Michael Frechette

Age: 44

Occupation: Unix Computer Systems Administrator



How long have you been coming to Saco Sports & Fitness?
Since day 1

What made you decide to start coming?
I originally started coming back when it was New England Health and Racquet to play Racquetball. Back then I wasn't coming very often.

Have you been able to reach your goals?
Yes

If yes, how did you accomplish that and did have help and/or support?
Well, my goal was set just over 4 years ago after getting back from a trip to the Bahamas. See, what happened was my friend took a few candid photos of me swimming in the ocean. I could not believe the size that I had reached. So I went back to the gym and stepped on the scale. I was 340lbs. What a shock. That day I set a goal that I would get down to 200 lbs. I started coming to the club just about every day and gave up 2 things: soft drinks and ice cream. I know this doesn't sound like much, but I was drinking 12-14 cans/day and not missing very many days with ice cream either. With this change I lost 70lbs. the first year. After that, it got a lot harder to continue to lose the weight. So I got a Personal Trainer, Scott Fleurant. Over the next year and a lot more changes to my eating habits, I lost another 30 lbs. Scott introduced me to interval training and I increased my cardio from 30 min. to 1.5 hours/day. This has gotten my to where I am today, between 185 and 190 lbs. Now the big question is cam I maintain this for the long haul? We shall see.

What are your health/fitness plans for the future?
I plan on getting back to lifting to tone and build a little. Most likely train with Scott again to revise my workout and keep me motivated.