2 Truths & 1 Lie: Fitness Style

This weeks’ Purposeful Strength is a game; 2 Truths and a Lie

A classic high school ice-breaker.

Only in this case, there isn’t any ice to break. That makes it better, right?

Right.

This 2 truths and a lie format is a great feeder for something much larger I wanted to cover- training myths and misconceptions.

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What 'could have been' is never as good as 'right now'

Over the past month I’ve found myself thinking about what could have been.

Being perfectly honest, It’s been eating me up.

I call this a trapped mindset.

Any time I’ve found myself thinking about the ‘what if’s’ or the ‘what could have been’ or even worse, ‘if I did this, then my life would be at this point’. No matter the way you frame it, it’s a trap.

It’s a trapped mindset.

I don’t know if a ‘trapped mindset’ is a real thing, but that’s what I call it.

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3 Things Your Workout Doesn't Need

One of the more common elements of Personal Training is analyzing what your new clients have been/ are currently doing in their training programming.

Some stuff is good.

Some stuff is not so good.

Surprise, surprise, right?

But when it comes to looking at client programs, there are a few ‘red flags’ that tend to show up especially if the person is coming to me with some specific feedback on what they are feeling (injuries), lack of results (not training with intensity), or boredom (believe it or not, they are jumping from program to program too much and aren’t actually getting better at their workout).

Keeping those feelings in mind, here are 3 things your training program doesn’t need.

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