afterward)

Oh Yeah -- You Rock..........................

I just finished my Mon. Chest & Delt day.  It feels good (the parts I can feel).  I actually did pretty good.  I had to back off the weight from what I was doing and I get to failure on the pushups real quick, but I made it all the way through and did not cheat too much.

I like what you have setup for me -- thanks,

~Erik

Pat,

The doctor says if I keep going the way I'm going, I'll be off my high blood pressure pills in a couple of months.  I'm feeling and looking better every week.  Thanks!

     TC

(this guy really likes to hurt)

My back feels great!,..as to the rest of me,....well....ummm....."Walking is highly overrated!!"....i am doing your "oldman with a walker shuffle"...the words "ouch", "oooh", "huuhuuhuuh", have become permanent fixtures in my vocabulary, and i am sure that tomorrow is going to be even better .....thanks for your support!
I hate you but, thank you....hehehe..
Chris
PS,..i cant wait for the next session!

(next session---referring to his drive home from the gym)

I never knew that stepping on the gas and brake peddle could ever be such a challenge, just the mere picking up my foot to apply throttle to my now very slow moving truck has become a near impossibility,...not to mention STOPPING!!,..I have you to thank for all the "your number one" , and even a few "your number eleven" hand signals i received on my ever slow moving progress home,...i was sincerely touched by all of the encouragement i was shown by my fellow motorist,...a few even made sure that i noticed their support by "HONKING" their horn so as to get my attention, to tell me, that i am," #1",.....and i owe this new found popularity to you!
most sincerest thanks for all you did for me! and i hope to train with you again very soon.....Chris

PS...my toes hurt,...why the HELL do my toes hurt!

(and still more adventures in the 'Chris Chronicles')

Patrick,

I am sorry that I interrupted you last night during your session with another sucker,....I mean "CLIENT"....but, I just have to tell you that I am seeing results that I have never experienced before!!.....I actually have what I call a "two pack" going on,....too bad it's sitting on a "pony keg" but, I have never in my life ever seen any stomach muscle definition,...GOD I feel great!!!....I still can't walk, but I feel great!....ummm, just out of curiosity,...will I ever be able to walk normal again?.....or will sounds of protest always erupt from my mouth every time I try to take a step?  Also, this morning while getting ready to run some errands, I found myself thanking GOD that I was smart enough to have bought an electric toothbrush....because after doing your upperbody workout,....well, I was unable to lift the mere weight of the brush to my mouth,....so I had to lay it on the counter and kinda move my face around to try and clean my teeth,.... and washing my hair,...WOW!!, talk about a whole new experience, but I won't go into detail on that just in case you decide to post this letter, I wouldn't want to completely scare off all of you clientele.

well I must go for now,...thank you for everything!

Chris

(sometimes it's all about damage control)

Hey Patrick,

PLEASE tell me that it is ok just for today to eat chocolate until either I pass out, throw up, or marry the chocolate god and have his nasty little chocolate babies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     Debra

(and as a result of NOT marrying the chocolate god.....)

I feel good right now, and man am I starting to look good.  The girls at work are J-E-A-L-O-U-S in a very good way, they're starting to diet and beef up their exercise levels as they watch the dress sizes go down, down, down.
    Debra

(yes, I was happy!)

Well, are you happy now?  I have no pectoral response left whatsoever!!
     Cindy

(after describing one of my own workouts to a friend, he sent this)

Holy sheep shit batman!!!  1080 lbs.!  (referring to the 12 plates/side on the leg press)  I picture a trashcan in your gym with a backboard on it that says “for all those poor souls that say ‘hey Pat, how about a leg workout today?’”

 
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