My favorite part about working as a personal trainer is the excitement individuals have when they first start working with me.
It’s amazing.
I even remember my first day working with Diane, a retired Nurse, who came in to her first workout with brand new sneakers.
Seriously, seeing people get fired up about improving their health is contagious. It’s my favorite party of the gig, for sure.
It took a few years to realize but that excitement was also my greatest mistake.
Read MoreWhat goals do you have?
It's not uncommon during an initial client conversation for someone to answer this question with a variation of the following...
"I want to workout 3 times a week"
or
"I want to lose this" **Points to random part of the body**
or
"To get healthy"
All good goals in their own right.
Rather than talk about how to set goals...you can read about that by clicking here. I wanted to provide some tangible, specific, health and fitness goals that you can take away.
That is, if you find your goals to be something like the examples above...
Read MoreAh, the second full week of January. What a magical time of year, right?
New Years Resolutions have been set...
You're starting to feel removed from the holiday craziness...
Just in time for the cold cruel reality to set in that the goal(s) you set for yourself are a challenge.
At least, they should feel like a challenge...seriously, they should be hard!
In this week's newsletter I wanted to offer you some indirect wisdom as it pertains to achieving your desired outcome.
I wrote this article back in July of 2016 on Medium.com. I had spent a few days helping my Dad build a big-ass deck and got completely worked over at how bad I was at swinging a hammer (really, doing anything construction related just isn't my forte), but after being coached up, I was at least serviceable.
Read MoreJanuary 2022 is a huge for fitness. Lots of people are looking to achieve new goals, revisit past goals, and take action on goals for the now. And for some, you may consider employing someone to help you achieve those goals.
(If you want to check out a past article on why New Years Resolutions kick ass, click here)
This week I have a guest post from a friend of mine, Kyle Harper. Kyle is Personal Trainer and Program Director of a Parisi Speed School down in Texas. He so graciously sent me this amazing article to share with you all on what to expect when you start working with a Personal Trainer for the first time.
Kyle brings up lots of good points. Many think that working with a Personal Trainer is just about getting shit pumped during each workout and I can assure you, it's so far from that.
With that, I am going to let Kyle take it over from here!
Read MoreI'll just start right here by saying that I am a BIG resolution guy.
I actually wrote about them back in July as well. You can check that article out right here if you'd like.
I think that any time a landmark comes around and sparks some fire for change it instantly becomes a catalyst for change.
But here's what I've noticed in 12 years as Personal Trainer…
Read MoreI try to stay positive when it comes to fitness and coaching people with their fitness. But there is one area in particular where people lag.
Good goals.
Now, don’t read this the wrong way. Just because a goal isn’t ‘good’, doesn’t mean it’s ‘bad’. In the case that I am referring to, the majority of the goals I talk to people about lack specific outcomes.
Broad goals aren’t good goals.
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