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JILA SENEMAR-MEYER

Location: Miami
IG: @drjila_tam
Years Practicing TAM: 2

If you ask my family and
friends, they’ll tell you that
I’ve always been a workout
fanatic. I was a distance runner
in high school and that carried
me through college, medical
school, and after, when I had
my three kids in the span of
three years. At one point, I
had three children under the
age of 3 and getting my long
run in became a challenge. I
had set the goal of completing
a full marathon and was
determined to follow through.
I completed that goal, and the
following year decided to run
a half marathon and to finish
it in less than two hours. Once
again I trained on my own and
finished the half marathon
with a time of one hour and
45 minutes. At this point, my
endurance was at its peak, but THEN NOW
I still didn’t feel comfortable THEN NOW
or confident in my own skin. I This was where I realized that there was a lot more to The
had always heard about weight training, so I joined a local Method than just workouts and fitness. It was also fitness
Crossfit gym and began my journey with weights. I spent for the mind and soul. I purchased my first issue of the TA CRISTINA DE FRANCESCO
the next five years lifting weight heavier than my own body magazine and started reading through it and came upon
weight and was satisfied with my strength but still wasn’t the TAmily Tales column. This led me to the next stage, Location: Cervia, Italy
achieving the goal I had set of looking lean and toned. which was finding the TAmily. I had never had that type of IG: @cristinadefrancesco__
Years Practicing TAM: 9
My progress had again stalled and it was at this point connection with anyone through a workout program, so it
of frustration that I reached out to a fellow TAM member. was definitely something outside my comfort zone. My journey with Tracy Anderson started nine years ago. then I experienced happiness, accomplishment, and
She encouraged me to try The Method and to start with The TAmily was the support system I didn’t know I was I had seen Tracy (back then she was known for training motivation. I looked forward to the next workout, the next
the DVDs. I purchased my first glutecentric Tracy Anderson missing. They welcomed me with open arms and offered Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jennifer Lopez), and she day, and I was gradually feeling human. I started to work
DVDs and got to work. I lasted two weeks; I didn’t feel their advice and motivation on a daily basis. TAM enables was so inspiring and intriguing. I had just lost my baby, through the process of gaining my life back.
engaged with the workouts and decided that the program me to work out at any time that my schedule allows, which is Maddox, at seven months, and I was so distraught, nothing I started smiling, and my results were through the
wasn’t for me. I decided to go back to a HIIT program ideal for me because in my line of work as a doctor I can be seemed to make sense. I was cooped up in the house all roof. I had forgotten that was why I started working out
with some distance running intermixed. I hired a personal waiting to deliver a baby at any hour of the day or night. I’m day and felt like nothing was worth it. I knew one thing, to begin with. Tracy has done so much more for me, and
trainer who seemed to understand my long-term goals, so able to stream from anywhere and get my workout done so though, I didn’t want to have the body of a new mom I truly let go of the physical aspect; I searched out the
we began training four times per week at 5 a.m. Once again, that I can move ahead with my workday, and be efficient at without having a baby in my arms to show for it. I wanted therapy—creating space, finding my place in my not-so-
I felt like I hit a brick wall with no progress. It again seemed being a mom to my three teenagers, three dogs, and a wife to erase it and get my body back. meaningful life.
that the harder I worked out, the less satisfied I became. to my supportive husband of 18 years. This Method has also So I decided three months later that I would start Nine years later, I’m still doing Tracy Anderson’s
One random morning, at the advice of my friend opened my mind to the notion that we’re all on our own Metamorphosis Omnicentric, and I literally got addicted. Method. I gave birth to my son, Jaxon, six years ago, and
Erika Boom (@erika_boom), I signed up for a two-week individual journeys and that no two are alike. Each week Not because of the body transformation, but the mental throughout my pregnancy, I did the Pregnancy Project
online TAM trial. It was the change I had been searching I learn something new about myself and am able to push therapy. When I did Tracy, my mind emptied and I program. I’ve also done the Post-Pregnancy Workout
for and I immediately clicked with it. Initially, I continued my own limits. I have achieved a feeling of being at peace completely focused on the workout. I didn’t think about Series, and after signing up for the Online Studio in
distance running as my form of cardio and streamed the with myself and the confidence that comes from within and my loss, our loss. (My husband and I have been married for 2018, I now stream atTAin. At age 37, I feel more fit than
Intermediate content four to five times per week. I also is genuine. I’m forever grateful to Tracy and the TAmily 17 years.) I just worked through the hour of pure therapy I did in my twenties. Tracy started out as physical therapy
joined the Per4mance program and binge-watched all the community and hope to inspire other women who may feel that Tracy provided. I cried, I was mad, I was frustrated, and turned into a therapy session; I’ve never felt more
content there and started to grasp what TAM was all about. frustrated with their health journey. positive and physically happy about a workout—and
about life itself. ■

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