Become Better Sport Performance and Personal Training
Client of the Month: March 2024
The Winner is: Ed Talarico!
Ed Talarico is the unanimous winner of client of the month for March 2024. On March 23rd, Ed had the most important day of his career at Become Better. He had to marry Coach Dan and Nicole. Despite being his first time as an officiant, he had no problem getting us through the ceremony.
Ed is one of the most popular clients at the gym and another reason why it wouldn’t be fair to nominate anyone else this month. Ed has been one of the most consistent clients we’ve had since his start all the way back in 2014 at LA Fitness. Ed comes three times/week, rarely cancels, and has worked through and around multiple surgeries including a heart attack a few years back.
Ed has also helped a lot of newer clients become better acquainted with the gym and comfortable being at a new place. He also has helped us install and fix multiple devices over the years such as the broken garage door, sound system in the new and old gym, many clocks, cardio equipment, and a whole lot more. He was also the first person who helped me pursue a new facility. Most of you don’t know that Ed and I had gone and looked at many places starting ~7 years ago. It was a long process to finally find the gym we are in now and Ed was the first to believe in me and help me accomplish that dream.
As great of a supporter that Ed has been, he is also winning this month because of all the fitness accomplishments he has had. At 65 years old, he has been in the top 10 overall of all three summer Olympics we have had. He has won the following events: Deadhang, Sled Push Distance, Ball Slam Interval Challenge, Wheelbarrow, Plank (including beating me), another sled Push for time, Plate Squeeze, and sandbag run. That’s 8 events he has won. I’m not sure if anyone else has even won 5.
In the month of March, he has been able to still Bench over 65 kg for 4 reps and Pick-up over 250 lbs for reps. This is all despite having to go through multiple injuries that have set him back at times. These injuries don’t stop him though and instead he chooses to Become Better every single week. Ed is as close to a perfect client as we can get. He’s consistent, works hard, pushes himself and others to become better, and helps create the atmosphere that has helped us succeed over the last 10 years.
Thank you for marrying Nicole and I. Thank you for being a great client. Thank you for being a great friend.