My 12 Weeks Transformation
January 2008
March 2008
 
 
Author Bio
A real winner is someone who once they set goals, commits themselves to those goals, and pursues those goals with all the capabilities they have until they reach them.
Hi!
My name is Martin Bolduc, and I’m the author of Express Fat Loss. I have a lifelong personal commitment to health and fitness, for myself, my family, and all my clients.
August 2004  November 2005
Fitness and good health haven’t always come easily for me – I’ve always worked hard for it. Even as a child I trained hard for success. I started in Martial Arts at 14 (Karate Kyoshin-Do and Sankudo), and earned my black belt by the time I was 21. I won more than 75 tournaments in North America, including first place in the US Open Championships in 1986. In 1988 I was ranked fourth in Canada.

I turned to bodybuilding in 2001. By 2004 I placed 2nd at the Natural Caribbean Grand Prix in Grand Cayman, and the pinnacle of my bodybuilding was a 6th place at the INBF World Championships in New York in 2005.

Despite all my efforts to stay healthy and fit, I still got sick. In 2007 I was diagnosed with throat cancer, and all my priorities had to change. I had a whole new challenge now – a challenge to stay alive for myself and my family. I went through a lot – everyone with a major illness does. For three months I couldn’t swallow, and survived on a very limited all-liquids diet. That was pretty hard, but the biggest challenge caught me by surprise.

When I started to get better, and could eat normally again, I was so overwhelmed with the tastes and pleasures of good food I went way overboard. I ate everything I had missed so much, and of course I piled on the pounds. But this wasn’t who I wanted to be, and I knew I had just swapped one kind of illness for another. My cancer was gone, but now my health was at risk for a whole new reason – being overweight.
I knew I had to find a way back to the person I wanted to be; the person I used to be. But I needed to find some inspiration, a way to help me focus on my challenge and plan how to attack it. That inspiration came from the Lee Labrada (Former Mr.Universe) Lean Body Challenge -Biggest transformation in 12 weeks- in 2008.

I won that challenge – and I was rewarded with a trip to Houston to meet Lee Labrada and train with him, and my family was rewarded for their patience and support with a fantastic cruise to Cozumel in Mexico (and when you live in Canada, a trip to Mexico in February is very special indeed!).
The victory was more than the prizes though – I got my health back. I got back the body I had missed so much. I can do all the things I used to, for myself and for my wife and little boy. This is the real reward, and it’s one that now I devote my time to helping everyone attain. My commitment, my passion, is to help everyone who wants to change their life for the better, to find good health, fitness, and a positive lifestyle for themselves and their loved ones.

So how do I do this? Well, I offer personal and small group training out of my local gym in North Vancouver. I’m a registered ACE (American Council on Exercise) and BCRPA (British Columbia Recreation and Park Association) personal trainer. Just last year I received another fantastic reward – I was nominated for BCRPA’s Personal Trainer of the Year. To know that my clients are that happy with what I am doing for them is what its all is about for me!

As well as my on-site support, I’m developing a support package for people near and far. I have just finished my first book, Express Fat Loss, which is available as an e-book from my website. It’s not just about diet and exercise; my approach in the book is to help you with all the other challenges of losing weight and getting fit – there’s advice and tips on motivation, goal setting, and all the other keys to success you need.

My relationship with Lee Labrada keeps going too. He’s invited me to write a regular blog for him and his clients, and I’m sure that is going to be a great partnership for me and my clients too! It’s a real privilege to be invited by someone with knowledge like his to take part in their success.

Alongside the e-book, I publish a regular e-newsletter, with extra advice, support and tips to help you keep going. And there’s more on the way!
 

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