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FITNESS

Athlete of the Month By Claudia Verde and Emily Teague

Training is the name, but travel is her game. It was Emily Emily Teague
Teague’s love of travel that brought her to the gym in June
last year. The travel bug bit Emily over 30 years ago when Personal Trainer: Claudia Verde
she and her husband, Ray, took their first Caribbean Cruise.
Later, the purchase of their timeshares expanded their travel as the groundwork to her success.
horizons into Mexico, Canada, the United States and Europe. Amazingly, Emily returned to her previous training routine of
two days a week within six weeks of her surgery, and she has
After Emily’s retirement in 2005, she lost her husband, Ray, who continued to gain strength so she can continue to enjoy her love of
shared her passion for travel intensely. Fortunately, for Emily, her travel. Her most recent trip to San Miguel de Allende in January
move to Sun City in 2011 provided her with many new friends of 2017 validated all her decisions. “Walking down the steep hill
and travel companions. She has taken approximately six trips a from which our villa was perched into downtown Jardine was all
year with her newfound friends. They have traveled anywhere the proof I needed!” said Emily. She now sees many more travels
from the Greek Islands, to Turkey, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, and workout sessions in her future! She is fit to travel!
Hungary, Germany, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.

But, along the way, Emily noticed her knee was intruding more
frequently on her ability to fully enjoy her travels. Many of these
trips included climbing stairs or navigating the cobblestone streets
of European cities, making discomfort more common. Her doctor
advised her that she might inevitably be facing a knee replacement,
but he left that timeline to her discretion.

At this point, Emily knew she needed to get in better shape,
increase her leg strength and overall fitness. It was then, in
June of 2016, that she enlisted the help of Claudia Verde, a bio-
mechanic specialist, to instruct her on the correct way to exercise
and strengthen muscles. Not being an exercise enthusiast, Emily
had a bad habit of performing exercises as fast as she could just
“to get it over with,” and she knew she needed someone to hold
her accountable. Claudia, being a travel enthusiast herself, was
quick to understand Emily’s passion and drive to be “fit to travel!”
Bringing discipline to the table, Claudia helped Emily form new
habits to reach her goals.

After working together for a couple of months, along with
celebrating her 70-year milestone with a birthday trip to France,
Emily decided to have her knee replacement in August of 2016.
Her doctor and physical therapist both marveled at how quickly
she recuperated and bounced back from her surgery. All credit her
diligence to training and strengthening her legs prior to surgery

Claudia Verde Group fitness class tickets

Personal Trainer Group fitness class tickets expire one year from the date of
purchase. If you cannot use all your tickets during that one-
– Cooper Institute Certified Fitness year period, you can transfer some or all of them to another
Specialist Sun City resident. However, the expiration date stays the
same.
– Cooper Institute Biomechanics
Specialist – There will be NO REFUNDS for class tickets.
– Tickets cannot be exchanged for personal training or mas-
– Run Specialist Reebok University
sages.
– Spin Specialist Reebok University
– Tickets can no longer be used to visit a series class. Monthly
For an appointment with Claudia, series classes must be paid for in advance.
call 512-630-9952 or

email [email protected]

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