Goals, Personal Training, Support, Training, Workout Plan

IT’S A MINEFIELD OUT THERE

Welcome to the personal trainer minefield. In this day and age there are tons of options for trainers: in your gym, online, boot camps, small groups, the list goes on and on. So who do you trust with your health and money?

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Training, Weight Loss, Workout Plan

THE TRUTH ABOUT TONING

As a trainer, I hear a lot of fitness BS especially when my clients are just starting out. They have had all sorts of info pushed on them from every direction so it has to be correct, right? One of my biggest pet peeves (just behind the myth that whey protein will make you fat but that is another rant all together) is when I hear women say they just want to “tone up”, they don’t want to get big. Really? Can you tell me what it means to “tone up”? Are you coming up with a tight, lean look as what “toned” means? Well I hate to break it to you but that tight, lean look is muscle. That round, shapely booty? Yeah that’s muscle. Flat abs? Yep, muscle again.
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