Tom Reeves Jr. is a remarkable personal trainer. The way in which he directs workouts to the specific client is extraordinary. I have been a client of Tom for six years now, which has grown into a friendship, and developed into a backbone for my personal growth as an individual.
At the beginning of my journey with Tom, I wanted to improve my strength, and bone density while also wanting to lose 15 pounds.
His approach to bringing out the best in everyone is very beneficial, especially to someone like myself who loves to be pushed. It's truly the only way I could have stuck with it; strong encouragement, staying accountable and going past my own limitations. He taught me about diet, weight lifting, recovery and when to rest. Tom helped me complete these goals quite quickly, after just 4 months of training with
him I was down the weight and on my way to becoming much stronger. Tom is very adaptable. When COVID first happened, and the gym temporarily shut down, he opened up his garage to clients like myself, where we could work out and maintain these goals that we still had set in stone. However, when quarantine happened and the world shut down, Tom took it upon himself to have virtual ZOOM workouts from our own homes with me and other committed clients. Either way, Tom always found a way to maintain goals during hardships.
After three years of training with Tom, I was experiencing shortness of breath when we would train. I had been a long-time smoker but had slowly been cutting back. Tom had known this and was persistent in telling me to go get a low-dose CT scan. Eventually, I did and found
out I had stage four lung cancer. So my fight began, and Tom delegated workouts based around when I was receiving treatments. Tom understood that regardless of my diagnosis, I wanted to
stay alive and be as healthy as I possibly could be. There began a rhythm in which day 1 was good, day 2 okay, and on day 3 I was exhausted and needed a two-day break. This routine continued, and after two years of treatment, I finally achieved my ringing of the bell, remission. Stage four lung cancer is normally a death sentence, I didn't take it as that, and neither did my family, nor Tom. I think I kicked it's butt, because of my routine of staying active while undergoing treatment. Tom’s talent and guidance were instrumental in my success in pushing through a life crisis. To add, Tom delegates workouts based on your needs, your story, and how you want to
succeed in your health. Tom can adapt to whatever situation is going on, and truly pushes his clients to reach their best selves. I cannot say enough about what Tom has done for me.
Dawn P: Stage 4 Lung Cancer survivor