"IR3 Online Training is Now Available"

Orange County Personal Trainers - Personal Training in Orange County, CA

Innovative Results has been voted #1 orange county personal trainers, best gym in orange county and provides fitnesss training to support active lifestyles

  • About
    • Our Program
    • Our Gym
    • Our Coaches
  • Articles
  • Store
  • Contact
  • IR3 Online Members
  • FREE Trial

All Confidence and Smiles, Mikki is Down 23lbs & 2 Dress Sizes

January 29, 2015 by IR Staff 1 Comment

This is one AWESOME story from one of our many tough, hard-working Innovative Results mothers!

January 14, 2015

mikkiIf I can make a difference for at least one person who has a similar story, and is considering making a lifestyle change, then I would like to share my story.

While it might seem to some a little dramatic if I said that Innovative Results saved me, but in truth, it did just that.

In August of 2014, I was a 49 year old woman fast approaching her 50th birthday. My youngest daughter was leaving home for college, and as happens to so many women at this time of life, my husband asked me for a divorce. Plus, a very good friend my age was diagnosed with ALS, and her health was deteriorating quickly. To put it mildly, I was overwhelmed and life seemed to be spinning out of control. Oh, of course, I was 40 pounds overweight and having knee problems. It was time to ante up. Get with the program, etc, etc. These were all game changers for me and I wanted to get through the next 50 years as healthy and happy as possible.

I hadn’t always been 40 pounds overweight. I have a thyroid disorder which slows down metabolism. I was a typical yo-yo carb eater – get back on the wagon and eat no carbs dieter for years, and would exercise, lose weight, and then stop, then gain the weight back, etc. You know the story. I had belonged to a big box gym for many years, but used it only occasionally, as I preferred to run outside or take occasional Pilates classes. This time, though, I was in it to win it. A complete overhaul and lifestyle change was in order. I wanted to accomplish something for me. Since my knee was bothering me and I could no longer run, I wanted to try something different and really wanted a personal trainer. I did some research, saw the great reviews and made an appointment with Innovative Results. I remember being so scared to make the call. I was afraid I’d look like an idiot. I was old and overweight. I was afraid I would fail. I was prepared to turn my health around though, and I made the call.

 

Mark Elmasry was the trainer who answered the phone. I told him I had an issue with my knee and was looking for somewhere to work out that could provide specific exercises for me. He was so nice and knowledgeable over the phone. I immediately made an appointment to see him. I was met by Mark and co-owner Corey Beasley, who both listened to my health issues/knee problem and walked me through a series of stretches and exercises that would build muscle in my legs to support my knees. I had their full attention for the whole hour, and both of them were very knowledgeable. They never made anything seem out of reach. They sealed the deal. I was a new member of Innovative Results. For my first week, Mark and Corey worked on my imbalances and stretched and rolled out my legs. I never knew stretching and rolling out a muscle could make me sweat so much. During my second week, I began the Innovative Results classes. After a week of private sessions with Mark and or Corey, I was a little disappointed that I would now be in a group setting. But, this is where it gets good! No matter how many people are in the class, trainers Mark and Corey ALWAYS pay attention to what each and every one of their clients are doing. They correct us if we are performing exercises wrong and they praise us when we are doing it right. They make us work hard. No, let me say it like this. They make us WANT to work hard. Many times both trainers have modified the exercises for my knee without me asking. They do this for others as well. I want to reiterate this fact: They are ALWAYS paying attention, even when they are messing around, which is often. They are both silly. And I hope I don’t offend anyone by saying it. They are silly in a good way! And it is one of the reasons I love IR and my trainers. They are all educated about what they are teaching us. They continually challenge us to do our best, but they have fun doing it, and it crosses over to the clients. We all have fun sweating and grunting during our workouts. That is why we return day after day to this amazing playground.

On a side note, I would like to mention the other co-owner, Aaron Guyett, and IR Coach Mason and IR Intern Madison. I don’t have the pleasure of training with Aaron and Mason very often, as they are morning trainers. However, I have had a few occasions where I was able to train with them. They are both awesome too, and of course, equally as challenging and just as fun as the night crew. Madison is also an intern and assists with the training at night. She is also fun and knowledgeable and ready to step in for the trainers when asked. As are all the interns that assist at IR. Let me not forget Jessica who works the front desk during the day. She is always a pleasure to talk with and offers a friendly face upon entering. There is also Lewis who works the desk at night. He too is kind and friendly and is always cleaning something. IR is very clean. 

So, did I leave anything out? Well, one thing. I know I said they were all nice. But did I mention that they are all REALLY nice? Upon entering IR, no matter where the trainers are in the room, or who they are with, they will give you a welcoming shout out. If they miss you on your way in, they will acknowledge you by name when you lay your keys down or begin your stretches. They make their clients feel welcomed.mikki_2

 

I had been waiting to write my story and give IR the shout out they deserve when I could say that I lost the 40 pounds I had acquired during 2014. But in all fairness to IR, I couldn’t wait any longer. They are just too good and need to be recognized! I haven’t lost the full 40 pounds, but I have lost 23 pounds, and many inches. I’ve also gained muscle which takes up less space than fat and I have shrunk at least two dress sizes. So, I didn’t lose all the weight yet, but I gained back the self esteem that disappeared with my weight gain, and so much more. I feel connected to the people I’ve met at IR, as we are all in this journey together. I feel ready to battle all that life has to bring! By the way, I haven’t lost my fear of failing, but that’s what keeps me getting up and going back every day, for I know if I continue to try, I can’t fail.

THANK YOU TEAM IR! I LOVE YOU ALL. XOXO.

Mikki Tiberghien

Thank you for sharing your incredible story Mikki! You bring such an amazing energy to the IR Family, we look forward sharing in many more of your VICTORIES!

Filed Under: Blog, Testimonials Tagged With: Active Lifestyle, Carbs Diets, confidence, Corey Beasley, Dress Size, Games, Harder, Innovative Results, Leaving Home, life changing, lifestyle, Mark Elmasry, Mikki, motivation, Music Industry, overweight, Specificity Exercise, training, weight loss

Josh’s Mental and Physical Transformation Will Astound You

August 19, 2014 by ptpt 5 Comments

Let the transformation begin!
Josh found his #1 motivator, and stopped waiting for tomorrow!

Regarding family, health and good looks…
comp2Josh Linn 1

I’ve spent a lot of time capitalizing on, recalling times and telling stories of my former health, habits, and good looks from my teens… my 20’s etc… A lot of stories and memories about the good ol days but that’s where it has stopped for years. Somehow in my head I had the notion I had “built up” enough health that it didn’t matter if I ate another bad meal or drank another weekend away because it was always just one more meal or day away and then I would get my act together, right? I became comfortable in my habits and habits are not comfortable for anyone to change. And for me, I really enjoy food. Big breakfasts, big lunches and big heavy dinners late at night… For years I stayed in that zone to the detriment of my current health. Over 15 years I went from 150 pounds to 265 pounds. It’s weird because it actually happened quite slowly, after all that’s not even 8 pounds per year when you think about it. But over the years it sure caught up.

I went from a size 30 waist to a size 38 fitting extremely tight and I had to buy a pair of size 40 shorts. Every couple years I crept up a shirt size, large, then XL then XXL. XXL stuff just doesn’t fit well no-matter how good looking you are… and those XXL’s were getting a little snug! In my head I was like crap, I am not going to buy XXXL shirts. I began snoring at night. I was winded doing smaller tasks like a flight of stairs. I started sweating a lot. I had to fold my knee out at a weird angle just to tie my shoes because my belly was in my way. I had previously had shoulder surgery a couple years back and it was starting to hurt each time I would push myself out of bed because of the shear amount of weight it was pushing. Speaking of that, I no longer sat up out of bed, I more-so rolled out of bed. At Disneyland I had to struggle a little to close the safety harness over myself on some of the rides with my daughter. The last few years less and less of the women I was attracted to weren’t attracted to me or returning my looks. I went to my doctor and had some blood work done. The tests came back and my Cholesterol(s) were high, Triglycerides were quite unhealthy at near 400, blood pressure was extremely high 150/100 and my doctor said that I should take blood pressure medicine if I don’t change something soon. Well I didn’t like the idea of taking blood pressure medicine when I could just make some changes so I told him no thanks. But then, I didn’t change anything.

All along my daughter (6 years old at this time) had been telling me since she was 3 that I need to eat healthier. When talking with me she would call me “fat-daddy” from time to time and at meals tell me I need to eat vegetables instead of pizza and burritos. Not in cruelty, but in the merciless honesty of a child who is just speaking the truth they know. Some adults would hear her say the fat-daddy thing and respond along the lines of “Paige, that is not nice…” or they’d feel pretty awkward for me and the situation. But I would explain to them that I was completely ok with her saying it to me (but not to others) because it is the truth and she wasn’t doing it to hurt my feelings. In my mind it is would be similar to Paige saying my hairline is receding. Besides, there is a part of me that uses that stuff for motivation. And like after talking with the doctor, I just didn’t have any plan or real intention of starting at the time. And I let day after day and year by year go by.

When you summarize it like this or certainly when someone else looks at you physically and sees you so out of shape… all of this is like “no duh”, Josh time to make some changes. But it sure is easier to do nothing about it and pretend that you will do something about it on the next meal or on Monday or… always banking that tomorrow is guaranteed. Back to my daughter… Well, I just flat out decided I want to be around for her until a ripe old age, that was my #1 motivating factor. Oh and I’d really like to meet an attractive and healthy lady to share my life with and to that end I need to start work on myself first.Josh Linn Collage

I saw a good friend of mine Will had posted a Facebook check-in at Innovative Results. I checked IR out and it soon became my favorite gym I have ever attended. I began going 3-4 times a week but I was still eating really heavy meals that counter-balanced all my working out –In my head I now had the notion I deserved it now that I was working out… I was also drinking like a fish through the weekend. It was a lot of work and I wasn’t making a lot of progress.

Aaron is always reaching out to us asking how he can help with goals and so he and I sat down and built out a plan that included working out and we began talking about food. About a week after our first conversation I asked him if he wouldn’t mind actually being my direct accountability partner on the diet part of this since by myself I knew eventually I would make an excuse one weekend of why it’s okay to drink or get crazy on the eating. He said yes, but that I might not like it if I wasn’t holding up my end because if I was asking him to hold me accountable, then that is what he was going to do. We put together a meal plan. It included the Daniel fast (strictly only vegetables, fruits and water for 21 days) and then afterwards introduce clean meats etc. I suggested a 30 day stint of not drinking; but Aaron wanted to see 60 days. They are both a long time to me so one is the same as the other as far as I was concerned. So I said yeah let’s do it, we committed to each other and the rest is history and history in the making folks. I made sure I got into the gym at least 3 times a week. If I missed a day I made sure I was there the next.

Each of the coaches at IR as well as all the people who train there are just so nice and encouraging that even when it is a difficult workout the people make it literally enjoyable. I started the 21 day Daniel fast at 265 pounds. I took some pictures. I am fortunate enough to have 2 friends at work who actively encourage my healthy choices –and that is putting it lightly. I logged what I ate every day in the myfitnesspal app which Aaron followed me on. I documented other data like sleep, weight, exercise and how I felt daily in a spreadsheet that I would share periodically. Aaron and I saw each other at least 3 times a week at the gym and texted nearly daily about the progress or just to say it was another good day in the books. 21 days later I weighed 28 pounds less at 237 pounds. I took some more pictures. My Triglycerides dropped from near 400 to 119. My blood pressure went from 150/100 to 120/70. My doctor said whatever you are doing keep doing it. The XXL shirts that I wore are now loose on me and I am almost into an XL shirt. Still just a little too snug to look sexy in -maybe next week. The size 38 jeans that used to fit snug now require a belt to stay on. Soon I will be in size 36.

Blood Results

I’ve really only just begun. I still have a long way to go.

If you can relate to this at all, the team at Innovative Results can help you.

If you want to talk about anything or have questions about my experience, let me know. I would enjoy talking with you.

Stay tuned for updates to Josh’s incredible testimonial!  The IR Team and Family is front and center in his journey to success!!

Want to learn more about the IR3 Training Program, or talk to a coach about how the IR Team can help you?

Fill out the form below and one of our knowledgeable coaches will contact you for a free trial!

 

Filed Under: Blog, Guidance - Coaching - Support, Mental - Mindset, Nutrition, Testimonials Tagged With: 150 Pounds, 21 Days, 30 Waist, 40 Shorts, 9, Aaron Guyett, Blood Pressure Medicine, Blood Pressures, Blood Results, body transformation, Brian Welch, Costa Mesa, costa mesa personal trainer, Dark Horse, fitness challenge, goal setting, health, healthy living, Innovative Results, Josh Linn, lose weight, motivation, Music, Music Industry, orange county personal trainers, Shirt Size, Size 30 Waist, Size 38, transformation, workout, Xxxl Shirts

  • Facebook
  • Google+
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Which Class Are You Going to Try First?

Articles

Innovative Results

2925 Airway Ave. #J
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

*Located just off Redhill, behind the John Wayne Airport

Contact Us – info@innovative-results.com

Disclaimer: All quotes are the experiences and opinions of individuals, actual results may vary.

 

Connect with us

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

IR3 Training Schedule

Monday-Friday
5,6,7:30,9:30am
3:30,5,6,7pm
*MWF at 12 Noon

Saturday
8,9am
10am Charity Workout

Sunday - CLOSED

Search

View Larger Map
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Sitemap
  • Privacy Policy

© 2019 innovative-results.com · Rainmaker Platform