Total Body Training

What To Look For In A Personal Trainer

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When you are trying to find the right trainer to help you get your butt in shape, but what do you look for in a good trainer? Today I’m going to discuss what I think you should look for when hiring a trainer. I’ve been working in this industry for a while and have had some amazing teachers along the way. So, I’m going to discuss five things I think is really important for you to consider when looking to hire a personal trainer.

Tip One: Find someone you get along with. If you are getting or receiving information from someone, you need to feel some commonality or respect with the trainer. If you have conflicting personalities, or if they are putting out some negative vibes, then maybe that’s someone you won’t really jive with. Potentially you should feel like you should be able to get coffee with that person. You feel

What I Listen To When I Create Content

Today I’m going to share what I listen to while I create content. My content consists of photos, advertisements, brainstorming, and other things you see on my Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.

The truth is I cannot listen to music with lyrics without getting distracted, so I choose to listen to music with no lyrics.

Miles Davis’ Kinda Bluealbum the song is “Blue in Green,” is amazing. When you think of blue, its sad, somber, and romance in all one album. This is a mellow jazz music, so just give it a chance. It’s not very aggressive jazz music or big band that most people associate with jazz music. This helps me focus on my content and I find that when I listen to things with down tempo I can really focus in on the work.

Chill hip-hop is a merger of hip-hop and jazz, this finds a happy medium of happiness, melancholy, and background sounds. I’m not really going to focus on specific albums, just artists. Don C, Lakeside Loops, “Serena

3 Alternatives to Pre-Workout Listen to the podcast: Google Music , iTunes,Anchor Follow Total Body Training on: Facebook,YouTube, and Instagram There are tonsof pre-workout you can take, but did you know that those same supplements get removed from the shelf constantly? Supplements are a billion dollar industry that is unregulated by the FDA. So, pre-workouts are getting pulled from the shelves for banned substances or funky ingredients. I’m here to share three tips and pre-workout alternatives that will get you pumpedbefore your workouts! The whole reason we are discussing his topic is because I’m not taking pre-workout right now, but when I do, I make sure they are certified. So Jean Carlos, how do we get that push for the gym and have peace of mind?!?! Tip One: Drink Coffee. Tip Two: Drink Black Tea Tip Three: Drink Green Tea

Achieving a fitness goal requires consistency. If you are starting and stopping, sometimes go, or ‘kinda’ do the fitness thing for years on end… maybe you are you looking for a way out on perusing your fitness goals?

There are certain times of the year that we, as a culture, know we fall off of our fitness goals. As we get further away from the New Year’s resolution, people stop coming and the gyms. The cycle of coming and going to the gym correspond to the seasons and I suppose for many people are busy with obligations, holidays, traveling and other life things. But what if you could break this cycle and make a commitment to yourself? What would that look like? I’m here to share some tips about how to recognize your patterns and I challenge you to break the cycle.

Guess what, the cycle of falling off happens weekly too! Monday is definitely the busiest day at any gym and it slowly declines through the week. Forget about going to the gym on Saturday and Sunday, that’

What I Listen To When I Workout

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Today I want to share what I jam to when I workout! People have been asking me what type of music gets me PUMPED to workout, lift, and crush it!  Hip-hop is my favorite genre to jam to while working out and doing a bunch of other stuff.  Well, I’m going to share a bunch of my favorite albums and songs that really gets me going.  Kenndrick Lamar’s “Money Trees” was my go-to song on repeat when running long distances. Listening to one song on repeat really gets me focused and is a type of meditation for me.  Kodak Black is another artist I really enjoy listening to. “Tunnel Vision” was the first song I listened to, but the whole album is very dope.  Jayden Smith, the son of Will Smith, is more intense than his father, but is a great artist to jam to.  These are just some of the artists that get me pumped to lift heavy shit. 

 

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Silver Bullet Mentality

 

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Silver bullet mentality is extremely common for beginners.  If your goal is to look and feel better, then we will have to change how you view your health and fitness.  What is a silver bullet mentality?  WE have a tendency to want to resolve our issues in an easy way.  There’s really nothing wrong with wanting an easier way, why go with the more difficult option?  What is also is true is everything takes time and effort.  Health and fitness takes time and effort, but our culture has bombarded us with quick weight loss & fitness plans. 

But it’s super important to look at the big picture. Don’t get overwhelmed, I’m going to help you look at the big picture and break it down to smaller baby steps for you to reach your goal.  Most of my demographic wants to feel better and look better, so here are 5 tips that will help you reach the big pic

*If you’re listening or watching this interview, Eliza and I discuss trauma and eating disorders candidly. If you have past trauma or disordered eating, listen at your discretion. I am not a licensed therapist or nutritionist, Eliza contacted me to share her message about anorexia and orthorexia. So we sat down and spoke in-depth about her life and recovery.

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How do you give advice to your friends about health and wellness? It’s super tricky. When people get into a healthy lifestyle, you’re going to want to talk about it with friends and family. It could be a variety of topics; it’s normal to want to share these things. There is nothing wrong with sharing your new passion, but be careful on how you approach fitness advice. Sometimes, in the process of giving advice you can alienate or offend people.

First, try to avoid giving fitness advice unless it is pertinent or asked for. What does that mean? If someone shares an issue that they have, then maybe you can suggest going to the gym from a place of humility. Try to avoid calling out the person on their issues and come from a gentle place of suggestion. If they ask for specific advice, then by all means share what worked for you! Try not to volunteer a lot of health advice; some people have a tendency to get offended. But, if someone asks for your help or input you should definit

Mindfulness & Weightlifting

Every now and then I go to a conventional gym to lift weights and I notice everyoneis on their technology taking a selfie, jamming out to music, or watching TV. There’s nothing wrong with this, but find out how being mindful in the gym will help you with your gains.

People are endlessly distracted in the gym and life… I’m all for technology. Where we run into a slight problem is if the technology is prohibiting us from being mindful in the gym and eating.

There are pro’s and con’s to technology in the gym. I’m here to help you navigate the pro’s of technology and also see the other side of how mindfulness can help you grow in life and in your gains! So you have a camera and you watch online workouts, you take video of yourself to critique form, you can take photos of your gains. These are all great, but here are some cons. If you are brining your phone with you and you decide to watch videos between sets, you aren’t paying attention to your body, you