Well, not really ALL of Las Vegas Personal Training, just my take. Seasons greetings ladies and gents. I don’t know why, but I’ve been seeing lots of bellies lately around town. Maybe it’s just that time of the year, or maybe people just are skipping their workout. I don’t know. But I will say this. I see less people doing their exercise in the gym. Maybe they are using my at home workouts, but seeing as how I haven’t sent many out this winter, I think not. So, here is my short little note today. How do you get a six pack, if you don’t work out? Well, for the most part, you can’t. I guess if you starved yourself, there is a slight possibility, but generally, you can’t get all ripped up without muscle. And you can’t really gain muscle, without exercising. So how, can these people, who hibernate during the winter expect to have abs for the summer, when they are doing nothing all winter to help their six pack become visible? It’s not gonna happen folks. You have to put in your fitness in the gym in the cold winter months, and the summer is the time to show off your hard work. I do understand that motivation can lag in the winter time, so only work out 3 days a week. At least you are doing something right? Go play basketball in the warm gym. I know it’s the holidays, but STILL watch your nutrition. If all you eat is candy canes and eggnog, you aren’t going to look so lean in the summer. It’s basically logic kids. Why would you want to try to play catch up in March, instead of putting in a little time the months before that? Ok. It’s time for my workout, so start today. There is no reason to wait.
It’s your friendly personal trainer again. How are you Las Vegas? And other cities? Didn’t mean to leave anyone out. Anyway, I’m in a foul mood because Duke beat UConn in basketball today, but other than that, Happy Holidays. Thanksgiving was fun. Went over to my brothers house, had some turkey, some green bean casserole, and other things. I also watched an amazing documentary this week. Food Inc. If you haven’t seen it, and you want to be blown away, go ahead and watch it. It will definitely make you think about your diet and nutrition, if nothing else. i have only gotten in two work outs this week, so it made me feel extra fat. Anyway. I wanna talk about this movie. Basically, what it tells you is everything your are eating, is filled with random chemicals, cow pieces, corn, and e. coli. Not necessarily like that, but that’s the premise of it. So mainly, you don’t really know what’s in your diet. I eat mostly organic myself, but it kind of persuades you that way. I totally agree with this concept. Because, as far as your fitness and health, do you REALLY know what you are eating? Obviously all the processed foods, no, you really don’t. Yeah, you know that if you have a candy bar there is fat, carbs, and protein in it, but exactly what else is in there? What is sucralose? What exactly is high fructose corn syrup. The movie actually shows you that corn is an ingredient of BATTERIES! Would you eat a battery? Anyway.. my point is this. If you are doing everything right, you are working out with a personal trainer, you do your workouts on your own, you get enough sleep, etc. You think your nutrition is sound. You don’t eat processed foods. You don’t drink alcohol. What about all the chemicals that are in the food you THINK is healthy? What is that doing to you? Maybe it’s the reason you aren’t seeing results. Maybe it’s the reason you can’t get that last five pounds off.. Or maybe, it’s the reason you’ve gained ten pounds and don’t know why? These are all questions you should be asking yourself. Maybe the reason you gained 10 pounds was because of Thanksgiving, or you binge drink, or you are lazy. Those could also be reasons. But if they aren’t, maybe you should question the treatment of your food, and why it’s treated that way. Watch that documentary, and maybe you’ll have your answers.
personal training sessions, I can’t believe I can get to sleep. This raises a question to me that some people don’t really know the answer to, or are maybe too impatient to realize. Do you, or your clients get enough rest between workouts? I happen to know some people who work out 6-7 days a week, and do cardio every day. I am not one of those people. I tend to work out about 3-4 times a week, which i think helps with my strength gains. i don’t work out until i am totally recovered and feel great about my energy levels. Some people think that if they go a day without working out, that they are losing precious time that they need to reach their weight loss goals. The problem with this is, is that most of the time, people’s fitness levels have not returned to 100% by the next day. Even when you aren’t working the same muscle groups, you still need time to recover. Let’s say for example, you do back one day. You do pull ups, and rows and deadlifts etc. you think you should do chest the next day? I believe you shouldn’t. While you are doing all those pulling movements, your pushing muscles are the ones holding everything back in place on the return motion. So your pushing muscles are taxed as well, even though you didn’t realize you were using them. You dig what I’m sayin yet? Basically your muslces grow and get stronger during the recovery, not during the actual work out. This is why sleep, and proper nutrition, and just plain rest is necessary. Personally, I have seen my most gains over the last few years, where i have become patient, and decided even though I love the gym, i can go two days without lifting a weight. I get better , i have more energy, and I think that my muscles look pretty cute too! Anyway, try it out. Cut back on your workout days, and up the intensity of them. Instead of 5 days a week, go 3 or 4, but try and get as much out of them as you did in 5. Give it a month. See how you feel. Til next week. Happy Thanksgiving. And Happy Birthday this coming week Mom.
