Louise Bolger | SUN
Blake Forsberg works out of AMI Health and Fitness and
he's available for in-home training. Customers who
sign up for a personal training package through
June will get a free Anna Maria Island Health
and Fitness T-shirt.
You're young, you're in great shape, you just finished backpacking around Costa Rica for three months, and you don't want to go back to your native Seattle. What do you do next? Well like any smart young man, you take your mother's advice and move to Anna Maria Island.
For six years Blake Forsberg has been serious about working out and becoming the definitive gym rat, so what better career choice is there than doing what you love, and three years ago Forsberg did just that.
He became a certified personal trainer as well as a resistance training and fitness nutrition specialist certified by both the American Council on Exercise and the National Federation of Professional Trainers.
Forsberg says his goal is to promote a lifestyle change in an effort to maintain and develop strength and mobility improving quality of life. He points out that after a certain age your body starts to break down especially if you have been living a sedentary lifestyle. He believes in preventative action and specializes in strength training for all of his clients, sometimes as many as 15 a week ranging in age from 32 to 82.
His training programs start slow with an assessment of muscular strength and balance as well as the client's ultimate goals. After the first complimentary session Forsberg sets up a training schedule frequently three days a week under his supervision, pointing out those new movements need to be learned the proper way in order to be effective and achieve the maximum benefit.
Forsberg can do personal training in your home or at AMI Health & Fitness in Holmes Beach, and has just started a new monthly training program membership. For seasonal residents he would encourage them to get set up for next season before their return by scheduling their first complimentary session so they don't lose any time when they arrive back on Anna Maria. And local and full time residents who sign up for a personal training package through June will receive a complimentary AMI Health & Fitness T-shirt.
Forsberg found the perfect fit for his life on a little island off the coast of Florida where he "gets to teach people every day what his passion is." If it's time for you to get off the beach and get in shape call Forsberg and catch some of that passion.
BLAKE FORSBERG
Personal Trainer
AMI Health & Fitness
5364 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach
360-271-8439
forsbergblake@gmail.com
instagram/blakeforsberg
facebook.com/blakeforsbergfitness
7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Monday – Friday