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If you are interested in Contest Prep
or Nutritional Programs then this is your one stop place for
all your fitness needs!
Learn my secrets to achieving a beautiful
hard body in a safe, efficient and effective manner. I am
professional with over 20 years of experience and have assisted
numerous individuals in meeting their specific goals! I have
acquired my knowledge from practical applications, book knowledge,
competition, and life experiences. I have been a Personal
Trainer since 1989, with over a decade of competition experience,
and am a certified strength-training specialist. My knowledge
is in the fields of weight-loss/gain, body-sculpting and sports
performance training, nutrition, supplementation, motivational
techniques as well as an extensive background in bodybuilding
competition & competition prep. I talk the talk and walk
it as well. I am a Certified Personal Trainer and Certified
Bodybuilding Instructor. When you come right down to it do
you want amateur results from an amateur trainer or "professional
results" from a professional?
Online programs and assistance for
nutrition, training and competition are available for those
who are and who are not local. But, only serious inquires
PLEASE. If you would like a more extensive consultation please
email me regarding packages and pricing at: behind_the_iron@yahoo.com
Getting started is EASY! Prices may vary according to the
amount of information you require. Your membership pricing
level is determined by the amount of input I feel you need
from me, and of course, your BUDGET. See Rates & Policies.
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PERSONAL TRAINING (BASIC 4 WEEK PACKAGE)
(This is for Bodybuilding, Figure, and Fitness contest
prep.)
Includes:
• Online Fitness Assessment
• Programmed Workouts updated weekly (see how
online training works for more details)
• Meal Plan
• Exercise Demos
• Unlimited email consultations during 4 week
period (all questions answered within 24-48 hrs)
• 1 phone consultation
All of this for only $125.00 USD
• If you are located near
me and want to have me meet with you in person to go
over training techniques & put your through a workout,
add an additional $30.00 USD for each visit. |
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CONTEST
PREP (16 – 20 WEEK CONTEST PREP PACKAGE)
(This is for Bodybuilding, Figure, and Fitness contest
prep.)
Includes:
• Online Fitness Assessment
• Photo analysis weekly
• Programmed Workouts updated weekly (see how
online training works for more details)
• Nutrition/Supplement program updated weekly
• Posing analysis via Photo and Video (unlimited
– we will do it till you have it right)
• Unlimited email consultations (all questions
answered within 24-48 hrs)
• Exercise Demos
• Recipes, Nutritional & Supplement Tips
• Guidance on every step of what it will take
to actually prepare for a contest all the way through
the show
• Much, much more!
All of this for only $500.00 USD
• If you are located near
me and want to have me meet with you in person to go
over training techniques, posing, & put your through
a workout, add an additional $30.00 USD for each visit. |
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TRAINING ONLINE WITH ANITA
HOW ONLINE TRAINING WORKS
Anita provides the same quality and dedication to her online
clients as she does to those clients that train with her personally.
Whether you are training for general fitness or training for
your first or next competition, Anita will custom-design a
program that focuses on your individual needs. Anita will
monitor your progress throughout each week of the online training
program, and make necessary adjustments weekly. During your
training, Anita will also be available to answer any questions
you may have.
(Step 1) To get started, email
me for an initial consultation.
(Step 2) The Evaluation
Each program is equipped with an area for personal evaluation.
You will need to answer some basic questions, then take
yourself through a few tests in the weight room. This allows
Anita to custom-design and personalize your training program
based on your level of conditioning and strength. The evaluation
is simple; just follow the instructions and submit the form.
Anita will take it from there. After this careful evaluation,
you are ready for the weight room.
(Step 3) Weekly Updated Training
Programs
At the end of each week, you must send your training program
back with comments to Anita. The deadline for your questions
and comments is Sunday at 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time).
Based on your comments, Anita will make adjustments to your
next weeks-training program. By 9:00 a.m. each Monday, Anita
will post your personalized training program. At this time,
you will be able to view and print your weekly program.
If you prefer to train earlier, Anita will work with your
schedule. You will continue this process weekly throughout
the entire package deal that you purchase. If you should
need assistance beforehand, you can send an email, and Anita
will respond within 24 hours.
What my clients say in their “Testimonials”
below.
My clients
get into the shape of their life. I’ll create a personalized
exercise routine and weekly calorie-controlled, well-balanced
diet based on your goals. More importantly, I’ll help
you achieve results, maintain your diet and get over those
hurdles that have been holding you up in the past.
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I competed in bodybuilding in the NPC from 1999-2001;
however, I never could attain the winning physique I
needed. After a 3-year layoff from competing, getting
to the gym when I had time and gaining 11 pounds more
than I wanted to weigh, I decided it was time to get
serious. I felt my previous diet and training needed
a change in order to attain my goals so I searched the
Internet for a women’s bodybuilding diet and workout
plan. After endless days of searching with no results,
I decided to e-mail a female bodybuilder to get their
opinion of my past contest preparations. I sent this
“Anita” an e-mail not knowing if I would
ever get a response. In a couple of days there was a
response saying I can help you, are you ready to dedicate
yourself. I looked Anita up on the Internet and discovered,
she was everywhere and had competed for years. I was
confident I was making the right decision. We had 20
weeks to get me ready and Anita had the challenge of
an off-season workout with a pre-contest diet. We had
a long-distance training since she was in New York,
and then moved to Kansas and I was in Texas, but we
made it work. At the end of 20 weeks, my physique was
awesome. Even if the judges did not agree, I had already
won. I looked better than I ever did in the competitions
past. Anita stuck with me every step of the way.
A year later, I decided to compete again. Anita is
now in Canada, and we would not be able to talk on the
phone as much, we just had to depend more on e-mail.
Anita not only had to do the normal pre-contest diet
and workout, she also had to gear my workouts to help
rehabilitate my injured shoulder. We had 19 weeks this
time, and Anita’s goal was to get me lean. My
cardio was increased, my carbohydrates were decreased
and I was eating so much chicken I thought I would grow
feathers. It all paid off because I took first place
and overall. I came in leaner and with more muscle.
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After working with Anita for two
competitions, she is not only my trainer, but I consider her
a dear friend. Anita has a very caring personality and is
an amazing person. She has such a vast knowledge of fitness,
weight training and competing that she could help anyone start
a fitness regime regardless of their goals. Anita makes fitness
easy as far as what to eat and what to do in the gym. She
writes it all down, and all you have to do is follow the plan
exactly how it is written. The workouts are very challenging.
When I finish a workout, I just want to crawl out of weight
room and into a warm bath. Anita has kept me challenging myself.
I never thought I would be using 75lb dumbbells for dumbbell
rows for 12 repetitions, but I can. I look forward to working
with Anita while training for a powerlifting meet followed
by another bodybuilding competition. Anita has given me the
confidence to work towards my goals and the knowledge and
guidance I need to achieve them. Thank you Anita for all of
your hard work and dedication.
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Working with Anita Ramsey
in training for my third figure competition was an excellent
experience. Never before have I had the chance to work
with someone so dedicated, hardworking, skilled and
knowledgeable within the fitness industry.
Every workout and diet plan created
by Anita is carefully constructed to meet your specific
needs as an individual, and guides you step by step
in the right direction to accomplish your personal fitness
goals.
Anita Ramsey is approachable and
easy to talk to; she truly listens to your concerns
and is prompt to answer any questions that you may have.
Anita has proven to be the foundation in my training
regimen; she provides you with the ongoing motivation
needed to get you through your training and diet.
Though I have trained for
figure competitions before - training with Anita has
allowed me to be in the best shape of my life. I definitely
plan on continuing to work with her in the future, and
would highly recommend Anita as a personal trainer to
anyone - no matter what your fitness level or fitness
goals may be.
~Christena
Darrach
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Canada |
I've looked at the testimonials
on Anita Ramsey's website and feel compelled to add mine.
Why? Well, I look at things from a different perspective from
the others -- the perspective of a 63 year old woman!
Anita became my personal trainer 5 weeks
ago. We work together 3x/wk for 1 and 1/2 hours a session
in the old weight room in the gym. I also do cardio, abs and
rotator cuff work at other times, but under her guidance.
My "training" was zero before
I started with Anita. I don't mean I had never done and enjoyed
physical activity before -- I have. But in recent years arthritis,
spinal scoliosis, and most recently a rotator cuff injury
(the direct result of last year's 6 months of hatha yoga classes
--and daily yoga workouts-- without adequate one-on-one supervision)
have enormously complicated things for me.
It seemed that no matter what type of
fitness program I started -- aqua-aerobics, yoga and Pilates
to name the three most recent -- because I didn't have an
adequate understanding of what was going on with my body while
I did them, I would sooner or later injure something, or aggravate
one of my physical issues, and have to stop.
For the past 2 years I had inquired
all over the Sackville/Amherst area for a good personal trainer
and until Anita came on the scene there was no one at all.
Every year I would pay the fees at the Fitness Loft, or the
Mt. A. gym, or the YWCA in Amherst, and some well-meaning
young person would "show me how to use the machines"
and that was it. I was given no comprehensive, ongoing education
about which muscle or muscle group each machine or free weight
setup was intended to work, whether my form was right, what
weights to begin with, how many reps to do, and how to increase
reps and weights safely. I didn't know how long to wait between
sets, what order to do the exercises in, how to work around
the physical problems I have, or if it was possible to work
in such a way that my physical problems would eventually not
give me so much pain.
Perhaps most important of all, I didn't
know how to train without aggravating my thumb and wrist joints
which are arthritic. Because I am a professional concert pianist
this is a vitally important issue for me. When I play the
piano, these joints give me almost no pain (one of the oddities
about arthritis in these particular joints of many pianists
including jazz pianist Oscar Peterson!) But when I did aqua-aerobics
classes at the Mt. A. pool a few years ago, for example, I
had to stop after a few months because simply pushing through
water put too much pressure on these joints, and the resulting
pain kept me from the piano at times.
I was extremely wary of starting work
with Anita because at my age I know I have only so many good
years ahead in which to perform and I am protective of those
years! Yet I knew that I needed one-on-one supervision and
instruction in weight training in order to regain lost muscle
strength, and I also needed to increase my endurance and flexibility.
So I thought I would give it one year -- to do things gradually...and
start training with Anita.
My life is changed. She is focused and
concentrated in our work together in a way that is rare in
this day and age. I am focused and concentrated in this same
ways in my work at the piano. In many ways, getting ready
to play solo piano recitals is a lot like doing weight work.
It is very physical work and uses the entire body all the
time, calling on it for power, speed and flexibility. I recognized
right away from our first session together that Anita brings
to her work a high level of sustained interest and concentration
similar to mine. She is professional.
Anita is dedicated to her work and perhaps
more importantly, to the improvement of the physical fitness
and health of the people she works with. She begins with you
where you are. That is the same way I work with my students
of piano (I am a Professor Emeritus in Music at Mount Allison
University and still do some private teaching). It seems so
obvious, but it is amazing how few coaches really follow this
in their own teaching. You must take the student where they
are, no matter how undeveloped they are, and you go from there.
You explain what is happening. But at
the same time, you don't overwhelm the student with long wordy
explanations -- you have the student work, and you pay attention
to them, and you know just what to say and when to say it.
Anita watches me like a hawk all the time. She sort of "becomes"
me, feeling where I am psychologically and physically at all
times, and knows when I can push forward to a new level, and
when I need the boost that can come from increasing reps or
weight.
I could go on and on, but I won't! The
most exciting and encouraging thing for me so far is that
with her coaching I am learning how to pay attention to what
is going on during our sessions; to give my coach clear, intelligent
feedback; to advance with the necessary "good muscle
tiredness" that goes along with proper training; and
to do things without injury that I never thought would be
possible for me.
The other day, for the first time in
my life, I felt a lightness and power at the piano that I
have never felt before. It was mind-blowing. Imagine what
I might be like a year from now!!
I am now in my second month of training
and I feel great. My sister warned me before I started: "Don't
get carried away!" I know she meant: "Don't overdo!
Be sensible! Act your age! Watch out!" But what I know,
and what she doesn't know, is that without Anita's intelligent,
balanced, inspirational coaching my chances of getting "carried
away" were getting greater by the day, and by that, I
mean literally "carried away in the ol' pine casket"
much sooner than I should be, due to poor physical fitness
and the resulting bad health!
Sincerely,
Janet
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Renea Sassenhagen enters her first bodybuilding contest
after a two year layoff from serious training. Renea showed
incredible heart and determination in transforming herself
to competition ready. She got 3rd for her effort
and is now currently prepping for her next show this Fall." |
My weight loss story, where
to start! It starts off the same as everyone else, I did this
and tried that, blah blah, you know the story. Anyways, my
friend started working out with Anita, and suggested I give
it a try. Just the thoughts of going into a gym turned me
off. My friend persisted in asking me (thankfully) and finally
after seeing how well she was doing I decided to meet with
Anita!
Right away I felt comfortable and believed
Anita understood my feelings of my insecurities of going to
the gym. The first couple of times at the gym I felt a little
uneasy, but with Anita’s assurance it wasn’t long
before those feelings faded. I now get up at 5:30am four times
a week to work out at the gym, which is amazing considering
I am not a morning person, but when I am finished my work
out I feel such an accomplishment, and my energy level for
the day is there. I enjoy the compliments I receive from friends
and family and love the way my clothes are fitting. I feel
better about myself and I have so much more energy.
The personal service that Anita provides
goes beyond a personal trainer, not only is she helping you
achieve your physical goals, but she makes you believe they’re
obtainable. Her constant coaching and praising pushes you
to do that one more rep (or five more in Anita’s counting,
ha ha). I have learned something new every day with Anita,
she is constantly teaching and explaining why we are doing
certain exercises and the benefits. She believes not in dieting,
but making healthy choices for a life long change.
She has encouraged me to keep a journal
of my progress, writing down my workouts, my food choices,
etc. I enjoy looking back at the beginning of my journey and
take pride in my accomplishments today. I know I still have
a ways to go, but with Anita by my side telling my “only
5 more” I know I WILL reach my goal. Thank you Anita
Lisa
Age 34
Mother of 3
I would describe myself as a 41 year old mother of two. I have
never participated in any kind of sports. I have tried aerobics
over the years but never stuck with anything for very long.
I have never had a positive body image. Over the past 7 years
I have gained about 30 pounds. I really have never been a ‘good’
eater. I’ll eat well (nutritionally wise) but then go
back to my old eating and snacking habits. Sweets are a huge
addiction. And then along came
Anita…..its been 6 weeks since we started training.
And in those 6 weeks, I have learned more about my body and
my mind, than I have in my entire life. Anita’s vast
knowledge and expertise in weight training has taught me how
to use weights properly and safely. Her guidance in my diet
has helped me to understand what I’m eating and why
I’m eating it.
Her enthusiasm and amazing support has pushed me to do things
I never thought I could do. Her belief in me and her constant
encouragement is helping me to believe in myself. Talk about
power! Bench pressing so many pounds is nothing to what I
can do with my mind. On top of everything she has taught me,
I think the most important thing is the power of the mind;
the mental strength that I actually possess, right here, right
now. Anita tells me that I can do it, I believe her and guess
what? I can! It is an amazing feeling.
And this not a 6 week little fix-up
job, this is a lifestyle change. I cannot wait for the next
6 weeks, and the next and the next. It is very hard work yes.
But man oh man, is it satisfying. After all these years I’m
finally ‘getting it’. And it is thanks to Anita.
The group of us who have been training together call ourselves,
“Anita’s Angel’s”! I consider myself
very lucky to have found Anita. She has really changed my
life.
Kim MC
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