Client of the month: June 2024
Winner: Jen Michaels
Jen finally joined the gym back in December after her husband and daughter finally convinced her to join. Her daughter, Cari is a volleyball player at Mt. Lebanon and has been training with us for over 3 years, and her husband, Matt has also been training with us for 2 years.
As a former collegiate swimmer, Jen wasn’t foreign to the weight room, but it had been some time before participating in organized training. Jen has worked her way back to TB Deadlifting over 200 lbs (95 kg x 3), back squatting 55 kg x 4, and Benching 55 kg x 3.
Jen has also shown a strong start to this summers fitness Olympics:
4th in Seated Row
9th in Bench Press -> Now 5th
7th in Darts
3rd in 6 inches (4:54 time) -> Now 1st with 9:33
5th in Chin-up Hold
Graydon Schaum
Graydon is in high school going into his senior year and really enjoys putting in the work it takes to Become Better. Graydon enjoys playing basketball daily with his friends or trying to improve his golf game at local south hills golf courses. He typically does his workouts in the evening and always has a smile on his face. Some of his goals are to improve his jump so that he can dunk on his friends and also improve his golf game to be the best of all his friends. In the gym, Graydon's favorite goal is to improve his deadlift. He typically likes to workout after his basketball sessions with his friends so be on the lookout for Graydon in the evenings!
Graydon's Gym Accomplishments:
Deadlift : 135k
Bench Press: 70k for 10 Reps
Back Squat: 70k
Currently top 5 in the Sled Pull (he loves doing this olympic event)
Matt Gillespie
Matt Gillespie hasn't been at the gym long, but he has already acclimated himself well to the gym community. Very new to weightlifting, he was predominantly a runner and golfer before, he has made great progress already.
in his first ever BB Summer Olympics Matt is currently in 1st place for the 6 inch hold and for almost the entire month of June, Matt held on to the number one spot for the Chin-up hang (now in 2nd place). He is also very close to being top 10 for the sprint time. Matt Also set a Bench Press PR of the Combine Event. As I mentioned, he was very much a beginner and has now gotten to 2 reps at 60k. A 44lb increase for beginning only a short time ago at 40k. Matt is nearly in the top 10 overall despite not completing a few events yet. He was drafted in the 13th round and is using that as motivation and making a very strong push for sleeper pick of the year.
He's also been a good addition to the gym community. He's a good sport about everything and is always willing to participate in any activities such as the BB After Dark Party a couple weeks ago.