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Testimonials
“Who would have thought that a trainer could make such a difference in a person's life? I know that prior to meeting Lenora I wouldn't have thought a trainer would matter, but if it weren't for Lenora I would not be as healthy and happy as I am today. Initially my only goal was to get in better shape and lose weight, but Lenora educated me that "working out" is only one part of the equation and that nutrition is equally, if not more, important. With Lenora's patience and encouragement I was able to change my lifestyle and embrace the knowledge that Lenora had to offer. The challenge she brought to each training session was priceless. I lost 70 pounds and have been able to compete in 4 sprint triathlons during the past year. In addition, what I got from embracing, trusting and implementing Lenora's advice and training is the confidence of knowing that my life has truly changed."
Damon Peters
Age 41
Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Finance
M&I Bank
Minneapolis, MN
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"The arthritis in my big toe is gone!"
Phil
Minneapolis, MN
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"In 2005 I spent three months hiking on the Appalachian Trail, carrying a backpack through 1,000 miles of mountain wilderness. By the time I finished I had developed various chronic aches and pains, which I assumed would all go away once I stopped hiking ten hours every day. Three years later, however, I still had pain in my shoulders and neck that refused to go away and had stopped improving long ago. Because of this, I had not been able to run, which had once been a passion of mine for years. I could not carry a back pack without pain, sit at a desk for an extended period, or ride a bicycle. I had been to various doctors, a physical therapist, and a personal trainer. They had all given me their own diagnoses and remedies; exercises of various types that would at first relieve the pain, but after several weeks or a month of continuously doing the exercises, the pain would cease to improve or even regress. No one I saw appeared confident that they actually knew what my problem was so I stopped going back to them. At 23 years old, I felt that it was way too young to have a problem such as this and I increasingly tried to pretend it didn't exist and ignore the pain while doing the things that hurt me. It wasn't working very well."
"I met Lenora after responding to a sign that promised a miracle cure for my chronic pain. Initially my motivation was more curiosity than any belief that the cure would actually work. Kind of the same attitude with which you go to your little brother's magic show; you're really most interested in whether the rabbit will l make a mess in his hat. However, at the consultation, after only several minutes of questions and watching me walk back and forth, Lenora had identified the cause of my problem and was able to guess other, more minor problems that I had without me telling her. I've worked with her for about a year, learning exercises to correct my posture and making changes in lifestyle and nutrition to remove the root cause of my pain. She told me, and I believe her, that my problems were not caused per say by carrying a backpack for three months. They were caused by a lifetime of incorrect nutrition and exercise and the backpacking was only the last straw."
"You can argue all day about whether it's necessary to drink three glasses of milk per day or the relative merits of Western and Eastern medicine; however, it is difficult to argue with concrete, controlled results. Before I started working with Lenora, I had stable, continuous pain for three years. As I write today I have no back pain and I can do all the activities listed above as well as or better than before my hiking trip. Additionally, I had been plagued by visible acne ever since adolescence, which has since disappeared completely. Following Lenora's advice was the only significant change I made in my life during that period, and as such can be the only plausible explanation for my improvement. Something that she told me must have worked, and I personally believe that all of it worked. By any standard I can think of, I am as or more healthy than I was in 2005, the perceived start of my problems. However, Lenora's guidance has given me a glimpse of how healthy it is in fact possible to be and how good being healthy can make me feel. She has shown me a path which I can follow to increase my enjoyment of and the fulfillment I get from everyday life. Working with Lenora has made a major, positive change in my life that makes the injury which brought me to her a blessing in disguise."
Chris Tessum
Age 24
Engineer and Student
Minneapolis, MN
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"After retirement at age 62, my major motivations were to eliminate or reduce the medication I was taking for hypertension and high cholesterol. Physically and mentally, I was uncomfortable with the way I felt and looked. I decided to start my own routine of cardiovascular exercise and resistance training. Although I had lost 15 pounds after a year and a half, my individual attempts at increasing my fitness level had not produced the results I desired.
"This is when I met Lenora. She recommended a nutritional lifestyle change that was acceptable to me and not difficult to follow. She also established a progressive cardiovascular program and resistance training exercises that not only produced results, but brought enjoyment back into what had been a boring redundant routine for me."
"I met with Lenora weekly for about six months. During that time period, I lost an additional 50+ pounds, 9 inches from my waist size, and reduced my bodyfat composition from 30.4% to 17.7%. How was I able to accomplish this? Through the knowledge I gained from Lenora, my personal trainer who helped me set realistic and obtainable goals."
"Now for the really good news! I have been on "my own" for the last six months. By continuing the nutritional lifestyle and the cardiovascular and resistance training Lenora established, I have easily maintained desired fitness levels of strength, endurance and flexibility without weight and body fat gain. My levels of hypertension and cholesterol have been drastically reduced. I have also regained a measure of self-esteem in the way I look and feel about myself. (I have even been snorkeling without feeling embarrassed.) Was it money well spent? The answer obviously is YES."
Kenn Tschetter
Age 62
Retired
Eagan, MN
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"I can't tell you how thankful I am for Lenora. I keep telling people about her because I love to! She's made such a good impact on my life in every possible way. I feel much better now. I was so depressed before. I still have my struggles but I'm feeling better from my improved diet and talking to Lenora has really made a huge difference in the direction of my life...and I notice it every day! So many times throughout the day I think about what she has told me! :-) Lenora has opened my eyes to so many things, and I feel so much more prepared and confident for life now that I know all the things she has taught me. And it's fun too, I feel so much better physically and emotionally. My life has calmed down more, I am taking more time for myself and enjoying life. I am not so caught up in work and damaging my health and drinking and not sleeping...running around with a thousand different things to do."
"I really love how Lenora listens to each person and figures out what's good for them, individually; that what is good for one person is not necessarily good for another...and I like learning about how everything in your life is related - how things that don't seem related really are - and that the decisions that you make affect your health, and I feel so much better. It has really opened my eyes, and I am so appreciative of what she has taught me. And she has taught me how to better take care of myself and know what I need!"
Kelly
Minneapolis, MN
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"I signed up for personal training sessions with Lenora Lemke because I wanted to lose weight and improve my overall health. With her support and encouragement, I made permanent lifestyle changes that enabled me to lose 35 pounds over a one-year period and to permanently discontinue medication for high blood pressure.”
“When I first met with Lenora I explained to her that I had been having pain with plantar fasciitis in both feet for some time and had visited my medical doctor but he told me there was nothing I could do and it would just take time. Because she is so knowledgeable about restorative posture exercises, she suggested two stretching exercises which I performed, and in a short time the pain went away. Lenora advocates getting to the root of the problem and not taking some medication to mask the symptoms."
"Lenora gave me numerous strategies that I could use to change my poor eating habits into healthy eating habits. Most importantly, she taught me about "holistic nutrition"; that my health, my body's symptoms, and the occurrence of disease are very much dependent on the specific types of food that I eat (not just on how many calories I consume). In addition to talking about holistic nutrition during our one-hour training sessions, I also took a six-week small group holistic nutrition class that she taught - which included a visit to a natural foods grocery store so we cold apply what we learned to real-life purchases."
"Lenora taught me to set goals for nutrition and establish a non-food reward system for meeting those goals. There were many times when I did not meet my goals, but she really wants to help you succeed so she would tell me not to feel down about a slip up and suggest new ways for me to get back on track. I was amazed that Lenora always had a new approach for me to try when I was having trouble meeting my goals."
"Lenora personalized a routine of exercises for the specific parts of my body that I needed to work on to prevent injury and to become strong, and she also designed cardiovascular workouts for me. She frequently changed the routines, so I was never bored. She always patiently showed me the exercises and made sure that I was performing them correctly, as she is a stickler for the correct form!"
"Lenora is extremely knowledgeable about restorative posture, holistic nutrition and exercises, and I am lucky to have been able to have worked with her and have her provide me with the tools that I use on a daily basis to feel great ad be healthy."
Sue Shaughnessy
Age 52
Labor Management Relations Examiner
Eagan, MN
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