Posts Tagged ‘bodyweight exercises’

Missing the Air-Punch Gene

November 28th, 2009

Have you ever seen ITV’s The Biggest Loser? I was reminded the other day of this competitive weightloss programme when one of the show’s fitness trainers jogged past me in Regent’s Park. I watched an episode online, interested to see how my television counterparts worked with weightloss clients.

Fitness Mantra, faster-faster

Their approach to client management is different to mine. One trainer yelled “No Pain!  No Pain!  No Pain!” to an individual who was clearly in pain. Another shouted insistently that her client should “Go! Go! Go!” as the man wheezed on his exercise bike. » Read more: Missing the Air-Punch Gene

Gym in a Rucksack

October 9th, 2009

In December 2007, I was training clients at a Central London gym. As the staff gathered for a bit of Christmas cheer, munching on our turkey-flavoured rice cakes, we were informed that the building had been sold and the gym would be closing down.

Gym in a Rucksack - a commuter carrying a gym on her back, Primrose Hill

Gym in a Rucksack - a commuter carrying a green gym

I realised that as my clients would scatter and disperse to a variety of other gyms, I was going to lose a lot of business.

Over Christmas, I had some hard thinking to do. The answer came in a present from my girlfriend: the Gymboss, a clever split-interval timer » Read more: Gym in a Rucksack