Time to FINALLY make a change
October 24, 2024 by RobZ
It happens to everyone,
That moment when you realize that it’s time to do something about your weight.
It may happen when you’re looking in the mirror or standing on the scale.
Your first thought is to go on a ‘diet’ but as quickly as that enters your mind the ghosts of a hundred diets past return…along with all the frustration.
Then you wonder, why bother?
The weight will come back, as it always has. Then you’ll be back in front of the mirror as discouraged as ever.
The answer is not to go on another diet.
The answer is to create a vision and make it a priority.
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Creating a Vision. What exactly do you wish to accomplish? If it’s weight loss, exactly how much weight? What size will you be when your goal is accomplished? Can you picture what you’ll look and feel like? Take time to clearly visualize what you really want to accomplish. This is your vision.
Make it a Priority. Having a vision is great, but unless you make it a priority it will get lost and fade away. Embrace simple, small changes that will add up to big improvements in your lifestyle. Starting small allows you to stick with it, and to build upon your success. These are your main venues for change:
What You Eat. Let’s face it, most of the foods you eat aren’t the healthiest. Some are downright terrible (the burger and fries you had this weekend). While others are simply excessive (the snacks you eat while watching TV).
The solution to cleaning up your daily diet is NOT to go back on a ‘diet’. In fact, I never want you to go on a ‘diet’ again. (Yes, you heard me right!) Instead I want you to make permanent healthy changes to your eating habits.
Here are some practical examples:
- Choose salad over chips or fries
- Don’t add butter to your food
- Eat fresh produce with every meal
- Limit desserts to one per week
- Cut out mindless snacking
- Drink water, not soda
I don’t expect you to eat a perfect diet every day of the week – that’d be very difficult. You should, however, make MORE healthy choices every day than unhealthy ones.
How You Move. Exercise is a huge component to a healthy lifestyle, and quite frankly you’re not getting enough of it. How often does an entire week go by without you ever lacing up your tennis shoes? Don’t disregard the importance and power of a good workout.
Your new healthy lifestyle means exercising on most days of the week. This may seem tough, but I have the perfect solution – the way we train our clients were created for busy people just like you who only have so much time to dedicate to exercise. We work smarter without overtraining. You only have so much time in a day. Our training sessions are only 45 minutes long!
I understand how hard it is to find the motivation to stay consistent and to push yourself. Make exercise a no-brainer—contact me to get started on a lifestyle enhancing program today.
Here are simple ways to move more:
- Watch less TV
- Stretch stiff muscles every day
- Play at the park with the kids
- Go for a jog
Your lifestyle is the balance of all the choices that you make regarding your body. Swing the balance in your favor—make a majority of your choices health conscious.
So the next time you’re in front of the mirror you won’t worry about your weight.
You’ll relish it.
Are you ready to transform your lifestyle and body?
Call 813-571-3700 or email Rob@RobZFitness.com today to get started.
Carolyn Stafford
December 27, 2023 by RobZ
Lost 70 lbs
Body Fat 36.4% to 22.6%
Lost 14% Body Fat
Last December, my husband approached me about us setting a goal of getting healthier in 2023. So, we made an appointment to talk to Rob at RobZFitness, who was recommended to him by our primary care physician Dr. Shawn Wallace. Upon meeting with Rob, we both decided it was time to commit to a healthier way of life. With the help of Rob and Taylor, and the support of each other, we have lost about 170 pounds total over the last 8-10 months. I have lost 70 pounds and lost 14% body fat in 10 month. My overall fitness level was at 15% when I started and now its at 88% for women at my age.
Like a lot of women, I have struggled with my weight all my life, especially after kids. This time my weight loss feels different. I wasn’t sure what to expect in the beginning, but I am surprised at how much stronger I’ve become, and the weight seem to just come off, losing an average of 2 pounds a week. I am 5’10 and I haven’t weighed under 200lbs in years. Now I weigh 195. With Rob and Taylor’s encouragement, I am pushing myself to get stronger and doing exercises I never thought I could accomplish. I have a few limitations with my knees but both Rob and Taylor worked around it and still push me to get stronger.
Rob focused more on strengthening during his sessions and I am lifting amounts I never imagined. Taylor designated Wednesdays as Carolyn’s Core night. With his help, I am doing core exercises that I never thought I was capable of. With the support of Rob, Taylor and my husband who encouraged me all the way, I am stronger and healthier than I’ve been in a long time.
Thank you for helping me get stronger and healthier.
Carolyn Stafford
Pete Rowley
April 4, 2025 by RobZ
“Lost 50 Pounds, 15.5% BF, Pants Size 42-36”
I have always taken pride in being an active and involved dad. From when they were very young, I always participated in activities such as tennis, basketball, and especially coaching baseball and softball with my daughter Sarah, 15, and son Will, 13. Though I was often carrying too much weight, I was young enough to still have the energy to be the type of dad they needed. As they entered their teen years, and had more activities involving their school teams and peers, it was becoming less necessary for me to be physically active with them on a daily basis.
Then, a couple of years ago, 11 years after Will was born, we were blessed to have our third child, Tommy. I immediately realized that my responsibility to be a fit, energetic dad every day was now being extended by many years. In the past, I had success losing weight on Atkins and on a medically assisted weight loss program,
but had never been able to maintain the weight loss over time. I knew I needed to get fit at this point in my life for the long run, so that I could be as enthusiastic a dad and coach for Tommy as I had been for my older kids. I realize that when he gets involved in sports, I will be one of the older coaches out there, and I want to match the energy I had when I started with Sarah and Will years ago. I also knew that I needed to be in better long term health for the benefit of all of my children, my wife, Toni, and for myself.
So, I began the program with Rob at RobZFitness at age 41, 279 pounds, 33.5% body fat. I was embarassed to be where I was. Rob was my main trainer, and immediately set me to the hard work of building muscle and burning fat. On my program, I worked out three times a week, did cardio on my own 3-5 times a week, and followed a supportive eating plan. Each workout was challenging, but each workout also provided variety to keep things interesting, and the trainers pushed me to understand I could do more than I thought I was capable of. They were very encouraging while also not taking anything less than my best effort. I felt they were the perfect combination of tough but friendly.
Approximately 6 months later, I am now 42. I have lost 50 pounds and almost half of the body fat. I have dropped three pant sizes. I have gone from being statistically healthier than only 2 out of 100 men my age to being healthier than 70 out of 100. My day to day energy is much more consistent, and I am a better dad to all of my kids. Nothing could be more important to me today and into the future.
The best part of the results for me is that I was only actually training with Rob for 3 months. Over the ensuing 3 months I have been able to continue to lose weight on my own, which I have not been able to do in the past. The exercise principless that I learned with Rob have carried over into my everyday life and I am confident that I will be able to drop the final 15 pounds I would like to, and then keep it off.
I am grateful for the opportunity as a part time worker to have the opportunity to be a major force in my children’s lives daily. Getting on a program with RobZFitness has helped me to take full advantage of that opportunity, and helped assure that I will be there ready to teach, coach, and love my kids for a long time.
Pete Rowley
Fitness Programs
March 3, 2025 by admin
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Buddy or Couple Training Very popular. Train together or at different times. Studies prove that working out with others increase results. An exercise buddy may be exactly what you need to get back on track. Perfect for couples or friends who like working out together.
Strength Training An intensive resistance training program to increase muscle mass and strength gains to develop the muscular size.
Aerobics/Group Fitness Studio
Amy Zulkoski, a licensed fitness instructor coordinates our aerobic/group fitness classes. Our group fitness studio inside or our personal training studio. We offer BOOTCAMP, BODYPUMP, CXWORX, STEP, BODY SCULPTING, CORE/STRETCH, TABATHA INTERVAL TRAINING.
On-Line Training and Fitness Coaching
This program has been ever so popular as I coordinate on-line training programs for those not close to our studio. Includes a fitness assessment, exercise prescription, unlimited email, phone calls, and video instruction. Assessments are followed up monthly. Call 813-571-3700 or email Rob@RobZFitness.com today for inquiry.
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Athletes interested in increasing power, strength, speed, and endurance to improve performance in a their specific sport. A great way to improve athletic ability to play at your best in sports and for life.
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(New challenge starts April 14, 2025) This program is about my super fast weight loss program for large groups. It’s called the 28 Day Rapid Fat Flush Bootcamp Challenge for good reason. It’s pretty amazing really… You workout with us 3-5 days a week for 28 days and you will look and feel great! Click here for details
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Can be bought for any monthly program or purchased in any dollar amount to be applied to any program.
RobZFitness Cycling Club
RobZFitness organizes several rides a week, catering to a variety of levels and including a range of distances. We have special rides of longer distances during the course of the bike season and hold social events at various times of the year. Organized leave times during the week are at 10:00am on Tuesday and Thursday morning and Saturday at 9:00am. Our club provides a great way to meet other bicyclists in our area and to learn from their experience. Interested in joining email Rob at Rob@RobZFitness.com.
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Ira Sukrungruang
January 1, 2025 by RobZ
“I Lost 108 Pounds in 10 Months”
Fat has been the center of my life. I’ve made a career out the topic, co-editing two anthologies—What Are You Looking At? The First Fat Fiction Anthology and Scoot Over, Skinny: The Fat Nonfiction Anthology—and my own writing have centered on how my body is viewed by others and by myself. I still believe in those books and the work I have published. No one fat or skinny should be judged by appearance, just as we should not be judged by color of skin or gender.
Despite this, after turning thirty-five, my body began to spin out of control. It was saying, “Dude, what are you doing?” I was nearing the four hundred pound mark, a weight I once imagined only the giant wrestlers on TV weighed. My body was telling me that if I wanted to live longer, if I wanted to live, I needed to do something. The path I was on, the absurd amount of eating I was doing, was destroying it. “A body can only hold so much,” it was saying.
Gift of Health
November 13, 2024 by RobZ
Make it a December to Remember
Is there a family member, a friend, or even you that you would like to help get started with their fitness program? There is no better gift than good health, and no better time to start training than after the holidays.
Gift certificates can be applied towards any of our 15 personal training packages.
After making your purchase online, you will receive a receipt and your gift certificate to print off.
When you give someone the gift of fitness, you are helping your friend, loved one, or yourself better health both physically and mentally.
(Give the Gift of Health)
You can purchase any of these RobZFitness gift certificates using Venmo or call us direct at 813-571-3700 to purchase a certificate.
