A trainer's personality can be a critical factor in establishing a personal connection with a client. If their personal skills aren't a match for you, it's not an ideal situation. Somebody can know exercise science but be very deficient in interpersonal skills.
A trainer needs to be an effective listener. They should treat you as an individual and ask a lot of questions about you your likes, dislikes, and goals. If they don't take the time to understand you as a unique individual, they'll end up giving you a cookie-cutter training approach.
You don't want to treat children like miniature adults and prescribe an exercise regimen that barely appeals to adults.
If many parents would just go back to the future and think about what life was like when they were children - from hopscotch to the adventure of climbing trees - it would go a long way toward promoting more physical activity by their kids.
An athletic shoe needs to do more than just slip comfortably on your foot. Not only should the shoe be created specifically for your sport, but it also needs to be designed to accommodate your foot type and wear patterns.
Any exercise is always better than none, but you should re-evaluate your workout at least every four to six weeks. When your workout becomes less mentally engaging, your level of effort decreases because you find it boring.
Given the sad state of affairs of the activity habits of our young people, desperate times call for desperate measures. We've got to pull out all stops to get young people more active.
It improves muscle strength and endurance levels, joint range of motion and flexibility, and balance.
This is a time when I hope a man's underlying motivation for exercise might start to be a bit more mature. Think about why you exercise and start to look at the overall health benefits of being physically active.
One of the things that's becoming very consistent when you look at the literature is that it is costing employers quite a bit in terms of absenteeism, higher health and medical expenses and reduced productivity when their workers are inactive or overweight.
