BEWARE of the Personal training cookie cutter monster:

BEWARE of the Personal training cookie cutter monster:

Achieve your fitness goals faster!

Chris Shah

Owner, Fitness Coach

(Note * all pics are of REAL TNF clients)

Want to fit into those skinny jeans, look awesome in that bikini, out condition your team mates, finish that marathon quicker?

Does your personal trainer give everyone the same exercise program, delivery, (coaching cue) dosage of intensity, duration and frequency?  If so you may be getting trained by a personal training COOKIE CUTTER MONSTER!

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We are all individuals with different training ages, current states of function and capacity as well different specific health and fitness destinations.

The principles of Strength and conditioning are for the most part universal but there application is just as much artistry as it is science.

It’s the GREY area that most of us self reflected personal trainers are so fascinated by.

 

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Imagine a doctor’s waiting room office. Everyone in the office is sick and has the same goal of wanting to feel better. The doctor walks in as announces “you have come to the right place to feel better I’m giving all of you the same medicine and dosage”  “It’s the medicine of the day. MOD!

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Outrageous! The doctor would get disbarred immediately.

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Sadly this happens all the time in the fitness community. It comes down to lack of proper education, mentoring, and just plain laziness.

We can view exercise and movement as a physical medicine it elites reactions in the individual.  

In the medical profession there is a base level of competence. Specifically the administration of Medicine has certain rights or rules. 

Lets use these rights and rules to help elevate what I find sacred (being a fitness professional) to the same level of scrutiny of a well respected profession.  

The 8 rights of medication administration are:

·         The right client

·         The right time

·         The right drug

·         Does it cause pain?

·         The right route

·         Right dose

·         Right response

·         Right documentation

The 8 rights/rules of exercise administration

· Right client/athlete

Does the exercise program fit the needs and wants of the client/athlete? Do an assessment to decide the right program for the person.

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 Right phase

Does the exercise program have a strong fundamental foundation and bring the client or athlete along in progressive and safe manner?

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Right exercise/movement

Are the exercise and or movement in alignment with client’s goals, level of current function? Not all exercises are appropriate for all clients.

   

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 Does it cause pain?

Are you following the Hippocratic and wise legal practice of causing NO harm?

Again we must screen for red flags and pain.

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 Right alignment/muscle firing sequence

Is the correct body position, lifting form, breathing mechanics and correct muscles firing in sequence? Any altered movement mechanics?

 

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 ·Right volume/load

Are you giving the appropriate dosage of duration, intensity or load?

   

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Right response

Are the prescribed movements, exercises, intensity and durations giving you the appropriate responses? Are there any adverse responses? Do you know the acute, short, medium and long term responses? 

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Right documentation

If it’s not written down it did not happen. Where is the diagnosis chart? Where are the notes on responses and the characteristics of the individual?

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 Why should you care?

   

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You have specific goals and a specific body that operates and functions like a car.

TAKE HOME MESSAGE!

Don’t accept a cookie cutter point in somewhat the direction toward your fitness goals.

Get a fitness program BUILT AROUND YOU with specific directions to get to your fitness goals quicker and safer.

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Find and release the breaks to Ultimate performance -Part 1

Find and release the breaks:

To Ultimate performance- Part 1

Chris Shah

Owner, Fitness Coach

You want to run a half marathon, do your first amateur MMA fight, boxing match or Tuff Mudder obstacle course.

First things first is to push on the gas pedal speeding to your goal right? On the surface it seems like the right plan of action.

Imagine the excitement of planning a cross country road trip with your friends or family. Everyone wants to hurry up and get on the road. But not so fast!

  

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Will our car make the trip without breaking down?

Do we have enough money for the trip?

How much gas will we need?

These are what we call logistical breaks. They make you stop and think before you take a course of action. What is the limiting factor in making this awesome trip come true?

Similarly, we have breaks physically that we may not be aware of that hinder us from hitting top speed towards our final physical destination or goal.

Physical therapist and strength coach Gray Cook calls this the Eye of the storm. 

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What limitation break do you have that needs to be released in order to maximize your training program?

Muscle tone

Flexibility

Mobility

Stability

Strength

Power

Endurance

Skill

Any limitation of the first group will limit your ability to efficiently steer and control the second group. Also lots of research clearly shows us the possibility of injury or breakdown increases with such limitations.

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To better illustrate this point and why one workout routine will not produce the same results with another person I introduce you to the Optimum performance pyramids.

The Optimum pyramid (figure: 3):  The athlete has a nice wide base of functional movement.

This athlete has optimum mobility and stability to control and steer their power, endurance and skill.  

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The over-powered pyramid (Figure: 4): The athlete does not have adequate Functional movement (mobility and stability) to optimal control and steer their power, endurance and skill. They have breaks on.

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Who cares? If you care about longevity, injury and optimum performance you will.

Without a nice wide base of mobility and stability your injury or breakdown potential greatly increases.

When you have a narrow base of functional movement you have to exert more energy as well as waste more energy. That means MORE physical exertion and LESS strength, power and conditioning capability. 

 

One fitness program will not get the same results with two different people who exhibit different performance pyramids and needs. 

When someone has breaks on it’s like those old school light bulbs. (Figure: 5) They light up your room but they are not efficient and run up your energy bill. Your exercising but it takes more physical exertion and your not maximizing strength and power.

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BUT! …………………………

The new more efficient light bulbs (Figure: 6) do the job even better and are far more energy and money efficient. We want to find and release the breaks. That means more efficient power and strength with less effort.

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Our bodies operate in very much the same manner. It’s what separates a good runner from an elite runner.

The best runners are very efficient and the runners with breaks on (limitations in mobility, stability) are leaking energy like a water hose with a hole. (Figure: 7) That means less energy or force being pushed into the ground along with slower run times and more physical exertion.

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Do you work harder or get better want to, hmm?

  

TAKE HOME MESSAGE ..........

 Combine pushing on the gas pedal and finding and releasing the breaks.

Click here to find out where your BREAKS are. Schedule a complimentary assessment. 

http://www.terranovafitness.com/contact.html 

In part 2-

of the series I will go over specific examples with Runners, Boxers, Grapplers and the weekend warrior and common fixes I use to release the breaks...