Rick Bass with Equitable appreciates the support he receives from his company to get healthier through The Apple Program®. Rick says, “Having this program shows that the company really cares.” Rick’s favorite part of the program was the initial physical health assessment that gave him the awareness that he needed to make healthy lifestyle changes. Rick now exercises four times per week, eats breakfast daily, and is candy and pop free.
At the health assessment Rick realized that his health was catching up with him. He said that “The Apple Program is good as it helps you get checked out. It helps people catch things early. For me, you don’t realize all the stuff that is going on with you. My cholesterol, triglyceride levels, and blood pressure scared me a little bit. You look at the results and go wow! Hello! What the heck are you doing? I used to run a lot in high school and be very physically active, but then I got busy with work and my growing family and I forgot to do the things I needed to do with my health. The awareness gave me the eye opening to make changes. If the program wasn’t here, I would not have made any changes because I would not have realized that there were changes that needed to be made!”
After the awakening experience, Rick took proactive steps in working with his Apple Health Coach® to improve his health through nutrition and exercise. His coach pointed him in the right direction by educating Rick on foods that would help improve his cholesterol. Rick said that for 25 years he never ate breakfast. He now eats breakfast everyday and especially focuses on oatmeal to help with his cholesterol levels. Rick also admits that before starting the program he hardly drank anything throughout the day, with the exception of soda. Now Rick drinks large amounts of water and has completely removed soda pop from his diet. Additionally he has increased his fruit intake and decreased the amount of candy he eats to where he usually doesn’t even touch it anymore.
Rick can also be found at the gym three to four times per week working really hard. “I sweat enough for everybody in the gym,” Rick says. He enjoys the random hill settings on the recumbent bike and maintains a heart rate of 140 for 30 minutes. After his cardio workout, he hits the circuit weights for 25 to 30 minutes.
Rick’s enthusiasm and dedication to improving his health has influenced his family too. Rick’s wife now loves going to the gym so much that she goes twice per week. For her second workout, she and Rick usually go together.
“The bottom line is that I choose to be healthy so that I can have a higher quality of life.”
At the health assessment Rick realized that his health was catching up with him. He said that “The Apple Program is good as it helps you get checked out. It helps people catch things early. For me, you don’t realize all the stuff that is going on with you. My cholesterol, triglyceride levels, and blood pressure scared me a little bit. You look at the results and go wow! Hello! What the heck are you doing? I used to run a lot in high school and be very physically active, but then I got busy with work and my growing family and I forgot to do the things I needed to do with my health. The awareness gave me the eye opening to make changes. If the program wasn’t here, I would not have made any changes because I would not have realized that there were changes that needed to be made!”
After the awakening experience, Rick took proactive steps in working with his Apple Health Coach® to improve his health through nutrition and exercise. His coach pointed him in the right direction by educating Rick on foods that would help improve his cholesterol. Rick said that for 25 years he never ate breakfast. He now eats breakfast everyday and especially focuses on oatmeal to help with his cholesterol levels. Rick also admits that before starting the program he hardly drank anything throughout the day, with the exception of soda. Now Rick drinks large amounts of water and has completely removed soda pop from his diet. Additionally he has increased his fruit intake and decreased the amount of candy he eats to where he usually doesn’t even touch it anymore.
Rick can also be found at the gym three to four times per week working really hard. “I sweat enough for everybody in the gym,” Rick says. He enjoys the random hill settings on the recumbent bike and maintains a heart rate of 140 for 30 minutes. After his cardio workout, he hits the circuit weights for 25 to 30 minutes.
Rick’s enthusiasm and dedication to improving his health has influenced his family too. Rick’s wife now loves going to the gym so much that she goes twice per week. For her second workout, she and Rick usually go together.
“The bottom line is that I choose to be healthy so that I can have a higher quality of life.”
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