My name is Linda Maris. I have been a client of Kristine Yu since November 2004. I started seeing Kristine twice a week and increased my training sessions to three times a week in May. Kristine has been very motivating and encouraging in helping me reach my fitness goals.

Since I started training with Kristine my fitness level has increased tremendously. I am in the best physical condition I have ever been in. My energy level has improved, which has helped me in my profession. I teach second grade and need to keep up with a classroom full of seven year olds!

I am also very happy with how my body looks. It is fun to go shopping and feel good about buying new clothes that fit so well. I now wear a size 6, which I have not worn since before I had children.

I feel very fortunate to be a client of Kristine Yu and I would gladly recommend her to others.

Sincerely,

Linda Maris
Chino Hills, CA

While my wife was pregnant with our son, I somehow found that I too was gaining pregnancy weight with her. Unfortunately the only problem was that after the pregnancy, she lost all the weight and I did not. As a person who has always tried to stay in good shape, I quickly realized that the older I have become the more challenging it is to keep off the weight while staying physically fit.

Upon speaking with Dr. Saman Bakhtiar at Fitness Concepts, he provided me with a great trainer, work out schedule, and a nutritional plan that included a variety of meals, snacks, and nutritional supplements that easily fit my lifestyle.

The most challenging and enjoyable part of my experience with Fitness Concepts has been my one on one training with Aaron “Slam” Wetherspoon. As a professional mixed martial artist and current world champion, Aaron has pushed me to the limit, harder then I have ever been pushed in my life! His knowledge and experience has enabled me to live a healthy and enjoyable lifestyle that my family and I can truly appreciate now and in the future.

My family and I can see great results with my measurements, weight, and body fat percentage. It feels great to fit into all of my clothes, while feeling more confident then ever.

I would like to thank everyone at Fitness Concepts for their professionalism, positive attitude, and overall customer service in allowing me to be part of the team while assisting me in accomplishing all of my health and fitness goals.

Thank you Fitness Concepts.

Sincerely,
Ralph R. Alba

Rick Maris

I got into running 22 years ago the day before my daughter was born and became addicted. Small races became longer races until eventually I started running marathons. Then midlife hit, I turned 50, and said I need to accomplish a goal I always wanted to do, before it gets too late. I had been wanting to run The Boston Marathon, but a qualifying time is necessary to enter, which meant I needed to get in better shape to run the fastest time of my life. I needed to drop a few unwanted pounds that seem to accumulate as you get older.

Enter Fitness Concepts, directed by Dr. Saman Bakhtiar, I was assigned a personal trainer, given a dietary guideline to follow set up by Dr. Bakhtiar and put on a weight training schedule. Talk about a recipe for success. By having a motivated trainer who established a program built on my needs as a runner, she kept me to a structured plan that included a variety of weight training exercises and to a diet made up of healthy foods enabling me to lose the weight I wanted. My program included recovery after workouts, a developed muscular balance, core strength and added power to my calves and legs. When you feel good you look forward to your workouts and any challenges presented before you.

Fitness Concepts has state of the art equipment making working out easy and fun. The staff is highly trained and easy to get along with, making each visit enjoyable. And when you see the results of your training not only for the physiological reasons, but also to build confidence do you start feeling better about yourself.

Under the direction of Dr. Bakhtiar, thank you for showing me a new way of living and feeling good about myself.

Rick Maris

Scott Hacker

I originally had taken my son to Fitness Concepts in mid-2005 to help him bulk up in the off season for basketball. I had a very favorable experience at that time so both my wife and I said that we’d join “someday”. I had always thought of myself as a fairly active person, but beginning in 2005, I started sliding away from my somewhat active lifestyle in favor of unhealthy food and inactivity. So, by the end of the summer of 2005, I was feeling the ill effects of my inactivity with various aches and pains of being over 40 and being out of shape. Well, “someday” had finally arrived, so both my wife and I joined Fitness Concepts at the end of August and I began working out with my trainer, Avey, 3 days a week. Avey was great because he really took the time to understand my goals and any physical limitations I may have which might impact my training. He also “eased” me into my workout regimen, as he knew that my body was in no condition to be trained hard right away. Avey is great because he pushes me to my limits, but is very careful not to “over do it”. He is constantly monitoring my form and making sure that my workouts are strenuous and he has pushed me beyond my previous limitations when it came to how much weight I can push (or pull). Combine this challenging workout schedule with the nutritional advice from Armando and Sam (along with regular weigh-ins and measurement taking), and I’m in better shape now at 42, than I’ve ever been before. While I dropped weight, that wasn’t my primary goal. My goal was to gain strength, size and definition, which I have done on all counts. Make no mistake about it, this takes a real commitment to be successful, as it takes hard work in the gym and even more hard work outside the gym to eat right. In my mind, that’s why Fitness Concepts has helped me achieve my goals. They use a holistic approach of both training and nutrition, tailored to their client’s needs, which makes for a winning combination.

My thanks go to Avey, Armando and Sam for all of their help, advice and support. I’m not done yet!

Scott Hacker