Pro Files: Marti Carrier

Fitness Together

Chesapeake

“A successful life is a string of successful days.”

After I had my son I was a stay-at-home mom. I said that I wasn’t going to be a fat stay-at-home mom.
So the first thing I did were videos. Man, it’s been a long time.

I used to do Tony Little. He’s the real deal because he was always a little overweight and you see he fights weight. The one thing I did was focus on my legs and abs because I had broad shoulders. I think a lot of women do that, but because we don’t have testosterone, there was nothing to bulk up there. So now I work it all out.

You have to make time for you. Put your health and happiness first on your to-do list. You’ve only got one body for your lifetime here on Earth. My motto is that I want to feel as good as I can, look as good as I can, for as long as I can. I just turned 50 last year and so far I’m doing pretty well. Why give in?

Advice for New Mothers

Get a personal trainer. When you work with a personal trainer, they’ll get more out of you than you’ll get out yourself. When I got tired watching videos, I got tired. But a trainer will make you do the last two reps and get you to keep going and help you work
on your form.

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