Testimonials for Linzi Stahlecker

1. The changes I have made train­ing with Linzi over the last 6 months have been beyond phys­i­cal. I now feel a great con­nec­tion between my mind and body. Before Linzi, I felt life just hap­pened to me. My weight gain and my life were out of con­trol, so I neglected phys­i­cal exer­cise. Linzi has trained me to be mind­ful of what I eat and the energy I could gain from eat­ing the right foods and get­ting the proper nutri­ents. I now always make time to exer­cise, it’s my “me” time. Even at the fittest times in my life before Linzi, I never thought I could be a run­ner, run­ning even a mile seemed like a task. Now I am able to run a 5K and enjoy the rhythm of my breath and the sound of my feet hit­ting the pave­ment. It is empow­er­ing. I am now 16 weeks preg­nant and I con­tinue to train with Linzi. She is prep­ping me for the upcom­ing changes in my body and for the birth of my first child. Thank-you Linzi

2. My inten­tions and actions hadn’t aligned in the health and well­ness area since I returned to work. I rarely took advan­tage of the gym one block from my office and once I got home, a glass of wine was much more appeal­ing than suit­ing up for a run. I wanted to be fit for a sec­ond preg­nancy and rec­og­nized that actu­ally mak­ing it hap­pen would require some addi­tional sup­port. Work­ing with Linzi has been a major step on the right direc­tion. She sets chal­leng­ing, yet real­is­tic goals. Adopt­ing her phi­los­o­phy of mind­ful­ness, my pos­ture has improved, I’m mak­ing bet­ter food choices, my much neglected core is get­ting stronger and my abil­ity to bet­ter care of myself has trick­led down through the fam­ily. The change in my behav­ior won’t be overnight, rather an ongo­ing work in progress. Linzi’s warmth, ded­i­ca­tion to her clients and abil­ity to relate as a mother makes her the per­fect part­ner in my quest for wellness.

3. What sets Linzi apart from other per­sonal train­ers is her abil­ity to con­nect on an emo­tional level with her clients. This isn’t just a job to her, it’s her pas­sion and it’s appar­ent the first time you meet her. In fact “per­sonal trainer” sounds too clin­i­cal to describe the ser­vices she pro­vides when she’s so much more than that: she’s a friend, con­fi­dant and some­one who is invested in your health and well being. I was lucky enough to begin train­ing with Linzi sev­eral months before I became preg­nant and what a god­send it was to have some­one who was going to work with me through­out my first preg­nancy (a scary and ten­u­ous time for a lot of first time moth­ers). She is teach­ing me how to be aware of my chang­ing body and is keep­ing me moti­vated to stay healthy not only for my baby but for myself as well. So often preg­nant women only have access to pre­na­tal yoga classes in their area — Linzi offers com­plete and safe light car­dio and weight train­ing exer­cises as well as mind­ful breath­ing tech­niques and stretch­ing that will take you through­out your entire preg­nancy. I would absolutely sug­gest her ses­sions to any mother-to-be as one of the best gifts they can give them­selves. I have no doubt with her guid­ance that I will be more pre­pared phys­i­cally and emo­tion­ally for the rig­ors of labor as well as have a more spir­i­tual con­nec­tion with my child and my body, dur­ing and post pregnancy.

4. Linzi has been such an inspi­ra­tion, and is truly pas­sion­ate about her work. She has moti­vated and encour­aged me to make healthy “mind­ful” changes in both my eat­ing and my exer­cise. I look for­ward to our ses­sions and I would cer­tainly encour­age any­one to make time for this. As a work­ing mom, jug­gling chil­dren, job pres­sures, and try­ing to do it all well, tak­ing care of myself and work­ing with Linzi has been such a gift.

5. The changes Work­ing with Linzi through­out my preg­nancy has helped me stay fit, con­fi­dent, and active. Every work­out is fun and inter­est­ing, with a vari­ety of chal­leng­ing exer­cises and tips that help out­side of the gym. I feel really lucky to have found her!

6. Linzi’s classes have been won­der­ful — dynamic, fun and chal­leng­ing. The small size and per­son­al­ized atten­tion make it feel like a per­sonal train­ing ses­sion with­out the high cost. She does an excel­lent job offer­ing alter­na­tives for each exer­cise to allow the class to be adapted to many fit­ness lev­els and sit­u­a­tions (ie. preg­nant women). I highly rec­om­mend Linzi’s classes!