Weight Loss

Weight loss is simple burn more calories than you eat!

But do you know how many calories you should have?

Many diets are one size fits all for either Male or Female. They don’t take into account the differences in your body type or activity levels.

Did you know that when you are in a calorie deficit your metabolism will slow down, it’s just a matter of when?

Do you know the optimal sets, rep ranges and rest periods when weight training for weight loss?

Do you know your optimal heart rate training zones when doing cardio for weight loss?

• I can help you to work out how many calories you should have specific to your body type and activity level. Then show you how to manipulate your calories to stay in deficit and continue to lose weight without lowering your metabolism
• I can work out your optimal heart rate training zones for fat loss and also teach you how to maximize your resistance training for weight loss.

Playing Sport

Are you an athlete or a casual player, and are you training effectively for your sport?

Are you training like a body builder when sporting performance is what you are seeking?

Are your exercise choices specific to your sport?

Do you know what sets, reps and rest periods are optimal for improving your sporting performance?

Do you know what a plyometric exercises is and can you perform one effectively? Are you aware of the huge benefit plyometrics have in improving sporting performance?

Are you aware of proprioception training and its benefit in sporting performance?

Do you know the most common injuries in your sport and how to avoid them?

Are you aware of the energy systems and work to rest ratios for your sport?

Do you know about periodisation and how to peak yourself for an event / finals?

Do you know the differences you should make to your training from preseason to in season?

• I don’t just train my clients, I educate them on many of these sporting aspects.

Building Muscle

Were you aware that for an untrained person the first 6 – 8 weeks of training benefit your neuromuscular systems and muscle grouping. Only after this period will you begin to build or put on muscle.

Do you know how to optimize your training in these 6-8 weeks to prepare it properly for a building cycle?

Do you know how to train effectively to build and are you aware of how long your programs/cycles should be before you should change them?

Is your program progressive from the first week to the last or is it the same all the way through. Is your only progression the increase in weights you try to lift?

Are you overtraining, did you know that too much training will reduce your ability to grow. How much rest and recovery do you need?

Are you tapering your cycles?

Do you know how to eat right to put on size and how do you stay lean without loosing muscle?

• If you are trying to build and you can’t answer these questions your training can be improved. I assist in optimizing your efforts, training you smarter not just harder - for better results.

Endurance

Are you aware that you should refuel on the go if you train over a certain time limit? Wondering what that time is?

Do you know that threshold training as opposed to steady state training dramatically improves your ability to go faster using oxygen. Improving your steady state or race pace (constant pace).

Have you ever tested your anaerobic threshold?

• Learn how to train effectively for endurance. Working up to or constantly repeating the event distance is only part of the training.
• Learn how resistance training is also influential in improving your endurance performance.

Training With Injuries or Postural Imbalances

Do you have an existing injury or an old injury that keeps resurfacing when you train?

Are you aware that many postural problems are simply a case of muscle imbalances, short and tight and long and weak muscles?

Are you aware of which exercises /stretches will compound these imbalances and which will help correct the problem?

• I research client injuries and postural imbalances, sessions are then structured to avoid or incorporate stretches and exercises to improve imbalances and avoid injury.

Your Current Situation

A lean body never happens by accident and an overweight body never happens by accident either!

They are both effects, which have causes. If you can uncover the cause of your weight problem then you can remove it.

If you continue doing what you’ve always done, You’re going to get what you’ve always got.

First you must accept responsibility for your current situation, (I’m here because I put myself here) and then take positive actions to improve it.

No matter who you are or what you do, you absolutely do have the power to change.

Reality

See your physical challenges as assets, overcoming obstacles forces you to develop discipline, determination and character. These traits will carry over to other areas of your life and make you a stronger person.

Physical fitness cannot be achieved by wishful thinking nor purchase (even with the best personal trainer – it’s you who must do the work)

Know that there are no shortcuts as there is no substitute for hard work. There is a price to be paid for achieving everything.

However you will reap what you sow… and the rewards that you take out will come in direct proportion to the work you put in.

If you’re willing to put the work in, you will take the rewards.

You can have the body you want! But you must be willing to pay the price for it!

Plan and Goal Set

The more difficult the challenge, the stronger you will become when you overcome it and the greater your feeling of accomplishment when you have succeeded.

You’ll only get stronger by testing yourself, so set a decent goal.

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

You must dedicate yourself to your goal, you will never find time, if you want time, you must make it, even if that means sacrificing in other areas.

Sporadic efforts produce sporadic results, and sometimes they produce zero results. Persistence is your key to success.