Etiquette counts. And etiquette counts even more at a place like the gym. In the locker room, in the classroom, on the gym floor ? the potential for problems abounds. After all, where else will you find yourself surrounded by naked strangers? Or contorting your body into extremely awkward positions while dressed in clothes [...]
I?m not going to lie. Achieving your health and fitness goals is a lot of work. Even when people hire me as their personal trainer, it still requires some self discipline to eat healthy and do the extra cardiovascular required to see results. Some clients eventually fall to the wayside. To [...]
1. Will you receive a personally-tailored programme suitable for your body & your goals? Or will you be given an ?off the shelf? programme that is given to anyone with the same goals as you. We all have different bodies, requirements and needs and an off the shelf programme will not address these ? one [...]
I see it everyday. You do too, but you may not recognize it. Someone, maybe you, walks into the gym/fitness center, pauses, looks around, pauses some more, and looks around some more. On and on it goes. This is the mark of someone who doesn?t know what their workout routine will be that day.
Shoot, they [...]
Ok, so you just got done reading the latest monthly issue of your favorite fitness and health magazine about the newest and latest exercise program and you are more confused than ever on what is the best way to Get in Shape, Build Muscle and Burn Fat for Life.
What really is the best and most [...]
Six months ago, I received an email that changed my life.
I have now given this simple principle to every one of my clients and whoever I come in contact with. I believe this might be the one, most important principle of not only fitness success, but success in all other realms of life.
It is [...]
Bored with your workout? Audio books make your workout bearable– even enjoyable. Whether you are a frequent gym-goer, or someone who occasionally works out, listening to audio books during your workout will sharpen your results. There are many ways for the fitness-minded to utilize audio books– about as many as there are different exercise [...]
It?s no secret. The biggest challenge for you and I is finding the motivation to begin an exercise program or continue one recently started. Together, how can we inspire each other to make fitness a priority everyday?
Our health is so important. Let?s get started. First, we?ll both need to accept the fact that living a [...]
Why did you decide to become a personal trainer? Was it your love of exercise? The rush you felt when you lifted a new max weight or beat your best time on the track? Maybe it was the thrill of being able to do what you love each day and help others [...]
Prevention is the key to anything. So start taking care of yourself?whatever that means to you.
There are guidelines to everything. Information for mammograms, colonoscopies, standard blood tests, calorie amounts, and types of exercise are so numerous, I don?t need to go over them here. What I do need to do is highlight the [...]
