Program vs. Effort

If I were to follow in the footsteps of most other trainers I would tell you something like this "Follow my program and get results faster than you can imagine. My program uses a modern technique the I developed to help clients reach their goals!!"

There are some key words there that catch your eye and get you thinking right away FASTER, MODERN, DEVELOPED, GOAL all of which are used by any advertising company or salesman trying to get the consumer to buy their product. I want to tell you most of what you hear from trainers is complete bull. There are better trainers than others but from what I have seen in my experiences little to none of their talent has to do with the program they have you follow. Almost any program can be successful if A. you believe in it and B. if you give it 100% intensity. I'm not talking giving 100%, 50% of the time like most people do. I'm saying that if you stick with a workout/nutrition program and complete it with a high intensity and an urgency for success you will be successful. Now at first glance you may say that I think every trainer is a good trainer and every program is a good program. This is not true there are bad trainers, average trainers, good trainers and phenomenal trainers. This is another subject completely. The subject I am focusing on is the Program. There are programs that are not designed to meet the goal you have in mind but the millions of programs out there that are designed to reach a common goal... Fitness. There are different aspects of fitness whether it be athletic prowess, weight loss, muscular strength, aesthetic build, heart health etc. That is not the point either. My point is that any one of the programs can get you to the goal that it was designed for. I can not tell you that a workout system will or will not work for you by looking at the program itself. I can watch you perform said program and tell you almost immediately. How you ask? By watching you perform the program I can judge your effort. Results are all about effort. If you put the right amount of effort in to just about any program it will most definetly be a successful program. Your attitude before starting the program could also determine the outcome. The more excited or pumped up you are will translate to how hard you work. Programs like Crossfit, P90X and even Zumba work because they get you excited about working hard! They also continuosly keep you pumped with a number of techniques including competition, participant involvment and record keeping. So when you are choosing a program what you really need to do is choose to give it 100% effort! Chose something you are honestly excited about. Going through the motions will get you no where in life and it will especially get you no where in your workout. A program is only as good as the intensity you give it!! If you can't push the intensity.... Hire a trainer! Hey I know a guy ;)

This Trainer's Truths Part 1

Truth is most of you will quit reading after the second line or not read this at all

Truth is most of you that do read this will forget it in an hour

To Life:

Truth is you can not change your life without changing the way you live

Truth is, it is always hard it never gets easy and if it does get easy that means you quit trying

Truth is you will fail, everyone fails it is not a matter of IF it is a matter of when.

Truth is it isn't the government, your job, your coach, school, your parents, your spouse, your friend, your disability or any situation that is holding you back.

Truth is the only thing holding you back is you.

To weight loss:

Truth is you are not genetically incapable

Truth is there will be pain there will be sacrifice you will be uncomfortable

Truth is you aren't as out of shape as you think you are

Truth is you also aren't as fit as you think you are

Truth is you will never know until you try

Truth is any excuse you have, I have heard it before

Truth is if your food comes in a package they can put any words they want on the outside it doesn't change what is inside the package

Truth is "one won't hurt" is a lie you tell yourself and will ruin you every time. One is never enough but is ALWAYS too much.

Truth is "I eat pretty good" is yet another lie

Truth is there is no magic pill, secret exercise, special electronic device or certain type of clothing in the world that will take the weight off

Truth is we can use hundreds of different equations but numbers mean very little in the end

Truth is the secret isn't more cardio, weights or a certain diet to get you where you want to be.

Truth is the only thing that is going to get you there is SELF discipline.

Truth is YOU CAN

To athletes:

Truth is everyone is an athlete

Truth is the athlete with great genetics will have an upper hand

Truth is hard work trumps genetics every time

Truth is if you want to be average keep doing what everyone else is doing

Truth is if you want to be great you will need to do more than every athlete not just the next athlete

Truth is you aren't as good as you think you are

Truth is you are better than you think you are

Truth is if you are not working your hardest you will not get any better

Truth is there is ALWAYS someone working harder and doing more than you are

Truth is the risk of hard work is higher than the reward almost every time

Truth is the harder the work the higher the risk

Truth is you have a way better chance of ending your career with injury than you do of being successful at any level

Truth is if you don't take the risk you will never know

To Everyone:

Truth is when you decide to not give 100% you are NOT the only one that knows but you ARE the only that can make that decision

Truth is numbers don't lie but they also don't tell the entire story

Truth is comparing yourself to other people gets you nowhere

Truth is when you fail and YOU WILL FAIL, you are not a failure until you quit trying

Truth is you will not succeed until you decide to be HAPPY!!

Truth is I want you to succeed and will do everything I can to get you there

Truth is in the end, the only one that can help you is YOU..........