Just for Women – Personal Weight Loss Training

How would you like to receive ongoing guidance and help from an expert while you try to reach your fitness goals?  I’m talking nutrition plans, workout strategies, accountability and more. If you’ve ever looked into personal training, you know this kind of guidance usually costs an arm and a leg. But with Weight Loss Gym 4 Women, located in the Lake Ridge Merchants Plaza, it’s included in a regular year-long gym membership!

Bobbi Adamson, a personal trainer, started Weight Loss Gym 4 Women two and a half years ago because she was tired of how she saw gyms treating people. “There was no special attention given unless you paid extra for it,” Adamson said. “Most gyms want to sign up as many people as possible and hope you don’t come.”

Adamson’s husband encouraged her to start her own gym so she could help people the way she wanted to help them. Far from signing people up and hoping they don’t come, Adamson calls or emails her gym members if they don’t show up.

Every member of the gym has access to a nutrition plan, including an online journal to tally your calories and even your mood for the day. Adamson looks at each and every one of these and helps people if they are “getting off track.”

Also when you join, instructors assist you in setting up a workout routine to help you reach your goals (be it weight loss, strength, endurance, etc.). Instructors will then weigh and measure you every two weeks to make sure you are on track and give you more guidance if you aren’t. They also help you switch up your workout routine every two weeks so you don’t get bored or stall in your achievements.

“I’ve had women come in here who have been going to a gym for six years and never lost a pound. Within weeks here they are losing,” Adamson said. She said she has ladies who are 90 pounds and ladies who are 400 pounds, and they help each of them reach their goal. One lady who came in had had her thyroid removed and doctors told her she would always be heavy because of that. Adamson shook her head, “We worked with her and she lost the first weight she’d ever lost in her life.”   

As the name implies, the gym is for women only; again allowing the instructors to give specific attention to women’s needs. And, let’s be honest here, guys can be pretty scary in the gym. “Men think they own the gym,” Adamson said. So that intimidation factor is eliminated as well.

 Adamson said she was actually surprised at how well the program worked. And how much the various gym members bond with each other. She said she’s had ladies come back early from vacation so they won’t miss their two-week weigh-in.

 Also included with the membership are all the classes offered at the gym: cardio boxing, strength training with kettle bells, Zumba, yoga, boot camps, and others. They class schedule also shifts every two weeks so that members are encouraged to try new classes and not get stuck in a rut.

And, for icing on the cake, there is also a sauna and a stand-up tanning bed available for free to all members.

So if you want a gym that caters to women, helps you reach your goals rather than just turning you lose, provides accountability and nutritional guidance, and creates a fun atmosphere of camaraderie, all for one price, this is the place for you. You can find more details on their website.