When Manny asked me to write this, I was thinking how do
I put on a sheet of paper everything Manny has done for
me, and how he has changed my life. It’s just
impossible. It was a little over two years ago, when I
was a Junior in high school, that I had started my
training. But not just training to become stronger,
because when you train with Manny, everything about you
changes. It took time for things to click, but
eventually the way I ate changed, my body transformed
into something I would have never imagined, my
confidence rose, and by all these things changing,
other parts of my life improved drastically as well.
Manny doesn’t preach about what’s wrong and right until finally you’re too sick of it to start listening. He says what he needs to, and lets you decide what to do with it. He gives you the tools to succeed, and become the person you want to. If I can pick anything Manny has said to me that has the most long term affect it would be “Don’t be a product of your society”. This has helped me in every aspect of my life, including social and health.
A little over two years ago, I was overweight and extremely unhappy with how I looked. In fact when I was younger, I would get picked on. I could barely run half a mile, and almost every workout I had I would get light headed. Now, people ask me what sport I play, and compliment me on my figure. I did a duathlon, and my farthest run was eight miles. I don’t feel like the out of shape kid in the bunch anymore, and it’s because of Manny. He truly changed my life by just being an amazing role model
Jessica Leuchter