Just a quick post as I want to know what your approach is for getting back into training, changing your figure after maybe putting on a few kilos or not getting out of shape in the first place on hols?

The reason,

I was in Australia for all of September so I had to sort out workouts etc and wanted to know what people do to keep themselves or get back into shape? Put your comments below and I’ll post our guaranteed fat loss methods that we use while we’re away and answer your comments and queries tomorrow. David

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Now this blog post will tell you how calorie counting is in fact rubbish and can even induce neurotic, obsessive compulsive behavior.

When clients chat to me regarding personal training two questions always seems to crop up, so much so that an entire book could be devoted to it! They are “How many calories should I consume?” and “What’s the best diet to follow?”

Here’s the shocker; calorie counting will NOT get you serious long term fat loss results.

Point systems and calorie counting do work in the short-term, I know enough people who have done it, however they don’t necessarily promote long term change and have the best healthy eating plans with them. Let’s take weight watchers as an example: How can a chocolate cake really be a healthy solution? But hey as long as it’s all you eat over the day as that’s all your points consumed, it’s OK…. Right!!!

And as for their low points replacements, don’t even get me started; go look at the ingredients list, hey I’m sure all the artificial sweeteners are really god for you, no honestly…

How many people have tried the weight watcher’s diet, or some other alternative and saw initial results, but the second you got bored, hungry or wanted “real food”, you put it all back on? That worked for you then didn’t it? I think you’re starting to see where I’m going here; it’s all complete rubbish!

In fact it’s that bad that I stopped encouraging using calorie counting years ago, pop on over to an article I wrote on 6 reasons why calorie counting is rubbish.

http://eCa.sh/m84c

Have a read and then pop back over here and let me know what you think, leave your comments and thoughts below.

David

www.personaltraineressex.com

Hell you can even do variations off the floor that as a supliment when lack of equipment is an issue can still provide a great workout.

Check out the you tube video below and see how the boys at Personal Trainer Essex and Billericay Personal Trainer incorporate Dips into their training.

David

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Yes you read that right, an American Trainer has decided to go from cover model to deliberately sabotage his figure to understand what his clients go through and then to get his model physique back again.

Now I may not agree with the method due to potential risks to his body, though as a former fat kid and adult (yes I was flabby when I was a teenager and as a young adult), i can understand what he’s doing. Just check out the you tube link below and let me know what you think.

Most interesting are the postural and body changes you can see in the pictures.

http://eCa.sh/BzAh

David

Personal Trainer Essex

 just a short one for my first one.

David.

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So here we are, the goal is a lot more specific and gives you a better target to aim for, and something simple we use in martial arts is you can’t hit a target if you don’t know what it is..! Also we note that the original goal of “I want to lose weight” has gone; it was never the intended aim. Now this is like a strategy of peeling the onion, onions have layers (god bless Shrek), your aim is to peel the layers away as much as possible until you hit the truth of what you truly want and why you want it.

The big why is literally saying not only what i want but why do i really want that thing, sounds mysterious but hey it’s actually quite simple really.

WHY do you want the above goal?

“Err it’d make me happy…”

What was that thing I mentioned above? OH yeah, VAGUE!!!!!

Why does it make you happy?

“I’d feel better about myself”

Ok so why don’t you feel good about yourself now?

“Well I feel unhappy when I look at myself in the mirror”

Ok so why would that be?

“Well I feel like I will be unloved when I look like this”

Ok so why when you look as you do would you feel unloved?

“Well I feel that no one would love someone who is a fat, lazy slob who obviously doesn’t love herself”

Ok so here we arrive at the crux of the issue, it may not be as quick or as easy to resolve as this and may take a little more time but the principle is still there; the idea of the fact that the vague goal and vague reason why will produce only one thing; vague results!

Where as the persona who has a very good idea of what they want in as much detail as possible with a fantastic idea on why they want to do it with genuine emotional and logical reasons will always produce better results due to the Inspiration it produces.

Inspiration is an intrinsic or internal factor that literally inspires or compels you to achieve something, it tends to have an unearthly desire to achieve some goal, comes completely from within you and no force in existence will put you off from achieving the end result. This a whole different ball game to motivation, a term that is commonly used instead but not necessarily understood.

Motivation is extrinsic or external to you, it is temporary and lasts for only a short period and also due to the external circumstances tends to differ from one moment to the next. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying motivation isn’t important, we’re all human and we all need a helping hand or kick up the arse every now and then (all forms of motivation) yet if motivation is all you rely upon you’ll find that it will soon disappear and you’ll only get so far; a better way is to become inspired and then use regular hits of motivation to boost your own inspiration to achieving your goals.

So how to get inspired?

Well I mentioned it earlier Thoughts, Feelings, Emotions, Beliefs (TFEB) you have to ask and question what you think about the goal, how does it make you feel, and what emotions does it create within you and what do you believe around your chances of succeeding?

Difficult questions? Hell yes!

Worth it? Even more so!

That was part 2, I hope you’e found it enlightening and interesting in part 3 I’ll reveal the questions to ask yourself and show you how to achieve exactly what you want.

see you then.

David

Access the Magic 100, the internets fastest goal setting program by Dax Moy HERE.

OK so here we go a simple step by step plan for how to achieve your goals, remember something simple is following this through in a step 1 through 10 order, try and take from it the principle behind the message, not just the method.

1. Step one have a clear goal in mind (start with the end in mind).

Ok so here we are at part one and it all starts with the big question of what exactly is it that you want? It might seem like a simple question but time and time again I’ve seen and spoke to people that either have no clue as to what exactly it is that they want or they think they know and after some well placed questions and some talking it turns out that no fat loss isn’t what they really wanted, they in fact felt unloved if they were fat. After coaching them and asking about their thoughts, feelings, emotions and beliefs (TFEB) it turns out they became happier with themselves, realised that they weren’t unloved and began to turn their life around, not once did i even mention or give any exercise programs out, in fact once the beliefs changed, they stopped eating as much and actively chose healthier options and walked more; the weight just came off anyway!

This example was just to illustrate a point that it’s very important to understand exactly what it is you really want. One of the things I’ve spoken to people about with regards to achieving their goals is the necessity for clarity not vague goals. For example:

“I want to lose weight!”

VAGUE!!!!!!!”! Sorry that was a subtle hint there; sorry if that was a bit in your face I just felt the need to illustrate the point. Something to consider would be how much:

“I want to lose 10-12lbs”

Hey now we’re getting there we have a target so where from or what would this look like?

“Well I want to lose 10-12lbs from around my stomach, legs and arse.”

OK fantastic, now we’re on the way to getting there, so what would you look like if you achieved that 10-12lbs of weight loss?

“I’d have a bum that lifts up and doesn’t head down south, my stomach would be flat and tight and when i look down it wouldn’t make me feel ashamed and also my legs would be lean and conditioned and look amazing in my size 12 jeans.”

Brilliant so all of your goals have said about a shape and how you’d feel so what about the weight loss, if you lost 12lbs of fat but added 12 lbs of muscle, yet had that amazing shape you described would that matter?

“Err no, as long as I have that shape I described and I feel a lot better about me, then the weight itself wouldn’t matter.”

So here we are, the goal is a lot more specific and gives you a better target to aim for, and something simple we use in martial arts is you can’t hit a target if you don’t know what it is..! Also we note that the original goal of “I want to lose weight” has gone; it was never the intended aim. Now this is like a strategy of peeling the onion, onions have layers (god bless Shrek), your aim is to peel the layers away as much as possible until you hit the truth of what you truly want and why you want it.

The big why is literally saying not only what i want but why do i really want that thing, sounds mysterious but hey it’s actually quite simple really.

Stay tuned for part 2 where I reveal the truth about the big why and the all important questions you should be asking yourself about your goals.

Dave

Check out the magic hundred program HERE to see how it can help you achieve 100 goals in 100 days.

As of Monday the 6th April I will be bringing the good name of Personal Training in Basildon to the forfront of the population, well in Basildon anyway! Having spent the last 10 months working with one of the UK’s top Personal trainers Dax Moy I have decided to start doing some PT at Basildon’s Fitness First and want to get myself  known as Basildon’s Top Personal Trainer.

In order to do that I’ll be out there hitting the flyering hard and offering amazingdiscounts in order to get my self known, liked and trusted That is my aim within the next 6 months to become the top person to go to for Personal Training in Basildon.

Asn such i do have a creed that i Live by which i’ll post below, let me know what you think and i’ll keep everyone posted on up coming offers and special events that i decide to do.

just a short one for my first one.

Dave

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