Client of the Month: August 2026

Become Better Sport Performance and Personal Training

Client of the Month: August 2026

Winner: Mel Basl

Mel came to Become Better last year as a long-time fitness enthusiast, trying everything from home workouts and bootcamps to group CrossFit classes and personal training with Coach Nicole (who also guided her nutrition) before, during, and after her last pregnancy. Always looking for new ways to push her limits and lean into her fiery competitive side, she has completed several Spartan Races (including a 5K, 10K, and 21K), made the podium at multiple CrossFit competitions, and took on a tough 30K ultra trail hike earlier this year, enlisting the help of our physical therapist Emily to keep nagging injuries at bay and keep her ready for race day. 

This year’s Summer Olympics really showed what a well-rounded athlete Mel is. She finished as the top overall female, 2nd overall, nearly beat both Coach Dan and Nicole, and placed in the top 5 in 7 of the 9 events:

Event placements:

• 5th – Clean

• 24th – Squat

• 7th – Farmers Carry

• 4th – Ring Toss

• 3rd – BOSU Plank

• 3rd – HYROX

• 2nd – Sled

• 5th – Run

• 2nd – Dart Game

She’s not only strong and enduring, but has an indomitable will that makes her a true force in the gym.

As a busy mom of two young kids (one crazy toddler), Mel understands the importance of making time for herself and prioritizing her health. She has lost over 50lbs in the last year and a half, bringing the same level of consistency and determination to her weight loss journey that she brings to the gym (and everything else she sets her mind to). The gym is her happy place, and she enjoys tackling bodyweight movements like pull-ups and refining her Olympic lifting skills. She is currently focusing on adding snatches and overhead squats in her programming while still crushing her high-intensity conditioning pieces..because hard work and suffering in workouts is how she de-stresses.  

Mel is hard-working and always ready to rise to the next challenge, a great example of what it means to Become Better.

Client of the Month: July 2026

Become Better Sport Performance and Personal Training: Client of the Month - July 2026

Heidi Calhoun

Heidi first joined Become Better at the beginning of 2022.

This year, Heidi has shown how much she has Become Better through our Olympics competition. As of now, she sits in 2nd place overall for the women, and currently ranks in the Top 7 in the Dart Game, Sled, BOSU Plank, Bike/Ring Toss, and Farmer's Carry. I’m sure you will see her try to take the top spot in one of these events before we’re done.

Heidi has also put in the effort to complete her first HyRox and learn the “Clean” to help push her overall score up. I can’t tell you how many burpees she’s done, but no one should be surprised if she ends up with the most done by anyone. Last year Heidi cracked the top 10 for the first time in the Olympics. This year she could end up #1.

To make her accomplishments even more impressive it should be known that she has battled through numerous injuries over the years that have stalled progress at times. Her commitment to the rehab laid out by Coach Emily of FORGE PT is a big reason why she has been able to recover and push weights that she never used to be able to before.

Recently in the gym Heidi has picked up 75k for reps, squatted nearly 100 lbs, and pressed 30 lb DB’s. All of these numbers a year ago would have been completely impossible.

Heidi, thank you for being such an important part of the community. Your dedication, positive attitude, and hard work inspire everyone around you and is why you were initially chosen to help get your Olympic Team (BB GOATS) all set-up. Congratulations on being our Client of the Month—we can't wait to see how you finish out this year's Olympics!

Client of the Month: June 2026

Client of the Month – June 2026: Werner & Ana Hernandez

This month's Client of the Month is a little different—and a very special one.

Werner has been part of this journey longer than just about anyone. In fact, he was training with Coach Dan before Become Better even existed.

Back in 2013, Werner was a senior on the Bethel Park High School volleyball team when Coach Dan first moved to Pittsburgh. That team became Dan's very first group of clients in the area. Even though Werner was getting ready to head off to college the following summer, he still made time to be part of Dan's very first summer weightlifting program for volleyball players.

After college, Werner was away for a few years, but when he returned home, he came back to the gym—and he's been a part of the Become Better family ever since.

Over the years, Werner has always stayed committed to training. Sometimes his focus has been building strength, sometimes dropping a few pounds, and sometimes simply staying healthy and managing old injuries. No matter the goal, he's always shown up and put in the work.

A couple of years ago, he convinced his wife, Ana, to join the gym as well. While Ana was pregnant she continued to workout all the way up until the last few weeks before giving birth.

In June, Werner and Ana welcomed their beautiful baby girl, Freya, into the world, and we couldn't be happier for them.

For Coach Dan, this one is especially meaningful. Freya is the first baby born to someone who was once one of his teenage athletes—a reminder of just how much time has passed and how incredible it is to watch people grow through different stages of life. Seeing former high school athletes become husbands, wives, and now parents is something that's hard to put into words.

Werner and Ana, congratulations on your growing family. We're so excited for this new chapter in your lives, and we can't wait to meet Freya—and, of course, we fully expect to see her hanging around the gym before too long.

Congratulations to our June 2026 Clients of the Month!

Bonus: The photo below was taken in the Summer of 2014 after Werner was punished for putting a spider on to Jess Hanson. He had to push the sled down and back, then do a bunch of push-ups while I added another 45 lb plate to the sled for him to repeat. This is a story we often tell at the gym….

Client of the Month: May 2026

Client of the Month: May 2026

The Winner is: Leslie Bazzano

Leslie is our Client of the Month for May 2026, and we couldn't be happier to celebrate everything she's accomplished.

Last year, Leslie was dealing with a frustrating shoulder issue. Instead of letting it hold her back, she committed herself to the rehab process and is now training without any shoulder issues. This has allowed her to train harder and see some great progress.

Recently, Leslie crushed an 82kg trap bar deadlift for 4 reps, the heaviest she's ever lifted, and she's now pressing 30+ lb dumbbells with confidence. Watching her get stronger each week has been so rewarding because we know just how much work went into getting there.

As if the PRs weren't enough, May also brought another big milestone. Leslie signed up for her very first Become Better Summer Olympics. She's tackled almost every event, including the dreaded HYROX challenge, and has already earned the full 500 points for the Burpees event.

We're incredibly proud of everything you've accomplished, Leslie. Congratulations on being our May 2026 Client of the Month—this is so well deserved, and we can't wait to see what you'll accomplish next!

Client of the Month: April 2026

Client of the Month: April 2026

The Winner is: Stephanie Ertel

Stephanie has been training with us for over five years and has been a consistent part of our gym community. Over the years she has made major progress towards her goals and lost a significant amount of weight (~80 lbs) and has become much stronger through working hard and showing up consistently. Although she has been battling injuries lately, she continues to come in and do what she's able to do rather than skipping out completely.

Outside of the gym, Stephanie recently celebrated a big milestone, getting married this past April. We're excited for her and wish her all the best as she begins this new chapter.

Stephanie's long-term consistency and commitment to her health make her a great example of what steady effort can accomplish. We're happy to have her as part of our gym family and proud to recognize her as our Client of the Month.

Congratulations, Stephanie!

Client of the Month: March 2026

Client of The Month: March 2026

The Winner: Chris Dattalo

Chris is winning client of the month in March for his long term dedication to Become Better. Chris is one of our longest tenured clients as he started way back on November 4th, 2014. For over 11 years, Chris hasn’t missed more than a week here or there for a vacation. That is the definition of consistency.

Chris originally started to simply lose weight and become healthier overall. Since the beginning he has kept his cholesterol, blood pressure, and blood sugar all in check while keeping his weight lower and of course becoming much stronger.

Chris can now Bench over 120 kg, Press over his head over 70 kg, and pick up over 200 kg on the Trap Bar.

Chris always brings a fun, easy going, positive energy to the gym. He’s very friendly and could go on for hours talking about anything to do with sports.

Chris is one of the best clients we’ve ever had which makes this award long overdue. I’m happy that Chris has been apart of our community this long and that I can call him a good friend too.

Client of the Month - February 2026

Become Better Sport Performance and Personal Training

Client of the Month - February 2026

The Winner is: Austin David

Austin was a part of the winning team for the Become Better Winter Olympics this year largely thanks to his performance. He had the top performance on the Ski Ergometer of 1296 meters in the 5 minute time frame. He also had the top sled push time for a man and woman combo of 42.06 seconds with the help of Liz Carr.

In addition to his performance and the Winter Olympics, Austin also has been a model for consistency since joining the gym back in November. He has come in 3 days/week hardly if ever missing a day for the last 4-5 months. Even after dealing with a knee injury he continued to come and show up and work on what he could along with some rehab work.

Although his lifetime PRs in a lot of lifts are likely higher than they are now from back when he used to play football, he has still hit some pretty impressive numbers recently. He benched 123 kg for a few easy doubles. Then just for fun did 15 reps with 103 kg.

If you ever see Austin in the gym you’ll notice that he never stops moving. He goes from station to station like a man on a mission while singing whatever old school hip-hop/pop song Dan has on at the time. He is always willing to stop and talk for a minute about the latest screw ups in Pittsburgh sports though.

Client of the Month - January 2026

Become Better Sport Performance and Personal Training

Client of the Month - January 2026

The Winner is: Gina Swanson!

Gina has been a member of our gym for almost 7 years (next month)! Through that time she has made drastic improvements to her health and fitness. Most recently, she has worked hard to lose 40 lbs over the last few months! She also very casually just Deadlifted 100 kg for 3 sets 3 reps (straight bar) during this time where she is trying to lose weight. Gina is also a founding member of the morning burpee club which now does 10 burpees at the end of every workout. When they started they struggled to even get 5 done.

Gina’s whole family have also been members of the gym for quite some time. Often during events such as the winter Olympics you can see her team of “The Swansons” which includes her husband Mike and her children Charlotte and Jonathan.

Gina is such an amazing presence at the gym. She brings positive energy, always works hard, and is quick to jump in if anyone needs help. For all of these reasons. Gina is easily the first winner of client of the month for 2026!

Client of the Month: December 2025

The Winner: Unsa Willis

Unsa has been a part of the gym for 5+ years. Through the years she has made great strides in a variety of different fitness areas. She has run half marathons, worked on Olympic lifting, gotten a lot stronger, and worked on her nutrition/body composition. Unsa has come a long way from when she first started where she was deadlifting <100 lbs compared to over 200 lbs now.

When the gym isn’t busy, you can often find Unsa at the gym with her son Ryad, showing it’s never too early to get your kid acclimated to the weight room.

Unsa trains 5x/week while having a full time job and being a full time mom. A great example for others to see.

Uniquely this month, Unsa is also winning this month because she was an integral part of the recruitment of two of our new coaches in 2025, Nicole Voelzke and Leeana Hergenreder. Unsa knew that both of them were looking for new coaching opportunities and helped us connect.

Her consistency, hard work, and of course helping US Become Better are why Unsa has won Client of the Month for December 2025.

Client of the Month: November 2025

Client of The Month: November 2025

And the Winner is: Jeff Bondy

Jeff Bondy is winning client of the month for November 2025. As of November 5th, Jeff has been part of our gym family for an incredible 9 years — nearly a decade of showing up, putting in the work, and proving exactly what long-term dedication looks like. This makes him one of the longest tenured clients at Become Better.

Jeff’s journey hasn’t been without challenges. He’s had old sports injuries and heart issues that have stalled his progress. Jeff can’t do what he once could and may need longer rest between exercises, but that never stopped him from continuing to show up to work to Become Better. 

Beyond his hard work in the gym, Jeff has also made a huge impact by offering thoughtful advice and insights on how “Become Better” can Become Better. Most recently you can thank him for the new kitchen cabinet next to the fridge (although it still needs to be put together).

Jeff, thank you for your dedication, your resilience, and your commitment to both your fitness journey and our community.

Client of the Month: October 2025

Client of the Month: October 2025

The Winner is:

Patrick Scherurell!

Pat is winning this month because of his dedication and massive PR’s in October that have come from never missing a session since joining the gym over a year and a half ago (except for one holiday which was our fault for not getting him in). Pat started out coming 3 days/week with his previous workout experience mostly being related to calisthenics and biking. Pat has now developed a passion for working on the Olympic weightlifting movements along with trying to get really strong in the other typical Power Lifting exercises (Back Squat, Bench Press, and Deadlift). He also now comes in 4 days/week and has been planning ahead to make sure he doesn’t miss any of his workouts due to Holidays.

Here are all the PR’s Pat hit in October:

Deadlift: 137 kg (300 lb)

Front Squat: 91 kg (200 lb)

Bench Press: 67 kg x 2 - (Early November: 75k - 3 kg from BW which is a goal for Pat)

Back Squat 100 kg x 2 - (Should see an even larger number tonight too)

Hang Clean: 70 kg for reps

Hang Snatch: 50 kg

Split Jerk: 60 kg

For context on how big of improvements these are, here are his numbers when he was nominated back in July of 2024:

Bench: 40 kg

Back Squat: 47 kg

TB Deadlift: 100 kg

I think it’s clear why Pat should be the Client of the Month in October. Pat has shown that dedication and determination are a sure fire way to Become Better.

Client of the Month: September 2025

Winner: Jaxon Dubich

Jaxon is winning Client of the Month for September because of his dedication, attitude, and effort he put forth over the month. Jaxon is in Middle School and goes in and out of sport seasons most of the year which limits his availability for the gym. His schedule was more open in September though and he was able to consistently make it in twice/week. When he came in for training he has taken it upon himself to make sure he’s warmed up and ready to go for every workout. He works hard and often double checks to make sure his form is good on all exercises. If it is, he is always willing to try a more advanced version or add a little weight. Jaxon is always willing to push a little harder at the end of the workout for his conditioning exercises and will even stay a little late if need be to finish. You can always tell he’s going all out!

For all these reasons, Jaxon is well deserving of winning Client of the Month for September!

Client Of The Month: August 2025

Client of The month: August 2025

Winner Liz Avon

Liz first started with Coach Dan back at LA Fitness over 10 years ago. Unfortunately for us, she has taken many extended breaks over the years due to kids, work, injuries, and other life events. However, a couple months ago she finally returned! Not only did she start coming back to the gym, she also has become one of the largest team contributors to her Olympic team. Sending possibly too many texts in their group chat to coordinate outfits and cheer on her teammates, but it has resulted in her team being in first place for much of the season. During the first week she even ran a mile twice on the same day after not running for years. She has had to be repeatedly told not to overdue things so that we could progress things at a normal amount and not risk any injuries. Still, we love the enthusiasm.

Over the years Liz has been a big contributor to our community through referring multiple people to us. We have already had 3 this summer only from her. She also of course was the one to refer Ben Avon (her husband) who has been with us ever since ~2015. She also referred long time client (now remotely), Shay.

From all the effort she put into helping her team during the summer Olympics, Liz won the Big Blue Award this month. This award is always given to someone who shows an enormous amount of effort to help herself and her team Become Better.

For all of this and all of her positive energy she brings to the gym she is winning client of the month for August 2025.

Client of the Month July 2025

Client Of the Month July 2025

Winner: Ben Avon:

Ben Avon has been training with Become Better for over 8 years. His wife, Liz Avon, was an original client of Coach Dan’s during his short tenure at LA Fitness. Soon after, Liz convinced Ben to also train with Become Better.  Even though Ben and Liz have missed time here and there because of his duties as a father and husband, Ben and Liz have been part of the Become Better family ever since.  

Anyone who has met Ben knows he has one of the best gym spirits any place could ask for.   He is always the first to motivate and cheer on others as they also do their best to Become Better. Just like Liz, Ben had been a very large part of the Become Better Olympics by always being helpful to not just his team but literally any person performing one of the events.  Since Ben’s last nomination he has had a goal of hitting a 300lb Bench Press.  At that time of nomination in 2023 he had hit 130kg or 286lb but this Olympics there is a very good chance he hits his goal!  He has already hit 3 more kg than he did previously so everyone cheer him on!

Ben also ended up being the winner on the Men’s side for the Summer Olympics in 2025!

Other Nominee:

Liz Avon:

Liz first started with Coach Dan back at LA Fitness over 10 years ago. Unfortunately for us, she has taken many extended breaks over the years due to kids, work, injuries, and other life events. However, a couple months ago she finally returned! Not only did she start coming back to the gym, she also has become one of the largest team contributors to her Olympic team. Sending possibly too many texts in their group chat to coordinate outfits and cheer on her teammates, but it has resulted in her team being in first place for much of the season. During the first week she even ran a mile twice on the same day after not running for years. She has had to be repeatedly told not to overdue things so that we could progress things at a normal amount and not risk any injuries. Still, we love the enthusiasm.

Over the years Liz has been a big contributor to our community through referring multiple people to us. We have already had 3 this summer only from her. She also of course was the one to refer Ben Avon (her husband) who has been with us ever since ~2015. She also referred long time client (now remotely), Shay.

For all of this and all of her positive energy she brings to the gym she is being nominated as the Client of the Month for July 2025.

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Client of the Month June 2025

Client of the Month June 2025

Winner: Andrew Gee

Andrew is also a recent new member of Become Better, beginning his journey with us in March of this year. Andrew does have a previous exercise background but has felt his training goals to be tough with on and off training. Since signing up at Become Better, Andrew has been very consistent training 2 and more recently 3 times per week in the same after work time as Brian from above. Along with his gym frequency, Andrew has also been a frequent summer olympic participant in and out of the gym. Andrew has attended the draft, casino night and the BB after dark party.

Here are some of Andrew’s achievements:

Trap Bar Deadlift: 145k

Bench Press: 110k

Other Nominees

Brian D’ Orazio

Brian is a recent new comer of the gym who has started his workout journey in November of last year. Many of you may have already met Brian as he is a very friendly face who typically does his workouts in the evenings after work. You can see his dedication through his attendance at Draft Day and his willingness to stay after his workouts to complete and retry Olympic events. Brian is and avid show watcher along with playing many different styles of video games. If you name a game, Brian may have played it. When Brian came to us, he did not have any training background and had to work on a lot of proper body positioning along with technique for just about every exercise. Now just after about 7 month of consistent training, he is hitting personal bests and performing very well in the summer olympics.

Here are some of Brian’s achievements:

Trap Bar : 85k

Bench Press: 48k

Back Squat: 60k

Client of the Month May 2025

Client of the Month May 2025

The Winner is…

Laura Tobin:

Laura is a frequent early bird to the Become Better mornings training 3 days per week with her days mainly being Tuesday, Thursday and another day on the weekends. Laura has been training with us at Become Better for just over a year and a half and come October will be at the 2 year mark! Laura is a local to the area and also has a passion for running. Laura has remained very consistent with her training despite some small running injuries but that consistency is what also led her to rebound heal up quick to get back to what she really enjoys doing.

During her time at Become Better here are Laura’s accomplishments:

15 Push Ups

34k Bench Press

50k Trapbar Deadlift

Multiple Chin-ups

other Nominees:

Marty and Rosa:

Marty and Rosa have been training with us at Become Better for just over 2 years now. They came to us looking into training for their wedding and found such a liking that they continued their training journey with us! Marty and Rosa have been mainly training to increase strength, mobility and overall health. They have been recurring teams members of the Become Better Summer Olympics along with Marty also competing in his first Marathon.

Marty signed up to compete in a race towards the End of this May close to where they have lived previously and where Rosa grew up so in order to prepare they came to the gym 3, 4 and even 5 times one week. They will be taking a small summer break from the gym to see family and friends but fully intend to be back at their 6 time frame on Tuesdays and Thursdays! Their frequent attendance in the gym is what led to their nomination for the month of May client of the month!

Jim Roethlein:

Jim has been training with us at Become Better for almost 2.5 years now and was a referral from his daughter Jen who many of you know from her many years with us also! Jim came to us in rough shape with major heart and other medical issues and had to be monitored very closely with many restrictions when it came to his exercises and the amount of weight that he could use during his workouts. Jim is always a smiling and happy person to be around when he is in during his sessions at noon on Tuesday and Friday!

As Jim has continued his training with us, his doctors have loosened his restrictions on what he can do and has seen very good results on all of his medical visits. We look forward to seeing Jim with us for many years to come and improved health as he continues his exercise journey.

Client of The Month: April 2025

The Winner is:

Claire Jeans

AKA The Black Hole

A nickname given to her because she has failed to win any event/contest we have ever done. She has never even been on a winning team during the Summer or Winter Fitness Olympics.

However, in April Claire finally won her first contest: The March Madness Challenge.

She may have almost thrown up, but she persevered and scored the most points out of all of the women.

Claire has also set a couple massive PRs as of late in the gym.

• Deadlift: 130kg for 10 reps

• Bench: 69 kg for 10 reps

For context, Claire was first nominated (and lost to Kerry Hartman) back in March 2023 and her PR’s that month were: Bench Press 65 kg for 3 reps and Deadlift 112 kg for 3 reps.

This shows how much Claire has worked over the last couple years to continue to Become Better.

Claire has been apart of APFitNow/Become Better since 2017, and although she is the butt of many jokes, she is a perfect role model for what we want our clients to be like. She doesn’t miss appointments. She goes 100% every time. And she is always one of the first people to greet new clients that come in the door.

For all of these reasons, she is unanimously winning Clients of The Month for April 2025

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Client of The Month March 2025

The Winner:

Liz Carr

Liz is one of just a handful of clients who has been a member at Become Better for 10 years! She started off with basically no weight training experience and was just looking for help because she was an avid marathon runner. Over the years, Liz vastly improved her marathon time while also accomplishing doing multiple chin-ups, deadlifting over 200 lbs, Squatting more than her body weight and more.

Recently she switched her training to preparing for a High Rox Competition which consists of running .62 miles between other events such as rowing, skiing, sleds, burpees, and more. On March 30th she completed her first competition with a 1:25:15 time! This was very impressive especially for her first one and was right inline with her goal.

Liz has been a model client not just for all of her fitness accomplishments but also for her positive presence in the gym. She is always willing to work hard and cheer others on while they too are working. For these reasons Liz is winning The Client Of The Month For March 2025.

Client of the Month February 2025

The Winner:

Laura McClure

Laura has been training with us at Become Better a little over a year and a half. She started with us after some convincing from her mom (Joanie Schluetter) who was a previous client of the month winner.

Laura came to us with some experience but has learned and done very well since she began. During her training with us, Laura and her husband found out that they were having a baby boy which Laura trained through most of the pregnancy. Laura had to work through many obstacles between how she felt while trying to work out but she always found a way to make it work! After taking some time off to get settled with their new baby boy, Laura has returned back to the gym and doing great! Laura is a great example of a client who had life step in the way but found a way to get back in and all are doing well and healthy.

Runner Up - Doug Niesen:

Doug has been training with Become Better since July of last year. His daughter Rachel first trained with us while in high school starting~ 8 years ago. Rachel's brother Ben then joined the gym a few years ago and was able to convince Doug to join as well.

Doug has a plethora of old injuries which limits what he can do quite a bit. This doesn't stop him from trying to improve and BECOME BETTER though. His goals are simple. He wants to be able to continue moving well with as little pain as possible. When he first started it was clear that his muscles were still strong, but his joints would ache. Despite this, Doug never shied away from trying something out to see how it would feeI. It took a lot of experimentation to figure out the right amount of stress to strengthen the joints but not over irritate them. Over the months Doug has increased his ROM, reduced his pain, and gotten stronger. Last month he went down to Florida for the winter, but that has not stopped him from following a Become Better program. Doug has still been working out 4-5 days/week every week even when gone. This dedication is why he is being nominated for COTM.

Client of the Month January 2025

Client of the Month Januarty 2025

The Winner:

Lily Silvis:

Lily is now 15 years old and started coming to us just under a year ago with little to no experience. She is currently using the training to get ready for her upcoming track season. Training definitely wasn’t something she super enjoyed when she started. Many times she would not give it her all, get distracted easily, and complain about her workouts. However, she is being nominated for client of the month for January because over the last several months she has flipped 180 degrees. I haven’t seen any instance where she wasn’t working hard or cutting corners. She hasn’t been overly distracted and gets her work done. Even when she has said she is tired from her track training or other activities before coming in she still puts out the needed effort to get through her workout to Become Better.

Overall in the gym Lily has also made a lot of progress. Most notably she has improved her ROM and general body positions/technique in things like Squats, RDLs, and deadlifts. She has increased her TB Deadlift from around 35k all the way to 60k. She was unable to bench the bar when she started and now can do the bar with some little weights added to it.

Lily turned 15 a couple of days ago and her track season will start shortly after. I hope her recent hard work pays off and she has a great season!

The other Nominees:

Giada Micucci

Giada has just hit the 1 year mark training with us at Become Better.  Giada started with us as a is a multi athlete middle school student who’s primary sport is with the ski team where she travels all over for competitions. Giada has also recently taking a liking for volleyball. Ever since she stepped foot in to the gym, Giada has always been ready to put in the work! Giada is willing to do every exercise and wants to learn how to execute it to the best of her ability. For the longest time, she was training just once a week with her busy schedule with school and sports making progress along the way but has switched to working out with us twice a week and has seen even more progress. At her young age, Giada was able to easily deadlift over 200lbs for multiple reps and perform a pull up.

Giada has been an incredibly hard worker with her training, her ski training, school work and most recently the volleyball she has wanted to learn. She has the potential to achieve any goal she has with how willing she is to put in the work on a daily basis! If you see her in the gym, make sure you wish her luck in her upcoming ski events through the winter season!

Liz Anderson:

 Liz has been a client for 6 years now. She always has a positive attitude and is always willing to try new things and participate in events and challenges even though she doesn’t expect to win or even place in many of them. In January however, she won her first event during our winter Olympics! The event was the Ski and Dart Biathalon where she threw a clutch 240 points with the darts to help her pass the former Olympic champion, Alex Sepcic. She also placed 3rd place in the bear crawl sled event losing to only Coach Morgan and Alex Sepcic. This performance also put her team into first place for the Winter Olympics. This was all done after she just got over being sick as well. We unfortunately do not have all of her old workouts and sheets because when she started they were all on paper (which Coach Dan recently got rid of), but I know she would agree that her strength and conditioning has vastly improved since starting at Become Better. Her husband Jacob also joined a few years ago and we are very thankful for both of them to be a part of our gym community.