5/5 Robert S. 4 years ago on Google
We
met
Clifford
2
years
ago
on
October
12th,
I
know
this
well
as
it
was
the
day
after
my
48th
birthday.
My
wife
wanted
to
go
on
this
"hike"
on
the
Inca
Trail
in
Peru
to
Machu
Picchu,
I
wasn't
kidding
myself
I
knew
I
was
not
in
shape
and
had
never
actually
worked
out
in
my
life.
I
knew
I
had
some
aches
and
pains
from
multiple
car/motorcycle
accidents
and
never
really
have
been
kind
to
my
body,
little
did
I
know
how
bad
it
really
was.
So
after
talking
with
my
wife
we
decided
that
some
training
would
be
a
necessity.
This
is
were
we
met
Clifford
through
reading
some
reviews
of
Personal
Trainers
that
came
to
this
area,
just
by
appearance
he
was
quite
intimidating,
I
thought
what
have
I
gotten
myself
into??
All
I
could
think
is
the
Sargent
from
Full
Metal
Jacket.
So
we
got
started,
and
boy
I
had
no
idea,
we
started
with
basics
like
lunges
and
squats,
I
could
do
neither,
and
barely
a
walking
lunge
with
no
weight.
We
realized
very
quickly
I
had
way
more
deficiencies
than
I
had
ever
realized.
Gratefully
so,
Clifford's
education
is
much
more
than
exercise
fitness,
his
education
in
exercise
correction
and
deficiencies
far
exceeds
anything
I
could
have
imagined.
There
has
been
many
frustrating
sessions
(where
apologies
were
in
order),
times
I
felt
like
I
could
not
go
further
and
forget
it
all,
and
times
where
I
hurt
so
bad
I
considered
is
this
even
worth
it.
Through
thick
and
thin
it
has
been
2
years
now,
I
am
turning
50
tomorrow,
I
feel
better
than
I
ever
have
in
my
life,
we
completed
the
hike
that
took
us
from
an
elevation
of
9,000ft
up
to
14,000ft
and
then
down
to
6,000ft.
We
continue
to
workout
with
Clifford
and
I
continue
to
improve
in
my
mobility
and
flexibility,
the
deficiencies
are
still
there
to
much
lesser
degree
and
I
can
see
improvements
continually.
My
sleep
was
disturbed
almost
every
night
with
hip/joint
pain
which
is
almost
does
not
exist
today.
I
used
walk
with
my
right
leg
almost
always
"pegged"
(straight
with
no
joint
bends)
because
of
pain
and
poor
compensations,
I
walk
with
more
of
spring
in
my
step.
I
have
lost
32
lbs
not
accounting
for
the
muscle
built,
so
probably
more
in
fat
as
many
people
say
how
lean
I
look.
Clifford
is
very
attuned
to
when
we
need
to
regress
or
progress
in
our
workouts
as
he
monitors
our
body
language
very
thoroughly
to
the
workout.
I
owe
a
debt
of
gratitude
to
Clifford
and
that
he
was
placed
in
our
lives
at
the
time
he
was,
on
some
many
levels
this
could
have
really
gone
wrong
and
it
has
been
nothing
short
of
a
blessing.
The
first
picture
is
my
wife
and
I
the
day
we
reached
Machu
Picchu,
the
2nd
is
Mother’s
Day
this
year
2019,
the
last
is
2yrs
ago
today
10-10-2017
2
days
prior
to
this
journey
to
be
health
and
fitness.
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