It’s important to weigh out every purchase you make. When it comes to money, I like to have the total amount I am paying next to a list of what I’m getting. Here is a full list of what you can get out of a gym membership.
Author: OutsideForce
With all of our diet problems, the question of “What should we really be eating?” comes up a lot. Here’s what works with over 90% of the people that I’ve trained. Whether you’re trying to get healthy, improve energy levels, lose weight or put on muscle, this is what I have found to work.
Massive weight loss can be achieved. Fitness Trainers have the know-how and drive to give your life back to you. Here I describe what a full program looks like from start to finish.
Every job has its hazards. Even sitting down in an air-conditioned cubicle can cause you problems in the long run. Here’s how to do it right.
Training your heart and cardiovascular system is, hands down, the most effective way to add years to your life. Here’s where your rowing machine comes in.
If I had to choose one lift to do for the rest of my life, it would be the deadlift. Humans were built to bend over and lift things up from the ground.
Let’s be honest. If you go to a gym long enough, you get to know people. If you know and like those people, then the gym experience becomes something much different. Fitness centers play a bigger role in the community than you would think.
Most people go to the gym to look good. It is a pretty funny thing to watch after spending so…
Successful training programs address weaknesses head on. They are sometimes uncomfortable for the person being trained, but the potential gains are worth the investment.
At the end of the day, you’re just talking to people. You give instructions, you demonstrate exercises, you listen, you laugh, you guide with body language, you give verbal cues, you give some high-fives and then you go home. A great personal trainer is a great communicator.
There are many routes to becoming a fitness trainer. One route is to not be certified in anything and just wing it. The other is to get certified and then start training people. Then you could also go on and get a college degree in Exercise Science.
Usually this is the problem of a man who wants to build muscle but doesn’t want to get fat. He…
The average person loses muscle mass with age. There are many reasons for this and in looking at each of those reasons, we can take small but deliberate steps to counter each of them. Everyone ages so this applies to you too.
You can look at whatever projection model you want on the fitness industry. Some say it is going down, some say we’ve hardly seen the start of it. My answer to this question is no. Personally, I have all the job security I could ever want. Here is my statement on the profession as a whole and why this role will always be of use to society.
You’ve worked out. You’re feeling it after a day or so and the next workout (for one reason or another) has you doing more work on that same muscle group. Should you do it?
If you’re a fitness trainer, you’ve run into this problem before. I was overwhelmed the first time I had five…
I never would have done this if I didn’t work at a gym. I was just starting out as a trainer and was in touch with a small group of mountaineers. They invited me, I accepted. This is my story.
Rock climbing takes an odd sort of strength. I spent a lot of time at Hueco Tanks near the Texas/New…
As a personal fitness trainer, if you do end up making a name for yourself, you’ll somehow or another rope…
Our ability to heal is best when we are young and diminishes as we grow older. But like anything else…
