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I am excited to introduce you to Markell and Jessica Thomas as this week’s “Transformation Tuesday” feature.

Tell us about you and how fitness has impacted your life:

We are a married couple of 20 years. We are (43 years old). We found fitness and competing to be a great shared hobby. Fitness has strengthened our marriage, changed our bodies, shown our children the results of discipline and inspired our friends.

Markell:

I started lifting weights and getting in shape because I was tired of being the skinny guy. I wanted to have a physique my wife and son could be proud of. So one day I logged on to the internet, found a newbie workout and meal plan before I knew it. I was seeing great results. Soon people started asking me If I was a fitness competitor or a trainer. I decided to look in to physique shows and entered my first bodybuilding contest. It was a great experience and I won my class and overall novice. My great success motivated my wife to start weight training seriously. She also issued a fitness challenge for her friends. The goal was to get 2 piece ready for a fitness and bikini photo shoot. The photo shoot was a great success. So she decided to take her training to the next level so she could compete in her first physique show. With the help of her coach Steve Payne.(Owner of House of Payne in Lilburn Ga.) She competed in the bikini class and won 2nd in Masters over 40 and 2nd in bikini short class A. She also has a private womens fitness group on Facebook called My New Tomorrow. She posts workouts, transformations, motivational quotes and check ins by the group.

Through fitness we have become closer as a couple and now we have a great hobby we both enjoy. This summer we are competing together in masters national level contests. We will soon offer a couples based fitness seminar, discussing how health and fitness has a positive impact on relationships. In our 20 years of marriage and our own  transformations we have a gained a wealth of knowledge and experiences to share.

View more photos and get personal tips from The Thomas’ HERE