July 2009...A little over 400 lbs...7 months of me working out on my own...Free session with the coaches of Top Line Training? Why not? I had everything to gain and a lot to lose also. I went through the session with the head coach and I knew it's what I needed to get the results I wanted and didn't think were possible on my own. I needed to do this for many reasons, but I was truly doing it for me. I sat down with the coach and we talked things over and what I wanted to accomplish. My goals were unrealistic at the time, because at my weight, all I wanted was to "tone up" and "get abs." I knew it would be a challenge, but I had come this far, and wasn't looking back. So we started off slowly. We started with my first food journal and watching portion sizes, consistent workouts and giving everything that I could. Within the first 1 1/2 month, I was down 45 lbs., and I couldn't believe it. I had never had a coach before so I didn't know if he would be any good, but what he told me, he backed up and then some, a man of his word. With that weight lost, I knew then that I could keep going. 7 months after being with Top Line, I was down almost 90 lbs., and feeling overwhelmed that I could actually do something I've always dreamed about. At this point, my coach and I knew we could shoot for the stars because I was too motivated and determined to ever be 400 lbs again. So fast forward 2 years, and with all the work I had put in and the gym we started at, I was ready to take on Top Line's new home, an amazing warehouse gym (its current location in Glendale, WI) that is like no other in the city. The conditioning, cardio and hard work that was put in on the rubber and turf in that gym, got me down to 206 lbs., a little over 200 lbs. lost since starting with Top Line in 2009. Never in my wildest dreams did I think it was possible to weigh 206, because I'd never known anything different. All the years of being bullied, picked on and made fun of because of my weight was worth it, because with that weigh in, I could tell the haters bye-bye. All of my success up to that point was made possible because of Top Line and the best coach in the business. Signing up that day in July years ago, was the best decision I could've ever have made. It's now December 2013, and 4 years have passed, because Top Line is that good, and I'm that determined to set goals, reach them and never look back. After years of training, conditioning, food journaling, and living a healthy lifestyle, my coach said I was ready to strength train. So for the past two years, there's been a lot of learning, but fun at the same time. Being able to deadlift my current body weight makes me proud because that's how far we've come from walking 2.0 on the treadmill when we first started. Working out in a 6,000 square feet gym with the best of the best equipment, atmosphere and music, drives you and pushes you to leave everything out on the turf during your workout, because if you don't give it all you got, you won't get what you want out of it. And the Top Line members? They're not members; they're family, and the most supportive group of people you can ever train with. Being around people like them is one heck of a support system and there isn't another group like them. I'll be with Top Line until the end because of what they've given me; I want to give to someone else. That's the support and opportunity to change their life for the better. If my story can help someone change their life, then everything I've done to this point will be worth it. It already is, but it'll be that much better. Top Line is the place to go, without a doubt, because when you walk in and stick it out, you'll come out victorious, and that is what it's all about. read more