Member Spotlight- Aaron Vetack

 Member Spotlight

Aaron Vetack

“My fitness journey began December 21st 2012, I found myself in the hospital with some internal bleeding issues. While I was in triage they weighed me and I discovered that I was just about 225 lbs which was the most I had ever been, and in that moment I decided once I got better I was going to make some changes. Once the New Year began I made the same New Year’s resolution that everyone makes; I want to get back into shape like when I was in high school. But the difference for me was that I was determined to hit my goal. On January 2nd I joined 24 hour fitness. At the time I was still very anemic from losing close to half the blood in my body, so I started slow and easy. After about 4 months I was down about 20 lbs, when I hit a wall. I had a rough month and ended up gaining about 10 lbs back, this is when I was ready to get back into it but I wanted to try something new.

My best friend, Alyssa Penzes, was working out at this gym, they did a lot of high intensity type workouts and it sounded like a lot fun. Coming from a sports background playing baseball and football my entire life, having something that I can use to be active and be competitive in is something that sounded perfect for me. So one day I showed up at Pick It Up Fitness and got set up for my first workout which was 4 rounds: 400m run, 10 pull ups, 10 push presses at #115. That being said, I could barely do 200m, the black band for pull ups, and #65 for push press with a time of 19:30, I was completely wiped out, but I enjoyed it…a lot. Now after a little more than 3 months I can do all the pull ups, almost any prescribed weight, and can run pretty well. I compared my new time for my first workout then and now, doing it prescribed is 14:30. Now I can’t go a day without going to the gym, with my favorite workout being ‘Grace.’ I want to keep getting better, and with trainers like the ones at Pick It Up it's hard to not want to succeed and show up every day. Now I am back down to 205lbs thanks to them and have never felt or looked better. I still have a ways to hit my goal of 190lbs, but we all know that takes time. 

The best advice I can give anyone is to never give up on any goal, especially a fitness related one. Fitness goals can take a long time but it’s a lifestyle change, not a one and done fix. Anything worth doing is never going to be easy.”

Aaron, 

We thoroughly enjoy you being here at Pick It Up! You have the best attitude, a humble heart and an encouraging spirit. You bring so much joy and fun to our classes. We are so thankful for you and we are proud of all of your hard work and dedication. 

We wish you more luck in next year’s fantasy football draft, since this year is a bust. 

Love, Matthew, Jesse, Rob and Hannah