{"id":307,"date":"2021-07-06T15:09:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T15:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.strongwithmitzi.net\/blog\/?p=307"},"modified":"2021-07-15T16:08:37","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T16:08:37","slug":"phyllis-guillory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.strongwithmitzi.net\/blog\/phyllis-guillory\/","title":{"rendered":"Phyllis Guillory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The girl that wears many hats in my life. She started out as a client 6 years ago. She just wanted a different style of workout and to find her potential in strength, speed, and healthy lifestyle. She has truly transformed. From training, she went to trainer 3 years ago. She is now not only still a client but my co-worker. She rocks as a trainer, and athlete. Her most important hat to me is her friendship one. She is one of a kind. I love and appreciate her more than she knows.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phyllis Guillory \u2013 Living life to the fullest and chasing dreams.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone has a story.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strong \u2013 Mitzi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I joined Premier Athletic Club in February of 2011. I had joined to get back in shape after the birth of my 3rd child. Little did I know that I was embarking on a fitness journey that would put me in the best shape of my life!
I have exercised all my life. I started out with basketball and softball in high school. Once I entered college I did the usual aerobics classes and jogged. Jogging and aerobics seemed to get me through my 20\u2019s until I started having children.  I continued to exercise when I had the time but nothing serious. I loved to try all the fad diets and all the latest fitness trends!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I am a wife and a mother of three children.  As I said earlier, I joined the gym when my last child was 9 months old. I ran on the treadmill and played around on the weight machines for a few months. I was really intimidated because I didn\u2019t know how to work the machines. As I would run on the treadmill I would notice a trainer working with 2 women. The trainer was giving them a great workout and the women looked like they were having a great time but really working hard. I found out who the trainer was and asked to work with her. That trainer was Mitzi Fairbanks. I began training with her in April of 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I trained one on one with her for a month then joined the 2 other ladies after that first month. Those early morning workouts became a part of my day that I couldn\u2019t do without. I also joined a group that would run 4 miles before the gym opened. Running and these workouts became a very important part of my life. I found some of my greatest friends through these running and workout groups.
I had been working out and running about 3 years when I started feeling the desire to learn more about becoming a personal trainer. Mitzi helped me push myself more than I\u2019d ever pushed myself before. I admired the way she helped people reach their goals and feel better about themselves. I took a personal trainer course and passed my certification test in June of 2014. I had become certified and hoped to train a few people before work and then during the summers when I was off from school. However by the end of that summer I had a change of heart. I decided to jump in with both feet and see what would happen. I turned in my resignation at Prompt Succor and Ronnie Schwartz hired me at Louisiana Athletic Club in Pineville. I taught water aerobics classes and took on clients to get me started. I have been a personal trainer for 3 years and I couldn\u2019t love it more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have approximately 25 clients that range in age from 10 to 91 years. I have several special needs clients that are so rewarding. I have people who want to lose weight, tone up, become stronger, or just have a more active life. The best part is that I get to help them reach their goals. These people have become a part of my life and I\u2019m so grateful that I get to work with them. I still use Mitzi as my personal trainer and I always have people ask me \u201cwhy\u201d. I always answer, \u201cbecause she pushes me harder than I would ever push myself.\u201d I\u2019m very thankful for the guidance and knowledge I\u2019ve gained from Mitzi. I\u2019m also very thankful that I get to do something I love and help others reach their goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The girl that wears many hats in my life. She started out as a client 6 years ago. She just wanted a different style of workout and to find her potential in strength, speed, and healthy lifestyle. She has truly transformed. From training, she went to trainer 3 years ago. She is now not only… Continue reading Phyllis Guillory<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athlete-stories","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.strongwithmitzi.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.strongwithmitzi.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.strongwithmitzi.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strongwithmitzi.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strongwithmitzi.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.strongwithmitzi.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308,"href":"https:\/\/www.strongwithmitzi.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions\/308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strongwithmitzi.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.strongwithmitzi.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strongwithmitzi.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strongwithmitzi.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}