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A month or so ago I was sitting with a cohort group, ages 70 to 90, at the gym I use regularly. The conversation, much to my surprise, turned to my relative gains in the approximately 10 years or so that I have been exercising. The question raised was "How have you done so well?"

My answer was "Jill Didier." At my current age of 88 I'm in much better physical condtion than I was 10 years ago. Jill has masterfully shaped my attitude toward exercise to achieve more energy, improved posture, and higher levels of strength.

After 10 years as a widower I married, and through that event was introduced to Jill who had worked with my new partner for more than a decade. As Jill took charge she did so in a way that obviously was caring and, for me, sustainable. Her organizational skills gave me confidence that she was intelligent and careful in her effort to bring me to an increasingly higher level of workouts - without trying to turn me into a power lifter! She is motivated to ensure that the exercises she supervises are correctly done and purposefully focused on improving my overall health. She is invariably pleasant, engaging, and serious about her work. I'm certainly better off due to my work with Jill.  It's a pleasure to express gratitude to Jill for all she has achieved for me and for others she has trained.

Lamar B. Jones, PhD, Economist

I started working with Jill almost 14 years ago with the goal to get in better shape for my upcoming wedding. The results were so phenomenal that I had to reorder a smaller wedding dress and still had to get it altered!

Now, as a 40 year old mom of two, I continue to work with Jill because I want to be as strong and healthy as possible. Jill makes working out easy and fun! She listens attentively and takes all goals and wishes into consideration when planning the workout.

Maggie Mosby - Graphic Designer 

Sixteen years ago, as I entered my early sixties, I decided to find a personal trainer who could help me with the anticipated challenges of my later years, mainly balance and coordination. I found that Jill not only is skilled in her approach to working with my particular set of needs but that she also sees each of her clients as a unique individual and she tailors our workout to fit our strengths and weaknesses.

Using her broad knowledge she identifies areas that need improvement and then designs exercises for those specific needs. After working with Jill for these past years I find that I am free of many age-related problems that I often see in my contemporaries. Working with Jill has definitely added to my quality of life. Jill believes that hard work is the key to a fit body and employs her knowledge to that end. But she also knows that a good workout should be enjoyable and by nature she wants her clients to look forward to working with her, which I always do. She sees her clients as whole people and is aware that our daily lives can be unpredictable and that events can affect even the most devoted client’s ability to concentrate and perform.

Jill is skilled in working around outside distractions so that we get maximum benefits from the time we spend with her. She has a balanced mix of business and professional skills and is prompt for appointments and accurate in her accounting. I can - and have - recommended her to friends who have also become satisfied clients.

Beverly Jones,
Retired Lobbyist

I contacted Jill about 5 years ago, after I saw a picture the gym posted on social media about her running the Boston Marathon, which was my specific goal.  Although I have lifted weights for the past 15 years or so, I did not know how to tailor strength training for running specifically.  I was lifting too heavy, too often and not focusing on the right things, leaving me depleted for running. 

Jill had a plan to focus on the core and the lower posterior chain, and she was able to explain why this was important for long distance runners like myself.  The workouts are completely different than what I was used to doing, and I have learned a lot about runner-specific strength training.  The workouts are challenging but fun, and my running has improved immensely over the past 5 years, qualifying for the Boston Marathon 3 times and continuing to improve my race times. 

Jill has the ability to tailor a workout program to your specific needs and has extensive knowledge on how to train you for specific goal or sport.  She is always coming up with new exercises, keeping the workouts fresh and innovative so that we can achieve the next level of success.

Meghan Boyce Hurst, Marathon Runner