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A Definition of Hard Work and Commitment
There is a recent blog post on the strengthcoach blog about the disconnect between the trainer and client. Read the post here. I really liked the post and thought that I would share it with you.
The article talks about the difference between what is important to the client and what the trainer perceives to be important to them. While fitness may be the number one priority for the trainer, it may only be 3rd or 4th on the list for the client. To the client, fitness is typically just something they do a couple of times per week to fulfill a need to lose weight, reduce medications, or increase self-esteem. The quicker the trainer realizes this, the better.
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Tagged Avon, Blog, Conditioning, Fitness Sucks, Indiana, Indianapolis, Jason Nunn, Motivation, Nunn's Performance Training, Personal Training, Weight Loss
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Top 10 things Learned And Achieved For 2011
Yesterday, I received an email from one of my clients that I thought I would share with everyone. I thought it was pretty cool. She put together a list of things she learned and achieved over the course of the year while working out with us. Here’s her list:
1. Designating 4 specific days and times at the gym is more effective than saying I’ll go 4 days a week.
2. I have kept 90% of my training appointments in the past year.
3. I have trained a minimum of 3 sessions per week for 13 months now, the longest workout streak of my life.
4. The number on the scale is my daily FYI, fluctuating often and therefore, no longer makes or breaks me.
5. I look forward to working out.
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Tagged Avon, Being Awesome, Blog, Conditioning, Fitness Sucks, Indiana, Indianapolis, Jason Nunn, Motivation, Nunn's Performance Training, Speed, Strength, Testimonials, Weight Loss
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Top Ten Of 2011
Yep, it’s that time of year again. At the end of each year, I go back and review which of my posts got the most web traffic. Here’s this year’s top ten:
1. Does Muscle Fiber Type Effect Performance In this post I talk about the differences in muscle fiber type and how it affects an athlete’s performance.
2. The John Broz Method One of the more popular topics in the strength training world in 2010 was the training that John Broz does in his Las Vegas gym. This post discusses my opinions on what he does.
3. The Real Reasons Why People Don’t Exercise The name says it all. These are the reasons why people don’t workout.
4. Is A Calorie Really A Calorie? In this post, I discuss some of the myths about nutrition.
5. Spot Reduction Revisited In this article, I talk about a T-Nation article on spot reduction.
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Tagged Avon, Being Awesome, Blog, Conditioning, Farmers Walk, Fitness Sucks, Indiana, Indianapolis, Jason Nunn, Log Press, Machines, Motivation, Nunn's Performance Training, Speed, Strength, Strongman, Weight Loss
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Energy System Development for Soccer
Lately, energy system developement (otherwise known as conditioning for you old school folk) has been a very hotly contested subject between soccer coaches and strength coaches. It usually ends with the soccer coaches erring on the side of aerobic training (long, slow distance) and strength coaches siding with alactic and glycolytic training (short bursts – otherwise known as anaerobic). The question is…who’s right?
In a recent study published by the American College of Sports Medicine, Osgnatch et. al. found that about 70% of the time was spent doing low-level, aerobic activities with about 30% of the time spent on higher intensity movements. Running full speed accounted for about 3% of the total match time or the equivalent of a 4 second sprint every 90 seconds.
Ok, so what does this mean?
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Tagged Avon, Blog, Conditioning, dynamic warm up, Indiana, Indianapolis, Jason Nunn, Long Slow Distance, Nunn's Performance Training, Personal Training, Soccer, Speed, Strength, Westside
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Fitness Biz 101
For this post, I’m going off the beaten path and talking a little about the fitness business. I know most of the readers of this blog are general fitness goers, but I also have a few industry people who read it as well. So, I thought I’d give them a little insight into what has worked for me and what hasn’t in the past eight years in this business.
Focus on Client Retention
It’s much easier to retain clients then have to constantly have to try to chase new ones. Getting qualified leads as a personal trainer is probably one of the hardest things to do. Why make things harder than they have to be? Focus on being different and providing a quality service. Make sure your clients know the difference between the quality of your work and Joe Blow down the street who is just doing cookie cutter programs.
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Five Tips For Being Awesome
Everone should strive to be awesome. Here’s five ways to enhance your awesomeness:
Pick up heavy stuff from the ground.
There is a direct correlation between being awesome and being able to pick heavy stuff off the ground. This includes, but isn’t limited to deadlifts, sumo deadlifts, trap bar deadlift, sandbags, tires, and other odd objects. For example, this man can deadlift 910lbs with no belt and procede to tell you about it while still holding it. He is awesome.
Walk with heavy stuff in your hands
Carrying heavy things for a set distance or time is probably one of the most functional activities you can do. Most of my adult clients aren’t professional athetes. Besides appearence, their secondary goal is just to get better at the game of life, and part of being better at life is being able to carry heavy things. One of my favorites for this is farmers walk.
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Tagged Being Awesome, Blog, Deadlift, Farmers Walk, Foam Rolling, Mike Boyle, Press, Strongman
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Ten Questions to Ask Your Trainer
Given the current obesity epidemic, more and more adults are turning to personal fitness trainers to help rectify the situation. The problem is, there is no licensing required to become a personal trainer. Anyone can set up shop and say, “I’m a personal trainer!” Hiring a personal trainer can pay off huge dividends when it comes to your personal fitness and achieving your goals. However, how do you choose who will help you in your journey? The point of this article is to tell you which questions to ask you trainer to determine if they are going to be the best fit for you and your goals. These ten questions will be listed in order of importance.
1. How much experience do they have?
Here’s Where Your Trainer is Getting It Wrong Part I
Had to move this old post over from the blogspot account for administrative reasons. Anyways, if you haven’t read it, enjoy!
So the other day, one of my new clients gave me the idea of writing a blog post on things your trainer may be doing wrong. As I started getting into it, it started to become quite longer than what I prefer a blog post to be. It became more of an article. So, I decided to break the post into three sections. Here’s the first part of what your trainer is probably getting wrong.
Proper Assesment
Here’s Where Your Trainer Is Getting It Wrong Part III
Not Continuing Their Education
This past weekend, I attended the Midwest Performance Seminar Hosted by Mike Robertson. It was right here in Indianapolis, so it made the decision to go a very easy one. Friday, Pat Rigsby and AJ Roberts were kind enough to throw in an all day fitness business seminar. I was very surprised that only about twenty of the seventy people registered for the seminar showed up for the fitness business seminar. Apparently, these other 50 were already making so much money that they weren’t interested in making any more. Somehow I doubt this is the case. Anyway, I thought with this blog post, I would give out some tips that I got from Saturday’s event.
The Single Leg Solution – Mike Robertson
- The training continuum is not black and white. It is a gray area. Your training should not be solely unilateral nor should it be solely bilateral
