our business: TATE’S TOTAL TRAINING
Fitness Profile
BY MELISSA MOORMAN
PHOTOS BY STEVE SCHILLIO
S
ylvia Gillen started her work at Tate’s
Total Training over a year ago and she’s
not stopping anytime soon. She’s lost over 35
pounds and said, “I look a lot better and feel
a lot better.” Before she said she was “heavy
and hurting,” and was looking for a different
way to strengthen her core and improve her
overall physical fitness after completing the
recommended physical therapy from a shoulder injury.
This cowgirl rides cutting horses and now
that she has increased the strength of her
core and her balance she’s able to ride more
competitive horses now. She’s even training to begin competing in National Cutting
Horse Association (NCHA) events. Sylvia
started out competing in cutting events with
the American Paint Horse Association (APHA)
and won that event at their world show in
Fort Worth in 2013. But she’s stepped up
her game and according to Sylvia, “Now I’m
riding quarter horses in the bigger NCHA
world. It’s a big change for me, I’m learning a
lot. The strength and the ability to ride more
competitive horses are because of the work
I’m doing at Tate’s. It’s made it a lot easier.”
SEPTEMBER 2016
PA R K E R C O U N T Y T O D AY
“... I’m not finished. This is
a journey, for the rest of my
life. I wanted to get strong
enough to do whatever I
wanted to do,”
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Sylvia Gillen
Sylvia started working out three times
a week with owner Kerry Tate. Tate is a
National Academy of Sports Medicine
Certified Personal Trainer and has Sylvia
doing lots of core and abdominal work.
Together they are working on her flexibility