Jannette La Sota is not the kind of person who sits still. You can get tired just reading her list of accomplishments. Begin with 25 plus years with the NYPD. Overlap that with a BBA degree from Baruch College and working as an accountant for seven years. Mix in international best-selling author. And now add her latest ingredient on a remarkable resume – founder of Enrichment Fitness in Forest Hills, Queens.
La Sota is a bundle of energy, enthusiasm and ambition. You might not expect a fitness center to be her latest project, but Jannette says this dream was born when she first started to think about her eventual retirement from the NYPD. However, once she went back to school, she pushed her plan for a fitness facility to a back burner.
But after Jannette got an accounting degree and was working on tax returns, she came to the conclusion that perhaps she ought to audit her job choice. “I realized this was not the career path for me,” she says. Fortunately her next vocation was already on her radar. While regularly working out at a gym in Manhattan that housed the American Academy of Personal Training, Jannette watched the others there “having the time of their lives,” and it quickly rekindled her longtime dream to own a gym.
For Jannette, establishing Enrichment Fitness was a perfect fit of personal goals. She wanted to help people where she lived and she wanted to make fitness “not just a lifestyle but also a way of having fun.” As a fitness coach, this Forest Hills resident takes her role seriously. Employing her years of investigative experience, Jannette constantly searches out the latest health information and applies that to her clients’ needs.
For those of us with good intentions but little knowledge of what to do, Jannette proudly points to her training programs that keep people from having to guess what they should be doing. The benefit of a smaller facility, she adds, is “the level of personal attention and support I give to clients.” Maybe it’s time to revisit our New Year’s resolutions.
Enrichment Fitness is now open at 70-50 Austin Street, LL Suite 108.
www.enrichmentfitness.com
