Personal training is a profession like any other: there are good trainers and there are bad ones. To get the most for your money, and for your own fitness and safety, you’ve got to choose a good personal trainer. Here’s how: Shop Around Don’t automatically hire the cheapest trainer or the one who already works at your gym. Ask people […]
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Gym Etiquette 101
The new year and the accompanying resolutions means that the gyms will be extra busy until about Valentine’s Day. Now, I would like to think those extra folks would continue pursuing their goals throughout the year, but we’ve all been there in January and again in March, and we know it’s just not so. Gym […]
Good Reasons to Walk Out of a Fitness Class
There are some really bad reasons to walk out of a fitness class, as you can read here. However, every now and then someone leaves for good reasons like these: You’re hurt. It might not be something that happened in class–maybe it’s pain from an old injury flaring up again. At any rate, a smart exerciser knows […]
How You Waste Time at the Gym
We’re all busy. We’ve got an hour to get to the gym and that’s it, so we’ve got to make the most of it. Unfortunately, a lot of people squander that precious gym time, often without even realizing it. This is how you waste time at the gym. You wait for someone to finish with a […]
Why Your Gym Clothes Matter
I used to find it silly to buy special gym clothes. In sports, I had a few pairs of shorts and a bunch of tank tops, most of them from some camp or tournament, and that did the trick. Then I started teaching fitness, which is when I started making sure I looked the part. And I […]
Why We Need to Stop Multitasking at the Gym
It used to be just the magazines. People would grab one, prop it on the treadmill, and get to “work”. Now it’s worse: magazines, television, and (my biggest pet peeve) your phone. (I don’t think my phone has ever been to the gym.) You’ve read all the articles about how multitasking is bad for your […]
Bad Reasons to Walk Out of a Group Fitness Class
One of my biggest pet peeves as a fitness instructor was watching people huffily put their equipment away and storm out of a group fitness class. Luckily for my self-esteem, I’ve been teaching long enough to know this is a problem with them and has very little to do with me. However, walking out is […]
Why You Might Enjoy a Busy Gym
This is a funny thought I had, because I usually avoid the busy gym hours like athlete’s foot. I love going in there when it’s quiet, when I have free access to all my favorite equipment, and I don’t have to get annoyed by watching people exercise with their smartphones. That said, there might be a […]