UPLIFT

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Toni P for being the first person to hit 1,000 classes 💪

Completing 1,000 classes here at UPLIFT is extremely hard. Not only are our classes strength-based but we do not allow anyone to take more than 1 class per day.

With no classes on Sundays, that means if you came everyday, the most you could complete would be around 300 classes in one year.

Toni is one of the hardest workers we have and she has been one of them consistently year after year. The numbers don't lie.

Just give her tools to do the job and she will get it done. She has an incredibly strong mind and a willpower unlike anyone else.

Congratulations Toni! Very well deserved.

UPLIFT ATHLETE | FITNESS TRAINING At UPLIFT we specialize in private fitness training but also instruct daily small-group, high-intensity, functional strength training classes.

CONGRATULATIONS to , our first original UPLIFT member, for hitting her 750th class!

Paula is an incredibly hard worker, focused, selfless, strong willed, and is never one to back down from a challenge unless it involves a Bosu Ball. 😆

She puts in the extra work on her own and doesn't ignore the tiny details within training. She is always 10-15 minutes early and is just overall an incredible person to train with.

Congratulations my friend!

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Out of nearly 50 competitors, let's officially congratulate the TOP 5 from each category of our 12-Week Challenge, as well as our two overall winners of $500 each!

TOP 5 MOST WEIGHT % LOST:

#1. Alexandra C (-25lbs, -5.5% BF)
#2. Deb Y (-12.8lbs, -6.9% BF)
#3. Shannon K (-13.4lbs, -3.8% BF)
#4. Megan S (-10.8lbs, -4.2% BF)
#5. Paula M (-9lbs, -3.6% BF)

TOP 5 MOST MUSCLE LBS % GAINED:

#1. Connor H (+3.1lbs muscle)
#2. Todd A (+2.5lbs muscle)
#3. Anne Marie B (+2.2lbs muscle)
#4. Wilfredo R (+2lbs muscle)
#5. Mike J (+2lbs muscle)

There are so many others that deserve a shout out for the incredible amount of hard work they put forth, but we can only have two winners.

Congratulations to both Alexandra and Connor for leading the pack in this challenge!

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to one of our mother-daughter duos, & for each hitting their 750TH CLASS only 10 days apart from one another!!!

Lorrie & Alex are the 7th and 8th class members to hit LEVEL 2 (blue) on the Wall Of Fame 💪

TOP 10 CLASSES COMPLETED (as of 5/9/24)

1. (988) Toni P
2. (884) Kenzie C
3. (862) Meg L
4. (855) Bob H
5. (848) Kelly H
6. (834) Danielle W
7. (763) Lorrie M
8. (752) Alex C
9. (743) Paula M
10. (705) Elaina R

Let's all officially welcome Emma () our newest trainer, to our team! Emma is an ACSM Certified Trainer who will also be graduating next month with her Doctorate of Physical Therapy!

Being both a Certified Personal Trainer and a Physical Therapist gives Emma a very well rounded approach towards training. We're very excited to have her on board and for you all to meet her! She will be available weekdays during the evenings, so if you see her say hello!

Emma's current 1-on-1 openings:
TUE - 4:30pm / 6:00pm
WED - 4:30pm / 6:00pm
THU - 6:00pm

"I grew up being an athlete from early childhood all throughout college, where I graduated with a Bachelors in Exercise Sports Science. After an injury, I turned to the gym to keep myself active.

I went on to continue my studies in the Physical Therapy program at D’Youville University in Buffalo, NY. It was here that I realized I wanted to pursue a career with fitness so I became a certified personal trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine.

Along with working in a rehab department as an aide for physical and occupational therapy services, I additionally have five years experience working with the mentally and physically disabled population. Since I’m also a trainer, I get so much joy giving clients the confidence and the knowledge they need to succeed safely when working out.

Outside of school and work I like to help my family volunteer raising dogs for the blind and have been doing so since 2013."

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAZMIN!⁣ 💪
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Jazmin is a remarkable individual whose passion radiates in her coaching. She's not just attentive; she's incredibly mindful, always keen of her surroundings and anticipating the needs of those around her.

Jazmin's genuine positivity is also infectious. She celebrates the victories of others as if they were her own. She also has that special ability to push others beyond their perceived limits with a gentle nudge that helps them reach greater goals.

If you have any friends or family looking for a trainer, Jazmin has two available spots open for private, 1-on-1 clients (6:00 AM & 8:45 AM).

Have a happy birthday .raquel ! 🥳

CONGRATULATIONS to Amy Z who just hit her 300th class!

Amy's genuine care for people radiates through her conversations. She is simply one of those amazingly positive forces to be around.

I would bet that out of 10 random people, she would be the one ready to uplift others and nurture their mental and emotional well-being. She treats each day as an opportunity to spread optimism through a lens that empowers those around her.

Amy is also the 90th individual to join our Wall of Fame! Earning a spot on our wall takes roughly 1-2 years of hard work, so it is no easy feat.

Congratulations Amy!

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CHEERS TO 2-YEARS!

Help us wish a happy 2-year anniversary!⁣⁣
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Morgan coaches both group members and private members. She is one of our most well-rounded trainers, certified through NASM. She also recently completed our Functional Kettlebell Training (FKT) certification and got to show her love for functional, dynamic movement.

"Being active in sports from a young age and through high school, I knew I wanted a career that kept me active. In 2018 after having my first daughter, I took the bold step of quitting my 9-5 desk job and started working at a local gym. Over the past five years I have rediscovered my passion for both private and group fitness. I want both my daughters to grow up knowing they too can be strong."

"When it comes to 1-on-1 clients, I truly relish witnessing the growth of teenagers and newcomers to the gym. It’s amazing how much confidence I can instill in their movements and bodies. I’m very dedicated to helping each client achieve their individual goals and potential. I enjoy watching clients do things they once thought were impossible."

Check out Morgan's current 1-on-1 openings:
MON - 11:15am / 2:30pm
TUE - 11:15am
THU - 11:15am
FRI - 10:30am / 11:15am

Morgan's group class schedule:
MON - 9:30am / 4:30pm / 5:30pm
TUE - 9:30am
WED - 4:30pm / 5:30pm
THU - 9:30am
FRI - 9:30am
SAT - 8:00am / 9:00am

CONGRATULATIONS to in hitting her 300th class ON HER BIRTHDAY!

Christine is that warm ray of sunshine that brings a positive smile even at the dark hours of 5:00 AM in the morning.

She's a pleasure to train because she's that person that consistently gives 100% effort on the crazy stuff we throw at her. Her strength has sky rocketed in the past year and we're excited to see her continue to get stronger and stronger day by day.

Congratulations & HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 💪
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Join our 12-WEEK CHALLENGE!

Initial measurements must be completed by Saturday, February 10th.

Only a few spots left! We currently have 40 members competing and two of them will win $500 each!

📝 Submit "GET STARTED" form on website to join!

Congratulations to who just hit class #300!

Erin has been an incredible member here from her first day. Her commitment to expanding her knowledge of strength training and her open-mindedness and desire to grow makes her a standout person. She's also been an amazing advocate for UPLIFT and has referred many other dedicated and hard-working members.

Ultimately, these actions are what helps foster an environment of continuous growth here and makes everyone's experience a more genuinely meaningful one.

Congratulations and keep it up!

Join our 12-WEEK CHALLENGE! We will have (2) different winners that will each win $500 in training! Initial measurements must be completed by Saturday, February 10th.

❓ WHAT DOES IT INCLUDE?
☑️ 12 Weeks of Programmed Classes
☑️ Full Body Composition Readings
☑️ Custom Food Guidance & Tracking
☑️ Individualized Meal Ideas
☑️ Daily Habit Tracking

❓ HOW DO I WIN?
☑️ Have the highest loss in weight %
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☑️ Have the highest gain in muscle %

❓ HOW MUCH IS IT?
☑️ $175 month to month

❓ HOW DO I SIGN UP?
☑️ Submit "GET STARTED" form through website
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CONGRATULATIONS to who just hit her 300th class!

From a coaches perspective, Lianna is one of the best clients to train. She is always positive, enthusiastic, and most importantly, willing to put in the hard work.

Above all, the thing that makes Lianna a rare breed is her eagerness to learn. Lianna is not afraid to question things and learn from them. It's a coaches dream to have someone who genuinely cares about how they can efficiently improve an exercise.

This has given Lianna the ability to lift the same if not more weight as some people TWICE HER SIZE. 💪
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A GREAT class to bring in the new year!!

We want to give our first shout-outs of 2024 to Tahsina A and Randy W!

Congratulations to Tahsina for being the first member of 2024 to hit the 300th class mark and overall being the 86th member to do so and make it to our Level 1 Wall Of Fame.

Completing 300 classes takes a minimum of one year to complete. Typically it takes most people closer to two years. Having 86 different people complete this goes to show you how consistent and loyal our members become once they seriously commit to themselves. Tahsina has done just that and we are excited to see what her future holds!

Today was also bittersweet being that it was Randy's last class. Randy will be permanently relocating down south for work. Randy has been one of our most loyal members from the very beginning and although we are happy for this next step in his life, we are incredibly sad to see him go. We will miss you dearly my friend and we all wish you the best of luck. 💪

From our family to yours, THANK YOU! 🙏

We are blessed to not only have such an amazing team of trainers here, we are indebted and owe the success of UPLIFT to each and every one of you. To our team, thank you for your passion and hard work, and most of all your vision for helping people live healthy, functional and peaceful lives.

To every single one of you who put in the work, to everyone who has referred a friend, to everyone who wears our apparel, we are all so grateful to be able to do what we love. 💪

Can't say enough great things about this guy!

CONGRATULATIONS to .higgins5 for hitting his 750th class this morning and being the 6th person overall to reach LEVEL 2 (Blue) on the Wall of Fame.

Bob, his wife Kelly, Amanda and her husband Randy have all been part of a core group of people that have been with us since the beginning. The 4 of them, along with many others, have been the backbone of who we are here and what our core values support; A COMMUNITY THAT FEELS LIKE A FAMILY.

Congratulations Bob!

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A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Deb and Maureen for both hitting their 300th class and joining the wall 💪. Deb hit her 300th last Tuesday and Maureen hit hers this past Friday!

Both of them are two of the most consistent members of the 6:00AM class and they both deserve a big shout out for continuously being dedicated with all types of classes, no matter the week or schedule.

Congratulations to you both!

We want to take this moment to officially welcome our newest trainer, Jazmin, to the team!

Many of you have already had the chance to get to work with her and see how strong and passionate of a coach she is. We have nothing but amazing things to say about her and we hope many more of you will get the chance to meet her soon!

Jazmin's class schedule:
MON - 5:00am / 6:00am / 7:00am / 9:30am
WED - 5:00am / 6:00am / 7:00am / 9:30am
FRI - 5:00am / 6:00am / 7:00am

"Growing up in Clifton Park I was able to access tons of sports and activities as a kid. Picking up softball in middle school and shot put in high school, a lot of my team practices incorporated strength training. I quickly found my love for lifting heavy with barbells in my junior year of high school.

As I begun my collegiate career at Skidmore, I continued to lift heavy and quite often programmed workouts for myself and friends. Although I had the intention of pursuing a chemistry degree, it wasn’t until I enrolled into my first exercise science course that I fell in love with the lab component of anatomy and physiology. I ended up graduating with a degree in Human Physiological Sciences.

I now hunger to expand my repertoire of all things training and wellness. I look forward to adding a few more exciting certifications to my tool kit."

In honor of Veterans Day, we are announcing our entry into the BONEFROG Catamount Obstacle Course, taking place on June 29th of 2024!

Last year we had 8 participants! We had an amazing time and built a bond unlike any other.

We've already had interest from around 20 UPLIFT members for next year's race, most of which will be doing the Open 5K Race. Spectators can also attend for free!

AVAILABLE CHALLENGES:
- Elite 10k Race
- Open 10K Race
- Open 5K Race
- Tadpole/Kids 1/2 Mile Race

We encourage everyone to sign up AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, as the prices will go up month after month.

Please use code: UPLIFTAthleteBF24 for 20% off registration fees and select team UPLIFT Athlete.

We look forward to seeing you there! Happy Veterans Day!

Another CONGRATULATIONS to who just hit her 750th 5:00 AM class!

She is now the 5th person to achieve this accomplishment 💪 LET'S GO!

CONGRATULATIONS to Meg L for being the 4TH person ever to hit 750 CLASSES!

She accomplished this last Friday and had the weekend to celebrate 🙌

TOP 15 CLASSES COMPLETED (as of Sunday 11/5/23)

1. (860) Toni P .palko
2. (773) Kenzie C
3. (757) Danielle W
4. (751) Meg L
5. (749) Kelly H
6. (737) Bob H .higgins5
7. (675) Lorrie M
8. (652) Paula M
9. (643) Alexandra C
10. (632) Elaina R
11. (600) Stephen R
12. (585) Casey B
13. (576) Pattie B
14. (566) Pat W
15. (564) Amanda W

CHEERS TO 2-YEARS!

Help us wish a happy 2-year anniversary!⁣⁣
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Elizabeth has certifications through NSCA, FMS, Original Strength, and is also a Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT). She is also currently hard at work and in the process of becoming an Occupational Therapist (OT).

Elizabeth has always approached her clients in a well rounded way. She's garnered much respect from her clients. Some of them have been with her for 10+ years!

She has helped create an amazing community of reciprocity amongst her clients and all of our trainers. Thank you for being such a great person to be around and we appreciate you every day!
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LET'S OFFICIALLY CONGRATULATE the winners of our first ever Team Challenge, the 4:30 PM class!

1st Place - David M (center)
2nd Place - Swapna N (right)
3rd Place - Lianna D (left)
Ben S
Kasey L
Ashley M
Sarah L

In this challenge, 6 different teams of 5-7 members tested 3 exercises in our first week, continued to train those same exercises for 8 weeks, and then retested each one again in our final week, week 10, to find out who could improve upon them the most.

It was was an extremely close race but the 4:30 PM class barely edged out the other classes by being the most improved across the board and ultimately performing the best on the hardest exercise of all 3 we had, the Bulgarian split squat.

There are so many of you not mentioned here that performed so well! However, special shout outs to Alexandra O, Kazi S and Ben S for all being in the top 3 women/men. Also, a huge shout out to Alex C for finishing not only in the top 3 of all women, but doing it throughout her third trimester!

Thank you to all teams and everyone who competed!
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FIRST OF ALL, let's all CONGRATULATE both Morgan & Alexandra for successfully navigating their way through both of their second pregnancies, all while continuing to be active at the gym. You both are beautiful and amazing!

SECONDLY, help us guess their due dates! Both babies will be here in the next two weeks. Comment when you think each one will arrive!

Morgan, one of our trainers, is still coaching her 1-on-1 private clients and hoping to come back to them as soon as possible. In addition to her private clients, she's continued coaching her group clients as well. Any trainer that does both private and group knows that groups are more dynamic and exhausting to coach. Morgan has been able to do this with the same energy and positive smile that she always has this entire time!

Alexandra is one of our group members and one hell of a dedicated and strong mama! She's continued to not only stay consistent and dedicated to the gym, but has impressed all of us with the exercises and amounts of resistance she's continued to be able to do. Alexandra actually placed 3RD amongst all women in our last challenge!

Come spend some time with these two! We cannot wait to meet both of these beautiful and strong babies!

Everyone help us wish a BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY to DAN!⁣

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to both Danielle & Kenzie for each hitting their 750TH CLASS only one day apart from one another!!

They are the 2ND and 3RD class members to hit LEVEL 2 (blue) on the Wall Of Fame 💪

You are both are amazing. We have so many strong individuals here ⬇️

TOP 10 CLASSES COMPLETED (as of 9/21/23)

1. (834) Toni P
2. (750) Danielle W
3. (750) Kenzie C
4. (727) Kelly H
5. (721) Meg L
6. (714) Bob H
7. (653) Lorrie M
8. (633) Paula M
9. (615) Alexandra C
10. (611) Elaina R

UPLIFT 2nd Annual Golf Scramble! Too much fun!

📸 Photos by AMJ Design and Photo

CONGRATULATIONS to who is now the 2nd FASTEST person to hit 300 classes!

She did this in 441 days. 💪
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