Sylvia Macgregor

• Category: Testimonials
• Date: 9.28.09

As a professional worker in the medical field, both physical and mental well being are a very important part of my job and everyday life. For myself working full time, being a wife and mother came first. Exercising at the gym was a long way down on the priority list. Now that my son is older and doesn’t need me quite as much I thought “It’s time for me, time to lose weight and get myself back into shape.”

The thought of going to a gym, figuring out what exercises to do and how to use the equipment on my own scared the daylights out of me.
Then along came Simon Marini. Through his professional guidance and training I lost weight, increased my cardio fitness and muscle mass. Goodbye fat cells and inches! During workouts focus was on doing the exercises properly as shown. Intensity and endurance increased over time and routines would vary targeting different muscle groups. Never was I made to do anything that would risk an injury.
Simon’s good sense of humour always make the workouts fun. Even when you think you can’t do anymore, feel like you’re dying and want to quit, he gets you to keep going, to dig deep and finish the reps. It’s easy to see how his love of training and exercising make him so good at what he does.

Training with Simon has also given me perseverance and a sense of accomplishment. That being able to life heavier weights and improve my cardio fitness even more can be done. I never thought I could do squats with 135 lbs on my back! Just goes to show that anything is possible.

I have had the good fortune of having Simon as a trainer for over a year now and will continue to do so. At 47 years old I am in better shape now than I ever have been. Exercising is now part of my everyday life.

So congratulations to you Simon. Thanks for all your help in getting me where I am today. You’re dedication, hard work, strong will, easy going nature and sense of humour make you an excellent trainer, one who I would recommend to anyone wanting to make a change in their life.

-Sylvia MacGregor

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World’s Smallest Bodybuilder!

• Category: Journal
• Date: 9.23.09

Came across this while searching for a different equally hilarious video…

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Homemade Training Bag

• Category: Journal
• Date: 9.22.09

A Bulgarian strength training bag to be exact – a great training tool, initially created for wrestlers.

I came across a post somewhere (pretty sure it was on Zach Even-Esh’s site) on how to make your own home version of this wicked piece of training equipment. I had owned the real thing a while back, but failed to use it all that much, and decided to sell ‘er to a friend. However now I want to start using it again, so here I am blogging about making my own, and I suggest to any/all fighters, wrestlers, and crossfitters out there to make one yourself.

Total cost is under $50. Here’s what you need:

• inner tube for a car tire
• bag of sand
• zip ties
• duct tape
• exacto-knife

Start out by cutting out a small section of the tube.

Next up, grab a zip tie and your duct tape. Twist the end of the tube and cinch on a zip tie about 4-6 inches from the end. Tightly wrap the end in duct tape, making it into a handle.




Now get your sand, and start filling! I added about 7-10lbs of lead shot in with the sand for some added weight. You should be able to get about half of a 66lbs bag of sand into the tube.



Now cap off the open end the same way you did the first, zip tie it shut and duct tape the fuck outa it!

And there you have it!

My finished bag weighed in at 52lbs. I’ll put this little guy to the test tomorrow, see how she holds up. The whole procedure took me about 15 minutes, it took longer to buy the materials. And should I want to build another, all I need is the inner tire – I have enough left over tape, zip ties, and sand for a second bag no problem.

Hope you all have fun playing with your bag! I know I will!

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