Markee Personal Training Offers Programs for Any Fitness Level

SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) - Pam Markee has been a personal fitness trainer for over 25 years and has been working in the Sacramento area since 2006. As the owner and CEO of Markee Personal Training, she helps clients reach their individual fitness goals and transform their lives.

Her private studio (located at 5250 Date Ave., Suite B, in Sacramento) is conveniently located close to Hwy 80 and Madison Ave., offering easy access for clients throughout the Sacramento Region. Clients enjoy the individualized program at Markee Personal Training: “It’s private, it’s one on one, so you’re not competing for time or attention from the trainer,” said Markee. Private personal training sessions also allow clients to fully focus on their fitness without the worry of being judged by others.

Markee Personal Training goes beyond the typical fitness program. Markee completed a fellowship at the Gray Institute for Functional Transformation: a graduate program attended by many physical therapists, chiropractors, athletic trainers, and doctors of osteopathy. “I studied with 14 countries around the world for over five years. This opened my eyes to the possibilities of helping others transform their health,” said Markee. “I love serving others in a way that encompasses mind, body, and spirit and treats the whole person — not just a symptom and a protocol. We really look at the entire person, their life and lifestyle, and custom-tailor programs specifically for them. Each program for each person is different because each and every person is biomechanically unique and different.”

Using philosophies learned at the Gray Institute, “we can help those with [multiple sclerosis], Parkinson’s, cardiac rehab, joint replacements, and so much more,” said Markee. A major focus of her practice is post-rehabilitative medical exercise, helping patients who have completed therapy programs but aren’t ready to resume regular exercise: “We bridge that gap, and we can get them the rest of the way to a functional program that is functional for their life,” said Markee.

Markee said her assistant, Lanell Martinez, who also has Gray Institute training, “is a pivotal part of my practice and I really couldn’t do it without her. … We make a great team. She is kind, gentle, and very thorough in her work.”

Martinez said, “It feels good to watch someone achieve their goal and gain the confidence to maintain that goal as they go forward.” Using their extensive training, Martinez said that she and Markee “are driven to find the answers to unlock the path to our client’s success.”

In addition to personal fitness training and individualized exercise programs, Markee Personal Training also offers soft tissue mobilization. It is similar to massage, but Markee said she treats patients while they are “moving through space — using gravity and ground reaction force and their body weight and their own mass and momentum to free up a joint.” It’s essentially massage-in-motion.

At Markee Personal Training, they work with clients of all fitness levels, from people who are disabled to professional athletes. Markee said, “Our clients are as old as 97 and as young as 16, so it’s a big range.” The studio and the equipment are wheelchair accessible, something that is especially important for elderly clients. Markee explained that fear of injury is the number one reason the elderly don’t exercise: “I think a lot of people don’t know there’s a safe place they can go to work out and not have their health compromised.”

She said, “If you’re not moving, those muscles are wasting away. So, we try to empower them and give them the skills and the tools.” If a client becomes so infirm that they can no longer travel to the studio, Markee will go to them, working with them in their own home “right to the end” of their lives.

Markee Personal Training has also recently started offering a nutritional and weight-management coaching program, which is specifically targeted to clients over 300 pounds. Instead of pushing these clients into strenuous exercises that they cannot realistically accomplish at this stage, Markee offers life coaching that “meets them where they’re at.” She explained that “obesity is now affecting over 40 percent of our population. Childhood obesity is on the rise, and we believe this is an educational issue as well as an epidemic.” Markee helps clients figure out what factors contribute to unhealthy food choices and finds ways to replace those habits with healthier options. The program is personalized to each client to determine what will work best for them so they can implement the changes in their everyday lives.

“Our environment is nurturing, clean, and free of embarrassing and humiliating situations that keep them from going to the gym to exercise in the first place,” said Markee. “To help these people have a better mindset, we really need to not just look at their physical body but what’s going on in the spirit and the mind of that person.”

Whatever fitness and health issues a client is facing, Markee Personal Training can tailor a program to help them reach their goals. Markee’s program assesses the whole person, including their habits and the details of their daily life. She said, “Looking at the whole picture helps to meet them where they’re at and transform them in a way that’s functional for their life and what they want to achieve.”

Markee focuses her practice where she sees the biggest need: “I’m just really trying to help people. … I think that’s where our heart is: How can we best serve the community?” Markee said, “It’s about building relationships with people. Once they trust us and trust the process and trust themselves, that’s golden — that’s what really transforms lives.”

For more information about the individualized fitness programs available at Markee Personal Training, visit www.markeepersonaltraining.com.