Leona Ferrara

My name is Leona Ferrara. I’m 50 years old. About 6-7 years ago, I went through some lousy life experiences. I gained a lot of weight and was depressed, sad, miserable, broken inside and out, and internally suffering. I blew up to over 200 lbs. (see pic) I began working out and dropping the weight but even then I felt “skinny fat.” I started lifting weights but couldn’t seem to change my appearance like I wanted until I was introduced to Bill, that was 3 1/2 years ago. When we first met, his words to me were, “you have no confidence but you will.” Those words have sat in my head from day one. He taught me to stand up for myself, fight through ANY pain, move on when things aren’t good, make better life choices, and most importantly…DON’T QUIT. He saw how hard I train and the fire inside even if I didn’t. (I will endure pain with a smile on my face.). I have grown physically, psychologically, emotionally, spiritually, internally and externally. I am the strongest version of myself I have ever been in 50 years. The past 12 months have physically been the toughest but I knew I could dig deeper than ever. Surgery kept me out of the gym for two months. Covid had gyms in Ma. down for 4 months. So 6 months of no gym but I still pulled off a dream. I went to the North Americans 2020 in Pittsburg, during lockdown, with no audience, no coach allowed with you backstage, in the pouring rain, with record breaking amount of competitors and I WON 50+ WPD and 40+ WPD (second place Pro Card) and became an IFBB PRO thanks to the support and guidance of my coach, trainer, mentor, friend, and confidant. I am so proud of myself!!

“A good coach can change a game, a great coach can change a life.” ~John Wooden