Category: Success Stories

This client came to Blueprint Training and Injury Prevention after months of recovery from a serious fall and broken bones. She had no strength left after losing 30-35lbs and not being able to get out of bed for months. She struggled to stand from a seated position, walked very slowly with a walker, and it was difficult to do any daily movements to pick things up or carry them.

Six months later she can now pull 70-80lbs. She can pick up weight while standing and move weight overhead like she needs to while at home. She can walk around her house without a walker AT ALL. She can do some light cardio outside her home while using her walker. She not only can stand again on her own but she can also squat with 15-20lbs of weight. While gaining her strength back her balance has improved and has gained some of her weight back as well.

Ideally we like when clients are proactive and making progress prior to falls and injuries but seeing this client’s progress after falling and months of recovery has been very special to see!

This client came to Blueprint Training and Injury Prevent as a referral from another current client. When we met for their assessment I could not believe some of the stories they had about previous trainers. Things like only doing upper body machines, never working on lower body, double scheduling clients during sessions, and even sometimes just being handed a piece of paper and then told to go workout alone.

This is not the style of personal training our clients receive. Of course, it depends on the clients needs and goals but we always involve the whole body, make sure the client receives personal attention the whole session, and we value every client’s time to make sure they progress appropriately.

This awesome review came from a client that had multiple poor experiences trying to make life changes. They tried crossfit boxes, commercial gyms, and other trainers. For multiple different reasons they never worked out and things right back to how they were and even once they were injured.

Now they trusted me during the assessment process and have trained with me at my clinic for over a year. They have never missed a workout. They even now added an extra day to their routine working out alone since they have learned enough during our sessions. This was always one of their goals so of course one of mine was to get them confident to workout alone.

All of my personal training clients have different fitness goals but one of my favorite things is when a client comes in with a smile and tells me about how their bodies are changing.

I start EVERY session with questions about how was their day, how was their weekend, how does their body feel, any soreness/tightness/discomfort. Over time my newer personal training clients get a little confused when I repeatedly say “good” if they tell me they weren’t sore or very little soreness. They always follow up with questions like, “do we need to workout harder”, or “am I doing something wrong”, or “I thought I needed to feel sore”. I have to remind them that if we progress them properly we can avoid that miserable sore feeling, we can continue to make them feel stronger, and then we can begin to make body composition changes without training you at such a high level we make you feel miserable or burnt out just after a few months.

Simply by properly planning out how we are going to progressively overload a client personal trainers can help their clients be more consistent by making it easier on them and their bodies. This is why your personal trainer should know your hobbies, lifestyle, occupation, past experiences, medical history, and injury history as well.

This was awesome to hear from my personal training client a few weeks ago (and that he was telling coworkers about it!). He came to me with the typical fitness goals and was ready mentally to get right into the workouts. He did have some concerns about how his body would feel since he stopped being active a few years ago and the reason he stopped was because he kept getting hurt.

I told him I would not allow that to happen this time. We were going to take our time while still making progress but all while making sure his body felt better and moved better before increasing any intensity variables. This took months and it is still a work in progress. Now though his body is more stable, doesn’t hurt after training sessions, and 2 days later he is always feel energized and ready for another workout.

I understand that people want to get right into the workouts that will get them the best results right away. But if you spend years not being active or if you spend years being active in 1 single activity your body can not just flip a switch and train at high intensities. We need to work together to unravel some of those weaknesses, tightness, imbalances, habits, ect. I promise it will feel better and then your “goal oriented” high intensity workouts will feel better too!

This was an awesome success story from one of my personal training clients I have worked with for a little less than a year now.

This client did not have a weight loss goal, performance goal, strength goal, or muscle building goal. Their goal was, at 45 years old, to stop tweaking their back (pain/spasms), stop having random ankle injuries, stop having shoulder pain, and to just limit injuries as they age. With this type of goal we started personal training sessions with 3 days a week, then 2 days a week, to now 1 day a week and a few maintenance sessions. They do a great job of staying active on their own and at home so we can focus on the little things and a few things I can teach them to do on their own.

That is what I love doing with each client and why it is actually “personal training”. Physical activity can have many benefit and goals so together we figure out what you need and how I can help and build a plan from there!

This success story comes from a new personal training client who has only been reassed one time so far (2 months of working together). 

They were physically active prior to covid, but newer to resistance training sessions. Right away we were on the same page to start slow by building a very strong foundation prior to focusing on fitness goals. They fully committed to the small details and taking short steps in the beginning. 

We just now are ready to start transitioning out of what I consider the foundational phase. These are now when changes and fitness goals are suppose to actual start happening. But from this client’s commitment and focus as you can read they already started having progress. 

Now that we have all their new measurements after our first reassessment I am really excited to see how his body responds to workouts geared to making physical changes to his body. Our first goal was simply preparing his body to train, relieve any imbalance pain, and improve posture. Now it is time for us to get to work on his next goals! 

This client came to me for personal training sessions wanting to lose a little weight but her main goal was actually to get over the fear of falling. She knew her balance was getting worse and her friends had all recently had significant falls leading to broken bones.

We took our time to first build her confidence moving and her balance in every day positions.

Then we focused on her weight loss to help alleviate some low back and knee pain.

Then for the last few months we changed the focus to making her stronger and her body more resilient (injury resistant).

She takes care of the details like showing up, regular walks outside, and nutrition. Now she is lifting weights 2-3 times a week and moving more weight than a lot of people I see daily at the gym.

Many of my new clients referred to me with past or present injuries and limitations. It does mean the process starts slow and takes time to build. But when clients understand that, it is really cool to see how encouraged they get. First feeling more confident in their daily physical activity, then feeling better with less pain/discomfort, and then feeling stronger while changing their body composition as well. Unlike many others, my fitness assessment is not free but it is also not just a way to get someone in the door for a sales pitch. Unlike many others, my assessment is not intended to make you exhausted or really sore just to say “clearly you are unfit and need me”. My assessment is so I can provide you with information about your own body, collect information so I can be more prepared for future workouts with you or exercise program building, and lastly data we can track together so we know your progress. From that assessment my clients make the decision on what plan or style of training is best for them!

This review came from a client who has always been active but never did any resistance training. Her doctor a year ago told her to start adding some 2-3 days a week for her overall health.

When we first met she was nervous about having no gym experience and she was scared how her knees would feel.

From there we sat down and created a 12 month plan. 4 months of building a foundation, increasing her coordination, getting her comfortable lifting weights, and mixing in some basic rehab exercises for her knees. Then 6 months of gradually increasing her intensity and focusing on some overall strength, hypertrophy, and continuing knee rehab. These last 2 months the workouts remained the same but we slowly transitioned her into working out alone and less with me.

She has reached a goal weight and now her knees are pain free. Her confidence and accountability working out alone are great and now our plan is to continue with sessions only 1-2 times a month to check in.

To me as a trainer not every client needs to have sessions multiple times a week. Teaching my clients how to maintain their success on their own with some occasional assistance is just as exciting as clients who work with me every step of the way to reach their goals.

Check out more success stories, diet and workout tips, and training motivation on my Instagram account @jeremy_paprocki_