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Michael Torchia
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Martone Fuller left a comment for Michael Torchia
Hello sir, I am currently preparing to train elderly and children. How are things going for you in the upcoming spring?
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- My Plug:
- Personal Training Company, Film and Radio Production Company
- My BodyPROUD Story
- I was an overweight Italian kid in a rinky-dink town in New York. My father berated me, my loving mother stuffed me full of Sicilian delicacies, and my peers shunned me. After a string of particularly humiliating experiences, I became determined to change the way I looked and felt. I discovered lifting weights, and everything changed. My bulk turned into muscle, I constructed a weight training room in my basement. I thrived on it. One day, during an argument with my father, he took a sledgehammer to my weight machines, destroying them, calling me nothing but a “gym bum.” Instead of crushing my spirit, he only fueled my convictions. I became Teenage Mr. New York State and started a personal training business at age 17.
Lifting weights put food on my table. It was like I’d found a doorway into another world. I’d spent my childhood and early teenage years overweight, out of shape and lonely. Through weightlifting, I started to become the person I always knew I was. As my body changed my sense of who I was and what I could accomplish grew stronger as well. My chunky frame toned up and transformed to muscle; women began to turn their heads and drop their jaws as I walked by. Things only snowballed from there; I had received the Teenage Mr. America title, Mr. New York title, and Mr. California title.
Eventually, I moved to Los Angeles and over time I became a personal trainer to some of the most powerful and famous people in the movie industry. I had a booming business and more elite clients under my belt than I had ever dreamed possible. I had become an integral part of the machinery that turns the wheels of Hollywood.
So many people had told me I was a fool to pursue bodybuilding. The real thrill was that people looked at me with respect. They valued my time with them, and valued how I was able to motivate them.
Action stars don’t get those physiques overnight. It takes time, sweat, and discipline. That’s where I came in. I was the guy behind the scenes who maximized their time at the gym, took their phone calls in the middle of the night when they had a question about what to eat from the catering service on a movie set halfway across the world, and convinced them to put in the extra effort that transformed them into the superheroes they portrayed on screen.
Over the years, I became bored of my life and felt unfilled. I knew something had to change and I was willing to do whatever it takes to change my life. That was the day I decided to create a health and fitness program for children. The rest is history, since then I have devoted my life to preventing children from going through the suffering of being of unhealthy and unhappy, as I did for many years. To learn more about my children's program visit: OperationFitness.com
- My Facts 'n Stats:
- Michael Torchia
Health and Fitness Expert
- My bodyPROUD Goals:
- Teenage Mr America, Mr Collegiate USA, Mr California
- My AHA Life Defining Moments:
- I really enjoyed competing, because it inspired me to achieve higher levels of fitness and helped me become a successful businessman. I have dedicated my life to inspiring other people to achieve healthier lifestyles, which motivates me to keep going.
- My bodyPROUD Intentions:
- Lean Body Formula, Personal Training, Nutritional Counseling, Motivation Training and Gym Design
- To Become BodyPROUD, I commit to do the Following:
- Inspire others, networking and make new friends
- Life Advice that Helped Me:
- You can't fail, if you don't give up!
- How I Boosted my Confidence and/or Added Joy and/or Health into my Life:
- Train Hard... Win Easy!
- Please Help ME with:
- Former Fat Kid Makes Good!
- My Dietary &/or Training Routine:
- Networking and to make friends
- Expressing Gratitude is a Key Ingredient to a Happy Life. I Am Grateful for:
- Winning Teenage Mr America
- Profession:
- Personal Trainer &/or Fitness Professional, Entrepreneur, Health & Lifestyle
- Check Me Out Online: (Facebook, Twitter, Truestar, LinkedIn, etc)
- www.operationfitness.com
- I learned about bodyPROUD.org from:
- Awesome members with healthy lifestyles and attitudes
Comment Wall (7 comments)
- At 9:08pm on March 18, 2009,
Martone Fuller said…
- Hello sir, I am currently preparing to train elderly and children. How are things going for you in the upcoming spring?
- At 1:53am on January 30, 2009,
Martone Fuller said…
- How are things going for you so far this year sir? Anything new,big exciting? I pray that I can astablish something great for kids to take part in, preferably in the near future.
- At 4:14pm on January 27, 2009,
Eydie Anderson said… - Hey Michael!
Love your comment and thank you! I will have to read it everyday! My biggest dream is to turn PRO. I hope you are right about that :)
Stay in touch
Dream Big
~Eydie
- At 1:31pm on January 13, 2009,
Sarah said… - Hi Michael,
I just went to www.operationfitness.com and I'm obviously impressed.
I'm so glad to see you here, and thanks for sharing your story.
-Sarah-
- At 2:46pm on January 10, 2009,
Maudwanda Rigsby said… - Love the profile of insiration
- At 1:45pm on January 4, 2009,
Martone Fuller said…
- Hello and welcome
- At 1:40pm on January 4, 2009,
Mindy Blackstien-Lead Ambassador said… - Welcome to the Body Proud community Michael. Thanks for Inspiring Body Proud. Enjoy it here!
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