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Client of the Month

Nicole Hogan

Atlanta Personal trainer

 December 2013

Nicole Hogan, 27, a Pediatric Nurse at Children’s Healthcare and operation room nurse for Atlanta Plastic Surgery Specialist, from Chamblee, Georgia joined Brad Kolowich Jr.’s AB Attack Class late last spring. From that class on, she was hooked and began training weekly with Atlanta personal trainer Jonathan Kolowich in order to prepare for her October 2013 wedding. Nicole is a very goal driven girl! She is motivated by setting personal goals with an end date in which she works to reach the goal. She reached her most lean physique for her wedding. After saying “I do”, she wanted to get another date on the calendar to keep her fitness pursuit propelling forward. In March of 2014, Nicole will compete in her first ever NPC bikini competition. Since beginning training, Nicole has not only transformed her physique by adding lean muscle and reducing her body fat, but she has also more than doubled her strength. She currently holds four records at the Brad Kolowich Jr Fitness Studio (her goal was to get on the board before January 2014 was over). Nicole holds the record for women in push-ups, dips, dead lifts, and the 95lbs squats. She is working to add her name to the pull-up record as well! Through the holidays AND working two jobs, Nicole didn’t skip a workout—even if that meant waking at 4:30 am OR getting to the gym at 8:00pm after a 13-hour shift at the hospital! Nothing makes us more excited and proud than to see a client truly committed to reaching his/her goals. Thanks Nicole for being a positive inspiration to us and many others through your dedication to bettering your health and fitness!

If your goal is to lose weight (shed fat) and/or get lean, be sure to make the Tabata Protocol a part of your cardio program.  (20 seconds of effort followed by 10 seconds rest for a total of 8 sets).

The Tabata can be done with any exercise although some examples include:

Kettlebell swings

Cleans

Thrusters

Pushups

Squat jumps

Jumping jacks

Jump ropes

and the list goes on and on…

Also, even better than keeping track on your stopwatch is by downloading a FREE Tabata app for your smartphone which chimes you in and out of your 20/10 sets.  There are multiple out there and they all serve the same purpose.

Now go do some Tabating’ and watch how fast you start to shed the fat!

– Brad