Nov 20Wanna get your piece of the pie as a corporate trainer? Understand the big picture.Shown above: me arriving on time for a 5am Session where I Currently Work as personal trainer At EQUINOX. I’m big on being well ahead of schedule. I was like a lot of folks interested in working as a personal trainer. Working out was my “passion”(ie; I enjoyed exercising and…3 min read3 min read
Sep 23Lower Body Work FundamentalsTraining legs became the top priority for me after my first marathon in 2016. As I incorporated more leg day workouts I became a stronger runner while logging less mileage. Funny enough, while adjusting to this new routine of training without changing my diet I actually began losing weight. …3 min read3 min read
Aug 29Mobility Vs StrengthFitness consists of a few categories: Strength Cardiovascular endurance Mobility Flexibility Extreme training one any of the fitness categories would likely result in a deficiency in one of the others. Lots of distance runners tend to lack mobility around certain joints. The bros in the gym that lift heavy all…2 min read2 min read
Jul 24Everyone’s “Why”, what all personal trainers should remember.My last blog was about the benefits of an unregulated fitness industry, and how that can be a good thing. Most people who aspire to enter the fitness industry have some kind of athletic background. Technically speaking I was no different being a marathon runner. During my own training process…3 min read3 min read
May 27Benefits of an unregulated fitness industryWe wouldn’t be able to operate as a society without rules/ guidelines for all to follow( at risk of already losing my audience as rules clearly apply more to some than others. Thats another conversation). Structure is much needed. But when we have a particular goal, we need to layout…2 min read2 min read
May 17Making Changes Part 2Just my opinion, but asking a kid in his/ her 20’s what do you want to do when you grow up is a brutal question. The 10th grade version of me would’ve told you I DO NOT want to go to college.At that point I was just going through the…3 min read3 min read
May 11Fitness Pet Peeve’s?One of the more popular fitness enthusiasts recently posted the top 5 pet peeve’s that she absolutely could not stand. As I read through her top 5 I continuously saw verbiage like: You can’t You shouldn’t Don’t do this That’s bad/ Thats good That’s wrong/ That’s right And she sought…3 min read3 min read
Apr 29Heart Rate Talk!!It’s spring time in socal, which means running season is in. Aspiring 5k, 10k, half marathon and marathon runners are hitting the streets with their running shoes on! I personally think it’s awesome. People chose to run more for a lot of reasons from weight loss & stress relief. Then…3 min read3 min read
Apr 18Squat more. Here’s why.As spot reducing has been proven to be a something of the past( burning fat off of 1 part of our body). The question still looms for fitness professionals: what’s the best exercise for this or that? Just a refresher: any body fat that we store is just food intake…2 min read2 min read
Mar 30Marathon/ Half Marathon training fundamentals from a Personal Trainer’s perspective.I can remember a phone conversation with my mother back in early 2016. I was training for my first marathon at the time. I told her I’d never want to run another marathon after this. Just knowing the amount of preparation that goes into this and the mental toughness it…4 min read4 min read
