Fit to Print Volume 25 Issue 1 March 2016 | Page 3

@ FI

Queenax Rocks the Gym

Gen Next
Cor’s Corner
by Corinne Brown
I’d like to open this issue of Fit to Print with a “thank you.” The
Fitness Incentive family has once again been honored with
three Best of Long Island winners: Incentives Organic Spa &
Salon took home two: Best Day Spa (for the 3rd straight
year)and Best Waxing Salon while Eat Smart’s Rachel
Ezelius took home her fourth consecutive as Best Dietitian.
You’ll probably notice that the title of Best Gym is
conspicuously absent; it’s true, Fitness Incentive’s nineyear run as the Best of Long Island has ended. While we
were a little disappointed—I guess we had gotten used to
winning—we take solace in the fact that you really can’t win
them all, although not for lack of trying! We’ll happily and
humbly accept the three that we did win, and thank you all again
for your long-time generous support. There would be no Fitness
Incentive were it not for you, our perennial Best of Long Island members!

The installation of the remarkable
functional fitness system known,
rather oddly, as the “Queenax”
continues to send tremors through the
gym community. It is a rock star,
clearly one of the most popular and
effective pieces of equipment (if you
can even call a room-sized apparatus a
“piece” of equipment) ever installed
at FI. Trainers and members have
already swarmed to it, and that’s just
the beginning. We recently added an
upgrade to the Queenax: a “landmine”
attachment. For those of you not
familiar, the landmine is simply an
attachment that accepts one end of an
Olympic weight bar on the ground and
allows the user to lift and pivot the
bar. Sounds simple, but it’s
exceptionally versatile, meaning it fits
in perfectly on the Queenax. Here's TJ
demonstrating a basic rowing move:

On the Cover
Speaking of fitness families, we’re very excited to be featuring Eileen and Jillian
Jacinth on this months cover and lead articles. As many of you know, Eileen is an
accomplished instructor and trainer, and has guided her Fantastic Four teams to a
record four team championships and many “big fake checks.” We thought it was
more than fitting to feature her in the spring edition, with the current Fantastic Four
starting up right about the time you’ll be reading this. What’s even more exciting is
that this year, she’ll be teaming up with her daughter, Jillian. Fitness Incentive has
been around long enough that we’re beginning to see the second generation of
instructors and trainers join our ever-growing fitness family. Sure, it makes us feel a
little older than we'd probably care to admit, but we also feel incredibly proud to
see the next generation following our fitness footsteps. Jillian (see the article on
page 16) is already well on her way to establishing herself as a trainer and instructor,
not to mention a presence at the front desk. Here’s hoping that the next generation
continues reinventing and improving Fitness Incentive for many years to come.

Ah yes, the Contest...
And while we are on the subject of the contest, let me add a few words about this
years model. Each year we survey the contest participants and the trainers to get
their feedback about the most recent contest - what they liked, what could be
improved. And each year we try to implement changes based on that feedback.
Sometimes they work, sometimes not so much. But in general, our goal is to make it
better every year. Over the past couple of contests, we got feedback from members
and trainers alike that they’d like to see more emphasis on maintenance. Yes, sure,
they wanted to keep the motivation of meeting an aggressive short term goal (and
looking, well, fantastic for the summer as a result), but they also wanted motivation
to maintain their results, and to turn what they learn in the contest into a
sustai