What to Look For In A Personal Trainer pt2

Touching up on something I failed to mention in my last video on what to look for in a personal trainer.

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What to Look For In A Personal Trainer

What should you look for when seeking a personal trainer?

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Hit 1000 Views =)

Just sending out a thank you to all who tune into this channel we broke 1000 views today. Sorry for the delay in updates I've been on vacation. Stay tuned more to come. Thank you again everybody =).

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No recent pic updates

I haven't updated pictures of my clients or been taking pictures in awhile. To my awesome clients, I apologize but I'm thinking of a new format for the web-site to highlight the awesome progress everybody has been making.

I know sad Panda times: 

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Web-Store has Officially Gone Live

For all my long distance clients to make life less of a hassle the web-store has officially gone live. Web-Store

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Philosophy of Life (The Keys to Life)

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Joel's Testimonial Video

Joel's video on his experience training with me

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Genine's Testimonial

Genine decide to make a video testimonial for me. See her amazing transformation.

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Weight Lifting vs Calisthenics

Which do you think is better?

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To Train to Failure or Not to Train to Failure PT 2

  Part II  The conclusion to this should you train to failure or use high volume. I talk about my personal perspective and how I came about it.

 

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To Train to Failure or Not to Train to Failure PT1

Not the kind of failure in the picture. That kind of training is called training stupid. Should you train to failure with your weight lifting in the gym or should you stick to a high volume routine that is the question.

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Weight Training for Women and the Myth of Looking Like a Man

I just had a short article published about why women can lift weights and will never look like a man doing so. It also covers why I believe that horrible myth started.  

Check it out: Weight Training for Women and the Myth of Looking Like a Man

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Workout with a Plan

I have recently had my article published Workout with a Plan. It's a short article on the mind set you should have before and after a workout. To many people just do the motions without taking a moment to think about what they are actually doing.

Check it out:
Workout with a Plan

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Training Via Skype

Many people wished I lived closer to them. Monique came up with the suggestion to train her via Skype well it was a success. I will now be offering training via skype to all potential clients that live to far away but seek my guidance.

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Matt's First Transformation Challenge

About Matt and the Reason For the Challenge


I'm the host of this blog and the personal trainer trainer that has transformed all the clients in this blog. Most of probably already know that before I found exercise I was extremely underweight. Well a few times people have said well you don't know what it's like to be overweight and try to lose it. They were right I have never been in that position other then to help others lose weight. I found a transformation challenge competition for 100k. Not really having much to transform, I decided to make myself over weight and lose the weight.

The Competion


I enter my first ever transformation competition it was 83 days to transform yourself and based off judges decisions who wins. I worked hard to put on that weight now I only had 83 days to take off what took me twice that amount of time to put on. Sign up I was ready and confident who better then somebody that is a master at transforming people to get the results they seek to do it them self. I will say mistake were made and I can definitely do better next time but it was a great learning experience. Out of 6,878 contestants I came in 14th place I didn't win the big prize but it was a great experience.

The Results


I started at 201.3 Lbs and a 37 Inch waist 83 Days later I was 168.8 lbs and had a 29.5 inch waist. My bodyfat went form 19.68% down to 6.12%.   I dropped 32.5 lbs, 7.5 inches in my waist and lost 13.56% bodyfat


The Pictures

The Conclusion:


People said I don't know what it's like to have to lose weight. So I made myself overweight because they were right I didn't know first hand. Now I know and can say it's can be done on both sides of the spectrum you can achieve the body and health that you want there are no excuses. You just have to believe in yourself and commit to the steps of making your goals happen. Best of luck to everybody.



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The Hidden Truth About Diet Sweeteners

Some people think diet soda is great after all it has zero calories. I however have always preached against drinking any soda. My belief is based off personal observation. People that drink diet soda all the time seem to be overweight compared to people whom just say no to soda in general. Being that I am not a scientist I decided to research why this is. To see if my theory based on observation is correct or not. What I found out was surprising and frightening.
http://voices.yahoo.com/the-hidden-truth-diet-sweeteners-11467336.html?cat=5




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When Exercising Listen to Your Body to Avoid Injury

It's become an all to common theme in my field. I get a new client, we go over health records to see what I need to be aware of.  What I constantly see is they have gone to personal trainers before and received some sort of injury that could have been easily avoided.


The article has been published by Yahoo. To read about it: http://voices.yahoo.com/when-exercising-listen-body-avoid-injury-11056420.html?cat=5


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Genine's Amazing Transformation

It has been awhile since I've made a blog post. Work has been picking up and with the holidays I haven't had a moments spare time. This post is long over due. It's about Genine probably my best client and more so a really good friend.

About Genine:


Genine went to a personal trainer after having her first child to lose the baby weight she had gained. This proved unsuccessful she didn't lose the weight and ended up getting a knee injury. For the next 6 monthes she was doing physical therapy to repair her knee as a result.

This knee injury happened because the personal trainer didn't listen to his client. When Genine said her knee joint was hurting her he proceed to tell her to keep going it was supposed to hurt. This is a very big pet peeve I have against personal trainers that are supposed to be professionals. Take this as a warning if your trainer doesn't listen to you, for your own safety go to a different personal trainer.

Now back to the awesomeness that is Genine. Since the last time she tried a personal trainer she has had 2 more beautiful children. So she has come to me with having had 3 children now seeking to lose the weight she put on. So we made a program and I remained mindful of her pass injuries. I urged her as I do with all my clients to let me know what they are feeling especially any aches or pains. I can always change and tweak a program if I know what they are feeling  but I can not read minds.


Onto Genine's Results


She started out at 160.2lbs and has dropped down to 127.2 that is a 33lb drop. Not only did she lose the baby weight she had put on but some extra lbs have come off as well. She hasn't been this light and as in shape since the middle of high school to quote Genine.

Genines waist has dropped down 6 whole inches

She can now run a mile 3 and 1/2 minutes faster then when she first came to me. She now clocks a mile at exactly 10 minutes.

Her flexibility and strength have also both dramatically increased.


Time to show the proof.

This is Genine before and after 28lbs since then she has lost 5 more lbs

Conclusion

We worked as a team, she constantly informed me how her diet was and her body was feeling. So I was able to make the proper changes. She never made any excuses at all she and never slacked off. She pushed as hard as she could. Genine already had the determination, she just needed a proper guide to show her the way.

There is no excuse anybody should have for having bad health. Genine is a prime inspirational example of this. She has three kids, has been seriously injured and among other problems that I will keep disclosed she has succeed without making excuses. Now she has her health back not only for herself but for her family.

Anytime you make an excuse of why you can't do something think of Genine.


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The Pre-Exhaustion Technique

We all have a certain stubborn body part we wished would be better looking. We training it to death but nothing seems to work. There are many different ways to fix a stubborn muscle. I'm going to show you one way known as pre-exhaustion in this article I have published on Yahoo.

Pre-Exhaustion Technique to Combat Stubborn Bodyparts



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Lou's: The Month Challenge

About Lou

Lou is the average working American he has a job and family. Like many Americans he has weight issues only difference is he decided to do something about it. He took a 1 month challenge to see how much weight he could lose. The funny thing is I didn't realize I was giving him a one month challenge. He announced it to the world on Facebook and I was put on the spot. I had to push him hard after all I had my reputation to live up to and  I wasn't going to back down because I knew we could do it. Well the result speak for them self


The Beginning

Day one training with me he was literally puking into a bucket every other exercise. I was concerned he might not make it was this going to be his breaking point the very first workout? No it wasn't he pushed onward his will power wouldn't allow him to be broken. I'm glad to say he's never met with that bucket again since the first day. The first days exercise routine that he couldn't handle is now a joke to him.


Lou's Results

Started at 284.2lbs dropped to 270.4lbs
Dropped 13.8lbs

BF% started at 42.09% and now it's down to 29.71%
He dropped 12.38% in Bodyfat

His waist was 47.25 inches it's now 45
A 2.25 inch drop

His lean body weight was 164.5 and it's now 190.25
That boy has been building some muscle 25.93lbs worth

The inches kept dropping off his body but i'll be here all day typing all the measurement changes the waist is the most important area, it shows if you are gaining fat or burning it off.

He started out running a mile at 18.44 minutes and now does it in 15.05 minutes
He shed 3.39 minutes on his mile run

He could barely do 2 push ups, honestly I wouldn't have even called them push ups. Now he can do 10 solid push ups.


A picture tells a 1000 words


First I have to say I give him a lot of credit  for taking before and after pics, even more credit for allowing me to show them off to the world. Then again if I transformed myself like he did I would be dam proud and showing off to the world as well.

The Conclusion From Sheep to Spartan (It's an inside joke)

Day one you puked in a bucket repeatedly but you pushed onward. I told you I would turn you into a Spartan  like your Greek ancestors. Not sure you knew what I meant. Now to quote 300 "Never retreat and never surrender that is Spartan law, by Spartan law we will stand and fight." You most certainly do that you have the mentality of a Spartan. Use it in the gym and in your life. You do have an incredible willpower, you know now that you truly have no limit when you believe in yourself. It has been a pleasure training with you. You have even started inspiring people to better themselves. I'm proud of you.

Who has enough courage to try and do what Lou has done?

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