Ray's increased strength and better posture are taking his Latin dancing to a whole new level.

Ray says, "Thanks to The Perfect Workout, I'm walking upright now. When I stand, my dancing frame is upright. My shoulders are back, I have a tight frame. I feel much more confident now, and I look better in clothes now." 

When Ray Olsowka retired, he set out on a quest. 36 years of driving around and repairing surgical equipment had taken a bit of a toll on his body, and he knew he needed to fix it. "I was frail. I didn't realize how much muscle I had lost over the years." He knew that if he went to a regular gym, he'd probably quit. He had tried to work out on his own at home before, too, to no avail. The big reason he wanted to get in shape? He wanted to master the more advanced moves on the dance floor. Three years ago Ray started Latin dancing - the salsa, merengue, and Cha-Cha - mostly as a social activity. His main goal was to gain some confidence and be able to hold his own on the dance floor. He caught on and did well, but knew he needed to get stronger.

So he went looking for "someone who worked with old people," and stumbled upon The Perfect Workout online (and soon found out that the clientele is made up of all ages). A skeptic by nature, Ray started working out once a week, and quickly signed up for six months of twice a week sessions at the Tustin studio. Working with his personal trainer Tustin, Jill, was exactly what he needed. "She knows what she's doing," says Ray. "She listens to me, offers her judgment, and pushes me. I need that. It's that last inch and millisecond that makes the difference." His hard work paid off. Now in his "second tour" of six months, Ray has dropped three inches from his waistline, down to 32 inches. He's lost a little weight, increased his core strength, and gained definition all over, especially in his biceps. More important, he says, "I'm walking upright now. When I stand, my dancing frame is upright. My shoulders are back, I have a tight frame. I feel much more confident now, and I look better in clothes now." In fact, Ray now fits into clothes he wore back in the 80's. Not to worry, though, he's not wearing the outdated fashions. "I'm dressing better. I have a totally new wardrobe."

Ray assures people that he's not actually taller. His new physique and better posture just makes it look that way. He's also gotten one unexpected bonus - a new outlook on life. "Every day is a wonderful day! Life is good. I always said that dancing was going to save my life. The Perfect Workout is going to help." As the oldest guy at his dance studio, Ray is now in a performance group. They practice one night a week and then have a "final exam" performance. The dancing and slow motion strength training are both part of his plan to continue improving and developing himself. "I was looking for something like The Perfect Workout for a long time. It's a lifestyle. Why stop?"

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The Perfect Workout Featured in Bethesda Magazine

We’d like to thank the Bethesda Magazine for choosing us to be featured in their May/June 2016 issue about Slow Motion Strength Training and its amazing results.

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The Perfect Workout Tustin
17291 Irvine Blvd #320, 
Tustin, CA 92780, United States

+1 714-599-9051

Washington Post Features The Perfect Workout

We would like to thank the Washington Post for choosing to spotlight us in an amazing article that helps spread the message about Slow Motion Strength Training and the amazing results associated with this scientifically proven method.


Here's the original article:

Slow-motion strength training is hard — and fast

By Rachel Pomerance Berl

One of the newest fitness studios in the D.C. area feels less like a gym and more like a physical therapist’s office. The Perfect Workout, which opened in August in Bethesda and Falls Church, offers clients personal training in a quiet, no-frills space filled with Nautilus equipment and framed testimonials (many from clients of an advanced age). It promises a complete workout in just two short sessions per week.

The drill: A high-intensity, low-impact program known as slow-motion strength training, in which gradually lifting and releasing weights without the aid of rest or momentum brings muscles to exhaustion. It’s extremely difficult. It’s also only 20 minutes.

Though The Perfect Workout, a California-based outfit founded in 1999, is new to the East Coast, the concept isn’t.

The Perfect Workout and other slow-motion training companies such as SuperSlow Zone, which has a location in Sterling, Va., and InForm Fitness, which has a studio in Leesburg, Va., cite principles outlined just over 30 years ago by fitness professional Ken Hutchins. In slowing down movements to safely train women with osteoporosis, Hutchins concluded that the technique builds muscle more effectively than conventional weight training, although others have contested this assertion.

The effectiveness of slow-motion strength training depends on the individual, according to Lee Jordan, a Florida trainer and spokesman for the American Council on Exercise, but it offers a broad range of people a safe and viable program.

Like high-intensity interval training, Jordan says, it seeks to remove the top barrier to exercise: time. But unlike high-intensity interval training (“by its very nature, it’s extreme,” he says), slow-motion strength training is accessible to anyone.

While advocates of slow-motion strength training claim it satisfies the need for cardiovascular activity, Jordan and other fitness experts argue that people require a mix of aerobic activity and strength training.

Still, the key to an exercise routine is sticking to that routine. And some clients say this program works.

“People love to hate this place,” says Nicole Gustavson, owner of Leesburg’s InForm Fitness. “But they keep coming back because they get results.”

At SuperSlow Zone in Sterling, Jannet Anmahian, 83, makes a show of exhaustion from her weight machine — sticking out her tongue and clasping her hands together in a sarcastic plea for help.

“I always complain,” she says, calling it “part of the game.”

Anmahian adds that “there are no words” to describe the value of this program, which she’s followed for more than 30 years and has no intention of stopping.

Mark Ello, 51, of Leesburg, began training at SuperSlow Zone in 2002 to shape up for his 20-year high school reunion. Since then, he reports better body composition plus lower blood sugar and cholesterol.

“It’s like a Chevy,” he says of the workout. “It’s not sexy, but it gets you from point A to point B.”


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