Personal Fitness Training & Nutrition Coaching

We have decided to add something fresh to our blog today, an eFitness for Life Coach’s Round Table Interview Session! We will be doing this periodically to give our readers an opportunity to hear directly for nutrition coaches and personal trainers from all over the country and learn just how common some of the things that deal with or fear, as it relates to health and wellness, really are. To keep our round table fresh, we will choose different coaches at different times for the interviews. Remember, you can always contact these coaches directly. I am sure they would love the opportunity to help you or someone you know.

Now, to kick things off, we decided on a two-part question that we felt just about everyone would be interested in. The goal with this kick-off question was to show everyone that they are not alone! The things you feel, the desires you have to be healthy, the way you want to look, are the same for so many others around you. Don’t believe me, read on!

Welcoming Lynn, Phil, Craig and Shanna to the Round Table

Hey there ladies and gentleman! Thanks so much for joining us for this little blog event. We truly appreciate your time! Let’s get started! This will actually be a two-part question!

Part I – What do you find to be the most common goal of your new personal training clients?

Lynn: The most common goal of my clients that are working with personal trainers is to address ‘trouble’ areas that don’t seem to be affected by there workouts or nutrition programs (i.e. belly fat). For some reason they are holding fat in areas that should be reduced by their current training or nutrition programs, and that can become frustrating to someone who has a specific body mass index in mind.

Phil: The most common goal I have found of new pt clients is weight loss or tone up. That would make up about 70-80% of the clients. The rest need to bulk up, core training, general conditioning or even lacking motivation to do anything.

Craig: The most common goal I see in my clients is weight loss and/or “becoming more toned”.

Shanna: One of the most common fitness goals that I see with my clients is to lose weight. I always try to change their perspective and teach them that weight should not be the main goal of their fitness plan. Yes, weight does matter but it is not a good determinant a persons overall health. What they really mean to say is that they want to lose fat. The focus should be on lowering body fat percentage. Just as is sounds, body fat percentage is the percentage of fat that your body contains the rest is call lean body mass (muscle, bone, organ tissue, and so on). I often urge clients to set their goals to be increase lean body mass, which in turn lowers body fat. Besides it sounds way cooler to say “I’m working on increasing my lean body mass” than “I’m working out to lose weight”. Most gyms and personal trainers will be able to measure your lean body mass. There are also scales that have the capability of measuring body fat. Once you know your body fat percentage you will be able to set realistic goals that focus on improving your health and losing fat not muscle mass.

Part II – What do you come to find is their largest obstacle in reaching those goals?

Lynn: The largest obstacles I have found are usually toxins or chemicals in the body that are causing hormonal imbalances to hold fat in that part of the body. If you get rid of the toxin or chemical affecting the hormone, then results are usually achieved. Emotional blockages or old beliefs can also stand in the way of reaching their goals, and I would address that with them as well.

Phil: The largest obstacle in reaching those goals is that they aren’t able to either keep the diet sustained get discouraged when they don’t see the scale move much, but they often fail to realize hat muscle weights approxx 60% more than fat so the scale may not change a lot initially, but the body fat should decrease!

Craig: The biggest obstacle I see for most clients is nutrition, I find that most of my clients have very busy lifestyles and look to fast food to quench the hunger,the best way I’ve found for myself and my busy clients is to prep food ahead of time. Usually I have them pre-cook and store their meals on the weekends or a day where more time is available for them to cook their meals in bulk, this eliminates the excuse to succumb to fast food and makes it a convenient and easy way to stick to the healthy nutritional lifestyle!

Shanna: One of my pet peeves also happens to be one of the most common excuse that I hear clients claim gets in the way of staying on track to achieve their fitness goals. The excuse, ” I don’t have enough time”. Bull! This is not a good excuse and it is definitely an obstacle that can be torn down when you think about your health in a different way. Why don’t most people have the time to workout? Simple, they don’t make the time. Family, work and fun are already demanding that you spend your precious time on them. The funny thing is you won’t be spending any of your time doing any of these things if you don’t take care of yourself. Yes, it is very important that you take care of your family, but if you don’t take care of your self first you will not be able to take care of your family. It is really that straightforward. Your health and well-being should be the first thing that has dibs on your time so that you can continue to take care of the people that depend on you. Taking care of your health is the best thing you can do for your family, your work and your social life!

Wow! Thanks so much everyone! This was really interesting and I like the format. I think our readers and clients will find out soon enough that they are not alone in their fitness endeavors and see that just about any goal they set can be reached with proper planning and continued motivation. I am looking forward to more of these Round Table Sessions. Thanks again.

eFitness for Life coaches taking part today:

Wholistic Kinesiologist, Lynn Higgin (lhiggin@efitnessforlife.com)

Coach, Phil Nicolaou (pnicolaou@efitnessforlife.com)

Coach, Craig LeBlanc (cleblanc@efitnessforlife.com)

Coach, Shanna Tokarshy (stokarsky@efitnessforlife.com)

Please feel free to contact any of them to discuss any of your fitness or nutritional questions! Visit eFitness for Life today to begin a program with your very own personal coach!

Until next time…….. stick with your fitness training program and weekly meal planning!

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