Writing weekly articles and newsletters has taught me one big lesson in 'content' creation.
If your clients are asking about it, everyone is asking about it.
After a dozen or so coaching calls with online personal training clients in the month of April, one thing is clear.
Summer is coming and people want to know more about nutrition.
Read More“We all have the same 24 hours in the day.” I never really understood the absurdity of this statement until I started my own business and became a dad. Often spouted by smug trainers in an attempt to shame clients into making more time for exercise, this misguided retort forgets a key fact: while we all abide by the same 24 hour clock, we do NOT all have the same responsibilities in a 24-hour period.
Read MoreThe rehabilitation pendulum is starting to swing positive, my friends.
A few weeks ago I wrote about my trips to physical therapy (check that out right here) and since being ‘discharged’, aka train but don’t be a moron, I wanted to share a few more thoughts that I have had over the last month of continued training, but with a Physical Therapy twist.
Read MoreIf you’ve been following along with Purposeful Strength, then you’ve heard me mention that results (stemming from action) come before motivation. As a Personal Trainer, one of the keys to helping clients reach their goals is to help you identify progress markers in your training.
Read MoreI’m no stranger to Physical Therapy. Having spent 12 years in a health club with a PT clinic onsite paired with strength training in your 20s, I found myself on the table regularly during off hours.
Recently, with my shift to training and working out of my home studio full time, I haven’t had the luxury above, but yet still manage to train like I’m an idiot in my 20s (kind of…). I’ve always had a cranky lower back- my spine is shaped like a ? rather than an S and it periodically gives problems, fixable problems, but problems nonetheless.
Read MoreI’ve said it in past newsletters, articles, and podcasts before...client questions are the best questions. When it comes to my role as a Coach, nothing tells me that clients are making progress quite like the questions they ask.
Why questions, you ask?
Questions are a direct result of curiosity. Curiosity towards the unknown OR towards the current feelings or attention they are noticing.
To be even more frank, when someone asks a question, I know they give a shit. And that’s pretty damn cool.
So without further adieu, here are some questions I’ve tackled over the last few weeks.
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