As a personal trainer I give free consultations for people that have an interest in improving their health and fitness level. Many people come to me that have health problems they would like to correct, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, borderline diabetes, chronic overweight problems and the king of kings that last 15- 20 pounds of bodyfat  they want eliminated. 

So many people are completely confused on how to go about achieving their goals but there is also an air of delusion amongst the masses when it comes to looking good. Now we all know when you look good you feel good and people want to feel fitness model good. They come to me thinking that if they go to the gym three times a week and eat healthy then their body will morph into the next cover one of those glossy magazine covers of the Fitness Genre. Then I have to introduce them to reality unfortunately.

Firstly, exercising 3 times a week and eating “healthy” are ideal to live a healthy lifestyle and reduce the risk of multiple diseases, if the majority of Americans followed this there would be no Health Care Crisis.

To enter the world of the fitness model, six pack, rippling definition is another level all together and because of misinformation and the quick sound byte type articles using fitness models as the picture gives people the wrong expectations. It is personal trainers around the nation that have to bring people to the harsh reality of the six pack minority.

Exercising 3 times a week for good health versus exercising 6 days for muscular lean body mass is the equivalent of driving a Toyota Camry versus a Porsche.  Eating healthy and eating to lose bodyfat is like Venus and Mars the two shall never met. Many people become frustrated because they tell me about exercising and eating healthy but not losing the weight, then when I examine their workout routine and food log the Toyota, Porsche, Venus, and Mars appear in order. 

People feel that their workout time is enough to get the body they want, then I am left to inform them for the type of body they want it takes anywhere from 2-3 more workout sessions per week and another 10 hours of cardio work per week.

Then people start to see the horizon of the fitness elite, lots of discipline, lots of time sacrificed from busy lives to reach their goal, whether it is to compete in an IronMan, ride a bike 100 miles, or to win a fitness competition.

I try to turn people’s attention away from looking like a fitness model to experiencing something new and different like a Douthalon and then training for the event and the side affects are always beneficial to the person’s appearance, thus when you look good you feel good.