Christiane is down 40 pounds!

Christiane says, "I'm strong now, and I feel younger.  I'm very happy about it.  I wouldn't want to stop the Perfect Workout." 

As a German, Christiane Salvador had a different outlook on exercise. “We are not into gyms. We don’t work out. I thought gyms were for people who didn’t exercise outside. I like hiking and being outside.” At the same time, when she heard about The Perfect Workout’s 20-minute twice a week slow motion workout, she liked it. At age 55, she had put on a lot of weight, and was having trouble even putting her socks on. Her goal, though, was to work on improving her fitness, not lose weight. Running or other high-impact training was out of the question, since she didn’t want to worry about joint pain down the road. As she says, “What’s the point of a good heart, if the mechanical parts wear out?” She had never worked out with weights before or had a personal trainer, so strength training was a completely new experience. She was ready to dive in.

It took Christiane about three months to see the effects of the workout. “Right away, I felt so much better, and each time I worked out, I saw progress,” she says. After three months, she decided to change her diet, too. She cut out the chocolate part of her regular chocolate and coffee routine, and tried to cut down on the carbs and wine. “We Germans like our bread,” says Christiane. The result? In a little over a year at The Perfect Workout, she lost 40 pounds, with another 10 to go. “I have a nicer shape, and I bought more body-fitting clothes. It’s a nice balance with the muscles. I’m strong now, and I feel younger. I’m very happy about it. I wouldn’t want to stop coming to The Perfect Workout.”


Christiane likes the fact that it’s fast, she doesn’t have to get all sweaty, and she can go in her jeans. Her trainers at The Woodlands studio in Texas, Rob and Emily, keep all the data, which she says would be hard to do herself. “They both push me a lot. I probably would have given up before. They’re both great, and I’m very happy with everyone at the studio.” A side benefit of The Perfect Workout is staying in shape for one of her favorite activities. She and her husband met 22 years ago while hiking in Scotland, and they hope to do a holiday like that again, perhaps in Italy. Overall, Christiane feels that everything she’s doing now is a good investment. “All the money I’m spending now I will save later on future health care costs.”


The Perfect Workout The Woodlands
1715 Sawdust Rd,
The Woodlands, TX 77380, United States
+1 281-245-0478
http://www.theperfectworkout.com/personal-trainer-the-woodlands

Meet Kim Minervine, Personal Trainer at The Perfect Workout The Woodlands Studio

After losing 40 pounds three years ago, Kim wanted to help others get in great shape, too. She joined The Perfect Workout’s personal trainer The Woodlands last winter and has been helping clients lose fat and gain strength ever since.

If Kim Minervine had followed a different path, you might recognize her name as another Leann Rimes. In fact, a producer once asked her to be Leann’s backup singer, and to this day, one of Kim’s passions is singing in local Opry houses. Her second love after singing was baking, and she pursued that at the Texas Culinary Academy in Austin. She ran a successful bakery for 12 years, but being surrounded by sweets, Kim’s weight crept up on her until she got to a point where she asked herself, “Did this happen?!” That was four years ago, and since then she’s made dramatic changes. No more sweets, no sodas, and running helped her lose 40 pounds, and she’s kept it all off for three years.

Fueled by enthusiasm from her weight loss transformation, Kim had a new desire last fall to help others get in great shape, too. Kim became the very first trainer The Perfect Workout hired in Texas, and she couldn’t be more thrilled. “We have a passion for training clients in this method. It’s safer and more effective,” she says. And it’s more than just physical. “Clients come in for 20 minutes and their outlook changes. They leave with a smile on their face.”

Kim has seen results from slow-motion strength training in her own body. “I have more definition in my 30s than ever,” she says. “It’s a huge difference.” Kim is helping her clients get great results, too. One client who has some physical limitations has already shown improvement in her first month, including toning and building muscles in her legs that she never had before. Another woman says it’s helped her golf swing, and another client reported back that she can now lift her mom’s wheelchair. “It’s exciting that I can help them with everyday things,” says Kim. “They tell me, ‘If you weren’t here, I couldn’t do this.’ “

Kim has even gotten her 73-year old grandma into the studio, who exclaimed, “It’s amazing how good you feel after a workout!” Kim trains every client the way she’d want someone else training her grandma. “You need patience, you have to listen to clients, and you have to love what you do. How many people can say they love going to work?!”


The Perfect Workout The Woodlands
1715 Sawdust Rd,
The Woodlands, TX 77380, United States
+1 281-245-0478