With the beginning of a new year many of us will make exercise and fitness resolutions. Statistics show that approximately half of those who begin exercise programs drop out within the first six months.Situations factors as well as personal factors will affect your exercise adherence and motivation. So how do you ensure you don’t set yourself up for failure?
www.bethesdapersonaltraining.comMost people who are interested in personal training have at least one of the following common fitness goals: 1. Weight loss or a decrease in body fat percentage. (improvement in body composition)
www.bethesdapersonaltraining.comMost people who are interested in personal training have at least one of the following common fitness goals: 1. Weight loss or a decrease in body fat percentage. (improvement in body composition)
Holidays and special occasions are often difficult times to keep with your 'healthy eating' regime. The same goes for fitness professionals, which is the reason this topic came to mind. Recently some friends and I met for lunch. When the waiter asked for my order I felt all eyes on me. It was as though the world had stopped...
To remain the same or to change. To change requires courage, the courage to risk failure, the courage to risk difficulties, and the courage to risk sucess. Change is a process of becoming a new person. So many people take a New Years oath to lose weight.. or to get fit again... or just to get healthy.. But why wait til New Years? Why wait. Find courage and leap!
1. Understand Their Cognitive AbilitiesAccording to the American Psychological Association, teens may be emotionally immature, but they have reached cognitive maturity by age 16 (Steinberg et al. 2009). By then they have developed reasoning skills, logical thinking, metacognition (thinking about their thinking) and abstract thinking (Huebner 2012). Don’t talk down to teens; instead, ensure that exercises make sense to them.
For the last 4 weeks I have had the opportunity to run another Urban Boot Camp. Urban Boot Camp (UBC) is held outdoors from 0430-0530, Monday thru Friday. We are outside unless rain or lightning becomes a safety issue. Programming is such that all fitness levels will be satisfied with the intensity.
Too many trainers suck at marketing. I don’t care if you bought the “secret personal training ninja marketing bundle” or are following the “7 step blueprint for personal training marketing success”. Because none of that shit works. This is tough love. I’m here to challenge you to get better, not baby you with an article about listening skills or tell you for the 1000th time to learn how to close.
