I was visiting a friend back in May.  It had been quite some time since we had seen each other. I told her how great she looked.  She told me about this wonderful trainer that she had started working with  for the past couple of months named Jamie Plunkett.  In her words, “Jamie has changed my life.”  She invited me to Boot Camp the following Saturday.  It sounded a bit intimidating but I agreed to go.  
I made it through the workout but it was tough.  Everyone was really nice and so encouraging.  I met Jamie and we set up an appointment the following Monday.  I had not weighed myself for about 6 months.  I knew my weight was up because all of my clothes were tight and my face was chubby in pictures, however I didn’t realize that I had gained 20 pounds!  My body fat score was poor.  Jamie just told me that he could fix that and we went to work.  I started meeting with him twice a week and attending Boot Camp on Saturdays.  I also run for 30 minutes 3 – 5 times a week.  At 6 weeks I had lost 8 pounds on the scale and 13 pounds of body fat!  My body fat score went from Poor to Average!  I cried tears of joy on the way home and then I called my friend to tell her the great news.  All of my clothes are loose on me and I am wearing things that I haven’t been able to wear for a year.  I’m even comfortable enough to wear a two piece swimsuit!   
I feel fantastic!  It’s wonderful to feel comfortable in my skin again.  I am more confident and I have tons of energy.  Thanks, Jamie!  You have also changed MY life!

I came to Jamie less than a year ago, because I needed to reach a goal and wasn’t quite getting there. I knew I had to diet and exercise, but I was missing a component and couldn’t figure out what it was until I met Jamie. He introduced me to something called “lifting heavier weights.” He has taught me that as a woman, lifting heavy weights isn’t going to make me bulk up, but it will make me stronger and leaner. As far as the diet part, wow, I didn’t know he would be able to help me with that as well. In less than a year, I’ve dropped weight, gained strength and enjoy life daily. Thanks for helping me find the missing piece, Jamie!

Working with Jamie REALLY made me conscious about how important being fit means to me. I am the lightest and most agile I have been in 10 years and motivated to keep a consistent workout program in my life

Jamie Plunkett helped to save my life. After my heart attack at 40 years old, I needed to change my lifestyle. I had to lose weight and become more physically active. Jamie helped me lose a total of 50 pounds, but more importantly, he helped me create workouts that I can do the rest of my life. Jamie does not just demonstrate the exercises and their correct form, but he also provides the rationale behind sequence of exercises. He emphasized strength training, cardiovascular workouts, proper rest, and good nutrition. His expertise and dedication continues to inspire and motivate me in my daily workouts. Jamie is much more than a personal trainer, he is also an educator and a motivator. I would highly recommend Jamie if you want to get lasting results in your training.

I had the privilege of working with Jamie when I became one of the Allure Magazine Total Makeover Girls for 2007. In the six months that Jamie and I worked together he taught me about cardio, the importance of strength training, and nutrition (not just what is good and bad, but why certain things are bad for the body). He challenged me physically and mentally and made a bet that I would be able to run a mile in under 8 minutes within six months (something that I never even did as a collegiate lacrosse player). It nearly killed me, but I did it. He also got to know me on a personal level and actually noticed the first day I wore shorts instead of long pants to work out. That was a really big deal for me. Jamie taught me things that I remember and still use today; he literally changed my life. I lost 24 pounds with his help and went on to lose a total of 40.

Growing up in the same hometown as Jamie, I personally witnessed the successes he’s had from not only a professional standpoint, but from a personal standpoint as well. By coincidence, we met up again randomly while living in Lawrence, and then my life changed drastically!

Growing up as a morbidly obese adolescent, my weight peaked at exactly 350 lbs. I decided to change at the age of 17, and lost 100 lbs. I maintained my 100 lb weight loss, but always strived for more. When I met up with Jamie, and being childhood friends, he offered to assist me with anything I needed, granted I didn’t waste his time. Knowing his knowledge, I was more than ready to take advantage of that. Within 3 months of his nutritional tips and exercise direction, I had lost 30 lbs. This was without direct training from him, and I was astounded!

Let alone from all of the personal assistance, Jamie has given me more direction in my own life, and has inspired me to become a personal trainer. This man is not only a master of his craft, but just an amazing individual who will completely change your life!

I came to Jamie at 305 lbs and had recently had two major surgeries. I told Jamie my problems and what my goals were and he came up with a plan for me and off we went. I was week by week and there were obstacles along the way (surgery related) but he kept pushing me. We changed my eating habits and began a fitness program and in about 6 months i had lost over 50 lbs. I developed a great friendship with Jamie that lasts to this day. I feel that Jamie put years on my life and I feel and look like a different person today. If you don’t believe me just ask my wife.

Approximately three years ago I injured my back and told by doctors that I had several bulging disk, a herniated disk, and on top of that spinal stinoses and scoliosis (sorry if these are not spelled correctly) needless to say I was in a lot of pain, had trouble getting up and down out of my chair. I had difficulty walking with pain shooting down my leg and could barely put my socks on. After 2 spinal epidurals and months and months of physical therapy, the doctors informed me I was a candidate for back surgery. That’s when I met Jamie. He asked me what my goal was and I explained – not to have back surgery, to walk without pain and to be able to put my socks on! Jamie said he could help me – and I would not need surgery if I would follow his rules… lose 40 pounds and exercise to strengthen the core. The first six months I wrote down everything I ate. I didn’t realize what I was putting in my mouth! I worked out with Jamie 3 times a week, walked on the days I didn’t work out, watched my diet and in 9 months I had lost 35 pounds. In a little less than a year I was down from a tight size 16 to size 8. I continue to watch my weight, see Jamie once a week to stay on track, exercise at the gym 2 to 3 times a week and walk when I can. I have no pain when I walk and can get up and down from my chair without pain and I can put my socks on! Sometimes I get in a rut and go back to working 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. six days a week and then I remember something Jamie told me. They will love you at work as long as you can work, but if you don’t take care of yourself, you won’t be able to work and then they won’t need you, and they won’t take care of you! TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF! I hate to think what my life would have been like now if I had not met Jamie.

I am still trying to get to that goal weight, but looking good and feeling great at 59!

THANKS JAMIE!

I was recently retired, 64 years old and, being inactive all of my life with a recently diagnosed case of Diabetes Type 2, I recognized that I had a need for increasing my physical activity. I was not overweight, but I did not have much physical strength or cardiovascular health. I contacted Mr. Plunkett who reviewed my case, my physical characteristics and medical needs, and provided a regular, supervised regimen of both cardiovascular and strengthening exercise at a gym. Over several months with Jamie as my trainer, I experienced noticeable improvement in my core strength and cardiovascular activity and developed regularity in working out at the gym. As importantly, Jamie provided careful consultation with my diet—making recommendations for daily food intake, providing me with sensible forms to record food intake and to use internet based programs for counting calories and the fat, protein, and carb calories. Jamie reviewed my record of food intake and physical activity during my weekly appointments. I continue to use and follow the recommendations that Jamie made for managing my physical activity and diet.

Jamie was very personable and carefully attentive from the very beginning in working with me, listening to my needs, answering my questions, watching my workouts during my appointments, suggested foods to try, reinforcing my small improvements, and providing and increasing changes in my program as I improved. I am grateful to Jamie for taking me from an inactive person who did not have a perception of control of his life participating in regular physical activity and healthy diet to a person with increased control and knowledge of his needs for physical activity which will provide significant benefits and a quality of life…and overall improved health.