From A Hit Class to An Online Wellness Program
After years of working as a certified trainer for all ages, Anita Terlizzi hesitantly agreed to lead her first 55+ class. It was an instant hit! MissFit Strength and Balance started with just 5 people, and it seemed to double every single week.
“It quickly became my favorite class to teach. I was receiving feedback I had never received before.
Their lives were changing.
It wasn’t about fitting into skinny-jeans or looking a certain way, it was about the quality of life.”
As Anita’s classes kept growing, so did her passion and expertise for the 55+ community. She received many requests to record her workouts, so she decided to create a professional at-home workout program in 2015 called, Sit Down and Shape Up. To this day, people are still ordering these DVDs!
When Anita’s class went online the summer of 2020, she realized just how important it was to ‘use it or lose it.’
“My clients who didn’t keep up with the online classes came back with muscle atrophy, they were shuffling around, their balance was off, they were exhausted and depressed.
The ones that worked out online kept their muscle mass, balance, strength and mental sharpness.
I realized just how important it was to make this program more accessible to more people.”
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Anita's Story
“I always had a passion for fitness and a passion for people.”
I always was into sports and was an athlete most of my life. I grew up in the 80’s so I was raised outside! My career was in advertising and then as a stay-at-home mom for many years, but I always had this passion for fitness. When I was 40, I took a leap of faith and studied to get my credentials as a Certified Trainer.
My fitness training turned into meal plans, nutrition coaching, motivational speaking and teaching a 7-week wellness course to hundreds of individuals that sign up every year.
It all started in a small studio in my home and now I am grateful to get to walk hundreds of men and women through their fitness journey, helping them move without pain, enjoy their life and live independently. I’m so grateful my clients trust me with their health and fitness goals and I can’t wait to see even more life-transformation through the Thrive55+ program!
Anita Terlizzi is an ACE Certified Personal Trainer. She co-founded Thrive55 with her daughter, Emma, to bring more health and healing to a broader audience around the world! Anita lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with her husband, beloved pups, and three grown children.
Meet Your Thrive Nutrition Expert
You can learn more about Heather and her business at heathergabbertrdn.com
Heather Gabbert
MS, RDN, CD
Heather fell in love with the power of nutrition back in college at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, where she went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Dietetics. She has been a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist for over 20 years now, covering many areas of dietetics, including gut health, with primary focus on wellness and helping people fight cancer, chronic disease, and illnesses, by educating people on the anti-inflammatory lifestyle approach to eating. She thanks God for instilling in her a deep passion for helping others and fiercely wants to help people PREVENT illness if at all possible. She believes this can be done! Heather is an evidence-based practitioner who realizes that a lot of people want to bridge the gap, between where they are and where they want to be. She works with clients to connect the two and realize their life-long wellness goals. Heather acts as a guide to incorporate an anti-inflammatory approach to nutrition intake, including adding more plant-based foods. Supporting one’s best efforts to living a long-term, healthy life is her jam!
Heather has formed an alliance in her community called True Blue. Her tribe includes other wellness warriors, strongly like-minded, with common callings to make an impact on health and wellness for all, through food, nutrition, and health education.
Oh yea… and keeping it fun along the way!