Reviews by bhenshaw

Posted by: bhenshaw, 3/11/2008

David Picardy

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i trained with dave for approximately 8 months before joining the army. the level of instructino offered by dave is top notch at every level. my mother left a comment earlier citing, and i will be repeating her a lot in this but it never hurts to reiterate the truth. when i walked into dave's facility, i couldnt run a mile, nevermind with any kind of speed, i couldnt do a squat, everything was completely jacked up. i had held one gym membership in my life, and stopped going after a few days. i had tried all kinds of martial arts, with no real positive effect on my conditioning. after the first lesson with dave, i could barely walk out of the gym. within weeks, i was already in much better shape, by the time i left for basic training, i was at the gym twice a day, religiously, pounding through the hardest of workouts. here is a testament to the effectiveness of dave's training, my very first pt test in the army, i got my best score ever, it has all been downhill from there, despite my futile efforts to maintain my former shape. above all though, was the family like atmosphere, and positive aspects dave had on my life. before joining the gym, i was another drug addicted alcoholic teenager. with the training and atmosphere in the gym, i found a new release for myself, and quit everything that i was doing wrong in my life, 1) so i could improve my scores on a daily basis and 2) because i was feeling truly happy about being there on a daily basis. here is a great example of dave's awesome attitude towards his clients: i had shown up daily for my first two weeks of class, ironically, dave thought id never show up again after my first class. after two weeks of knowing me, he really took me under his wing and tried to help me as much as he could, he invited me to go train with some friends of his down on the south shore for the opening of another crossfit gym, and let me follow him all the way down simply because he could see the passion for training that i had, and he helped to embrace it. after my army career (which as my mother aluded to has not gone oh so well) is over, i look forward to training with dave again, and possibly looking into becoming a personal trainer myself simply to help others in the way that dave helped me. his coaching is nothing short of excellent, and i couldnt imagine finding a better coach...

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