It's A Great Day!

For the last five years Tracie and myself have prided ourselves on being a part of the community and doing whatever we can to contribute. Today we were honored with four different Ahwatukee voted on achievements for 2008.

Yes, we would have liked to be voted number 1 for best place to workout but seriously, exercise is exercise. What makes your exercise special and demanding is the experience that you go through during your exercise. I like to call that customer service and yes, we were voted #1 best customer service in all of the Ahwautkee based businesses. To think that a little mom and pop gym (yes, we won that one as well) would have the best customer service in town. So now I'm thinking either we are really good at treating people right or Ahwatukee businesses need to step it up a little on their services. Of course just a thought though.

We also took second in best personal trainer (Kevin). You know the sad part about it? Kevin not only gives great workouts but he gives every ounce of who he is to the members of the gym. Not just the ones that he works with directly but everyone that is a member or potential member for that reason. He may have been voted number two but I would put my entire reputation on it that Kevin is one of the best trainers in the country. It's not that he is the most educated in fitness but that he completely understands what it means to be a personal trainer. The workout part is only a small portion of what he does, it's the entire experience that he provides that keeps everyone coming back for more. We have a saying that we use a lot in our meetings: "Give people what they want, but incorporate what they need." I would say Kevin understands this completely. "Dry.. you've got my vote and thank you for being the person that you are."

That's it. My two cents are in. I'm proud to have won all these achievements and am humble at the same time. Tracie and I have come a long way since to moving to Arizona in 2000. Here's a quick story; when we moved here from Texas, I was working in Peoria, trying to run a guys gym who lived in Austria, we would chat via the internet. I made no money and drove 45 minutes each way to get there. Tracie was finishing up school at ASU and we lived in a dump in Tempe. We were so broke that I would do yard work for my dad to make $400 a month.... middle of the summer may I add just to cover the bills. Yadayadayada, I can't believe that I have six employees now and a gym that everyone of the town supports. I am grateful to all of you who do business with us. You could go anywhere but you chose us and for that all I can say is thank you.