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How one man battled addiction to create a unique and successful workout program
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for its abundant beaches, the seasonably warm weather and relatively mild winters, or maybe even for the state’s numerous theme parks. Bill Bennett, however, relocated to Orlando a year and a half ago because statistics make it the number one city in the country for people getting hit by cars!
A shocking reason, indeed, for many, but if you’re working as a trauma nurse in Detroit, and offered an opportunity to move here for a Masters in Nursing program specializing in critical care at Orlando Regional Medical Center, it makes much more sense. And though he’s no longer enrolled in that program, Bennett has taken everything he’s learned throughout his varied careers— which include 12 years as a critical care nurse, 13 years in the physical �itness industry, and
over three decades spent in the music industry as a DJ/remixer/ producer—and developed Orlando’s most-buzzed-about workout regime. Bill Bennett Boot Camps has created an extremely dedicated and loyal group of enthusiasts who’ve safely reached—and often surpassed— their �itness goals. And like his clients who’ve found obstacles and setbacks en route to achieving their physical �itness goals, Bennett has also endured a variety of struggles and
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challenges on his new career path. “When I came here from Detroit I thought I knew everything, because I was from Detroit, but I found out I knew nothing,” Bennett says, laughing at his self-in�lated ego. “Detroit is gunshots and stabs. Here you get some really crazy shit.” Bennett calls Colonial Drive one of the �ive top roads in North America for cars hitting
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