Phyllis's Journey from Fearing the Gym to Finding Her Place

For a long time, Phyllis was afraid of the gym. Big, busy gyms made her nervous, and she didn't feel like she belonged there.

She had tried exercise before, but it never lasted. In her words, it was always the same story: "sign up, you do you and before anything else, you quit because you 'lose interest'."

So when she started at iLift Pines Square, she was not sure it would be any different.

She trains with Coach Shannon. What made the difference for her was simple. He listens.

He still pushes her, but never by forcing her. He checks that she is okay with every exercise, and she gets to work at her own pace.

Some sessions are hard. After one of them, she told Coach Shannon she was going to die. She came back anyway. To us, that's real determination.

Now Phyllis has found her groove. Her strength and her fitness are slowly getting better, week by week. For someone who never stuck with exercise before, turning up is already a big win.

This is part of what she wrote in her Google review:

“Training with iLift is something I never thought I would enjoy, but I do… From the beginning of every session till the end, our coach is there with us, guiding us at all times. Not intimidating at all.”

If the gym has always scared you, Phyllis's story shows it doesn't have to stay that way.