Tag: training

I am shifting gears and have decided to go into through my Easy Strength Program it is very simple takes little time. I also will add in Cardio later in the day mostly running and cycling in the early afternoons. I am still pretty beat up from the Alumni basketball game this weekend so I decided to take it easy today.

If interested in going into personal training or Strength and Conditioning at College or Sports Performance facility. I will lay out one of my busiest days. So that you can have an idea of what you may be doing on a daily basis. I do love my job and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.

That is the life of a personal training/ strength coach. Everyone schedule does change around constantly and you will have to be very flexible just in case something does come up. If you want to get into this professional feel free to ask me I will be more than happy to help you out.

One of the many tools that I like to use to add variety to my training and my clients training are Valslides. They are a inexpensive tool that can add a different element to many different exercises. Here are some of my favorite uses for the Valslides.

I wrote 20 Things I Know in 2007, scary that was almost nine years ago. I made a few very small edits and it is now stored in the Free Articles section of our StrengthCoach.com site.

Like Dan John, I’ve been in the game for coming up on three decades. I’ve actually been lifting weights or teaching others to lift weights (in case you’ve seen me lately) for over thirty years. In fact, I’ve worked at Boston University in one capacity or another for as long as Eric Cressey has been alive.

In spite of comprehensive research promoting the advantages of weight training exercise, lots of women continue to go for cardiovascular exercise above weights. Perhaps they are concerned about “bulking up“. Girls have witnessed several too many beefy dudes grunting away within the weight area and have a fear that when they pick-up a weight; they will immediately begin to look like one also.

Each year, thousands and thousands of people line up to sign up for memberships at big box gyms. If you have ever been around a gym at this time of year you know and fully understand the scenario. When January 2nd roles around (nobody really comes in on national hangover day), the gyms are packed, and by packed, I mean wall to wall slammed. It is the most frustrating time for consistent gym goers. The machines are all being used and all the lockers are taken up by these “gung ho” new gym members. Then, an interesting and all too predictable thing happens. About two-three weeks later, all the new faces disappear and the gym falls back to its normal self, full of the consistent, day in and day out, members. This post, however, is not about them. It is about the thousands of new faces who, without fail, give…

Getting and receiving motivation daily is a great way to start the day. It helps put you in a proper mindset for the day. Motivation help get the ball rolling for many is the hardest step. The only thing about Motivation is that it is feed of emotion. Some writers have said that emotion creates motion. That is true I will not deny that a lot has been accomplished when someone is either really angry or really happy.

The problem with emotions is that they come and go. The flee away and can change immediately based on events that happen in your life. For example you can had a terrible day at work and your boss chews you out about a problem that was not your fault. So you go to the gym to burn off some steam. The second before you begin tearing the gym up you get a text/email/ or call from your boss he apologizes for chewing you out. Now all that pent up emotion has been dissipated. Now you have this mediocre at best workout because you no longer have emotion driving you. Emotions are a double edge sword.

Discipline is what you need in your life. I look at discipline as rules that I have set in place that will not change no matter the circumstances. If I tell myself I will run intervals for 45 minutes. I will run intervals for 45 minutes period. I make a rule that I will eat protein and vegetables at every meal. You can look at my plate and see that I will be eating Meat and Veggies at every meal. Discipline can spread through many different areas of life such as: relationship, finances, nutrition, exercise, self-improvement, and social life. Having discipline will help develop habits. Habits will create the person that you are today. Discipline does not rely on emotion. It is a separate entity that works regardless of your emotional state. If you had a wonderful day/ or your worst day you will still do what your suppose to do.