Congratulations Effie Quintana!

A few months ago Tracy asked her fans to make videos of themselves doing the Method on a public treadmill. The best video was to receive a free treadmill from Tracy.

Recently Effie Quintana of Florida was selected as the winner!

Not only did she get her free treadmill, but this week Effie was flown from Florida to the NYC studio for a training session with Tracy Anderson and Gwyneth Paltrow. Check out Effie's letter to Tracy below - as well as her original submission video. (Check back soon for a video of Effie's workout with Tracy!)

Watch Effie's Video Submission:


 

Read Effie's Letter to Tracy:

Dear Tracy,

I wanted to thank you with all my heart for the amazing day you gave me yesterday. I cannot find the words to tell you how much it meant to me to visit your studio and to be noticed by you. You truly are my biggest inspiration and I am completely blown away that I actually got to meet you. You represent so many wonderful things to me and are an amazing role model. If I had a big sister I would want her to be you because you are talented, driven, beautiful, creative and most importantly what I learned yesterday a woman with so much heart. These are things any young woman should aspire to be.

To all the members at the gym it may have been another day at the studio, but for me the crazy girl from Florida that has only experienced your method through video, it was an absolute dream come true! You method is absolutely genius! Getting to try the cubes and hybrid reformer was amazing! There will never be another form of exercise invented that will deliver the results yours does.

I have never seen so many celebrities and definitely felt like the fitness version of Cinderella. Your studio was so beautiful and probably the cleanest studio I have ever seen. All the instructors were so kind to me and made me feel right at home. It just made me feel so special that you embraced me for who I am and allowed me to be just me.

Filming the video was so much fun and it was definitely one of the most amazing experiences of my life! Just to know that maybe somewhere out there someone just like me might watch that video and get inspired by me is truly the most amazing feeling in the world. My body shows what your method can do even for someone who does not have access to your studio. It is hard work and I hope other girls realize that if they put in the time they can get the body of their dreams too!

Anyways thank you for everything!!! I will always remember this experience. I hope you never forget me and that we cross paths again someday. You will always be my biggest inspiration and when life gets tough just know there is someone like me out there that absolutely adores you and thinks the world of you. I love you like the big sister I never had and thank you with all my heart for how you have inspired me. Thank you!

You Biggest Fan and Newly Adopted Little Sister,

Effie Quintana