Working out at Premiere Personal Fitness

Train with a Purpose

I have been weight training with Fred Fornicola at his gym, Premiere Personal Fitness, for the past four months. Fred's place is located in historic Asbury Park, up on the fourth floor. It's a decent aerobics workout just hiking up the stairs. He has crammed his space with all sorts of equipment, the latest being his new Steel Climber. He uses these instruments of torture to great effect, efficiently guiding his clients towards their personal goals of physical fitness.

Fred asked me to write a little bit on what my training means to me. I hired Fred on as my trainer after having quit smoking for a year, and while having to recover from a recent broken ankle. My recovery process and physical therapy showed me how to better recover from life's inevitable set backs. The attitude that I picked up was, "I just have to do this, no excuses." As well as, "One day at a time," tried and true advice. And I have made fantastic progress. Fred has been a big help. My workouts have been very important in keeping me on track with my weight loss. My diet along with resistance training means that I have lost more fat than muscle. I am learning about my body: about safety, how to move, and a very physical sense of my body's capabilities.

Part of what I am learning, and I am grateful for all of it, is the art of weight training. This is a highly developed art: resistance training for body building. I see it as a balance in part. A balance between controlled stress through exertion to failure on the one hand, and the body's ability to heal on the other hand. Body building at my age is unrealistic, of course. I'm in it for the extension of my youthful, energetic years. The youthful, energetic part is happening right now. It's very addictive and I like it a lot. You may see what kind of an extension I can get, if you so desire. I won't be around when that determination is made.

Whatever, it all depends on how I keep up a healthy lifestyle: "Diet, exercise, cardio and you can't go wrong," says Danny. Simple.