Jim Patterson
I became acquainted with Darin Steen in June of 2001 at a local gym where I had been training for about 8 months. In those 8 months I had made some considerable gains on my own, dropprng my body fat from 29% to 18% ,but then I hit a plateau and I knew that I had to make a change in order to get to the next level. This is when I decided to invest in a traimng package with Darin. I had always been a little skeptical of personal training thinking "Why should I pay for someone to tell me what to do?" Let me tell you why. During my training sessions with Darin, I worked harder and smarter than I ever have before. I learned that I was not nearly as efficient with my time working out by myself as I thought I was. I learned that my form on many exercises was not allowing me to isolate the intended muscle. I also learned a lot about my body and how nutrition and exercise affects it. Hiring Darin as personal trainer not only took me to the next level, but also beyond a level I never thought I could reach. On November 17 ,2001 I competed in my first bodybuilding competition, just six months after beginning my training with Darin. I entered the show at 158 lbs, down from 240lbs since August. 2000 and my body-fat was at an all time low of 5.8%. I know for sure that I could not have made these gains without Darin's instruction.
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