SINCE WHEN DOES PERSONAL TRAINING BECOME ABOUT THE TRAINER?

OK, I have done alot of research about the various training techniques of different trainers around the country and come to find out, all the trainers are making videos or websites on how creative they can get. Keep in mind that the demonstrations of these radical exercises are by the trainers themselves. I am all for trainer demos on the basis of an exercise. I am a personal trainer myself and I love being creative. But can your clients do these exercises that you are so strongly demonstrating? Don't get me wrong, I am sure there are elite clients that can perform, but what about the other 90% of your clients. 8 times out of 10, they can't do these types of radical exercises.

I was taught as a trainer that when you demo you are putting yourself on display when it should be your clients. And I have strongly stuck by that. It would be better to display your clients that can perform these radical exercises or show clients that progressively attempt methods your instructing. When this takes place it becomes about clients getting better, losing weight, running faster, or whatever their individual goal is. But it also shows your methods give results in their progression.

We have to go back to the basics with trainers nowadays. The definition of a personal trainer is a person who helps people exercise. (the generic form)

HOW TO RUN LONGER AND FASTER

Who needs steroids or human growth hormones? Athletes can enhance their performance with something that is both legal and easily obtained> It's called music, says BBC.com. In a study of Australian triathletes, researchers found that listening to music tracks by the likes of Queen, Madonna, and Red Hot Chilli Peppers increased the athletes' energy efficiency by 1% to 3%, enabling them to do more with the same amount of oxygen. "Music is like a legal drug for athletes," says British researcher Costas Karageorghis. "It can reduce the perception of effort significantly and increase endurance by as much as 15%." The key is finding music whose tempo is synchronous with a runner's desired stride; Haile Gebrselassie, who recently set a new world-record marathon time, likes running to the techno pop song "Scatman," with a tempo of about 135 beats per minute. Even recreational runners, researchers say, can benefit from musical accompaniment.