01/08/2022
I am beyond proud of my dear friend, Dusty!
“My name is Dustin Hall, and I am 42 years old and have always been a big guy (6'5" and 355 lbs.). I want to tell you how Jenn Hordemann helped to change my life. That sounds like a crazy statement, but I assure you it's 100% true. I have been out of shape my entire life and physical activity would cause me huge amounts of stress and anxiety. Every time I would try to lose weight in the past, the gym would always intimidate me to the point of not
being able to go. I knew I had to find a way to incorporate exercise into my new lifestyle to really achieve the health goals I had set. Last year my father passed away due to a heart attack. He meant the world to me and when he passed, it absolutely
crushed me. Two months after he passed, I found myself sitting in my doctor's office for the results of my annual physical. Not a huge surprise but I was facing the same
issues that just had taken my dad. I was 355 lbs and all the boxes were checked -high blood pressure meds, pre-diabetic, terrible cholesterol, fatty liver, and few other life shortening conditions. I knew I had to make a change but wasn't sure where to start. I have known Jenn for quite some time, and I reached out and asked if I could come over and ask "little kid" work out questions. Jenn was so supportive and positive; she answered all my questions and I told her about how I had tried and failed in the past. She didn't bat an eye, she told me that failing in the past meant I wasn't ready. If I was ready now, she told me she would support me and get me to my goals. I signed up to come workout for one hour, twice a week. When I went to Jenn for my first session, I walked in with the mindset of “do the best you can", which at the time was only about 10 minutes before I had nothing left. As I was waiting to get the normal trainer response of you don't want it bad enough" or some version of that, which I had heard so many times before, Jenn told me how proud she was that I showed up and that we did some really great work. She never let me get discouraged and always made sure I felt positive about coming back for our next session. Cont in comments…