Trainer: Max Larocque
Goal(s): Feeling Strong and Losing Body Fat
Age: 22
Date: June 24, 2022

When I first started my fitness journey in 2019, I was at my heaviest weight of about 300lbs, and realized I needed to make a change. Originally my goals revolved entirely around losing weight because I wanted to be ‘skinny’, however, after losing 100lbs, I started weight training for the first time and fell in love with it. Thankfully, this shifted my training focus towards wanting to become strong, instead of focusing on “weight loss”.

When I started working with Max, I was at a point in my journey where I had learned enough to know that I basically knew nothing. I wanted to find a coach that could teach me how to lift properly and safely, but also help me to shift my focus towards a lifestyle-based approach to my health and wellness.

The best way to describe the affects of hiring a coach would be the mindset of sustainable change. Max has helped to create the stability and support I needed to transform my training and nutrition into benchmarks of my lifestyle that makes me feel confident in my ability to create and sustain changes within my own life. It no longer feels like I’m walking on thin ice or waiting for the rug to be pulled out from under me as it always did prior in my health and wellness journey.

What I love about Max is that he goes above and beyond in serving his clients; he uses an all-encompassing approach that recognizes the need to address all underlying aspects of change from mental, physical, nutrition, spiritual, and beyond in order to create sustainability. He is compassionate but realistic and the changes he inspires reflects that.

In general, losing over 140lbs and focusing on weight training has given me my life back. It has allowed me to feel strong and confident and to actually “love myself”. It has allowed me to feel capable in my own life. More specifically, working with Max has helped to pull back the cloud of self-doubt that I’ve always carried about my weight and overall health. I’m no longer scared of ‘gaining the weight back’ because I know regardless of the actual number on the scale, the support and education that Max offers has given me the tools to manage my own workouts and nutrition.

To everyone starting their health and wellness journey, stick with it! Know when it’s time to ask for help because nobody succeeds alone, and we all need support in some capacity. Whether that’s hiring a personal trainer from F.R.E.E. Fitness, or working out with friend, know when you need help because finding the proper support can genuinely make the difference between prevailing after a setback or allowing that same setback to derail your progress.

Thank you so much, Max and F.R.E.E. Fitness!