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Tracy L. Markley is an award-winning personal trainer, author, and educator with over 20 years of expertise. Throughout the course of her career she has owned and operated fitness studios in California and Oregon and worked with hundreds of clients privately and in group settings.
Tracy was the 2021 IDEA FITNESS Personal Trainer of the Year and a 2020 IDEA FITNESS Personal Trainer of the Year Award finalist. She received the 2020 Medfit Professional of the Year – 1st Runner up Award.
She is an award winning author of fourteen books. She has received book awards for her stroke recovery books, fitness books, and her children’s book on brain care.
Tracy holds an impressive list of certifications, trainings and education across a wide array of fitness modalities and restorative specialties, including yoga, Pilates, Biomechanics, BOSU, reiki, barre, resistance and sports training to name a few. Her in-depth training and experience in fall prevention, core strength and functional fitness training to improve activities of daily living for stroke recovery and other conditions has made her a highly sought after master-trainer and internationally acclaimed author of books and professional education courses in biomechanics, clinical exercise, fall prevention, core and stabilization.
As a member of the hearing impaired community, and proud brand ambassador for Starkey Hearing Technologies she continues her tireless quest to help and educate others on the benefits of exercise and the important of health and self-care. In November of 2022 Tracy also pubished her book called. I'm Not Stupid I have hearing loss.
Reviewed by Pikasho Deka for Readers' Favorite
Dear Stroke, You Suck is an inspirational memoir recounting the story of a stroke survivor's journey back to recovery by Biomechanics Specialist Tracy L. Markley. Six months after suffering a stroke, Gary, the survivor, meets personal trainer Tracy at a gym in Florence, Oregon. Finding a common ground in their shared origins in Southern California, the two soon form a bond of friendship and work together toward Gary's recovery. A gifted artist from a young age, Gary soon assimilates himself into Tracy's training sessions, keeping a cheerful and optimistic demeanor all the way through. The book provides pictures and illustrations of the exercises and daily routines Tracy employed on Gary, focusing on the muscle groups needed to be worked upon for a successful road to recovery for stroke survivors.
If you ever had to deal with health issues or have a close relative or friend on a journey to recovery, I highly recommend Dear Stroke, You Suck. On top of providing hope and relief for stroke survivors, Tracy L. Markley's motivational memoir provides beneficial exercises and techniques one can employ on their road to recovery. The illustrations and pictures help readers gain a better understanding of posture while engaging in various exercises, as well as the muscle groups needing to be worked upon. Tracy uses easily understandable vocabulary, making the book accessible for readers lacking the technical know-how of the human anatomy or the names of the various exercises. I'm glad I read Dear Stroke, You Suck because I have found it very educational and inspirational.
