Chris Freytag: The Two-Week Turnaround
CBN.com Chris Freytag has been a personal trainer and coach for 23 years. Over the years, she realized that women need a program that is realistic to do with a busy schedule, will yield results quickly and will motivate them to stay with it for the long haul. “The Two-week Total Body Turnaround is geared toward that mom who works, has a husband and family and has a hard time taking care of herself,” says Freytag. “Sometimes we all need a little push in the right direction.”
She believes her program works well for people who are injured or sick and took a break from physical activity, or took a vacation and never got motivated to start working out again, or are so swamped at work and home that squeezing in a workout is virtually impossible.
Two weeks doesn’t sound like a lot of time. “People can’t give you a month, but they’ll give you two weeks,” says Freytag. She finds that an hour a day for two weeks is long enough to get clients to see immediate results to keep them motivated long enough to make working out a habit. “Those first two weeks turn into the next two weeks.”
Freytag was eager to see her plan at work. She asked a panel of 30 women who, for various reasons, felt like they needed change. A few women never lost baby weight; others started new, stressful jobs and couldn’t fit in exercise; some were widows who gained weight after losing their spouses. The results were awe-inspiring. In two weeks, they lost an average of nearly 6 pounds and 10 ½ inches. Some lost 12 pounds and more than 22 inches! All of them reported that their energy levels increased, they slept better, they felt stronger and healthier, and discovered a newfound confidence in themselves.
Freytag says over the years she has experienced her own roadblocks and detours. “I’ve had some injuries. I’ve had some family events and work-related things that have interfered with my ‘perfect’ workout plan,” she says. It is important to take care of herself before she can adequately take care of her family.