An intrinsic value is something about your exercise regime or diet that interests you as its own pursuit.
For example, one weight loss client of mine had always wanted to perform a cartwheel. She’d never been able to do so as a little girl.
Freed from the extrinsic nature of the desire to drop a dress size, her mental focus and energy was directed towards the intrinsic value of her fitness plan (learning to perform a cartwheel).
» Read more: Fit People Find Intrinsic Value in Their Training
Moving house this past bank holiday weekend, was a big dose of non-gym exercise for me. However, to avoid being crippled by next-day aches and pains, here’s how I organised my efforts.
Whilst packing boxes, knee deep in bubble-wrap, I weighed each box with my bathroom scales. By packing together light and heavy objects, I made sure most boxes weighed between 6 kg and 20kg. For safety’s sake, heavier items like books went into the smaller, easier to handle, boxes. The weight was then written on the top of the box.
Not one of my female clients perform ‘girl’ press-ups.I work together with my female clients over weeks and months, developing their physical strength and body confidence. They tone up muscle, but don’t put on bulk.
I attribute much of these transformations to press-ups, or push ups, if she’s American. The physical benefits of full press-ups (i.e. up on the toes) are wide-ranging.
Windowsill Herb Garden: a good habit to adopt
Focus on the short-term goal of reducing body fat, but keep in mind how you can apply what you’re learning (about exercise, about nutrition, about yourself) » Read more: Rapid Weight Loss Programme
Art of Conversation with Personal Trainer
Going to social events, I like to put on a suit and glasses – to make like Clark Kent and assiduously avoid looking like a personal trainer. My disguise may help for a while as I mingle with the group, a glass of wine in hand, but eventually someone will ask what I do for a living. » Read more: Small Talk with a Personal Trainer
Exercises on Jungle Gym: inspired by Tarzan
This is a discussion I have when I meet personal training clients for the first time. My approach is to create and develop their training around their personalities.
As an example, I tell them of my own experience of finding fitness. I was never much interested in team sports at school or being competitive with other people. But I have always been amazed by the athleticism of bodyweight-related pursuits. » Read more: Fitness Success – how to make it work for you
Spring Crocus & Bumblebee: Primrose Hill
Usually, we train under the glow of a lamppost in Battersea Park. But today, as we spar with hook and jab pads, the lamppost cuts out as the sun rises over the Thames, turning it golden. Spring is on its way.
My client is telling me of her plans to spend the weekend gardening, which is a real passion of hers. It occurs to me, that the structure of a gardener’s growing year (seeding, planting, nurturing, harvesting), is not dissimilar to the structure of a year in fitness – especially outdoor exercise. » Read more: Spring Exercise
I find steady “state cardio” tedious, compared to bodyweight exercises. However, the efficacy of a structured running programme is beneficial for the cardiovascular fitness of most people, including me. So, I develop proper running form in my clients who like to run, training outdoors in locations across London.
Trying to lose weight by going running is common practice. It’s a cheap and accessible form of exercise. There are plenty of after-work runners of all abilities, fitness training in London’s parks. They’ve taken the initiative, stepping towards a fitness lifestyle, which is great – but my major concern is witnessing various horrible running techniques, so I thought to offer a few tips: » Read more: Horrible Running Styles
I was invited to participate in an industry panel at Premier Training London,
last Friday, in order to give students a glimpse of what it’s like running my own personal training business. They keep inviting me back. They tell me it’s because I have an individual voice. I believe it’s because I approach things differently.
My approach to nutrition is distinctive – an aspect that separates my personal training service from most others. Another panellist tackled the question first, saying he favoured an elimination diet, restricting his clients to a non-wheat, non-dairy, non-alcohol, non-caffeine diet. » Read more: Healthy Eating to Suit Your Personality
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