Personal trainer tips

No Magic pill to fitness success, just consistency! The elevator to Fitness success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs….One step at a time.”– Rande Wilson The fitness industry, often, focuses so strongly on the looks of each person rather than the benefits the person will receive in the long run. As…

Get past your weight loss plateau The people I usually begin training, many times, started their weight loss journey on their own. They may have taken tips from a magazine, signed up for a gym membership, done a 60-90 day workout video program, and though they may have seen some results, they feel they need…

Advanced fitness equipment I am very often asked by athletes as well as people looking to lose weight, about adding a weight vest/ ankle weights to their workouts.  My answer: Athletes: When using a weight vest, ankle weights, resistance bands, parachutes, sleds etc.  They can all be effective ways of increasing stride length, Stride frequency,…

Solutions for not exercising One of the most common reasons  for people’s lack of exercise throughout the week, just isn’t enough time. I get it, we live in a fast paced world. We all strive to be better than the next person, so we multitask to create more time.  Eat as we run out the door,…

Improve your workout Continued: 5. CHANGE IT UP You hear it all the time.  There are plenty of ways to do it, but you just might not know how, or feel confident enough to do it.  The options seem limited to cardio and weights.  What else is there to do? Persona trainer Fix Cardio people,…

Improve your workout 3. Order of fitness Exercises The sequence of exercises within a workout is never mentioned in media, but is in fact important.  You can have a list of exercises and attack it however you’d like, but there are guidelines for a more efficient routine.  Just like starting a routine with a large muscle…

Large Muscle Group Isolation Days The most popular way to exercise today. You learn it from friends, magazines, websites, even “professionals.”  But have you ever wondered why the majority of weight training programs were developed this way?  The method trickled down from unnatural bodybuilders, a.k.a. steroid users.  They go to the gym twice a day, isolating…

The 4 most popular excuses for giving up on training . Personal training Excuse #1 “How can you pay hundreds of dollars for a trainer?” You must be a selfish person- MONEY– This is often the issue. Having a trainer doesn’t have to be a huge expense. A quality trainer can develop a program for…