City of Miami, Florida  Salutes 911 FITNESS 

Arnold Schwarzenegger Former Chairman President's Council on Physical Fitness & Sports 8 time Mr. Olympia Bodybuilding Legend

Chief William B. Berger International Association of Chiefs of Police Vice-President

January 11, 2000
"A special note of appreciation to 911 FITNESS I have been associated with 911 FITNESS since March 15th, 1999. As a victim of Gout, I require special attention with regard to nutrition. The exposure to different forms of exercises, equipment and different food combinations has created a new awareness and appreciation of health and fitness for me. My nutrition programs and exercise prescriptions are simple to follow and practical. My strength, coordination and agility have improved dramatically. Jim Sayih is honest, dependable and punctual. He directs 911 FITNESS with the highest integrity in every detail. He balances public safety fitness program development, motivates people to enroll in fitness competitions and always remembers the population who are less physically fortunate by giving to these charities. He is a credit to 911 FITNESS and the Fitness Industry. If you are sincere about fitness and want to improve your quality of life, I recommend 911 FITNESS for all your fitness needs."

Tom Cabrerizo, CEO

A valuable piece of information! For those, who might have similar goals as mine? - "To live as long and as healthy as possible, to enjoy activities during retirement." During my career I have had the opportunity to be assigned to S.W.A.T. for five years then Homicide as a Supervisor for another five years. This has given me the trust of survival fitness.

Throughout the years I have observed many types of natural death. What interest me the most was the cause of death and the victim's physical condition prior to dying (including there diet and exercise). "Fact," people who exercise and eat better foods live a longer and healthier life.

Recently, I put all of this gathered information together to achieve my goal. Your 911 Fitness course provided me with knowledge of how everything in life falls into place, as one gets older. Diet and Exercise is everything in life. By applying myself to your training commitment of diet and exercise, I will reach my goal.

Now I drink Cuban Coffee with "Equal." Now I feel great all the time. My exercise is better than ever and I am getting stronger and losing body fat. Enough said on why I strongly feel everyone should attend the 911 FITNESS workshop.

Sergeant Juan Gonzalez

"I have been on every diet known to man. I have sat through support groups, weight loss clinics, weight watchers, dieticians, Jenny Craig, Slim-Fast, liquid diets, even psychologist because I am overweight. My overeating was affecting my daily life; I could not work, in fact I could barely walk. Last year my weight shot up to 315 pounds; I am only 5'0" tall. My mother gave me a present which changed my life permanently. She scheduled an appointment with Jim Sayih from 911 FITNESS, who met with me the following week. He taught me eating habits, the caveman principal, and much more. I later became intrigued with nutrition - I was becoming a well person. A person who could now concentrate, had energy, and was happy. 45 pounds later, I became a nutrition junkie. I now work at a nutrition store advising others how to eat and have become very knowledgeable in the field of Sports Nutrition. I may not have the body of an athlete YET, but I sure know how to get there. That is the most precious thing to me. I thank 911 FITNESS for giving me a push that took me away from dieting to permanently changing my lifestyle."

Deborah Lichter Nutrition Consultant

"The reason I joined the team this year was mainly for motivation to get myself back into shape. My workouts had been going down hill for the past few years and I really lacked motivation to go to the gym.  This competition was the perfect opportunity to get myself into the  best shape of my life, and it really paid off.    The challenge motivated me more than I ever thought it would, whether it was getting up for a 5 am run before work or going to the gym after a long night of fighting fires and saving lives. Knowing that my  teammates were counting on me was enough to keep me going.    Although my workout intensity increased tremendously, I owe about 80% of my success to Diet. Chicken, Fish, Brown rice, etc. I would say my diet was the cleanest it has ever been, and that also increased my  energy level. For supplements I took Creatine, Protein, Amino acids, and a multi-vitamin.    My workouts included 30-60 min of cardio 4 days a week, high intensity weight training 5-6 days a week, and plyometric training 3 days a  week.    Thanks for the motivation."

Tim Carroll, NE Winner, 2005 Fitness Challenge 

"Jim, Thanks for the opportunity for myself and my team, "TEAM ENDURING FREEDOM", to compete in the challenge...I took great pride in helping the members of our team with their diet and training regimen. I saw each team member swell with pride as they began to see results....the concept of a "team" challenge was definitely beneficial. Nobody wanted to risk letting the rest of the team down...which is much like the team concept which we as cops and firefighters experience every day on the job. The 12 weeks were a success for our team and hopefully inspired others that we work with to take the steps necessary to live a healthier lifestyle."

Jon DeLena 

"Your 911 fitness contest challenged me and the other four members of "The Extinguishers" team from the Fort Lauderdale Fire Department to get off of our butts and get healthy.  Most of us have been on diets and exercise programs before. We have never been on a program that caused us to cover so many areas at once.  Your 911 fitness program urged us to lose weight in a healthy manner.  With the diet and weight lifting program designed for us according to your guidelines by Keith Gillis, Certified Personal Trainer, owner of the Muscle Zone Gym, and past winner of the Fla. Super Natural Body Building Competition, we are all the healthier, and more fit than we have been in years. Due to the low fat diet, regular aerobic workouts, and weight lifting our total cholesterol has gone down and our good cholesterol has gone up.   My blood pressure and cholesterol had gone up to the point that my doctor was going to put me on medication for both.  I asked him to do another check after 10 weeks into the 911 fitness competition dieting and workouts. He was very pleased, my blood pressure is now averaging 115/75 and my cholesterol was lower than ever. My other team members also experienced dramatic beneficial effects on their vital statistics. When I went in for my annual physical last week my Doctor could not stop talking about how pleased he was with my change for the better. The 30+ lb. weight loss and added muscle got his attention, especially since he has always promoted physical fitness for better health.   Thanks Jim, the best thing that happened to me in years was getting the notification of the 911 fitness contest in my email. It was just the shove I needed to get back into shape.  I plan to continue to build on my new level of fitness for the rest of my life which I think will be longer and healthier now."    

R. Patrick Gillis

"Jim, just wanted to send you a quick e-mail. So far up to this point I have lost 43 lbs and dropped my pants size almost 6 sizes. When people see me that I have not seen in a month or so they do a double take. I am going to have to get measured again so that I can get all new uniforms. If I did not use 7 keepers to hold up my gun belt it would look as if I was a gun slinger from the cowboy days with a low slung hip holster. This program has been a life changer for not only me, my wife but for the countless other people at my Department (Leon County Sheriff's Office). When they have seen the results that I, along with the other LAW DAWGS team members have had, I have been handing out copies of my diet like fliers to a party. Just last night some of my friends at the Tallahassee Police Dept. got their copies of the diet too. Looking forward to the re-weigh in Jax."  

James F. Giordano

"I want to thank 911 FITNESS & Associates for presenting the Cops Challenge #2 fitness contest. Words are actually very inadequate for how I feel about the contest and all that it has meant to me personally. I am 52 years old, weighed almost 200 pounds and have Rheumatoid Arthritis for over ten years. I have been on some of the strongest medications available and have had seven (7) operations, including a total joint replacement in my foot. I was depressed because of my deteriorating health situation. After my Team, 'Fit, Fun happy Guns', won the $ 5,000.00 Grand Prize, we made a donation to the Police Officer's Assistance Trust and a presentation at our Directors staff meeting. The Training Bureau posted a large congratulations banner along with the summary and a the huge 'winner's check' on the gym wall. I have now lost 22 pounds and am still getting up at 3:00 am each day to be at the Training Bureau to workout before work. My co-workers are saying, "Who are you? You are not the same person we used to know." My Arthritis has gone into remission and I have actually stopped all medication, with only some minor joint pain in my hand left. I have taken up running as well as bike events. I simply love eating every two to three hours…that is the greatest thing going for me. Now I am never hungry. There are simply not enough words to really express how I feel about the changes that are happening to me as a result of the contest. Again, I thank you with all my heart."  

Patricia Addison

"I feel that the Cops Challenge program allowed me to develop program that opened a lot of doors in the fitness arena. The program also gave me the ability to explore many new avenues of fitness not otherwise known to me."

William Houston