Become Better Sport Performance and Personal Training
Client of the month: June 2023
And The WInner is: Jenna Nymick!
See below for why Jenna deserves this award this month
Jenna Nymick:
Jenna has been a client ever since her Junior year of high school. As a former high school and collegiate volleyball player, Jenna’s goals were always related to her performance on the court. Now that her collegiate career has come to an end she still has still been able to find the motivation to work hard and Become Better in the gym. Even though she has her first full time job this summer, Jenna makes sure to leave at least 3 hours of her night free 3-4 days/week to come to Become Better to workout and tell us a couple stories about her day. In June, Jenna hit a number of PR’s:
100 kg Back Squat
46 kg (101 lb Hang Power Snatch)
67 kg Power Clean - also a 10% improvement for bonus points
14335 Rower Dart game score which no one is close to.
This score also highlights her determination and extra work that she has been willing to put in so she can Become Better at the game over the Summer.
Gracie Gonzalez:
Last year Gracie Gonzalez suffered a shoulder injury which forced her to quit volleyball and seriously limited her weight room performance. After a lot of hard work with a PT, she was just cleared to return to normal physical activity recently. She has returned to swimming (her primary sport), which she has not been allowed to participate in for over a year now, an impressive feat in itself. Despite her injury however Gracie has continued to make improvements in the weight room. Until recently Gracie was disallowed to perform overhead movements to preserve her shoulder; this month she performed her first banded chin-ups with a red and green band. Last year her olympic trap bar was 111kg, and just this past month she set a new 3 rep PR at 122 kg, 10% improvement from last summer. Given how she has responded to the adversity she has faced with this past year and how it didn’t stop her from trying to make progress in other areas of her strength and fitness, I believe she deserves recognition as a client of the month nominee.
Ben Avon:
Ben Avon has been training with Become Better for over 7 years. His wife, Liz Avon, was an original client od Coach Dan’s during his short tenure at LA Fitness. Soon after, Liz convinced Ben to also train with Become Better and to make it their date night every week. Even though Ben and Liz have missed time here and there because of his duties as a father and husband, Ben and Liz have been part of the Become Better family ever since.
Anyone who has met Ben knows he has one of the best gym spirits any place could ask for. He is always the first to motivate and cheer on others as they also do their best to Become Better. Ben has had his own gym ups and downs with nagging football injuries and missing some time being a great father/husband, but his spirit to Become Better is always there! It was also just his birthday, so send your birthday wishes his way! For these reasons, along with his gym accolades listed below, Ben Avon is nominated as client of the month:
Ben's Gym Accolades:
140k/308lb Back Squat.. when Coach Joey first started writing Ben's workouts, he was unable to perform a squat any heavier than a light dumbbell without major pain so hitting a 140 kg back squat is great progress.
500lb Deadlift
130k Bench Press