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The Present
Methods may vary but the
commitment does not,
fitness experts say
By Paul Gordon
Y
vonne Greer started doing
aerobics in college, but not
because she wanted to get
fit. She was just accompanying
a friend who didn’t want to go
alone.
It wasn’t long before she
started seeing the dividends
and now the mother of two and
former local television news
reporter has made fitness her
career.
But she is quick to advise
others to approach getting fit in
a different way than she did 20-
plus years ago.
“The key is commitment, like
with pretty much anything else
you want to do in life. It can be
overwhelming and it’s probably
best to do it in stages, expecially
starting out,” said Greer, who
owns Yvonne Greer’s Power
Zone in Peoria.
“People want to believe there is
some magic bullet out there, but
there isn’t one. You have to work
it to get fit, there’s no other way.
How you do it is up to you, but
anything works as long as you
work it,” she said.
The message was pretty similar
from Nathan Palkovic, co-owner
of CrossFit 309 in Peoria. “It
takes commitment, sure. It is
a whole lifestyle change for a
lot of people. Whatever your
motivation, you have to want it
and be ready to make the effort. It
works if you work. We will push
you, but you are the one who has
to do it,” said Palkovic, a certified
CrossFit trainer along with co-
owner Justin Crick.
CrossFit is a brand created by
Greg Glassman, while cross fit
training is a method used by a
growing number of facilities in
the country.
The methods employed by
Greer and Palkovic are quite
different, but the message and
the goal is the same. We’ll take a
closer look at the two.
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