I am a 74-year-old man who used to suffer gastrointestinal bleeding and spent millions of Baht on my medical bills. My kids were so concerned about me, so they convinced me to join Fitness First. After 3 BodyFirst sessions, I realized that having a PT is very crucial to my stronger health that could be achieved in a short amount of time. I am now stronger than ever and I just easily did a 1,500 km bike tour through 4 European countries and a 50 km mountain climb. I plan to take adventurous trips like this every year. Now my kids are at ease and very happy with my turnaround to a healthy dad!
When I was 48 years old, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and had to go through more than 35 times of chemotherapy. I was really frail, my hair started falling, my skin was really dry and I could barely eat. But when I looked at my 2 kids, I knew I had to be strong and have the cancer defeated. After joining Fitness First, I have gained my strength and won over the battle with cancer, with a more toned and better body as a bonus. I did it, so I know that you can too.
Back in the days, smoking and drinking were just my every day’s usual habit. At one point my triglycerides reached 800 and that didn’t bother me much, until one day I had an accident and my head hit the ground, resulted in a stroke. My senses and body’s responsiveness were severely impacted and my doctor told me that the only way to fix my conditions was to start exercising. I decided to join Fitness First because I wanted to get better and be there for my family. I had to regain my communication skills as well as walking ability all over again and just 1 year with Fitness First I am now ready for a marathon!
Years ago I would go about with my daily life taking care of my kids and family and wouldn’t care too much about my appearances and weight. Until one day, everything changed and someone close to me decided to leave me. That was when I came to realization that I needed to love myself and start taking care of myself, so I joined Fitness First. I have slowly gained my self-confidence back and found my passion in sports, be it Yoga, rock climbing, diving, wakeboard, shooting, running, dancing and a lot more, I want to do them all! I am very proud of what I have achieved, I am happy and healthy and my kids couldn’t be happier for me. Love yourself and others sure will follow.
As a doctor, it is my obligation to advise my patients to take a great care of their health. Funny enough though, I couldn’t do that to myself. I always thought that I was relatively healthy so I wasn’t too alarmed with my figure, until I did a fitness test at Fitness First and realized that I could not perform as well as I used to. So my PT told me that my job is just to get myself to the club and leave the rest to him as it is his obligation as a PT to help me achieve all my fitness goals. I now go to the club 3-4 times a week, I am stronger and healthier both mentally and physically. I have made new friends and I can now wholly advise all my patients how to stay and keep their good health as I also take those advices myself.
I had to be bedridden for an entire year as I was suffering from Thrombocytopenia and needed a blood platelet transfusion every week. The distress I had wasn’t pleasant and couldn’t entirely be described for anyone to get a full understanding of it. After I got a bit better I decided to start exercising. I started off with light walking around my estate but I was recommended to join Fitness First by many people as there would be certified PTs to recommend me what is safe for me to do. After seeing how healthy and fit other members are, it has given me an inspiration to get better and stronger. I have built quite well-defined muscle mass and my health is in a great condition. I hope that I can continue inspiring others with my story and achievements.
I was a drummer who was addicted to sweets, fried foods, frizzy drinks as well as buffet restaurants and video games. I sort of let it go till I reached 147 kg, then the reality hit me when I went to a boat noodle shop and the owner told me to sit on 2 chairs since he was afraid that 1 would not be able to support my weight! Everyone around me would get amused with how I looked and I often didn’t get a job as my look wasn’t suitable for it. I also got my heart broken a few times during my overweight periods, so I decided I had enough and needed to changed. My neighbor got me a free pass at Fitness First and I signed up right after the free session. I have been going to the gym everyday and now weigh at 92 kg. A change in attitudes toward exercise and becoming disciplined are what have got me here today. I am very happy with my results and will be committed to getting healthier so that I can continue to help inspire others.
I tried everything, but exercise, to lose weight, resulted in regular weight cycling. At one point my weight went up to 115 kg, I couldn’t sleep and was often in a bad mood. Finally, I gave in and joined Fitness First because I knew that exercise would be the only option that works. And to my surprise, as it turned out, I really like exercising as it helps relieve stress and gets me to try new things and activities. Together with eating right, exercising has helped me shed the extra weight and now weigh only 60.7 kg. I just feel like I have got a new whole life as I have more energy and feel more refreshed, and the ease of finding clothes that fit is a great bonus.
As a sports journalist, I get to attend functions and parties quite a lot. And as we all know that these types of events usually have a great variety of food, something of which I enjoy very much. I would eat every nice thing and wasn’t too worried about overweight I was despite having other people telling me about it. One day I work up gasping for air as I couldn’t breathe and I was so frightened. That was my wake up call and I decided to control my diet and start exercising. Thank to my PT who has helped and supported me along my journey, I have dropped from 120 kg to 60 kg. I have come such a long way, and I have no one to thank but me who never gave up. If I can do it, so can you.
I did my first marathon 20 years ago and I got to the finish line barely alive since I didn’t have proper knowledge about it and wasn’t well prepared for it. I didn’t feel like doing much exercise then till the recent marathon booming which got me interested in it again. I wanted to do at least 50 km Ultra Trail run which would require the ultimate endurance and readiness of my body. So I decided to train with Fitness First’s PT and the first few attempts I couldn’t reach the finish line. But I never gave up training and I just recently completed the Ultra Trail Mt. Fuji '18 covering the total distance of 167 km, 8,037 meters of cumulative altitude and the 170 km Ultra-Trail Mont Blanc.
I love Badminton, and used to be in the Thai national Badminton team that got the Bronze medal in The 2010 Asian Games, held in Guangzhou, China. I have been with Fitness First for 7 years because I still want to keep making Thailand proud and build a good reputation for the country, something of which I finally achieved. I recently won a Bronze medal in the Badminton World Senior Championships held in India and a Gold medal in the qualifying round for national badminton championship. I can wholeheartedly say that Fitness First has helped me achieve all my dreams.
I am a figure skater who didn’t really have a sports background so I couldn’t do many difficult jumps and poses, resulted in injuries many times. So my coach recommended me to work out to strengthen my muscles and I chose to sign up with Fitness First as it has been known as the most integrated fitness club in the country. I nearly gave up but I didn’t, and I kept on training and now I can do a double loop jump easily. I was recently chosen to represent Thailand in a figure skate competition in Malaysia and won a gold medal with a Best Performance certification. I am super stoked and proud of myself and I have no one to thank but Fitness First for my achievement!
Share your story and you might be our overall winner and walk away with 75,000 baht! Your achievements are categorized into Wellbeing, Leaner, Stronger and Athletic with the overall winner being selected from the national category winners in a grand awards event in November 10, 2018.
For winner selection process we will grouped into four fitness pillars: Wellbeing, Leaner, Stronger and Athletic. Open to all members within or without Personal Trainers.