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Queen of Hearts K32023-11-28Not only has Lyonel helped me bounce back after chronic pain from a back injury, but he helped change my mindset about fitness and my overall health. His team of coaches are top notch and always work to push us all to our potential while creating a safe and fun environment to learn and grow together. Lyonstrong has changed my life and I will forever be grateful for Lyonel, Eileen and Isaac!
Lawrence-Christopher Finley Sr2023-07-21Looking for an alternative to the sounds of weights being thrown around, waiting in line for equipment, and no personal attention? Enroll here for a body and mind workout focused on recovery, evolution, and progression. The average age is 50, with no judgments passed. The price of quality versus quantity is well worth it. Ask for your one-time 30% enrollment discount from Lyonel from L-C until December 2023.
Roberto Moreno2023-03-17Lyonstrong, best fitness program ever, Lyonel is an excellent trainer and coach, very dynamic, passionate and dedicated to his craft. Being with Lyonel for ever and the change he has brought to my lifestyle, body and eating habits is something I would not change for anything in the world. Come and join him
Martin Johnson2022-06-27First, I would like to say that i am not a gym rat. I am 60 years old, and i haven't been to a gym since High School. My girlfriend is a fitness person, and she came for a few months and didn't invite me to come until she was sure this would be the best place for me. i had back surgery in my 20's and just kept weight off to protect my back. i was very hesitant about working out. Four months later, here i am pain free and injury free. My range of movement, strength and flexibility have increased exponentially. Lyonel's whole attitude of using full muscle groups instead of singular exercises has me pleasantly surprised. No kidding...this is hard work, but i am amazed how easy it is to stick with it under the guidance of Lyonel and Isaac. I came in skeptical, and now i am amazed. Plus everybody is really nice and its a great community of people. My girlfriend and i always look forward to coming.
Laura Larsen2022-06-23I found LyonStrong through a trusted movement professional’s story on IG. Although living most of my life as a “healthy” person, I was diagnosed with arthritis and osteoporosis in my hips. I am 58 years old. Weight training seemed like the right thing to do, but didn’t really appeal to me AT ALL. Lyonel interviews all his prospective clients first, to see if it’s going to be a good client/ trainer fit. After I met him, I felt more confident to move forward. Lyonel specializes in functional movement and does not isolate your muscles in training. He uses the body as a cohesive whole. That’s how we function! I couldn’t drive in my car longer than 15 minutes without my hips aching like crazy and I was starting to feel fatigued and unmotivated. I have exercised all my life… Fast forward 5 months into training and I feel better than I have in 5 years!!! ALL aches and pain ARE GONE, I have renewed vitality, energy and enthusiasm. I feel strong and INSPIRED. Aging is inevitable but you don’t have to take it lying down!!! Seeing is believing…come on down and see what we do in here. See who we are and what we can do… you’ll be AMAZED.
Yefe Soriano2022-06-23You’ll be working out in a gym, but it’s not really a gym Lyonel runs. He honestly sort of ruined normal gym chains for me; I’ll never get from there what I get here. It was the first time I was able to work out for 4 months straight without having to tap out due to body pains in a really long time; he and his squad’s got eagle eyes on your form and they’re not going to hold back on letting you know and making you fix it. Oh and if you’re looking for easy workouts, maybe look elsewhere. They make you move right while also really testing how far you can go. Worth the investment, nice work Lyonel 👍
Kimberly Chenot2022-04-01I know the owner he comes into my restaurant a lot.super classy motivated friendly guy! My 17 year old son is on a bad path at the moment he said to bring him in and he will help mentor him and help with all aspects ! I can't wait to go!!!!
Giancarlo Caputi2021-11-30Training at LyonStrong the past 4 months now has been an amazing experience. Lyon and the team have created a great safe space for working hard and achieving results that are sustainable and pain-free. I myself have seen growth physically in a literal sense as well as in the quality of my movements. I’m excited to see the further improvements to come from training at LyonStrong!
Lowell Williams2021-09-07The work is tailored to individual needs. Correcting bad habits and inefficient body movements. Strength is built through use of the body as opposed repeat reps of weightlifting. Most exercises require use of and strengthens your core.
Kool Renovations2021-06-12Lyonel is such a terrific trainer! Lyon has in depth knowledge and customizes plans for each individual he works with. His level of commitment to help individuals reach their goals is admirable. Lyon is always entertaining so his classes never have a dull moment. All the staff are super motivating and will push you to be the best.
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Inspiring Journeys to Success
PETER MACNAMARA
Peter is an Attorney, and he’s going to be 70 years old in July. He’s been working with me for just about 5 years. Peter says he does not feel 70 years old… but he did when he first came in 5 years ago! Now he feels like he’s 56. 😊
Peter says he first came to LyonStrong kicking and screaming. He had knee surgery about 8 years before he joined LyonStrong. The surgeon told him he was in horrible shape, and it was going to take years off of his life if he didn’t begin strength training. And Peter thought, yeah what does he know! So he kept on doing his cardio, but he got worse and worse at it because of injuries. During that time, Terry, his wife, signed up with Lyonel to start training, and she also signed Peter up. He thought he would go for the initial sessions to see what he can pick up from it and then do the sit-ups and push-ups himself.
LORY GONZALEZ
Lory Gonzalez is 49 years old. She is a nurse practitioner, diabetes nurse educator. And she works in a pediatric endocrinology office at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital.
2 years ago, Lyonel popped up in her Facebook feed. A lot of the things Lyonel said resonated with her. She never really felt a connection at the other gyms she had been going to. She was just another body there going in and doing her thing but wasn’t motivated to go. When she stopped going, she said she was pissed that they kept charging her even though she wasn’t even going. Looking back she can laugh about it now. But she admits that it wasn’t the smartest decision.
She then decided to check LyonStrong out. She texted Lyonel and made an appt. That whole positive energy that she got from the Facebook feed and everything she read was triply intensified with the energy that she felt the first day she walked into LyonStrong. She felt really comfortable telling him her story – she even remembers crying. 😪
She is in a caring profession where she cares for everybody but is the last one to feed her soul. So when she joined LyonStrong, her purpose was to be loyal to herself. That’s what brought her to LyonStrong. Her parents helped her pay for the membership because she was just fired from her job. They told her to do whatever she needed to do because they needed her here and to be healthy for a long time. So she decided to make it work. LyonStrong really helped her during a very difficult time in her life.
EILEEN MACHIN
Eileen Machin is 45 yrs old. She is married to Javier Machin – they’ve been together for 19 years. She has a step-son that is 21 years old, 2 daughters, that are 13 and 16 years old, a black lab who is 6 yrs old and a Cockatiel they found in front of their home almost a year ago.
Before having her firstborn in 2003, she worked in advertising for 10 years. She stopped working to raise her daughter and then opened up her business as a virtual assistant in 2006. She gave birth to her second daughter in 2007. Within that time she was also a personal cook for 3 years until her daughter started kindergarten. Then she gained an awesome international insurance broker as her main client for 5 years until he retired.
KARLA MORGALO
Karla is about to turn 50 years old! Happy Birthday, Karla!! 🎈
She is a Systems Engineer for Miami Dade County. She describes herself as a mother, a grandmother, a wife, and a pain in the ass on occasion. 😏
Karla has spent years trying different plans, diets and exercises. She even tried crossfit one time and threw up. She felt like she couldn’t take it. Then one day she was on Facebook, and Lyonel came up, and she was like, “hmmmmm, okay”. So she called and made an appointment. Then she told her son about it, who happens to be a crossfit instructor.
Her son started laughing and said, “Mom, he’s a badass. He’s gonna kick your ass! You’re not gonna last a week! This isn’t Mickey Mouse. This isn’t the class you took with me.” Karla replied, “ok, I’m gonna give it a try. It says that if I win, I get my money back. I’m gonna get my money back!”
LYNN JOHNSON
Lynn is 64 years old. She has no children, but gets to torture her 6 grand nieces and finally, her grand nephew. She works at an office on her ass all day long (those are her words, not mine). 😄 She will be retiring when she turns 65 yrs old in October. She plans to travel in an RV, which is why she initially went to LyonStrong. She wants to be strong enough to handle that RV on her own. While flexing, she says, “I need to bulk up!” 💪
While scrolling on Facebook one day, Lynn found an ad from LyonStrong. She made an appointment, but then cancelled it right away because she doesn’t like gyms. She feels that gyms are large, unfriendly, and intimidating. A month later, she sees the ad on her Facebook feed again. She thought to herself, before I make an appointment, let me see if I can find this place. So she scouted it out and found Grit. She sent an e-mail right away, but the e-mail went to Grit instead of LyonStrong. She was finally able to make an appointment. She then started receiving the annoying appointment reminders, as she describes it, and she would reply, “Yes, I’m coming! I’m coming!!” When she received the final reminder, she replied, ” I’ll be there with bells on!!!”
RAQUEL GONZALEZ
Lyonel started inspiring Raquel over a year and half ago when she walked into the gym. The reason she walked in was because she had everything set to go to get gastric bypass surgery because she needed to improve her health and didn’t think she had any other options. Raquel says, “All I had to do was schedule the date for the surgery but I was hesitant to do it, and then some crazy ad showed up on my Facebook page, and I figured I’d make the call because I wanted to find a different way besides surgery. I showed up here, and you (Lyonel) changed my life – you really have!”
AMY S.
Amy is 61 years old. She’s been working with me for 2 1/2 years, and I couldn’t be happier!
Before coming to LyonStrong, she was retired for a year, and during that time, she had some injuries and was very inactive. But once she started feeling better, she thought to herself: “There is no excuse not to try to improve and get stronger”. She had all the time in the world, and there was no reason for her not to get started in a workout program somewhere. She happened to see LyonStrong’s advertisement on Facebook, and she made the phone call 2 1/2 years ago! 😄
MELISSA GREENBERG
Melissa felt like it was hard in the beginning since she hadn’t worked out in so long. The timing for her wasn’t the best, but it ended up being good because it got her back into working out. Even though initially she hated going, there was no way she wasn’t going to finish the 6 week challenge she had signed up for. It was a great decision she made, now she can’t see herself not being a part of LyonStrong.
Melissa says, “I was searching for something, but I didn’t know what, but just seeing it and then coming in and doing it, was the best thing… because I’m still here, and I don’t plan on going anywhere.”
Since she’s been coming to LyonStrong she feels like she has more energy, she feels better, she’s lost weight, she’s stronger. Overall she feels better and happier.
MARGARET VENTO
Margaret has made an incredible transformation. She’s been working with me for about 2 1/2 years, and I couldn’t be more honored!
Margaret is a cancer survivor, but had a recurrence when she moved to Miami from Fort Lauderdale and had to undergo treatments again in her late 80s. She also has Atrial Fibrillation (AFib), a heart condition that causes your heart to beat much faster than normal. When this happens, the upper and lower heart chambers don’t work together which causes shortness of breath and not enough blood and oxygen to pump through the veins. The doctors tried to manage it with medication, but it didn’t work, so she had an operation to try to fix it but that didn’t work either. She says, physically, she was down in the basement.
CHARISA SMILEY
Smiley, as she likes to be called, is 46 years old. She is a medical staff specialist at Baptist Health South Florida, and she is a “NaNa” of 4! She’s been working with me for 1 year and 3 months, and I couldn’t be more proud of her hustle.
At that point, she made a decision to change. She tried every fad, diet, and diet pill out there, but nothing was working. Then an ad kept coming up while scrolling on Facebook, as if it knew she was trying to lose weight, but she ignored it the first time around. Then it came up again, like if it was saying, “Hello, don’t ignore me!” So then she said to herself, Let me just click on this thing and see what it’s about. It was a 6 week challenge offered by LyonStrong, and she thought, Ok, 6 weeks couldn’t be that bad. So she put her information in, and was contacted the next day. She set up an appointment and met with Lyonel 2 days later. She had to come back a second day to continue her consultation because she had to leave earlier than planned the first day and there was still a lot of information to go over. She officially started the next day, and didn’t think she was going to make it 2 weeks but she had to at least try.
TERRY VENTO
Terry is 68 years old. She is the oldest of 7 kids. Terry convinced her mom, Margaret, to join the club, so to speak. So now she is one of Lyonel’s clients as well. (We will be spotlighting her soon.)
Terry and Peter MacNamara have been together for 50 years, and have been married for 42 years. They have 2 children together. Their children are grown. They are both lawyers, and married to nice people.
Terry is also a lawyer and was in practice for almost 40 years. For decades, while she was working full-time, she did pro bono work as a commercial litigator in a law firm for what was then called the Miami Art Museum, and is now the Perez Art Museum. Five years ago, the museum asked her to come in house full time and leave private practice, which is what she did. She recently celebrated her 5th year anniversary at the Perez Art Museum as general counsel.. her dream job!
RALPH BALKIN
Ralph has made incredible progress. He’s been working with me for about 2 and a half years, and I couldn’t be more proud!
Ralph is 70 years old and originally from South Africa. He’s been living in the US for 45 years and he feels that it is the best thing that has happened for him and his wife. He is a retired Travel Agent who specialized in Safaris to Africa. He volunteers at South Miami Hospital and Miami International Airport where he runs the military lounge. Life has been good for Ralph and “very very delicious.”
About 2 1/2 years ago, Ralph was recommended to LyonStrong by one of his wife’s co-workers at South Miami Hospital. She was a member of the gym at that time. He sees her periodically around the hospital and tells her how grateful he is that she introduced him to Lyonel.
SUSAN CLARK
Susan Clark is 54 years old. She is a native Floridian.. actually, a native Miamian. 😄She has been a “stay-at-home domestic goddess” for 28 years now, and she is a calligrapher by hobby.
Susan had just lost her mother after being her primary care taker for many years. She had picked up some bad habits like smoking and just wasn’t exercising like she had been before. She used to do half marathons and training, but she let that all go for at least a year while she had cared for her mother. Susan was feeling a little low.
While scrolling on Facebook one night, she found a fitness challenge and felt like it was a message, so she called the number and spoke to Lyonel – she was thankful that Lyonel gave her so much time. She told him all about her dirty little secrets, like the smoking, which she was embarrassed about. Lyonel told her to come by the gym so that they can chat some more in person. And that’s when she signed up for the challenge.