The reason I got into this industry was to help people. As you may already know more and more Americans are becoming obese due to numerous reasons. People have low self esteems, depressed, embarrassed, negative attitudes and etc. My job is to fix this. It means the world to me if I can help a client change their life by helping them achieve their goals. People will have more energy, feel better about themselves, more confidence and so on. The first thing I try to do with people is just to get them feeling good about themselves mentally and physically and becoming pain free. Once we accomplish that we can worry about other things like weight loss, muscle gains and etc.

To kind of sum up what I have above in the first question.

I’m not a big fan of machines; I concentrate on free weight exercises and movements. The only time I would use machines would be for beginners because their muscles aren’t use to those movements. Machines are ok but they tend to assist you too much with support and they control the movements for you. Free weights are better for balance, full range of motion and stability when doing an exercise, which in my opinion will lead to faster gains.

I have clients asking me high do I firm/ tone up? How to I lose my belly? What’s the secret to getting abs? The answer that people don’t like to hear is diet. What I mean by diet is eat healthy not go on a diet. I’m not a fan of diets because they are only for short term results and most of them are unhealthy for the body over long periods of time. The biggest diet trend I hate is cutting carbs. I constantly have to explain to people why you shouldn’t do it. I tell my clients et as healthy as you can and the weight will come off. It may take a little bit longer but you will keep the weight off, you won’t feel tired or have a lack of energy and your body won’t miss the junk food you use to love.

Flexibility is probably the most important thing when it comes to exercise. I have a ruptured disc between my L4 and L5 so I know from experience. I can’t emphasizes enough how much of an advantage it is when you are flexible. It helps prevent injuries, it’s good for joints and tissues, you able to do more dynamic and advanced exercises through a full range of motion, it alleviates stiffness and pain and etc. I see too many people not properly warm up and stretch which puts your body at a disadvantage before you even start your routine.

Motivation is tough because everyone is different. I like to ask people in the initial screening how hard they want to be pushed, what motivates them ( passive or aggressive approach), do they like to be in a secluded room or out where everyone can see and etc.